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crookedindifference: Space Shuttle Atlantis Like a comet...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:01:27 +0200

Space Shuttle Atlantis

Like a comet streaking across the atmosphere, the Space Shuttle Atlantis left space for the final time on July 21, 2011, descending to a smooth landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This astronaut photograph, taken from the vantage of the International Space Station (ISS), shows the streak of an ionized plasma plume created by the shuttle’s descent through the atmosphere.

At the time of the image, the ISS was positioned northwest of the Galapagos Islands, while Atlantis was roughly 2,200 kilometers (1,367 miles) to the northeast, off the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. The maximum angle of the shuttle’s descent was roughly 20 degrees, though it appears much steeper in the photo because of the oblique viewing angle from ISS. Parts of the space station are visible in the upper right corner of the image.
In the background of the image, airglow hovers over the limb of the Earth. Airglow occurs as atoms and molecules high in the atmosphere (above 80 kilometers, or 50 miles altitude) release energy at night after being excited by sunlight (particularly ultraviolet) during the day. Much of the green glow can be attributed to oxygen molecules.

When you think you’ve seen all the great space photos…

trocadero on Flickr.(Photo: d.)

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:38:11 +0200

trocadero on Flickr.

(Photo: d.)

Lake Glottern. (As if standing at the stem of a ship.) (Photo:...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:11:33 +0200

Lake Glottern. (As if standing at the stem of a ship.)

(Photo: d.)

Reading in the mansion. May 12, 2013. (Photo: d.)

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:50:22 +0200

Reading in the mansion. May 12, 2013.

(Photo: d.)

Today the sky looked like this (for a while). (Photo: d.)

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:44:57 +0200

Today the sky looked like this (for a while).

(Photo: d.)

Lake Glottern. (Seeing as the city is still getting you...

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:38:00 +0200

Lake Glottern. (Seeing as the city is still getting you down.)

(Photo: d.)

Lake Glottern, May 9, 2013. (Whenever the city is getting you...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:56:25 +0200

Lake Glottern, May 9, 2013. (Whenever the city is getting you down.)

(Photo: d.)

"Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 01:24:00 +0200

“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.”

- David Foster Wallace

lonely chair on Flickr.(Photo: d.)

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:15:29 +0200

lonely chair on Flickr.

(Photo: d.)

Office. (Photo: d.)

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:06:00 +0200

Office.

(Photo: d.)

One too many mornings. (Photo: d.)

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:02:53 +0200

One too many mornings.

(Photo: d.)

I want to see the bright lights tonight. (Photo: d.)

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:00:31 +0200

I want to see the bright lights tonight.

(Photo: d.)

Confucius says, ‘Silence is a true friend who never betrays.’

Sun, 05 May 2013 01:10:10 +0200

Confucius says, ‘Silence is a true friend who never betrays.’

explore-blog: On occasion, I write pretty well. In which...

Sat, 04 May 2013 01:52:06 +0200

explore-blog:

On occasion, I write pretty well.

In which young Kurt Vonnegut, still relatively obscure, volunteers his services to JFK’s presidential campaign. Pair with Vonnegut on the shapes of stories, his daily routine, and his 8 keys to the power of the written word.

(↬ Open Culture)

On occasion…

My friend Kirk.

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:49:46 +0200

My friend Kirk.

Street scene. (Photo: d.)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:20:45 +0200

Street scene.

(Photo: d.)

Scenes from past. (Photo: d.)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:45:49 +0200

Scenes from past.

(Photo: d.)

(d.)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:42:54 +0200

(d.)

Surrounded by branches. (Photo: d.)

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:23:54 +0200

Surrounded by branches.

(Photo: d.)

Monteith Mccollum @ CNEMA, Norrköping, Sweden,...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:56:00 +0200

Monteith Mccollum @ CNEMA, Norrköping, Sweden, 4/24/13.

American filmmaker and composer Monteith Mccollum has directed documentary films such as ‘Hybrid’ and ‘Milk in the Land,’ films he has also scored. Self-described as a ‘closet performer,’ seeing as his musical work has been confined to studios and used primarily in films, he has finally decided to incorporate live music into his film work. The piece ‘Listen’ is part film that, ‘examines shortwave radio as a technology that can be utilized not only for communication, but also abstract sound art,’ and part live music. Mccollum plays the violin, brief parts continually looped and stacked on top of each other, mixed with the sounds from a variety of records playing, static, an iPhone, and a morse telegraph. ’Listen’ is part of a collaboration of works curated by Slamdance Film Festival. For more info: http://www.monteithmccollum.com

(Photo: d.)