Moon over San Francisco
Published on 2 Sep 2007 at 6:33 pm.
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Via a somewhat convoluted surfing route I stumbled across this cool time-lapse movie of the Moon coming out of the recent eclipse and setting at dawn over San Francisco!
Just thought I’d share. Anyone else find “accidental imagings” of the event?
Space shuttle Endeavour windshield damaged in orbit by space debris
Published on 16 Aug 2007 at 10:28 am.
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Local news here in Florida is reporting that a micro-meteorite has damaged Endeavors window #2. The crew is in no immediate danger.
Full Story: baynews9.com - News: Endeavour damaged by space debris
ISS Computer Equipment Sabotaged
Published on 26 Jul 2007 at 4:20 pm.
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Wow. I haven’t blogged in a while but this caught my eye and I don’t see anyone has picked it up yet.
NASA says it has found wires which may have been deliberately cut on computers bound for the international space station.
NASA finds apparent sabotage - CNN.com
Moon/Venus Conjuntion
Published on 20 May 2007 at 2:40 pm.
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I almost missed this. I was putting the dog out the back door and happened to see it just before it set. I quickly grabbed my camera and tripod. Cannon EOS 300D 100-300mm zoom telephoto. 21:42:43 EDT.
ISO 1600 - 2 sec exposure to illuminate the foreground.
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Note the haze and skyglow of the Florida summer as it compares with a similar photo from mid-winter. 
Martian Astronomer Images Jupiter
Published on 4 May 2007 at 5:22 pm.
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What looks initially like a Hubble photo or an exceptional ground based image of Jupiter was indeed taken from Mars!
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Image courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
The martian astronomer responsible for this outstanding shot is actually not a native but a terran immigrant. The HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this picture on January 11th while calibrating camera’s pointing and color response.
Original images and further details can be found here: HiRISE | Jupiter As Seen from Mars
Just thought this was kinda “gee-whiz” interesting.
