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Memories from my youth

Posted by Danielle in Perspectives, Picspam on May 7, 2010

Launch of Saturn V rocket carrying Apollo 11

These are some of the images I used to stare at in the pages of Cosmos, when I was a child. I was fond of the Saturn V launch photos, the dynamic motion, the flames…. I also liked the Voyager images of Jupiter’s moons. Callisto always looked like goldstone to me. I spent my formative years drawing rockets and moons; no wonder I’m such a space cadet!

Callisto as seen from Voyager 1

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Green Crescent

Posted by Danielle in Perspectives on November 27, 2008

Crescent Uranus as seen by Voyager

A farewell shot by Voyager 2, the above image of Uranus hails from January 25, 1986, at a range of 600,000 miles. (Here’s a bit more info for those so inclined.)

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Home

Posted by Danielle in Perspectives on September 18, 2008

A Long Way From Home

This… is us. From a distance. Voyager 1 took this picture 31 years ago today.

This image of the Earth and moon in a single frame, the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft, was recorded on Sept. 18, 1977, by Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles from Earth. The moon is at the top of the picture and beyond the Earth as viewed by Voyager.

In the picture are eastern Asia, the western Pacific Ocean and part of the Arctic. Voyager 1 was directly above Mt. Everest (on the night side of the planet at 25 degrees north latitude) when the picture was taken.

The photo was made from three images taken through color filters, then processed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Because the Earth is many times brighter than the moon, the moon was artificially brightened so that both bodies would show clearly in the prints.

Image credit: NASA

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Space-related cross-stitch

Posted by Danielle in Crafts & Hobbies on March 21, 2008

Stoney Creek Book #226: The Final Frontier

I bought this cross-stitch book in 2000 (and, as with most side hobbies, stopped in the middle of a project.) How often do you run into space-themed needlework? Not that often, I dare say. Fun layouts (if a little inaccurate), metallic thread and lots of detail! I do intend to make a few of these yet; especially since the chart of the planets still includes Pluto!

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