Author Topic: The Soyuz "Flyabout" Picture Update Thread  (Read 106855 times)

Offline Chris Bergin

Re: The Soyuz "Flyabout" Picture Update Thread
« Reply #220 on: 06/09/2011 06:29 pm »
BBC have added the video now, and is the first video on the front page :) :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13719297

Huw doesn't sound particulary impressed....but then again he never does!  ;)


PS will definitely be upgrading to L2 after my exams finish next week....though this is already an epic site!

Nice one mate, good luck with the exams!

Yeah, Huw doesn't get excited about anything :D Although that is currently ranked the third most watched video on the BBC site.

I'm telling ya, if you put space flight in people's faces, they'll lap it up!
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« Reply #221 on: 06/10/2011 04:29 am »
These images are truly awesome. Made myself a new wallpaper:



Image: http://trekkie604.deviantart.com/#/d3ii7y8

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« Reply #222 on: 06/10/2011 07:34 am »
These images are truly awesome. Made myself a new wallpaper:


and now it is mine too.  thanks!

What strikes me is the clarity.  never really though about it before but if you take a picture like this of something that big and far away on the surface, the atmosphere does get in the way of the photo. a little fog or haze. Take a pic of a mountain scene and the hills that are farther away will be a little washed out. Not here, these shuttle/iss pics are crystal. I know that's always been the case but I guess I never thought about it before.

or maybe it is just that the cameras are better?
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« Reply #223 on: 06/10/2011 10:58 am »
These images are truly awesome. Made myself a new wallpaper

Thanks for sharing!
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Re: The Soyuz "Flyabout" Picture Update Thread
« Reply #224 on: 06/10/2011 02:17 pm »
These images are truly awesome. Made myself a new wallpaper:

Could you do it in 1920x1200 (I won't leave my 5:4 screen ever).

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« Reply #225 on: 06/10/2011 02:59 pm »
These images are truly awesome. Made myself a new wallpaper:

Could you do it in 1920x1200 (I won't leave my 5:4 screen ever).

Will do, after I get home from work. May tweak the blues too, it looks a little too blue on my laptop.

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Re: The Soyuz "Flyabout" Picture Update Thread
« Reply #226 on: 06/10/2011 04:22 pm »
trekkie604 did great job with his wallpaper! I took another photo from Paolo (iss027e012224.jpg) and rotated a little bit around to get the direction of incident light correct..

Sorry if this becomes OT..

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« Reply #227 on: 06/10/2011 04:55 pm »
Holy moly!! Nothing off topic about that awesome work from trekkie604 and avollhar.

Superb!
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« Reply #228 on: 06/11/2011 07:03 pm »
These images are truly awesome. Made myself a new wallpaper:

Could you do it in 1920x1200 (I won't leave my 5:4 screen ever).

Now at 1920x1200

http://trekkie604.deviantart.com/art/A-Visit-From-Endeavour-212481728

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« Reply #229 on: 06/12/2011 03:18 am »
Well a picture finally hit Foxnews.com. But it didn't even get its own article. Just a small mention
http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/scitech/2011/06/11/eyepoppers-best-science-photos-week/?test=faces#slide=8
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Re: The Soyuz "Flyabout" Picture Update Thread
« Reply #230 on: 06/13/2011 01:20 pm »
Well a picture finally hit Foxnews.com. But it didn't even get its own article. Just a small mention
http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/scitech/2011/06/11/eyepoppers-best-science-photos-week/?test=faces#slide=8

I saw an article on Foxnews.com immediately after MSNBC.com posted theirs...  don't have access to the link at the moment, but I definitely saw it.
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« Reply #231 on: 06/13/2011 02:35 pm »
These images are truly awesome. Made myself a new wallpaper:

Could you do it in 1920x1200 (I won't leave my 5:4 screen ever).

Now at 1920x1200

http://trekkie604.deviantart.com/art/A-Visit-From-Endeavour-212481728

Thank you! I've actually wondered if I should open my spreadsheet or keep contemplating.

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Re: The Soyuz "Flyabout" Picture Update Thread
« Reply #232 on: 06/13/2011 03:24 pm »
Well a picture finally hit Foxnews.com. But it didn't even get its own article. Just a small mention
http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/scitech/2011/06/11/eyepoppers-best-science-photos-week/?test=faces#slide=8

I saw an article on Foxnews.com immediately after MSNBC.com posted theirs...  don't have access to the link at the moment, but I definitely saw it.
Oh really? I must have somehow missed it. I was watching it all day that day and the next. A link would be great
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Re: The Soyuz "Flyabout" Picture Update Thread
« Reply #233 on: 06/13/2011 10:06 pm »
trekkie604 did great job with his wallpaper! I took another photo from Paolo (iss027e012224.jpg) and rotated a little bit around to get the direction of incident light correct..

Sorry if this becomes OT..

Stunning!  Nice work!

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