Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[John Sessoms]

From: keith_w

> David Mann wrote:
>> On Sep 19, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Cotty wrote:
>> 
>>> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large
>>> file sizes. Excellent quality.
>>> 
>>> 
> 
>> I'm in the second one but you might have to squint a bit.
> 
> I'm not clear what coast that is... Might be the Mississippi bleeding
> into the gulf, but something tells me it isn't.

I'm pretty sure they're all from different missions. I spent some time 
digging through NASA's on-line image databases to find number 2 ...

> S116-E-05983 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Backdropped by New Zealand and Cook
> Strait in the Pacific Ocean, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr. (left)
> and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, both
> STS-116 mission specialists, participate in the mission's first of
> three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as
> construction continues on the International Space Station. Cook
> Strait divides New Zealand's North and South Islands.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-116/html/s116e05983.html

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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[Kenneth Waller]

> So, anyone have any idea what these photos may have been taken with?

A camera.

I'm really surprised Knarf. A few threads ago you stated all you needed was 
a camera.

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From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OT - Shuttle pics


> On 9/18/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
>> sizes. Excellent quality.
>>
>> <http://www.texasjim.com/NASApix/NASA%20pix.htm>
>
> Hey,
>
> It's the Canadarm!  Canada in space!
>
> So, anyone have any idea what these photos may have been taken with?
>
> Thanks for the cool pix, Cotty.
>
> cheers,
> frank


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RE: OT - Shuttle pics

[Bill Owens]

On a previous flight they lost a Nikon (AFAIK it's still in orbit)

Bill

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On 9/18/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
> sizes. Excellent quality.
>
> <http://www.texasjim.com/NASApix/NASA%20pix.htm>

Hey,

It's the Canadarm!  Canada in space!

So, anyone have any idea what these photos may have been taken with?

Thanks for the cool pix, Cotty.

cheers,
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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[Cotty]

On 19/09/07, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Why?

d'oh

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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[Cotty]

On 19/09/07, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed:

>How tall are you, exactly?

Exactly? Six feet five inches. Why?

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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[John Sessoms]

From: David Mann

> On Sep 19, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Cotty wrote:
> 
>> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
>> sizes. Excellent quality.
>>
>> 
> 
> I'm in the second one but you might have to squint a bit. 

Holding up a sign that reads "Hi Mom! Send Money" as they passed 
overhead no doubt.  ;-D

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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[graywolf]

Naw, it is an animation series done on an old Linux Laptop by a 12 year old kid 
in West Africa while herding his families goats.


Gonz wrote:
> Staged, actually taken in a secret propaganda studio in the Nevada
> dessert somewhere
> 
> ;)
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/18/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
>> sizes. Excellent quality.
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>>
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RE: OT - Shuttle pics

[Tom C]

Could've landed in Peru.

Tom C.


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>
>On a previous flight they lost a Nikon (AFAIK it's still in orbit)
>
>Bill
>
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>
>On 9/18/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
> > sizes. Excellent quality.
> >
> > <http://www.texasjim.com/NASApix/NASA%20pix.htm>
>
>Hey,
>
>It's the Canadarm!  Canada in space!
>
>So, anyone have any idea what these photos may have been taken with?
>
>Thanks for the cool pix, Cotty.
>
>cheers,
>frank
>
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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[P. J. Alling]

Are you channeling frank now?

Gonz wrote:
> Staged, actually taken in a secret propaganda studio in the Nevada
> dessert somewhere
>
> ;)
>
>
>
> On 9/18/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
>> sizes. Excellent quality.
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   Cotty
>>
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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[frank theriault]

On 9/18/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
> sizes. Excellent quality.
>
> 

Hey,

It's the Canadarm!  Canada in space!

So, anyone have any idea what these photos may have been taken with?

Thanks for the cool pix, Cotty.

cheers,
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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[Gonz]

Staged, actually taken in a secret propaganda studio in the Nevada
dessert somewhere

;)



On 9/18/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
> sizes. Excellent quality.
>
> 
>
>
>
> --
>
>
> Cheers,
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RE: OT - Shuttle pics

[Jack Davis]

Just peeked at this. Has the camera involved been discussed? 
MF format crop and is likely Phase l backed 'blad.(?)

Jack
--- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Yes, the quality is excellent.  Thanks for pointing them out.
> 
> Tom C.
> 
> 
> >From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:04:09 +0100
> >
> >Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large
> file
> >sizes. Excellent quality.
> >
> ><http://www.texasjim.com/NASApix/NASA%20pix.htm>
> >
> >
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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[P. J. Alling]

He used the remote...

Scott Loveless wrote:
> Cotty wrote:
>   
>> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
>> sizes. Excellent quality.
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>>
>> 
> How tall are you, exactly?
>
>   


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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[Cymen Vig]

On 9/18/07, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/19/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
> > sizes. Excellent quality.
> >
> > 
>
> Those are way cool.
>
> It's a bit of a shame that the horizon isn't level in any of them though.

And space dust on the sensor on right side of #5. The things we have
to live with! Seriously cool photos.

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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[Scott Loveless]

Cotty wrote:
> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
> sizes. Excellent quality.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
How tall are you, exactly?

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RE: OT - Shuttle pics

[Tom C]

Yes, the quality is excellent.  Thanks for pointing them out.

Tom C.


>From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
>sizes. Excellent quality.
>
><http://www.texasjim.com/NASApix/NASA%20pix.htm>
>
>
>
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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[Paul Sorenson]

New Zealand, I believe...

-p

keith_w wrote:
> David Mann wrote:
>> On Sep 19, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Cotty wrote:
>>
>>> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
>>> sizes. Excellent quality.
>>>
>>> 
> 
>> I'm in the second one but you might have to squint a bit.
> 
> I'm not clear what coast that is... Might be the Mississippi bleeding into 
> the 
> gulf, but something tells me it isn't.
> 
> keith whaley
> 
>> I downloaded a larger version of it a while ago and intend to print  
>> it someday.
>>
>> - Dave
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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[keith_w]

David Mann wrote:
> On Sep 19, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Cotty wrote:
> 
>> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
>> sizes. Excellent quality.
>>
>> 

> I'm in the second one but you might have to squint a bit.

I'm not clear what coast that is... Might be the Mississippi bleeding into the 
gulf, but something tells me it isn't.

keith whaley

> I downloaded a larger version of it a while ago and intend to print  
> it someday.
> 
> - Dave

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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[David Mann]

On Sep 19, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Cotty wrote:

> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
> sizes. Excellent quality.
>
> 

I'm in the second one but you might have to squint a bit.

I downloaded a larger version of it a while ago and intend to print  
it someday.

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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[David Savage]

On 9/19/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
> sizes. Excellent quality.
>
> 

Those are way cool.

It's a bit of a shame that the horizon isn't level in any of them though.

Cheers,

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RE: OT - Shuttle pics

[John Sessoms]

From: Cotty
> Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
> sizes. Excellent quality.
> 
> 

I've been using the second one as my desktop wallpaper for about 6 or 7 
months now. Replaced one that showed the USA at night as seen from space.

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Re: OT - Shuttle pics

[Rebekah]

cool pictures!


rg2

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OT - Shuttle pics

[Cotty]

Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file
sizes. Excellent quality.





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