Yet even moar:
Jun 062017
Jun 062017
Space.com has a few really nice photos from the recent launch & landing. Especially nifty is a close-up shot showing the booster shortly after launch.
See Awesome Photos of SpaceX’s Dragon Launch and Rocket Landing
Jun 052017
Even more Utah skies via phone.
Jun 042017
Some more Utah skies via phone:
Jun 032017
Some recent photos of the Utah sky taken with my 3+ year-old camera phone.
May 192017
While back in Illinois, I got to catch up with Bruce. He has grown some… but he’s also quite the troublemaker. He has claws and fangs and ain’t afraid to use ’em.
I also got to meet “Jazz” for the first time. He was rescued from the wild six or so months ago… wandering around sick and starving, he managed to stumble across just the right people. Now he’s living the good life. He’s some sort of special breed… a Persian or Himalayan or one of them smoosh-faced critters. Can’t say s I’m overly thrilled with people who think it’s just neato to intentionally breed cats like this whose sinus cavities are so mashed in that they can’t smell well enough to hunt, so that if they get out – or are kicked out – they can’t fend for themselves. But I can say I approve of those who rescue such animals. Jazz is a bit of a special needs cat, but he seems like a nice guy, and deserves better than he had. Fortunately, he got better than he had.
May 162017
Further continuing the panoramic documentation of the recent trip:
The “cutaway F-86.” Granted, all they did was simply remove the skin from an F-86, but it sure looks like a whole lot of extra work. That, I assume, is the modelmaker in me talking.
Another view of the YF-12.
XF-92, X-3, Goblin and XB-70:
XB-70 looming over lifting bodies
“Columbine” Presidential Conny. Shiny!
May 142017
Continuing the panoramic documentation of the recent trip:
Head-on shot of the XB-70. This one involved peeking though other displays to get this angle. This is another Big Friggen Image; at 300 dpi, it’d print out at 5.4 feet wide.
B-2 on the left, SR-71 in the middle. Photography of dark *and* light aircraft in this dimly yet harshly lit environment is a bit of a challenge. I suppose I should have worked on high dynamic range proficiency before this trip, but it sadly never occurred to me.
Entrance into the Cold War gallery.
Another balcony overview of the Cold War gallery:
The X-15 and the YF-12 are sorta crammed together:
May 122017
Further much-ensmallered versions of the Museum panoramas…
Apollo 15, lifting bodies, XB-70, Keyhole spy satellite.
Titan IVm XP-75, P-59, tail end of the XB-70
Two views of Bocks Car, winner of the Battle of Nagasaki
B-2 and SR-71. Not so apparent at this resolution, but at full rez you can see a whole lot of little white splotches on top of the B-2. I’m guessing bird poop, as there were a few birds flapping around inside at least Building 4 while I was there.
May 122017
In this time of chaos, when a barbaric ideology is causing havoc in not only the Middle East but also the civilized world, when the President is clearly delusional and his political opponents are even worse, when we have “anti-fascist” movements proving that fascism is a real threat in the world today by actually being fascistic… we need someone who can clearly and succinctly express how we all feel. And I believe that someone is Raedthinn.
