NewNiceMrMe Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Love that one too, lovely colour! Believe it or not...I use the self timer function on the Nikon. Works a treat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Decided to have a go at my own moon shot, half a bottle of vodka later it was surprisingly easy I love the way Uranus looks in this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisan Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Another couple from the same 6pm series of shots:You can see the difference in focus from the top of the Moon compared to the lower section - mainly due to sodding light pollution tonight (that's my excuse anyway). Some good stuff - are you on flickr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) With the Moon, Venus and Jupiter up in the early evening sky, if you time it right you can get the ISS going past too. Toying with the idea of getting a new lens for my birthday. Fancy a 70-300, but definitely thinking of getting a telescope with SLR adaptor Then I can get some shots like Eldavo's :D Edited March 1, 2012 by m4ttm4son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Some good stuff - are you on flickr? Haven't used Flickr in years I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I'd quite like to go to the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I'll set up a JustGiving page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I'd quite like to go to the moon. Bagsie the co-pilot who also gets to do a moonwalk, rather than the 3rd man who doesn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I've marked the approximate location of the Apollo 11 landing/walk site on one of the images I took, amended, below. They actually missed their originally planned spot by about 4 miles. It's an area called Mare Tranquilitatis (Sea of Tranquility). The flying skill was staggering because Armstrong took manual control of the lunar module in order to avoid landing in a crater known as West - which is 180m wide and 30m deep. If he hadn't done that it'd have been a very different date to remember! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Bagsie the co-pilot who also gets to do a moonwalk, rather than the 3rd man who doesn't! If this is a TsN trip to the Moon, I think everyone should be allowed to Moonwalk on the Moon if they've gone all that bloody way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 A few years ago NASA revealed that the cost of the Apollo missions equated to $170 billion in 'todays' money. The Space Review said that each lunar landing alone had cost $18 billion. It's the reason I don't think I'll ever see a manned mission to Mars in my lifetime. Technically they can do it - financially the costs are staggering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 How much is the Olympics costing? £24 billion (according to the Daily Fail, Jan 2012) I know what I'd rather spend my tax on and watch on the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Thing is, what do you do - sit and wait for your inevitable and certain demise of the human race - or explore space and try to find a way out? I'm with those who think we'll be long gone before our planetary demise comes, but it's a debate nonetheless. NASA have strong arguments for the cost of their work being beneficial in other areas of technology - the space race brought about a lot of technologies we use today in thousands of different ways, including medical science. That said, President Obama cancelled NASA's planned Moon missions and increased their budgets by over $6 billion a year to allow them to focus on a Mars landing mission by 2035-2037. I don't see it happening that soon myself. A Mars mission needs around 8 months of travel time alone for a crew of 3-4. Then they'll have to get back. So you're sending a group of Astronauts on a minimum (unless propulsion changes in the interim) 16 month mission in the knowledge it might end up being one-way if everything doesn't go to plan. The differences between sending landing craft and sending manned missions are vast. I'd love to see it happen, but I remain pessimistic about it occuring in my lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 NASA have strong arguments for the cost of their work being beneficial in other areas of technology - the space race brought about a lot of technologies we use today in thousands of different ways, Indeed, I've no idea how I'd fasten my trainers if they hadn't invented Velcro, and how would I write upside down under water without my space pen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 True, but there are a few others too: 1. Rechargeable batteries - directly a result of the need to develop power tools for use in space 2. Smoke detectors - again a direct result of NASA working with Honeywell to detect toxic gases/smoke on Skylab 3. Modern baby food - nearly all modern baby food processes stem from NASA's development of enriched foods for Astronauts 4. Tyres - a good car one for here - tyre recycling through cryogenics and re-use in thousands of other items came through the space programmes 5. Invisible braces (teeth) - came from a material NASA developed to protect antenna on spacecraft 6. Scratch resistant lenses - directly from the coating used in the space programmes 7. Memory foam - used for seats in NASA spacecraft to minimise landing impact, they developed it first 8. Ear thermometer thingies - Diatek used NASA's infrared work on star observing (temperature monitoring) to develop them 9. Modern shoe insoles - nearly all traceable back to the insoles developed for the Apollo landing missions 10. Long distance telecoms - almost all forms traceable back to NASA 11. Water filters - the technology used today was originally developed by NASA in the 1950's. The list goes on and on. They did something for grooves in road surfaces too to help water displacement that almost every modern Western road uses too, but I can't recall how that came about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisan Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 For any astro photographers, the largest full moon this year is due this weekend. Could be a good one, weather permitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Indeed, but the weather up here looks likely to completely ruin it. Fingers crossed for a little bit of clear sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentandy Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Taken yesterday at the National Memorial Arboretum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Cool photo. I saw the fly past on the TV last night too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooH Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Re-reading Vulcan 607 at the moment, love these things. One thing that I missed in the book the first time around was that the Victors (that were used for the refuelling in the Falklands attack) actually managed to break the sound barrier (accidently ) during their early testing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooH Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 I've not got a fancy DSLR or the like but enjoy taking pics on my 4 year old Sony H3 - 8mp, 10x optical, it does the job. Recently had some images blown up onto canvas, the first of a Peacock butterfly I was reasonably impressed with, got it put on a 30x20 inch canvas and it had to be cropped a fair bit to make the butterfly bigger in the picture but came up pretty good. So went and got two more done as well, one of the Spinnaker tower that I took last year and one of an old fishing hut taken in Royan, France when we were there last summer. They came out really well, only issue was I selected the wrong size and got them done in 40x30 rather than 20x30 wifey was not impressed last night! :Slap: Now got to find a way of shifting them and trying to get some of my money back... Anyone fancy one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hey, you want to go get a solicitor. Some bloke on Facebook is trying to flog your pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 From a Goodwood track day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 A few from (of) me, maybe folks have seen them before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 P6014524 by Craig & Ruth, on Flickr How young does that copper look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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