From the NASA website
(to mark the occasion, that link is to a splash page with the video of the first step onto the moon, then it will lead into the regular home page)
Click photos for larger view.
A close-up view of an astronaut's bootprint in the lunar soil, photographed with a 70mm lunar surface camera during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the Moon. While astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar orbit.
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module (LM) is on the left, and the footprints of the astronauts are clearly visible in the soil of the Moon. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this picture with a 70mm Hasselblad lunar surface camera. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the LM, the "Eagle", to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar-orbit.
July 20, 2009
One Small Step
pastiche
pastiche\pas-TEESH; pahs-\ , noun:
1. A work of art that imitates the style of some previous work.
2. A musical, literary, or artistic composition consisting of selections from various works.
3. A hodgepodge; an incongruous combination of different styles and ingredients.
Another word that describes this blog, even to the point of matching all three definitions.
Well, except for "work of art" and "artistic composition".
"Hodgepodge" and "incongruous combination" fit rather well.
Smokey Looking
Click for larger view; it's done with my FotoSketcher program where it looks like an honest-to-goodness fake painting.
July 19, 2009
I Slept Through the Monsoon
This is a screenshot of my TV screen, taken just a few minutes ago; it's the local radar channel and has warnings when the weather is severe, as well as temps, wind speed and direction and total rainfall.
I'll crop and magnify the troubling details:
Surprisingly, it's fairly dry out for getting close to a hundred inches of rain earlier. I've always loved sleeping to the sound of rain, but I must have been really out of it because I didn't hear a single drop hit the roof last night.
I'm certainly glad I didn't hear the forecast yesterday evening, or I'd have spent my time building an ark.
I'm a little worried about the wind that's in store for today, though. Hope my lawn chairs don't wind up in Oklahoma.
Heck, I hope my pickup stays in the driveway. I might even need to lash down my anvil.
Hot Patootie, Bless My Soul
I really love that rock 'n roll.
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