19 May 2009
Wow Images Part Deux
Posted by Dan Satterfield
Hat’s off to NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino who not only helped fix the Hubble Space telescope but found time to twitter from space. A first! Once it became know he was going to twitter from Orbit he quickly gathered 300,000 plus followers. No, he is no Stephen Fry, but he has a better view out his window this morning!! Although Stephen Fry is likely at the Chelsea Flower Show, which is not half bad!
So here are some of my favourite pics taken aboard Atlantis and “emailed” down to Houston. Another related Wow after the snaps.
From Atlantis- ctsy. NASA
Who is upright? They all are! from NASA
Can you identify the location they are approaching? Find Cabo San Lucas on a map.
Hubble at orbital sunrise from Atlantis/NASA
….and last but not least you have to see this time lapse of the stars taken with a Canon DSLR at a star party in Fort Davis, Texas. William Castleman did this, and it’s nothing but stunning, or should I just say WOW! (Not bad for a Texan, and that is high praise from an Okie!)
A LAST BIG WOW FOR THE ATLANTIS ASTRONAUTS, AND NASA FOR FIXING HUBBLE!
Later,
dan
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.
Wow that time lapse was awesome. And the pictures aren’t too bad either 🙂
Brilliant read, I just passed this onto a friend who was doing a small research on that. And he actually purchased me lunch cause I got it for him.