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Old 05-06-2013, 04:37 PM   #466
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For scale, note that the moon is over 1000 times farther away than the ISS.
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Old 05-26-2013, 09:49 PM   #467
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The shape reminds me of the first generation floppy disks.
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Old 05-27-2013, 10:22 PM   #468
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I'm impressed with your skills of deduction, I knew it would just be a matter of time before someone figured it out, eventually.

Well done. Glad you like the image, it was a lot of work.

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Old 05-28-2013, 01:53 AM   #469
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Yes, it sounded like a physical challenge, as well as the photo-technical end being pretty daunting too. And it ain't like a seagull taking off that you can do a million times if you want. You only get so many shots at the shuttle, and I think a remarkable job. Kudos.
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Old 05-28-2013, 05:31 AM   #470
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Hi Avenfoto!

Thanks for taking it. It must have been an amazing adventure to get it.
I like your shot of the space launch coming out of a thunderstorm too.
And thanks for being cool about me posting it here.
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Old 05-28-2013, 08:17 AM   #471
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Thanks for checking in! I love the photo. It's extremely impressive on its own merits, and the story behind it is pretty wild.

Edit: And looking through the images at your link, I see a ton of amazing shots. You have mad skillz.

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Old 05-28-2013, 11:11 AM   #472
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I'm impressed with your skills of deduction, I knew it would just be a matter of time before someone figured it out, eventually.

Well done. Glad you like the image, it was a lot of work.

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We are a regular brain trust here. Awesome work and excellent armchair adventure for us!
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Old 05-28-2013, 11:31 AM   #473
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Yeah, Brain Rust R Us.
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Old 06-04-2013, 11:26 AM   #474
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Just stumbled across this one. This is from some guy's Facebook page on the abandoned coal mines of NEPA.
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Apparently, when they stopped coal mining in NE Pennsylvania in the 1960's they shut the pumps off in the mines, and the mines filled up with ground water. The people living in the low parts of the valleys started to get flooding in their basements as the water in the lower parts of the mine was under intense pressure and was looking for a way out. In the winter, the water would freeze and would act like a slow moving glacier, destroying foundations and damaging houses in these valleys. Since Wilkes Barre and Scranton are both in the valley, this meant that lots of houses were potentially at risk. So officials came in to figure out what to do, and they decided to drill holes down into the mines down in the valleys to let the water escape. So for the last 50 years, there has been all this water coming up out of the mines at these boreholes. It's pretty nasty water. Fairly acidic, and with an extremely high iron content. It kills all aquatic creatures in the creeks that are fed in part by these bore holes, and goes on to pollute the Chesapeake Bay before it reaches the Atlantic ocean. The biggest point source of pollution for the Chesapeake is one of these boreholes called the Old Forge Borehole. There's talk of building water treatment plants to treat this water, but it hasn't happened in the last 50 years, so we'll see.

Anyway, I think it's a cool picture of an interesting thing I'd never heard of before. This particular borehole is in Wilkes Barre in Solomon creek, behind the Dollar General.
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Old 06-25-2013, 07:47 PM   #475
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Wollenda over the Little Colorado River 6/23/13

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Old 07-02-2013, 03:23 PM   #476
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Whoa

Protesters try to blind a government helicopter.
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Old 07-07-2013, 06:50 PM   #477
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A friend sent me these pictures of the 4th of July in Boston Harbor. They drag the Constitution out of it's berth with tugs, then surrounded by Harbor Police boats to fend off tourists, they fire it's cannons.
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Old 07-07-2013, 08:28 PM   #478
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That's really cool that they still use those cannons. It's still considered active duty or fully commissioned or something like that, isn't it?
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Old 07-08-2013, 02:30 AM   #479
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Whoa. No ƒuckin' shit...?


Story in English...?
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That's really cool that they still use those cannons. It's still considered active duty or fully commissioned or something like that, isn't it?
Oh yes, fully commissioned with a crew of 60 officers and men. Last year we spent $7 million for some repairs/face lifting.
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