Earthrise

Today is the fortieth anniversary of Earthrise, the first time it had been seen by human - or, frankly, anyone else's - eyes. The photo was taken by the astronauts of Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve 1968 as they orbited the moon. Before that there had been a few pictures of Earthrise taken from satellites, but this was the first time anyone had actually been in a position to see it directly.

So, forty years later, on Christmas Eve 2008, let's remind ourselves of the picture that reminded people just how small our home is in the vastness of space.



BBC article here.

Earthrise

Today is the fortieth anniversary of Earthrise, the first time it had been seen by human - or, frankly, anyone else's - eyes. The photo was taken by the astronauts of Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve 1968 as they orbited the moon. Before that there had been a few pictures of Earthrise taken from satellites, but this was the first time anyone had actually been in a position to see it directly.

So, forty years later, on Christmas Eve 2008, let's remind ourselves of the picture that reminded people just how small our home is in the vastness of space.



BBC article here.

Thankyouverymuch

Furtle has spent a large portion of the morning getting ever more annoyed and frustrated in her attempts to make the scanner work and then to share files between computers. She has made far more progress than ever I did, but then she is willing to expend far more nervous ebergy on the project than was I.

It's still not sorted to her satisfaction, but it does all work after a fashion.

The upshot is, that the picture that I found that started it all up has now been scanned (and cropped).

Imagine, if you will, Bryan aged 19 mucking about with his mates in college halls of residence (for the benefit of oldnick, who attended the same place around the same time as me, though we knew it not), I believe the picture was taken in a friend's room in Randall Lines House sometime in the winter of 1977-1978. I still had hair (though with a pronounced five head, exacerbated by the fact that it is combed back into a DA here), being a callow youth and was literally only about 2/3 the man I am now. I'd give anything to be that weight again (short of putting any effort into attaining it).

The last 30 years have not, I think, been as kind as they might have. I give you Bryan the rocker, placed behind the cut for your sanity and bandwidth:
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Merry Christmas.

Thankyouverymuch

Furtle has spent a large portion of the morning getting ever more annoyed and frustrated in her attempts to make the scanner work and then to share files between computers. She has made far more progress than ever I did, but then she is willing to expend far more nervous ebergy on the project than was I.

It's still not sorted to her satisfaction, but it does all work after a fashion.

The upshot is, that the picture that I found that started it all up has now been scanned (and cropped).

Imagine, if you will, Bryan aged 19 mucking about with his mates in college halls of residence (for the benefit of oldnick, who attended the same place around the same time as me, though we knew it not), I believe the picture was taken in a friend's room in Randall Lines House sometime in the winter of 1977-1978. I still had hair (though with a pronounced five head, exacerbated by the fact that it is combed back into a DA here), being a callow youth and was literally only about 2/3 the man I am now. I'd give anything to be that weight again (short of putting any effort into attaining it).

The last 30 years have not, I think, been as kind as they might have. I give you Bryan the rocker, placed behind the cut for your sanity and bandwidth:
( Read more... )

Merry Christmas.

The Seasonal Ghost Story Challenge

Having issued the seasonal challenge, I thought it incumbent upon me to write a contribution. So, in exactly 500 words, the 500 word seasonal ghost story. I hope you enjoy it:

( Together Forever )

Cross posted between my LJ and just_writing

The Seasonal Ghost Story Challenge

Having issued the seasonal challenge, I thought it incumbent upon me to write a contribution. So, in exactly 500 words, the 500 word seasonal ghost story. I hope you enjoy it:

( Together Forever )

Cross posted between my LJ and just_writing