This blog started out as just a dump for 1.) images found while roaming the Internet for suitable images either to be posted in my other blog or for other personal use, 2.) images I had scanned myself, 3.) my own creations, photoshoped, drawn or photoed.As you might notice, many of the posts are just a batch - like a collage - of images with or without some kind of theme. This makes it impossible to credit the place (blog, site or other) I found them at had I remembered it. Once in a while, when I know that several images was taken from the same place, I do credit. It's not that I don't want to, it's just that it goes against my idea of an image dump and it'd take to much time and effort.If anyone has any objections to my using images that they have the rights to please let me know. If anyone feels certain that I found a particular image in their place on the Internet and feels that they need the credit, let me know.If you find images you like on this blog to post in your turn, I would be happy if you'd say where you got them but that's up to you, of course. If you find a whole bunch, I really think you ought to, but that's still up to you. However the only images I can claim the rights to would be my own photos and a few illustrations.I hope you enjoy my collections.
John BokenKamp has actually moved to Kearney and is building a new house and settling down there. Writing and sending them to HW. Sounds like he thought it would be a better place to raise kids. It’s cool to see somebody do that, leave a place become successful and then move back and save a landmark. I’d never do it, but good on him.
Ian reported yesterday on the high definition topographical maps recently released by the Japanese SELENE mission, also known as Kaguya, which will provide exact locations of essential minerals to future lunar explorers. And now, via Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Society comes more from Kaguya — movies of an Earthrise and Earthset from the moon. While the movies don't provide much as far as scientific data, they are off the charts as far being aesthetically pleasing and just tremendously magnificent. Emily grabbed individual frames from the longer, but smoother high-definition movies that the Japanese Space Agency JAXA created from the HD Camera on board the moon-orbiting Kaguya to create quick little movies. Above is the Earthrise quick movie. Here's the quick Earthset movie Emily created. And here's the links to the hi-def versions at JAXA for Earthrise and Earthset.
