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hasselblad in space

With the big anniversary looming, a  few companies are making note of their contribution to the space program and the lunar landing.  Here is Hasselblad's. 

 

exotic camera calibration techniques

Camera calibration using  a rare form of interplanetary mass transfer

 

good times for the aurora

The aurora from the ISS as taken by  Christina Koch 

the only reason for time is so everything doesn't happen at once

No - Einstein didn't say it.  But here are some interesting photos.

 

 

horizontal vs vertical

How should you compose your photos?  xkcd offers a handy guide

photoshopping others

People send in images to be photoshopped with a specific instruction.  There can be issues and that's the fun part.  

a tip of the hat to Sukie

 

on managing expectations

What do you do with tourists who have never seen a real aurora before, but have looked at a lot of photos and videos. (via The New Yorker)

 

 

 

images from the dawn of the atomic age

Ed Westcott's obit in The New York Times.

snip

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Within that hush-hush world, Mr. Westcott took his camera wherever he could, chronicling the construction of its many plants (which had names like K-25 and Y-12), technicians at their stations, workers leaving their shifts, and even guards searching a Santa Claus at a gate. Mr. Westcott was the only person authorized to use a camera in Oak Ridge.

One of his best-known pictures shows women monitoring the controls of a calutron, which was used to separate uranium isotopes. Like the other workers, they were unaware of the government’s goal of building the first atomic bomb.

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comedy wildlife awards

Exactly what it sounds like - the 2018 awards

a tip of the hat to Jim

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trump town

Atlantic City, NJ

From the third year after the end of the American century.