XB-70A

Oh there is worse... (While cruising in the most remote places this service was worth its price, but their phones were shabby)

p.s. - Playing on a phone is terrible.

Air Itam, Malaysia (not airport there, btw)

... of a not so big body. Edit: Hey, we are about to celebrate the 30 years of this picture!

Kissing, Germany Ex-Danish West Indies furor intensifies...

Flares? Medium altitude? Note: Most of the Spectre downed in SEA were shot by 37 mm AA canons.

... What could go wrong?

(Will be hard to find dumber to defeat it)

Only true loners will understand.

I made some bad ones for sure... Dr. Evil, an SSTO of which I can not share the pictures here at the risk of winning a warning. Diabolic Barque Seedy Boat Shabby Castle (a Tiangong-1 imitation) Ave Imperator Outer Heaven (the first station I ever built) Shadow Moses

Hey, you have some pretty cattle in the countryside (or at least that's what I'm remembering from my first travel through Germany in 2009) This is a nice one, actually. Just for curiosity... which camera are you using? About the exposure (and depending of your camera), have you tried to look at a remote control? Some of them are pretty cheap (around 15-20 euros) and their button can be locked so you don't have to stand there (without counting that it will greatly reduce the vibrations). If I'm remembering correctly, @Green Baron took some really good shot of the last Lunar eclipse in January. Maybe he could have some recommendation (?). --- About the topic, I'm just coming back from the coast along Patricks AFB, and I got a couple of nice surprises here! The place is usually crowded of C-130s, so having a C-17A was pretty surprising, even more when it belongs to the Alaska ANG and is standing in Florida (!). And the best part (to me) A Ghostrider! First time I ever saw an AC-130 in my life. It appears to be 12-5772, the first MC-130J which was converted to an AC-130J. Better view of the 105 mm howitzer on port.

I added a new member to the family yesterday, a (pretty used) Nikon P1000. Here is the "beast" standing at Playalinda and hoping to catch a good shot of B1057 on the SLC-40: Obviously, with its cell-phone sized photosensor, I was not expecting a lot from it. The sole and only reason why I bought it is its 3000 mm equivalent lens. However, Friday was hot and windy around here, the visibility was not really good neither, and all shots taken were crappy at the best. As a result, I went back home and tried to shot around my residence. We got alligators and snakes warning all around the place, but over here the wildlife is rather made of innocent turtles... The following picture has been taken around 19:00 local time, at 6.3 and 1/160 with ISO limited to 400. Being a lazy guy, I took it in .jpeg (obviously). Zoom given at 155 mm and way too dark... Second shot incoming. Now at 234 mm. Without changing any setting, we can easily notice a strong difference of "clarity" (way too much from my personal point of view). Let's try from a bit further away. At 66 mm and with f/5.6 the whole shot seems (obviously) clearer than the past two. Still, with its ridiculous 6.17*4.55 mm sensor I could not expect too much (without counting my clear lack of knowledge about the setting of this camera). Back at a zoomed-in shot (216 mm), but this time with the shutter speed set at 1/215. Less smooth (duh) but with an unexpected warmer tone than all the ones before. Pretty curious about that I decided to take even more shots at a higher 1/500, at f/5.6 at first, then f/6.3. (This is the Dark Side of photography, definitely...) (Uh... not so awful now... let's get closer) Ok, still too dark, but with f/7.1, 1/640, 432 mm equivalent, and the ISO still locked at 400, I'm finding the result pretty descent. I'm not a professional, and having this camera for 24 hours only, it will take me a long time before I start to know enough to enjoy it. However, if the attempt with the launchpad was disappointing, I must admit that those of the turtle surprised me. Of course, these photos are too dark and the sensor is ridiculous, but I still think that this machine, weighting almost 1.5 kg (!) is able to provide a closer look that I did not even think possible until then without having to invest in some equipment that would easily exceeds 50 000 USD. To be honest, I'm a little mixed for now, but I feel that with time and practice it will be possible to get something nice from this monstrous machine. --- Bonus shot of the Florida's Organic Submarine Fleet: Just another of these weird looking Apalone ferox, a.k.a. the Florida softshell turtle.

Their performance of Run Like Hell at Pompeii was incredible!

Ok, I definitely need some help. This song is nested in my head for almost a week now... Roland's voice at 0:47 is literally hypnotizing me. ------ Crappy pic' I've taken two months ago in Tampa, but Stevie is still incredible on the scene!

* Just to annoy even more...

Just a couple of pictures I've taken on the 10th and 11th while burning waiting in Port Canaveral. (Playing boring 1998's movie emotional music in my head)

It is the one that ruins everything... Zuma. Actually, CRS-13 was my 4th.

Only a couple of minutes ago, I got the impression that my life is connected to Dragon flights: - Ist launch I ever attended: CRS-12 - 10th: CRS-14 - 15th: CRS-15 - 20th: CRS-16 - If everything is going correctly, CRS-17 should be my 25th

Nope

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Ok everyone, the Google War is over, nobody can win anymore now.

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