Posted: August 28, 2008
by alan
Filed under: Linky, internet, weather
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Today I have updated a quick reference page that I first built while living on the South Carolina coast. Lots of interesting imagery and links for further study. Please visit (and bookmark as a favorite) my Atlantic Hurricane resource selector .
Enjoy /;^)
Posted: August 21, 2008
by alan
Filed under: Linky, WOW!, photo, rant, space
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Never really understanding why; I just had always accepted that the SR-71 was the coolest flying machine that ever had been. It was a picture like this one that first clued me in that this was no ordinary aircraft - and that was probably early-1980s. It may be a while before anything this significant flys […]
Posted: August 17, 2008
by alan
Filed under: amateur radio, photo, space
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Our good friend Mike made the journey to Alabama for the weekend.
Traveling all the way from Kingsport TN, Mikey drove over Thursday arriving in time for the RACES/ARES group’s annual picnic on Monte Sano. I took a vacation day to show Mike around town a bit, including the HOSC @ MSFC and the US Space […]
Posted: August 9, 2008
by alan
Filed under: photo
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Before leaving the summer/beach theme, I’ll share one more favorite.
I’m always amazed at how powerful is nature to produce such dramatic visions of simple ‘ordinary’ events - like a typical sunrise at the beach. No amount of pixel-twisting, palette-wrenching, post-production finesse could rival the natural beauty of a shot like this. I rarely even adjust […]