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The Moon Hoax Debunked

January 23rd, 2013 | Space

Moon Hoax Debunked

This is one of the clearest examples of a Moon Hoax debunking on the web right now.  Basically, it boils down to limitations of the video technology at the time.
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 I hope you are not one of the crazies out there that believe in the Moon Hoax, but if you are, it’s time to find a new conspiracy to support.
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-RSB

Moonwalk by Dean Potter

January 20th, 2013 | Space

Dean Potter Moonwalk

Dean Potter is the world-renowned American free climber, alpinist, base jumper, and highliner featured in the video above.  He’s conquered some of the world’s most challenging peaks WITHOUT a rope!  He has speed soloed Half Dome, El Capitan, Cerro Torre, and Fitzroy.

The Moonwalk above is located on a highline at Cathedral Peak, as part of a project for National Geographic called The Man Who Can Fly.

When asked to describe the experience in a recent interview, here’s was Dean had to say:

Did the Moon look like it does in the photo with the naked eye?

Potter: Photographer Mikey Schaefer was taking the photographs from approximately 1.2 miles west of the highline. For him, the moon and myself looked exactly like you see it in this picture. From my vantage point on the summit of the Cathedral Peak, the moon was higher in the sky and it looked as the moon always looks to us mortals on the ground.
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What would you have done if you had fallen?

Potter : I’ve always been a “free soloist.” Whatever I do, I long to be untethered and free. This desire for freedom goes far beyond the highline to every facet of life. Freedom is our most fundamental right. I am completely confident with my ability to catch the line if I were to fall. I’ve practiced this catch move successfully for the past 19 years.

And here’s a few more photos from the National Geographic episode which aired on Sunday, February 8th, 2013 at 8pm:

Dean Potter Free Climbing Cathedral Park

Dean Potter soloing El Capitan

The Workshop

-RSB

Balancing Rocks from Michael Grab

January 13th, 2013 | Space

Balancing Rocks 1

Balancing Rocks 2

Balancing Rocks 3

Balancing Rocks 4
Balancing Rocks 6

Balancing Rocks 7

Balancing Rocks 5

Michael Grab is responsible for these alien-like organic sculptures made only from balancing rocks. You won’t find any hidden adhesive like tape or glue keeping these structures in order.
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 It is simply the force of gravity at work.

This must certainly be a labor of love because to imagine the sheer number of failures it took to get these just right is maddening.

Here is Michael discussing one such experience:

“So much care and attention must be paid to the overall balance the entire time. If not observed carefully, one small rock can bring down the massive blob of rocks. I had it happen at the end of an attempted blob…the one that would have been done before this one. LEARNING EXPERIENCE. So I took the lesson and applied it to this particular blob. This one actually rocked in the wind and scared the hell out of me a few times.

My body closely tuned with the feeling of the blob. There’s a point of feeling when I KNEW it would collapse without me. Instant adrenaline.”

At this point, you may be asking yourself how these feats are possible.  Well, Michael says:

“The most fundamental element of balancing in a physical sense is finding some kind of ‘tripod’ for the rock to stand on. Every rock is covered in a variety of tiny to large indentations that can act as a tripod for the rock to stand upright, or in most orientations you can think of with other rocks. By paying close attention to the feeling of the rocks, you will start to feel even the smallest clicks as the notches of the rocks in contact are moving over one another.”

And here’s a video demonstrating his the craft:

The force is strong with this one.

-RSB

Cassini’s Saturn

December 19th, 2012 | Space

The Cassini space probe was launched back in 1997 and made it to Saturn in 2004 after an interplanetary voyage which included flybys of Venus and Jupiter.  I recently stumbled across this article on the Huffington Post, and I decided it might be a good time to share my favorite images from the Saturn portion of Cassini’s journey.

Cassini Saturn 1

“A Splendor Seldom Seen

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of Saturn, taken while the spacecraft was in Saturn’s shadow. The cameras were turned toward Saturn and the sun so that the planet and rings are backlit. (The sun is behind the planet, which is shielding the cameras from direct sunlight.) In addition to the visual splendor, this special, very-high-phase viewing geometry lets scientists study ring and atmosphere phenomena not easily seen at a lower phase.

Cassini Saturn 2

Colorful Colossi and Changing Hues

A giant of a moon appears before a giant of a planet undergoing seasonal changes in this natural color view of Titan and Saturn from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, measures 3,200 miles, or 5,150 kilometers, across and is larger than the planet Mercury. Cassini scientists have been watching the moon’s south pole since a vortex appeared in its atmosphere in 2012. See PIA14919 and PIA14920 to learn more about this mass of swirling gas around the pole in the atmosphere of the moon.
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Peeping Mimas

Saturn’s moon Mimas peeps out from behind the larger moon Dione in this view from the Cassini spacecraft.

Mimas (246 miles, or 396 kilometers across) is near the bottom center of the image. Saturn’s rings are also visible in the top right.

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Angling Saturn

The Cassini spacecraft takes an angled view toward Saturn, showing the southern reaches of the planet with the rings on a dramatic diagonal.

The moon Enceladus (313 miles, or 504 kilometers across) appears as a small, bright speck in the lower left of the image.

Cassini Saturn 5

Strong Jet in False Colors

A particularly strong jet stream churns through Saturn’s northern hemisphere in this false-color view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

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Saturn’s North Pole, Wide View

This image from NASA’s Cassini mission was taken on Nov. 27, 2012, with Cassini’s wide-angle imaging camera. The camera was pointing toward Saturn from approximately 233,742 miles (376,171 kilometers) away.
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Cassini Saturn 7

Storm Tail in False Color

This false-color mosaic from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows the tail of Saturn’s huge northern storm.

Cassini Saturn 8

Wispy Dione

This raw image of Saturn’s moon Dione taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows the fractured region known as “wispy terrain.” The image was obtained on Dec. 20, 2010, from a distance of about 107,000 kilometers (66,000 miles).
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Cassini Saturn 9

Majestic Saturn, in the Infrared

This false-color composite image, constructed from data obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, shows Saturn’s rings and southern hemisphere.”

To learn more about Saturn, head to the wiki.

-RSB

[All images and captions credited to NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI]

Pale Blue Dot Animated Video

December 10th, 2012 | Space

Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan

This is a new animated video of Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” speech by Joel Somerfield (from the animation studio, Order, in East London).  It’s a moving speech and the style of the video does it justice. I’m not sure it beats out Reid Gower’s video of “The Frontier is Everywhere,” but I still enjoyed it quite a bit. It should be said, however, that a few of us are living in space right now.

-RSB

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