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Our Gorgeous Sky: Terje Sorgjerd’s Observations from El Teide, Spain’s Highest Mountain

Posted by mistergroonk in Just Freaking Neat, Photography, Space, World on April 20, 2011

Between April 4th and 11th 2011 Terje Sorgjerd took his camera and visited Spain’s highest mountain El Teide(3718m). During the visit he filmed the hell out of the spectacular view he found. While he was there, a sandstorm hit the Sahara.

That is when something beautiful happened:

Interestingly enough my camera was set for a 5 hour sequence of the milky way during this time and I was sure my whole scene was ruined. To my surprise, my camera had managed to capture the sandstorm which was backlit by Grand Canary Island making it look like golden clouds. The Milky Way was shining through the clouds, making the stars sparkle in an interesting way. So if you ever wondered how the Milky Way would look through a Sahara sandstorm, look at 00:32.

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Music by: Ludovico Einaudi – “Nuvole bianche”

Music by my friend: Ludovico Einaudi – “Nuvole bianche” with permission.
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Astronaut Jim Lovell Agrees, Space Should Be Our Destination

Posted by mistergroonk in Science, USA on March 28, 2010

Cleaning out tabs that have been open for weeks. As any faithful reader may have guessed, we have a damn lot of them. The best way to remember them properly is to post them. For example, at least some of the old school astronauts are as disappointed as we were regarding the delays in returning to the moon.

Apollo Astronaut Jim Lovell, the heroic commander of Apollo 13.
“Personally I think it will have catastrophic consequences in our ability to explore space and the spin-offs we get from space technology,” he said.
“They haven’t thought through the consequences.”

If you need examples of how space exploration has benefited us here on Earth, have a look at NASA’s annual publication Spinoff.

Available as a PDF or searchable database.

(via bbc)

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