@P_Kallioniemi@mfa_russia In the old South Africa pre 1994, all white men at 18 went to do national service and then most ended up on the border fighting cuba/russia/swapo. Many young men died. These guys look as old as those that went to the border war.
Immense planning and technical precision was required for this absolutely preposterous (but real) view: I captured my friend @BlackGryph0n transiting the sun during a skydive.
This might be the first photo of it's kind in existence. See a video of this moment in the reply π
VICTORY! The court has made it official - the @KarpowershipSA licences are scrapped. The deal is DONE. @NERSA_ZA will pay #OUTAβs legal costs. 3 years of pressure. Zero accountability - until now.
We showed up. We held the line. And today, #SouthAfrica won.
Hereβs our Accountability Team, standing by as justice was delivered.
When I bought my first telescope, I assumed photos of galaxies and nebulae required billion dollar space telescopes... I was wrong.
Here's 4 of my favorite deep sky photos since I started this hobby, captured with equipment anyone can own.