sound designer/monkey, slightly addicted board, video & minis gamer, tech nerd, F1 fan, Technical Director in theatre & lapsed but keen birdwatcher he/him/oi
@Remi_Harris@YardbirdArts Awh heck! Very very warm wishes to you both! You and Dani were two of the genuinely loveliest people i had the pleasure of working with during my time at Cast. Please pass on my love & thoughts to her, and may you both find peace & brightness thru all this. Paul D
The fear of big is real, and these pictures will prove it.
Photos and videos that will awaken your megalophobia:
I open thread 🧵
1. Swedish warship Vasa
Something lovely for the weekend!
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age.
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, evidence of long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
Yep, these people are "deniers", not "sceptics". You don't get to be "sceptical" about established facts unless you have some revolutionary new information or perspectives that everyone else has missed...
#Today in 1984, high above the Earth's surface, an astronaut captured a satellite by hand.
Dale Gardner flew free using the Manned Maneuvering Unit and began to attach a control device to the rotating Westar 6 satellite.
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This stunning video of the @SpaceX Inspiration4 mission launch was made of multiple telescope tracking shots and composed in a neverending loop.
[🎞️ MarsScientific]
Colibri has reached 100 meters! 🚀🎉
In 60 seconds, it climbed to 105m, diverted 30m north, and safely landed back to its pad. This is the flight we promised from day one, while no reusable rocket has flown freely in Europe yet!
We did it with a tiny team and under 250kCHF! 😉
Wonderful to get home to one of my favourite books 📕 (and musicals) illustrated my one of my favourite illustrators @chrismouldink .This looks amazing 🤩.