I am a mad keen amateur astronomer & science fan; dabble in photography & travel; lastly books & reading. In my spare time I work in vocational/higher ed.
On Nov. 28, our Orion spacecraft captured the Earth rising behind the Moon.
The #Artemis I flight test happened around 50 years after the iconic Apollo 17 "Blue Marble" photo of Earth was taken. See the similarities and differences between the two eras: https://t.co/lEllEjjRkv
Interesting that all of sudden “Zelenskyy is a war criminal” is now trending on this platform after he has visited the U.S. - I assume Russian bots are hard at work. The central fact is Russia invaded Ukraine on 24/2; as it did in the Crimea in 2014.
@tagula_blue Yes, I know where you’re coming from; had the same experience many years ago when I explained my fascination with astronomy to a girlfriend 😵💫
@philatelyreview To be honest, I am not sure I agree that modern UK (say post 2010) are that well designed. Something that irritates is the stream of pop-culture issues, e.g. Star Wars characters, which to me look like they were transplanted out of a database of stock images with minimal effort.