Vincent Karpinski

Birds • Nature • Space • Photography
In the field with a camera chasing birds and wildlife by day and rocket launches by night. Living life on the Space Coast.

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@PirateSoftware My greatest achievement as a dad so far is getting my two children to respond with “Riggidy-roll” when I say “Cheat Commandos”

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@marcorandazza Don’t let @3YearLetterman find out about this

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Today, I got to meet two legends from the final Space Shuttle mission, STS-135!

On the left: Commander Christopher Ferguson. On the right: Mission Specialist Rex Walheim. Standing in front of Atlantis, the orbiter that flew that historic last flight in 2011.

The Space Shuttle era may be over, but the inspiration lives on.
#STS135 #NASA

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Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

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@MavProject21 Why does your work care? Are they reprimanding you for this?

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@bavedikian @GolfAndBocce23 @ResiVeteran @BestBuy @FedEx They are required to resolve the dispute within 2 billing cycles and no more than 90 days. Nearly every institution will give provisional credit. You are either lying or too lazy to try. Most disputes get resolved more quickly than the max time allowed.

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Ducks

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@donvincent @ApoStructura Green = successful
Red = failure
Orange = partial failure

I’m not sure how they chose to assign those identifiers to some of the launches but that is what they are supposed to mean.

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@KettlebellDan Same. It is actually very interesting and the translation seems to be very well done. Most of the time I can’t tell the content was translated unless I see the disclaimer.

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A few more shots from the launch of Artemis II.

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Captured this shot of SLS during the Artemis Il launch at Kennedy Space Center. Even with three hours of traffic on the way home, I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat. #artemis #tothemoon @ExploreSpaceKSC

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@MavProject21 What the heck did I miss?

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@MavProject21 I did not get the memo

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@MavProject21 What’s happening in Minnesota?

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@MavProject21 I was installing a new outlet for a safe that was coming in, and was trimming the sheathing off some Romex when, out of nowhere, I was cutting my finger instead!

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@MavProject21 If I’m being honest I’m probably going to wait until the stitches come out of my finger. I have already hit the way too many times already.

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@MavProject21 I didn’t and I should.

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@SydneyLWatson Outliers by @Gladwell explains the logic behind it. February is the best birth month for hockey players.

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600mm | 0.8s | f/6.3 | ISO 12800
Orion Nebula (M42)
One night, no tracking
#Astrophotography #OrionNebula

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@tms1967 This arrow symbol denotes an "Out of Office" (OOO) status in Outlook, typically appearing on days fully occupied by OOO appointments.

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