Showing posts with label astronaut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label astronaut. Show all posts

Wednesday, 5 January 2011

View from the ISS

View from the ISS Cupola, Douglas H. Wheelock

Col. Douglas H. Wheelock, a NASA astronaut, has recently posted an amazing series of photos from his time aboard the ISS. Sadly, owing to the end of the Space Shuttle program, I have no idea how many more such images we'll be seeing over time. The series of 29 images is posted here.

Thursday, 29 July 2010

AS11-40-5903

The title is the innocuous official NASA catalogue reference for this image on the left, one of my favourite photos of all time.

It is so iconic, showing Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, on the moon, that it has almost become a cliche. Yet, look at it again with fresh eyes, and admire it from a photographic perspective. It is simply astonishing. The strong light from the sun, the reflection of Armstrong in the visor taking the photo, the LEM nearby, the footprints in the dust, the pure blackness of space around - it all adds up to one of the most powerful images in human history.

I wholly encourage you to look at the large version on the NASA website, even if you've seen it all before: