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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
ARISS SSTV MAI75 Event August 6 & 7
The ISS will be sending out SSTV images on August 6&7 for a couple of hours.
Monday, July 19, 2021
Green Flash at sunset from the Belgian Coast
Yesterday evening (July 18) beautiful and cloudfree sunset @ De Panne (B). During sunset a green flash was seen for a couple of seconds.
Sunday, July 11, 2021
Another ARISS certificate : my first Philippine certificate
Receiving my first Philippine ARISS SSTV certificate as part of succesfully receiving ISS images from ARISS expedition 65 series 18 June 21-27, 2021.
Thursday, July 8, 2021
10 Years ago : Last flight of Space Shutlle Atlantis
Exactly 10 years ago, on July 8th 2011, it was the last time a space shuttle was launched. The Atlantis, mission STS-135, was launched to the ISS and returned to Earth on July 21.
Last year I visited the Atlantis at the Space Kennedy Center in Florida. When I a look back at those pictures ... amazing.
Monday, July 5, 2021
Sunday, July 4, 2021
Sunspot AR2835
Clouds disappeared this evening so I could take some pictures of the huge sunspot AR2835.
Setting :Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5 with Baader Solarfilm ND3.8: ISO100, 1/3200s. Raw picture converted to DNG and editing using CS4.
July 4th Sun with Sunspot
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