ARISS SSTV MAI75 Event August 6 & 7

The ISS will be sending out SSTV images on August 6&7 for a couple of hours.

see this weblink for more details.

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. 

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.

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. 

ARISS SSTV Expedition 65 June 21-27 Awards

ARISS SSTV Expedition 65 June 21-27 : all awards, including the Russion Award received.

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

Early this morning I could observe the Sun with a couple of Sunspots. Unfortunately clouds covered fast the sky.