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agabot

Scientific poetry

Dec 10, 2006 19:39

I rarely see news photos that make me go ooooh. This afternoon I came across one:

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Comments 9

elbert December 10 2006, 13:56:14 UTC

Yes, I agree. It IS a beautiful pic.

Correction lang, sir, the photo credit should go to Nigel Cook of the Daytona Beach News-Journal, via the Associated Press (not the New York Times).

elbert December 10 2006, 14:14:45 UTC

BTW, I looked him up, and guess what? He has a similar pic of the shuttle Atlantis taken way back in 1995 during a 3:13 a.am. launch. http://www.news-journalonline.com/photo/cook/photo12.htm

agabot December 10 2006, 16:31:18 UTC

Aha. Thanks for the heads-up. I cribbed it from the NY Times page, but there was no accreditation there, and I assumed they took it themselves.

The photographer's other pic is good, but I like this new one better. I guess he believes that if a shot works, it's worth doing again. Bravo.

nivleklive December 10 2006, 17:47:56 UTC

I LOVE IT.

wonder if there's a copy big enough to be a wallpaper...

agabot December 10 2006, 17:50:06 UTC

Ako din naghahanap...

wasabi1me December 11 2006, 17:37:11 UTC

Wow! I have no words.

At some point, I would fantasize being able to "travel" in one of those. Who knows, di ba? Buti pa ang iPod. It's been evreywhere. i wonder, has anyone taken it to the summit of Everest?

mrshobbes December 12 2006, 05:24:40 UTC

wow, is that really a photo from earth? looks like a scene from a sci-fi flick :)

gpherman December 12 2006, 16:38:06 UTC

Here's one of my favorites by someone named Ben Wang:

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agabot December 12 2006, 16:41:10 UTC

Ooooh. Nice one!

Hey, Elbert, did Ben Wang really shoot this? Or did someone else beat him to the shot? :-)