Starship Asterisk*

:drgreen: :drgreen: I'd love to see the mathematics behind Sun Pillars; glorious!

Spent a rainy Friday nite in Tulsa, watching many great sites and listening to the the sounds of stars falling thanks to NASA/Air Force et al. Will look up sites and report later. Went out the 14th/4-6am (CST), and saw 1 large and 2 small, at TU campus.
But todays APD was the icing on the cake.

Drgreen: PBS had program, on history of telescopes, which included Messier's. It was so large and cumbersome, his sister actually wrote notes and sketches, while he dictated from his precarious perch above. It was a very interesting program.

Every day, is usually an extraordinary adventure in the links that my 'daily fav', inspires. But today's ISS pic of Atlantis re-entry, is my favorite shuttle shot of the whole project. Also, my fav ISS/pov, all time. What a way to go. The end of a wondrous era that thanks to NASA, et al, has produce...