Take My Hand (APOD 2009 September 18)

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neufer
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Take My Hand (APOD 2009 September 18)

Post by neufer » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:23 am

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090918.html wrote:
Explanation: Check out this close-up of spacesuited NASA astronaut John Olivas outside the International Space Station.
  • I'm a little teapot
    Short and stout.
    Here is my handle
    Here is my spout.
    When I get all steamed up
    Here me shout.
    Tip me over and
    Pour me out.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Falcon wrote:
<<According to Star Wars creator George Lucas, the Millennium Falcon's design
is inspired by a hamburger, with the cockpit being an olive on the side.>>
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Olivas wrote:
<<John Daniel "Danny" Olivas [Olives in Spanish] (born May 25, 1965 in North Hollywood)
is an American engineer of Mexican descent and a NASA astronaut.>>
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http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... ve#p109573
http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... ive#p98953
Art Neuendorffer

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Re: Take My Hand (APOD 2009 September 18)

Post by harry » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:08 am

G'day

Nice one.

They should have asked him to smile.
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Take my hand II

Post by Aqua » Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:29 pm

This 3D image/effect is interesting on a number of levels. Tool curiosity aside and the amazing reflections visor wise, I noticed that while wearing my red/blue glasses if I move horizontally back and forth 6" or so, about 18" from my monitor, the foreground objects move correspondingly. That is to say, the astronauts left arm and belt level tool bundle can be made to move 'up and down' with my monitor's beam orientation? Or is that an artifact of the red/blue cross imaging?

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