NASA Social - Space X CRS-4 Launch!
We have liftoff! The Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon and payload bound for the international space station clears the tower. After scrubbing the launch the previous night due to weather, everything was looking good in the lead up to the scheduled launch of Space X CRS-4 at 1:52 am Eastern time.…
NASA Social - Space X CRS 4 Day 2
What an amazing day yesterday and today was looking even better. We started with more briefings by NASA administrators and then the SpaceX Preflight brief. The only concerning statement was that weather was looking iffy and they were predicting a 50% chance of scrub. Unfortunately we got the…
NASA Social - SpaceX CRS-4 Launch Day 1
The famous countdown clock with the VAB in the distance. Today started by getting our press badges and then driving into the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). It was a foggy morning and watching the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) slowly appear out of the mist was inspiring. KSC has so much history and…
Atlantis Encounter - Kennedy Space Center
Wow...just wow. The folks here at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) have outdone themselves with the Atlantis exhibit. It is nothing short of phenomenal, although as an extreme space geek I am likely a bit biased. Atlantis is housed in its own building, its easy to spot with the SRB and main tank…
Review: F-Stop Camera Backpack
As I prepared for my two week trip to Iceland I new I wanted to bring a good camera bag for hiking. I had a standard backpack style bag from Think Tank and it was OK for hauling my gear around town. When I did hiking based trips I just took my standard frame pack and wrapped the camera in a jacket…
Iceland Adventure - Part 3
Day 3 Continued After watching the jet skiers run around the lagoon and go swimming in their dry suits, I set off for a hike to see what I could discover. It was beautifully peaceful. Storms in the distance yet completely still along the shore, the occasional bird or seal swimming by. I'm not sure…
Iceland Adventure - Part 2
After an amazing first day exploring Iceland it was time for.... Day 2 The first thing I did when I woke up was check the weather, Iceland has an awesome weather website and shows predicted cloud cover for up to 5 days out. Along with the photography map it was a great resource for planning the…
Iceland Adventure - Part 1
I just spent an amazing two weeks chasing the light around Iceland. It is an amazingly beautiful place and I cannot wait to go back - so much more to see! I wanted to share the story of the trip with you, hopefully you find it inspiring, useful, and a little funny. Preparing for the Adventure A two…
The Diving Board
Ansel Adams made the diving board famous with his class shot Monolith , and ever since then many landscape photographers have made the difficult hike in Yosemite to the same location as sort of a pilgrimage. I first tried to reach this area two years ago, and we took a wrong trail and ended up…