Lost Track of Time

Christchurch Freemantle

As time goes by?

Cruising

Randy Quaid

Original here

Hong Kong Photographer - Fan Ho

Evening with Fan Ho from Themes + Projects by modernbook on Vimeo.

I'm incapable of looking at good Asia photography and not feeling nostalgic. I don't know why this is because I never lived here before the 90s and I don't get quite the same feeling when looking at similar occidental photography. Maybe I was here in a past life but anything Asia and even as near back as the 80's is fascinating for me to look at.

Causeway Bay by Drone

DJI Hong Kong Causeway Bay from iP Production Limited on Vimeo.

Does 70mm Hasselblad Film Melt or Freeze at 123 Celsius to -233 Celsius?

Above is the exact same 70mm film used in the Hasselblad cameras for the Apollo Moon landing of 1969 which NASA claims withstood the extreme moon temperatures of  253 Fahrenheit (123 Celsius), while at night it can drop to -387 Fahrenheit (-233 Celsius).

I have always wondered about those temperatures as a vacuum does not radiate heat and cold as much as Earth's atmosphere. On reading the unauthorized scientific explanation I can see some validity in this thinking but insufficient to withstand a maximum 7 hour 37 minute exposure on the lunar surface. The seasoned researcher will also note the 'debunking article' makes preposterous claims about 'conspiracy theorists' that unveil the purpose of the article which is to defend NASA instead of examining the many and varied claims that people who study the subject make.

Ian Taylor & Cece Nobre

 

One of my favourite photographers Ian Taylor who specialises in children was the inspiration for Bangkok based Graffiti artist Cece Nobre. You can follow them both on Facebook. Ian here and Cece here.

Ordinary People In Spacesuits

Graziano Panfili website
via [Faith is Torment]

Parkour In Palestine

                   

I used to be a gymnast so I was curious what the kids in the park were doing practising somersaults the other day as I did my run. I guess they were doing Parkour like the above kids in Palestine. This post via National Post

Time Lapse Photography Driving Through North East Thailand

One minute of video condenses a 200 kilometre trip of driving through North East Thailand. It's a lovely sampler of doing the real thing. Via Isaan Life

The Milky Way As The Wave Function Collapses On Observation

If you keep your eyes peeled, look out for the Pleiades appearing to the left which is where John Lash says the galactic stem is going to hold the recapitulation of Gaia in place. For me I just wonder if the milky way is a vertical rather than horizontal from this horizon? Are we looking out or in on the milky way from the camera. The cosmos is awesome.

Russia's Hottest Photographer

Lana is on official notice not to post photographs from a Russian rocket development centre where she snuck in and took a bunch of photographs. More here.

Dawn Orbits Vesta

JPL are still toying with us by providing TIFF images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft of only one megabyte but I'm grateful to get increasingly detailed photography of Vesta from the first orbit of a rotating asteroid in our asteroid belt ever. I say 'our' but it belongs to everyone doesn't it?