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This picture was taken as part of the Rosetta mission in 2014. Wiki Page
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For more info, look up Radio Globe.
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This is the Komet made by The KUBA Corporation between 1957-62. Featured a 23" B&W TV and
below is a component rack for other audio equipment. This is the era I grew up in.
Excellent article and pictures here
Ever: "Looks more futuristic then the future ended up being. Thinking the Jetsons LOL."
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This photo was taken by the Messenger spacecraft in March, 2011. It's color
enhanced using various types of light to examine the planets composition.
For more information, visit this article at MIT
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Did you know that we turned off Niagara Falls in 1969?
Here's an excellent article about it in Smithsonian Magazine.
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Here's an overhead view of the Diamond Head crater that resides next to Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii. I lived in Waikiki around 1969/70 so I obviously saw Diamond Head everyday and I've actually been inside of it.
From the Wiki: "...often known as Hawaiian Woodstock, Diamond Head Crater Festivals, sometimes called Sunshine Festivals, were all-day music celebrations held in the 1960s and '70s, attracting over 75,000 attendees for performances of the Grateful Dead, Santana, America, Styx, Journey, War, and Tower of Power, alongside Hawaiian talent like Cecilio & Kapono and the Mackey Feary Band."
I was there to see Santana with my uncle. There was no public access road at that time. To get into the concert, everyone walked up a trail that went up over the rim of the crater and back down into it. You really needed to be dedicated to go there for a show. You can see the path at the far end of the crater in this picture.
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Taking a selfie in the tube.
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The Wiki page, about what he did on the Titanic, makes for some excellent reading.
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Doc: "The magic of books ...life's real transporters to distant lands."
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This is Nick and Bobbie Ercoline, the couple featured on the Woodstock album cover. The lower picture shows them 49 years later, still happily married since 1971. Unfortunately, Bobbie passed away March, 2023. They don't remember their picture being taken at Woodstock and were quite surprised to find themselves on the cover of the album.
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This is the Peacock Gardens located in the center of the Santafe Mall in Bogota, Columbia.
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Doesn't this look tasty? It's a Christmas meal in a can, developed by "Game", made specifically for gamers who wanted a holiday meal without having to stop playing their games or going through the trouble of cooking something up. Just grab a spoon, pop the lid and go to town. They even had a vegetarian version. It had a amazingly successful campaign back in 2013, when it was introduced, that went worldwide. It's had a couple of successful campaigns since then, as well. One problem....
...it's not real. There's a great article about the history of the Christmas Tinner here.
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Steve: "Year after year the price of everything has skyrocketed except for the
iPhone which remains at $1,400.00. The same as the ad above.
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Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin with a dove that landed on his hand during a
concert at Kezar Stadium, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, 1973.
I was there.
Here's an article about the event in the Guardian
Julie: "You were there?? So cool!"
Doc: "Yeah, I was 17. Rode the bus down to Golden Gate park. It was an
awesome day. Lee Michaels and The Tubes opened for LZ."
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Vantablack absorbs 99.965% of all light that strikes it.
"When applied to three-dimensional objects, Vantablack produces the
appearance of a two-dimensional surface or void space." - Wiki
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To put this in context with how far that is, Pluto is roughly 4 billion
miles from us which means Voyager 1 is almost 4 times farther away.
We were able to re-establish usable communications with it
on April 20, 2024 after it being quiet for 5 months.
Here's an article on it from JPL
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This is the Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 Quadriptyque wrist watch made by
Jaeger-LeCoultre in 2021. It has 4 faces and is probably the most complicated watch ever made.
The front face not only has a clock but includes a perpetual calendar.
Inside the watch is a lunar clock displaying the Synodic cycle, Draconic cycle, and Anomalistic cycle.
The back of the watch shows the moon-phase as seen from the Southern Hemisphere.
Limited to ten pieces worldwide, it was originally issued at a price of 1.35 million euros.
Here's an incredibly informative article, as well as some beautiful close up zoomable pictures.
Ever: "I remember reading about this ....I need one of these in my life if U R
having a hard time (excuse the pun) trying to figure out what to get me, Doc."
Doc: "I'll put it at the top of my Christmas shopping list."
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