National Geographic posted some of their favorite astronomic and physics related images taken this year. The shot above of an Annular Eclipse, or one in which the moon doesn’t completely cover the sun, is beautiful. I love the way the contrails of the jet cause the light to refract around the moon. More after the jump.
I grew up in Houston close to Johnson Space center, so being around NASA was pretty common in my childhood and with the end of the Space Shuttle’s lifespan nearing, its gotten we thinking about the perceived simplicity of space flight. Has the repetition and ease with which we’ve traveled to space weakened our overall interest in its existence? Has NASA made it look so easy to pull off that people just don’t care?
The short documentary above covers this concept and shows a group of intensely excited people experiencing the Space Shuttle’s last night launch ever. They’ve interviewed people involved with the Shuttle and curious onlookers who have traveled to witness one of the last liftoffs of Mankind’s most complicated machine.
It’s a great watch considering its brevity and includes some pretty funny interviews. My favorite happens around 19:25 when the guy says “all we’re sayin is….the shuttle launch is wassup man”. It’s a classic phrase for a classic piece of science.
Via Motherboard
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