Welcome to 100 Ways to Die in Space Hi there bloggies, welcome to a new and fun little feature - 100 ways to die in space. Taking inspiration from a million ways to die in the west I'll be taking a somewhat tongue in cheek at the many and various ways that space is somewhat … Continue reading 100 Ways to Die in Space – # 3 Getting too Hot
100 Ways to Die in Space – # 2 Going too Fast
Welcome to 100 Ways to Die in Space Hi there bloggies, welcome to a new and fun little feature - 100 ways to die in space. Taking inspiration from a million ways to die in the west I'll be taking a somewhat tongue in cheek at the many and various ways that space is somewhat … Continue reading 100 Ways to Die in Space – # 2 Going too Fast
Death Diamonds – Blog Battle
This was the Blog Battle Entry for July 2020 and the prompt was Conceal. Death Diamonds Darrant hated these busy city bars, so many people crammed in to one place to be together and drink until they either couldn't walk or couldn't stand each other any more. This is what these people called fun or … Continue reading Death Diamonds – Blog Battle
100 Ways to Die in Space – # 1 Going too Slowly
Welcome to 100 Ways to Die in Space Hi there bloggies, welcome to a new and fun little feature - 100 ways to die in space. Taking inspiration from a million ways to die in the west I'll be taking a somewhat tongue in cheek at the many and various ways that space is somewhat … Continue reading 100 Ways to Die in Space – # 1 Going too Slowly
Blog Orbit – Blog Date September 2020
Hi there bloggies, hello and welcome to what is no September. Summer is over, at least in the UK anyway, rain has fallen in huge great floods at times and my roof sprung a leak. All this frivolity as well as work taking up valuable time has been keeping me from posting. With this also … Continue reading Blog Orbit – Blog Date September 2020
Drawing Sci-Fi – Perspectives and Shading
A few weeks ago I put a post up about taking some drawing advice and inspiration from a book on Drawing Sci-Fi and Finding Imagination. As I said in the post I was going to go back and try again with some better tools.Well I did and I have... The first thing I did was … Continue reading Drawing Sci-Fi – Perspectives and Shading
Celebrate Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Views From Above
Marking its 15th anniversary since launch, one of the oldest spacecraft at the Red Planet has provided glimpses of dust devils, avalanches, and more. Since leaving Earth 15 years ago, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet. The veteran spacecraft studies temperatures in Mars' thin atmosphere, peers underground with radar, and … Continue reading Celebrate Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Views From Above
Blog Orbit – Blog Date August 2020
Hi there bloggies, hello and welcome to March the 237th or in other words - August. That alone is quite a staggering thought, this is August. I mean, what happened? How is this even possible?The good thing is that no one put water on a mogwai.... if that's even how you spell it. So what … Continue reading Blog Orbit – Blog Date August 2020
Tenya’s Awakening
This was the Blog Battle Entry for July 2020 and the prompt was Wretched. Tenya's Awakening Tenya clamped her already closed eyes tightly shut, morning light is unbearable after a heavy night out on the town. She rolled over onto her side away from the window. Promptly falling out of bed flat onto her face. … Continue reading Tenya’s Awakening
My Comet Hunting Challenge
Unless you've had the attention of a hibernating hedgehog you will know that we have had a very icy near Earth visitor these last few weeks. Comet Neowise. Discovered in late March over the last few weeks the comet has been passing closer and closer to the Sun and to Earth. Becoming close enough and … Continue reading My Comet Hunting Challenge
The Space Station’s Solar Transit | NASA
This composite image, made from six frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of five on board, in silhouette as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second, Wednesday, June 24, 2020, from Fredericksburg, Va. On board are Expedition 63 NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy, Douglas Hurley, Robert Behnken, and Roscosmos cosmonauts … Continue reading The Space Station’s Solar Transit | NASA
Watch a 10-Year Time Lapse of Sun From NASA’s SDO | NASA
As of June 2020, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory – SDO – has now been watching the Sun non-stop for over a full decade. From its orbit in space around Earth, SDO has gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the Sun, amassing 20 million gigabytes of data over the past 10 years. This information has enabled … Continue reading Watch a 10-Year Time Lapse of Sun From NASA’s SDO | NASA
