Above us, only sky…

…well, that and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who continues to provide us with amazing photos of the earth, taken from the International Space Station and shared via twitter. Yesterday, he gave us this gem of a a rather barren looking Western Cape, with a bit of Northern Cape at the top right and a bit […]

Earth from the ISS

Or rather, in this case, the ISS from Atlantis, via TriggerPit. Earth from the ISS: Like a scene from Star Wars – an X-wing approaches Kepler on the horizon. Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, European Space Agency’s (ESA) “Johannes Kepler” Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2) begins its relative separation from the International […]

That quote, immortalised

Those of you who follow me on twitter or have befriended me on facebook may have heard mention of this yesterday evening, but those media are transient and temporary, whereas this blog has delusions of permanence about itself. And that’s why I’m putting this up here; so that in years to come, I can return […]