tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27212281148641999362012-02-16T03:22:34.366-08:00vanwackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628794092686944160noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721228114864199936.post-34639362902336793952011-02-08T16:27:00.000-08:002011-02-08T17:50:08.771-08:00I was drunk on Thursday night/Friday morning in Bellingham. I was walking home when i stopped at a park on N. Forrest. As I've done many times in Bellingham, I laid down to look up at those beautiful fucking stars. FUCKING. I watched a couple satellites run past when the 3rd started to shine. It grew bigger and bigger until it was so bright I got out my cellphone just to see if I could...<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Original (Taken 2:37am PDT)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FfoLPb8kHns/TVHicBYcoHI/AAAAAAAAADw/VJPpBBbH0Yw/s320/Photo3372.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571483185069203570" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Enhanced"</div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FfoLPb8kHns/TVHinhERmhI/AAAAAAAAAD4/F15PrIiTuc8/s320/Photo3372A.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571483382553090578" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>It went for so long and was so bright i thought for sure it had to be the ISS (International Space Station).</div><div><br /></div><div>After running home I stumbled upon the glory of the internet... <a href="http://www.heavens-above.com/">Heavens Above</a></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FfoLPb8kHns/TVHlC7qsQvI/AAAAAAAAAEA/n23iu9D_Vec/s320/Spacestation.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571486052573266674" /><br /></div><div>Except I circled the wrong one in paint. ahaha. It's really the top one.</div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FfoLPb8kHns/TVHl-gEGL2I/AAAAAAAAAEI/aEWaJlHZ-qo/s1600/Spacestation2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FfoLPb8kHns/TVHl-gEGL2I/AAAAAAAAAEI/aEWaJlHZ-qo/s320/Spacestation2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571487075955781474" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FfoLPb8kHns/TVHqhBnFJKI/AAAAAAAAAEY/CuVNdftC31Q/s1600/track.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FfoLPb8kHns/TVHqhBnFJKI/AAAAAAAAAEY/CuVNdftC31Q/s320/track.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571492067122947234" /></a>I WAS RIGHT! </div><div><br /></div><div>I remember in 2008 I was in that same park about an hour after sunset with Layne, John and Nick when we were doing the same thing. Staring up into those stars when we saw an even brighter light. I was watching a satellite crawl across the sky when it all of the sudden got gradually got brighter until it peaked and went back down. It was the brightest man made thing I've ever seen even more than the ISS. I learned later that it was probably a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_flare">iridium </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flare_Simulation.gif">flare</a> I love that park.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, later in the year an astronaut named Doug Wheelock took this picture of <a href="http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/caldwell.html">Tracy Caldwell Dyson</a> gazing down upon earth LIKE A FOX.</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FfoLPb8kHns/TVHpAd8AXaI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/S2_iUZTrSwE/s1600/cupolaview_iss14_big3small.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FfoLPb8kHns/TVHpAd8AXaI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/S2_iUZTrSwE/s320/cupolaview_iss14_big3small.jpg" border="0" alt="Tracy Caldwell Dyson" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571490408279596450" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Swoooooooon</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nichlos Manske: I LOVE HER!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2721228114864199936-3463936290233679395?l=vanwack.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>vanwackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628794092686944160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721228114864199936.post-16238615947032332622010-10-03T23:12:00.002-07:002010-10-03T23:30:56.957-07:00Three things I want to do in life...<div><br /></div><div>See a rocket launch from as close as possible. (I've already seen one, but not as close)</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vPQvTgD2quQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vPQvTgD2quQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>see a total solar eclipse </div><div><br /></div><div><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eOvWioz4PoQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eOvWioz4PoQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div>and</div><div><br /></div><div>Face a wall of sand head on.</div><div><br /></div><div><embed src="http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/satellite/satelliteEmbedPlayer.swf" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="videoRef=08740_00&amp;shareURL=http%3A%2F%2Fchannel.nationalgeographic.com%2Fseries%2Fgreat-migrations-episode-guide%2FVideos%2F08740_00&amp;embedConfigFileName=config.xml" allowfullscreen="true" name="flashObj" width="496" height="279" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" allowscriptaccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2721228114864199936-1623861594703233262?l=vanwack.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>vanwackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628794092686944160noreply@blogger.com0