Wheel of Death

Cirque Italia is in town for the weekend. I snapped some photos of the performances Thursday, the opening day here in Melbourne. This is 1.6-seconds showing the motion of the "Wheel of Death." The performer, Guillermo, has hopped off the spinning wheel (of death) and he's mugging for Jon Shaban and Greg Pallone. Thanks to Sarah and Corissa (aerialist extraordinaire) for giving me cool (and colorful) things to point my camera at. (Pic: me, 1.6-seconds exposure at f22 and ISO1600, with a "melting" filter added in post-processing)

Starlink 2 by SpaceX

What a beautiful start to 2020: the #SpaceX #Starlink launch, seen from Titusville. Note the re-entry burn (low on the horizon) as this #Falcon9 rocket becomes a 4x flown & 4x landed booster. (Pic: me / We Report Space, January 6, 2020)

Van Gogh

Seurat

Monet

Degas

Brown pelican

𝙋𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨, with some attitude.

Cezanne

In Flight Abort test by SpaceX

At 10:30 am on Sunday, January 19, 2020, SpaceX launched the Crew Dragon atop a Falcon9 rocket to prove the viability of the capsule's abort system. Shortly after launch, the Crew Dragon intentionally separated from the Falcon9 booster (which was consumed in a fiery explosion) and landed safely eight (or so) minutes later. Early indications are that the test was a success, teeing up the next, crewed flight. SpaceX founder Elon Musk would later say that he expected humans to fly on the Crew Dragon in the second quarter of 2020.

In Flight Abort test by SpaceX

#SpaceX is now targeting between 11am & noon (ET) Saturday for the #InFlightAbort test. These are Friday afternoon views of the #CrewDragon and the #Falcon9 rocket, looking ready to go if Saturday brings cooperative weather.

In Flight Abort test by SpaceX

#SpaceX is now targeting between 11am & noon (ET) Saturday for the #InFlightAbort test. These are Friday afternoon views of the #CrewDragon and the #Falcon9 rocket, looking ready to go if Saturday brings cooperative weather.

In Flight Abort test by SpaceX

#SpaceX is now targeting between 11am & noon (ET) Saturday for the #InFlightAbort test. These are Friday afternoon views of the #CrewDragon and the #Falcon9 rocket, looking ready to go if Saturday brings cooperative weather.

In Flight Abort test by SpaceX

#SpaceX is now targeting between 11am & noon (ET) Saturday for the #InFlightAbort test. These are Friday afternoon views of the #CrewDragon and the #Falcon9 rocket, looking ready to go if Saturday brings cooperative weather.