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Fred, that's just ridiculous. I just woke up over here, and eagerly clicked on this link.
Ok for you then Robert. Here it is again. It's just one does a lot of research to bring the links together to present it as an attractive whole and one hopes that others also find it interesting to make it all worthwhile. It's about a feelgood thing. Just nice when a few comments appear saying something like "yeah interesting" or "cool" or something like that.
More about Andre and the space mission he was on.
//www.southgatearc.org/news/july2012/bringing_space_a_little_closer_to_home.htm From the heart
The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) is also delighted with André Kuipers. From the ISS, the astronaut took hundreds of photographs which have reached millions of people. “His message is that we have to be careful with the world’s natural resources. We only have one planet and we have to take good care of it,” says Dylan de Gruijl of WWF. Kuipers explicitly asked to become a WWF ambassador after his first space voyage.
His latest photographs not only show the Earth’s beauty but also the impact of deforestation, natural disasters and ongoing urbanisation. Our night-time illumination is even visible from space. “His sense of commitment comes from the heart. He doesn’t just read from a script. It’s his own conviction.”
I frequently post links to astronaut (and satellite) photos, including some lately of auroras and the recent solar eclipse as seen from space ... here are a few of the links I have to various galleries of space photos ...
