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Apollo Spaceflight Training Suits, Houston, Texas, 1978
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Repost from @islandboiphotography “There is a Haitian saying which might upset the aesthetic images of most women. Nou lèd, Nou la, it says. We are ugly, but we are here. Like the modesty that is somewhat common in Haitian culture, this saying makes a deeper claim for poor Haitian women than maintaining beauty, be it skin deep or otherwise. For most of us, what is worth celebrating is the fact that we are here, that we against all the odds exist. To the women who might greet each other with this saying when they meet along the countryside, the very essence of life lies in survival. It is always worth reminding our sisters that we have lived yet another day to answer the roll call of an often painful and very difficult life.” -Edwidge Danticat-
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How are we today, sister?
-We are ugly, but we are here.
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“Be strong, you never know who you are inspiring”. The “Face It Project” with @caxmee . You are an inspiration to me and to many! #islandboiphotography #lifestyle #beautyofawoman #blackisbeautiful #myblackisbeautiful #melanin #faceitproject #caxmee #blacklivesmatter #blackout #afropunk #inspiration #motivation #determination #greatness #confidence #courageous #strength #strongwoman #fanmdjanm #curlbox #urbanhairpost #africaninspiredshow #bookme #investinyourself #letswork #letscreate #unconditionalselflove #powerful
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A Strawberry Moon
Explanation:
June’s Full Moon is
traditionally known
as the Strawberry Moon or Rose Moon.
Of course those names might also describe the
appearance of this Full Moon, rising
over the small Swedish village of Marieby.
The Moon looks large in the image because the scene was
captured with a long focal length lens from a place
about 8 kilometers from the foreground houses.
But just by eye a Full Moon rising will appear to loom impossibly large
near the horizon.
That effect has long been recognized as
the
Moon Illusion.
Unlike the magnification provided by a telescope or telephoto lens,
the cause
of the Moon illusion is still poorly understood and
not explained
by atmospheric
optical effects, such as scattering and refraction.
Those effects do produce
the Moon’s blushing color and ragged edge also seen
in the photograph.
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What does space smell like?
It’s strange to think that the near-vacuum of space
could have a smell, and stranger still that humans — atmospheric
creatures — can actually experience it. Astronauts have consistently
reported the same strange odour after lengthy space walks, bringing it
back in on their suits, helmets, gloves and tools. Its bitter, smoky,
metallic smell — like seared steak, hot metal and arc welding smoke all
rolled into one. NASA have asked a chemist, Steve Pearce, to reproduce
the smell to use during acclimatization training, mapping out the likely
chemistry using natural materials to mimic the odor for accuracy. It’s
believed that the smell is caused by high-energy vibrations in particles
that mix with the air when brought inside. In the future, we might even
recreate the smell of the moon, Mars, Mercury or any place in the
universe, provided we have the right chemical information. In fact, we
can even recreate the smell of the heart of the galaxy — astronomers
searching for animo acids in Sagittarius B2, a vast dust cloud in the
middle of the Milky Way, have reported that due to a substance called
ethyl formate, it smells and tastes of raspberries and rum — much more
pleasant than seared steak and metal.