Telling Teenagers the Facts of Life...

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.

Arnold H. Glasow

Hi my friends,

First, I want to say thank you for all the kind comments to my last post. It's always a great feeling to read how much you're enjoying my blog posts. Thanks for coming back again today...*smile*... 

I was very busy recently and couldn't post for two days, but now I'm back again with one of my pictures I did 2 days ago of a shrimp boat, sitting in the harbor of Cape Canaveral. And there I saw these BIG fishes "cleaning up" the barnacles off the side walls of the boat. I bet, you could have catch them with your own hands, they were so busy...

I wish you a happy Wednesday - see you later!

~Susanne

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Twenty Seconds of Excitement...

 

The big waiting for the start of the Shuttle Discovery's last flight to the Space Station started for many visitors already early in the day and in the afternoon. Some were enjoying te pretty water views, some had already a drink or two, some were playing cards or just relaxing in the warm sunshine, like this man in the front.

And then, finally at 4.50 p.m. the Shuttle appeared flying high already into the sky

Some seconds after the start came the clouds, covering up the view and that's was it - an excitement of maybe 20 seconds, that's all.

 This is what the Shuttle left behind: a lot of noise and this large and impressive looking smog cloud.

Space Shuttle Discovery's Final Launch

In less than two hours, NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to make its last trip into low Earth orbit. Discovery will be traveling to the International Space Station, carrying a large module packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as a robotic assistant named Robonaut 2. With the entire Space Shuttle program scheduled for mandatory retirement this year, Discovery is the most-flown spacecraft in history, traveling 143 million miles (230 million kilometers) over the course of its 39 missions since 1984, and spending nearly a full year in orbit. Gathered here are images of Discovery, its crew, and support staff from the past several months, while the spacecraft was being prepared for today's launch. This mission, STS-133, is scheduled for liftoff at 4:50 p.m Eastern Time.

If you're interested in learning more about this flight and to see great pictures, click here.


Hi my friends,

It was quiet an experience yesterday and big fun for me to watch the last flight of the Shuttle. My snaps are only a small collection of documentation what I have seen with my eyes - and with my camera. My big wish is to get one day more closer with my camera, to see the "real thing" close enough!!

Maybe someone out there by NASA will read this...!?  :))

Thank you so much also for all your kind comments to my last post. Gladly appreciated!
I wish you all a wonderful Friday - Weekend is just around the corner.... yeah!
~Susanne






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Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales...

Rusty door gates - captured in Fredericksburg, TX

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded 

by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
Alexandre Dumas

Hi my friends,
Thank you very much for all the kind comments here on my blog and over there on my facebook page. I appreciate every single one and I'm happy you liked my post so much about the migrating pelicans.

Tomorrow afternoon about 4p.m. will be the launch of the last Space Shuttle flight. I'll be there and try to get a spot close enough to make some acceptable pictures - I hope!. And I'm hoping too that my camera (and me) will be fast enough to follow and to capture this historical spectacle - before it's to far away and flying over Africa already...LOL...

Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday.
Susanne






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The Pelicans are back!

The pelicans are migrating and took over "The rocks" in Jetty Park, at Cape Canaveral

Get out of my way, that was my spot last year and it's my spot this year also!

Hi my friends,

The white pelicans are migrating and back. Taking over "The Rocks" out in Jetty Park at the Cape Canaveral shores. I have captured some of them and it's fun to watch their cleaning rituals.

A large flock of White Pelicans winter also in the Indian River near Scottsmoor Landing. You might see them flying and feeding anywhere on Merritt Island.

Thank you very much for all your kind comments to my "Wordless Sunday" post. 

I'm gladly appreciate them.

Wishing you a good start in the new week.

~Susanne

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Jellyfish or Medusa

Jellyfish - captured in the waters of Cape Canaveral, Florida

Jellyfish (also known as jellies or sea jellies or Medusozoa)

are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish have several different morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including the Scyphozoa (over 200 species), Staurozoa (about 50 species), Cubozoa (about 20 species), and Hydrozoa (about 1000–1500 species that make jellyfish and many more that do not). Medusa is another word for jellyfish, and refers specifically to adult jellyfish.
Jellyfish are found in every ocean, from the surface to the deep sea. Some hydrozoan jellyfish, or hydromedusae, are also found in fresh water; freshwater species are less than an inch (25 mm) in diameter, are colorless and do not sting. Many of the best-known jellyfish, such as Aurelia, are scyphomedusae. These are the large, often colorful, jellyfish that are common in coastal zones worldwide.
In its broadest sense, the term jellyfish also generally refers to members of the phylum Ctenophora. Although not closely related to cnidarian jellyfish, ctenophores are also free-swimming planktonic carnivores, are generally transparent or translucent, and exist in shallow to deep portions of all the world's oceans.
Alternative names for groups of jellyfish are scyphomedusae, stauromedusae, cubomedusae, and hydromedusae. These may relate to an entire order or class.



Hi my friends,
I hope you had all a nice Valentines Day! Thank you for all the wonderful comments here on my blog and also on my facebook site. I do appreciate it.
Today I have a picture about some Jellyfishes I have captured out at Jetty Park. That was also for me the first time I have seen these pretty creatures swimming at the surface of the waters out there, beside some turtles, Manatees and Dolphins.

I'm happy to see you coming back to my blog today!

~Susanne





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My Wordless Sunday - # 1 in 2011

 Also in 2011 I will post my "Wordless Sunday Photo" on my blog. I hope you'll ENJOY it!

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A thousand foot fishing line...

Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, 

but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook

ZEN proverb

Hi my friends,

I don't know anymore, where I have this proverb from. But I know for sure where I made this photo of  these cute two fishing girls....*smile*.... My memories are not all gone in this heat, thanks God! :))

I wish you a great Saturday. Tomorrow is my "Wordless Sunday" again, come back and visit me.

It's HOT down here in Florida, the best thing to do to stay cool is: Stay home! :))

See ya'...

Susanne

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Her last flight to Space

The Atlantis Shuttle launch

The mission had no problems with the weather. The launch was initiated yesterday around Kennedy Space Center at 2:28 PM. The countdown contained no serious technical issues.

Atlantis 

will blast into the stratosphere to deliver big spare parts and a load of supplies to the International Space Station

Can you see that little white dot? That's the Shuttle Atlantis only some minutes after the launch!

Atlantis is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station in approximately two days after launch.

Some impressions captured of all that smog and exhaust - a dramatic picture, 

but, is this environmental friendly????

A close up of all that smog...

It was hard to get a parking spot anywhere closer, there were people, people - everywhere! 

But I liked the industrial background to this event in high technology.

American Space Science and the American Flag - how more patriotic can I be?

And this as a (legal!) immigrant....*smile*....

Hi my friends,

So much to the launch of the Space Shuttle yesterday. It was her last flight up there. There will be more launches this year but with another ship and for other purposes. I have enjoyed this maybe 10 minutes of  excitement and of capturing these impressive moments. 

The search for a parking was more than an hour. But in the end it was worth it!

Thank you for all your wonderful comments to my post yesterday.

Stay tuned, come back tomorrow to my Sunday Wordless Special.

ENJOY!

Susanne

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Pretty close to the ground

It's pretty close....!

This is the spot where the air plains in training are landing - and also starting - to their training flights. It's impressive and also scary looking, to see them fly so close to the ground.

Patrick Air Force Base
(IATA: COF, ICAO: KCOF, FAA LID: COF)
is a United States Air Force Base located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It was named in honor of Major General Mason Patrick. An Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) base, it is home to the 45th Space Wing. Additional tenant activities include the 920th Rescue Wing, the Air Force Technical Applications Center and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute.

(If you are interested, read more about PAFB on Wiki here)

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2 Minutes of Excitement!

Dave and I went down to the beach to see the Launch of the Shuttle at Cape Canaveral and we were not the only one waiting for that spectacular event.

And then... wow, there was the Shuttle already, high up in the sky
before I even could point and focus my camera to the right spot.
I was almost to late with clicking the shutter :)

O.M.G., that was quiet the most exciting 2 minutes in my life - and I almost missed it...LOL...

And a full view of the whole scenery
btw, all the pics are click able to see it a little bit bigger, so you get the idea what I try to show you here :)

Can you see that big white puffy cloud on the horizon? It looks almost like an atomic blast, but that was THE spot where the Shuttle started

And there were also kids, I guess, they don't cared to much about the Shuttle, about space and flying high up to the stars :)



Hi my friends,

It was an experience, it was a very short and intense experience with this space-stuff!
I admit, I was to slow and I have pointed my camera first in the wrong direction.

I'm a newbie...hey.. what's up...? Coming from the "good old country", how the heck should I have photographic experience with catching Shuttles on a digital media? ...LOL...
Anyway, however....there will be more launches coming up next year
and I will be there again and I'll be better, I promise!...LOL...

P.S. if you want to see the REAL pictures, click here

Thanks for all your comments, love you all! :)
Susanne


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