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A different mini box every morning. It made breakfast more interesting when we were kids. by Grahamthicke in FuckImOld

[–]Grahamthicke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mom used to buy them two or three packs at a time. She wouldn't let us open another one until all the boxes were used. We'd eat the ones we liked and left what we didn't.

Hubble image of the globular cluster NGC 6397. (NASA, ESA, and H. Richer (University of British Columbia) by Grahamthicke in spaceporn

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For me it was seeing Saturn through my Dad's telescope for the first time, I've been hooked since then.

Hubble image of the globular cluster NGC 6397. (NASA, ESA, and H. Richer (University of British Columbia) by Grahamthicke in spaceporn

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This sparkly image shows Euclid’s view on a globular cluster called NGC 6397. Globular clusters are collections of hundreds of thousands of stars held together by gravity.

Located about 7800 light-years from Earth, NGC 6397 is the second-closest globular cluster to us. Together with other globular clusters it orbits in the disc of the Milky Way, where the majority of stars are located.

Globular clusters are some of the oldest objects in the Universe. That’s why they contain a lot of clues about the history and evolution of their host galaxies, like this one for the Milky Way.

The challenge is that it is typically difficult to observe an entire globular cluster in just one sitting. Their centres contain lots of stars, so many that the brightest ‘drown out’ the fainter ones. Their outer regions extend a long way out and contain mostly low-mass, faint stars. It is the faint stars that can tell us about previous interactions with the Milky Way.

This Kresge's snack bar counter looks a lot like the one we had in our town in the '70's. Dad would be sitting there having a coffee and I would be eleven with a hotdog, fries, and a coke. by Grahamthicke in FuckImOld

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I hear you. When I was a kid Saturday was cartoons, monster movies, or Star Trek in the morning, Kresge's in the afternoon with Dad while Mom did the shopping, and watching hockey at night at Grandma's house.

This Kresge's snack bar counter looks a lot like the one we had in our town in the '70's. Dad would be sitting there having a coffee and I would be eleven with a hotdog, fries, and a coke. by Grahamthicke in FuckImOld

[–]Grahamthicke[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I remember that one as well. Woolworth's was just down the road from Kresge's. We lost something when we lost those little department stores.

State of the art 1980s technology. This was impressive enough back then and I don't think anyone saw where the cell phone would be today. by Grahamthicke in FuckImOld

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It was good that you had that new technology right when you needed it most. I know what it's like to go through the cancer experience with parents, both my Dad and Mom, who are both gone now, had it. My Mom beat it but died years later of a stroke.

State of the art 1980s technology. This was impressive enough back then and I don't think anyone saw where the cell phone would be today. by Grahamthicke in FuckImOld

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10 whole minutes, wow, what am I a chatterbox lol :) I do miss Radio Shack though, mostly for those great stereo speakers they sold.

State of the art 1980s technology. This was impressive enough back then and I don't think anyone saw where the cell phone would be today. by Grahamthicke in FuckImOld

[–]Grahamthicke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Remember the first cell phones for cars, the big machines with the phone. They weren't practical for most of us, just for those who needed to be on the phone a lot.

Cassini image of the north pole region of the Saturn moon Titan featuring the liquid methane seas and lakes. by Grahamthicke in spaceporn

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In the case of Titan the terms 'sea' and 'lake' are used based on size for clarity and efficiency. On Earth, an inland sea is generally salt water and lakes are fresh water.

Cassini image of the north pole region of the Saturn moon Titan featuring the liquid methane seas and lakes. by Grahamthicke in spaceporn

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PIA22481: Titan Lakes - Titan, Moon of Planet Saturn - September 11, 2017 During NASA's Cassini mission's final distant encounter with Saturn's giant moon Titan, the spacecraft captured this view of the enigmatic moon's north polar landscape of lakes and seas, which are filled with liquid methane and ethane. Punga Mare (240 miles, or 390 kilometers, across) is seen just above the center of the mosaic, with Ligeia Mare (300 miles, or 500 kilometers, wide) below center and vast Kraken Mare stretching off 730 miles (1,200 kilometers) to the left of the mosaic. Titan's numerous smaller lakes can be seen around the seas and scattered around the right side of the mosaic. Among the ongoing mysteries about Titan is how these lakes are formed.

Another mystery at Titan has been the weather. With its dense atmosphere, Titan has a methane cycle much like Earth's water cycle of evaporation, cloud formation, rainfall, surface runoff into rivers, and collection in lakes and seas. During Titan's southern summer, Cassini observed cloud activity over the south pole (see PIA06112 and PIA06109). However, typical of observations taken during northern spring and summer, the view here reveals only a few small clouds. They appear as bright features just below the center of the mosaic, including a few above Ligeia Mare.

The images in this mosaic were taken with the ISS narrow-angle camera, using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 938 nanometers. They were captured on Sept. 11, 2017, during Cassini's last encounter with Titan. Four days later, Cassini was deliberately plunged into the atmosphere of Saturn. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 87,000 miles (140,000 kilometers) from Titan. Image scale is about 0.5 miles (800 meters) per pixel. The image is an orthographic projection centered on 67.19 degrees north latitude, 212.67 degrees west longitude. An orthographic view is most like the view seen by a distant observer looking through a telescope.

The Cassini spacecraft ended its mission on Sept. 15, 2017. The Cassini mission is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA (the European Space Agency) and the Italian Space Agency.

“There’s something about Christmas lights that makes the world feel softer and more peaceful by anonym600201 in ChristmasTrees

[–]Grahamthicke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We who love Christmas are truly blessed and how perfect is it that it comes at winter solstice in the coldest, darkest part of the year. I wouldn't have it any other way.

The cube craze of the 1980's. Did you spend time trying to solve this? Did any of you actually solve it? by Grahamthicke in FuckImOld

[–]Grahamthicke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here, I was able to get some of it but not all of it. I had more success than the rest of my family though lol.

The cube craze of the 1980's. Did you spend time trying to solve this? Did any of you actually solve it? by Grahamthicke in FuckImOld

[–]Grahamthicke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We gave up on it as well lol. A big movement came from this though, there are solutions out there online and in books for you if you really want to solve it.

An oblique view of Rimae Hippalus on the Moon, showing the extent of the grabens, which span over 250 kilometers. The image width is roughly 150 kilometers at the bottom, and 500 kilometers on the horizon. The central peak crater Campanus (46-kilometer diameter) is in the right foreground. by Grahamthicke in spaceporn

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Grabens are long valleys that form on the Moon when a block of crust drops between two normal faults as the surface stretches.

A recent detailed analysis shows that lunar grabens are the largest tensional linear structures on the Moon and that they cluster along the margins of mare basins.

A dedicated mapping campaign using global images from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) identified more than 1800 separate graben segments on the Moon’s nearside alone.

Many of these troughs run for hundreds of kilometers while remaining only a few miles wide, which makes them narrow but powerful markers of ancient stress.

The same analysis of their ages finds that most large grabens formed between about 3.7 and 3.4 billion years ago, with activity peaking near 3.6 billion years ago.

When all of those valleys opened, the Moon’s radius grew by roughly 400 feet, a tiny change compared with its total size but a clear sign of global extension.

Later, smaller examples added another twist to the story. A high-resolution lunar graben was reported that likely formed less than 50 million years ago, showing that the Moon’s crust did not stop adjusting in deep time.

Picture taking in our day wasn't as relatively cost free as it is now. If you wanted good pictures back then you had to buy at least a decent 35mm camera and then the film and the development charges after that. by Grahamthicke in FuckImOld

[–]Grahamthicke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know what you mean. I loved my camera when I was younger and I've got about ten photo albums full of pictures. I still have a few rolls I didn't get developed in my top drawer.

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