A mellifluous tome of astronomical, ecumenical and philosophical esoterica.Tumblr (3.0; @stargazerusa)http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fe981a70ed073ec23e70b0c3dceb1b92/tumblr_miyzzukRFm1rcl722o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://space-pics.tumblr.com/post/44281902677/s-paceplanes-of-human-spaceflight-infographic" target="_blank">space-pics</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>[S]paceplanes of Human spaceflight infographic<br/><a href="http://space-pics.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://space-pics.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">http://space-pics.tumblr.com/</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/post/44307400943http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/post/44307400943Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:11:16 -0500Space Shuttle WIN<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/903e19d536c2a9cd1c65faa32f42ff97/tumblr_mep3xiUc911rsietpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ext237/393423643/" title="Okinawa_32.jpg" target="_blank">Okinawa_32.jpg</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ext237/" target="_blank">ext237</a> on Flickr.</p><p>Nice collection of personal photos taken around the base I was stationed (Camp Machiminato, outside Naha) at around the time I was there (1979)!</p>http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/post/37454670060http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/post/37454670060Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:46:30 -0500MakiminatoOkinawa<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdxi03elmY1rsietpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfacewarriors/5125605533/" title="M-240 machine gun at the ex-USNS Saturn " target="_blank">M-240 machine gun at the ex-USNS Saturn </a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfacewarriors/" target="_blank">Surface Warriors</a> on Flickr.</p><p>Fire at the waterline, sailor!</p>http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/post/36341130534http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/post/36341130534Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:57:39 -0500guided-missile destroyerUSS Mitscher (DDG 57)m-240 machine gunsinking exerciseGeorge H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Grouplive ammunitionweaponsex-USNS Saturnnavyu.s. navyATLANTIC OCEAN<p>My earliest memory is sticking my hand up, inside the chute of the milk machine at Bay Shore Trailer Park - because it gave me a shock! </p>http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/post/21750275379http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/post/21750275379Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:34:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1voitoX2W1rqidt3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pre1923.tumblr.com/post/20380104591/the-road-not-taken-by-robert-frost-mountain" target="_blank">pre1923</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://archive.org/details/mountaininterv00frosrich" target="_blank">Mountain Interval</a></strong>, 1916.</p> </blockquote> <p>My very favorite poem, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xCCok1e1TU" title="The Star-Splitter read by Robert Frost" target="_blank">The Star-Splitter</a>,” encapsulates nicely the struggle of the amateur. Whose love, not unrequited, also knows no bounds.</p> <p>“<span>It wouldn’t do to be too hard on Brad</span></p> <p><span>About his telescope.</span><span> </span>”</p>http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/post/20505014995http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/post/20505014995Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:28:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1z6sn2c0J1rsietpo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Family Astronomy Day at Custer Observatory </strong>Ca. 1994</p> <p>Custer Institute, Inc. Main Bayview Rd., Southold, Long Island, NY</p> <p>631-765-2626</p> <p>The observatory is open most Saturday nights. Hosted by volunteers, the public is encouraged to use many of the fine telescopes.</p>http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/post/20487948336http://stargazerusa.tumblr.com/post/20487948336Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:07:00 -0400amateur astronomy astrophotography radio volunteer telescope making Charles Elmer