Archive for September, 2011

September 2011 – Photographs in Review

September 30th, 2011

A view up to the statue of Martin Luther King Junior with the inscription, "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." A bundle of asparagus, a single yellow squash and two carrots lie on a pan before cooking preparation begins. Cloe the regal Weimaraner lying on the ground in this up-close black and white portrait. Cloe the Weimaraner photographed upside down looking like a bat with big dog ears. An expressive Weimaraner furrows her brow. The Hexagon and Gambit Spy Satellites being unveiled for a limited time at the Air and Space Museum near Dulles Airport. The propulsion system on the Hexagon KH-9 spy satellite. The complex internal wires of Hexagon, the Cold War era spy satellite. The gold blast shield of Hexagon, the Cold War era spy satellite. A wide angle panoramic view of a recently unveiled American spy satellite. Internal components of an American spy satellite. Another view of the underside of the recently unveiled Cold War era spy satellite featuring two highly polished silver orbs. A video screen showing "Picture Redacted" as a crowd watches. The view from above of a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. A direct view at the cockpit and front of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird supersonic spy plane. A photograph of the writing on the side of the B-29 cockpit on the Enola Gay

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The B-29 Cockpit of the Enola Gay

September 29th, 2011

A photograph of the writing on the side of the B-29 cockpit on the Enola Gay

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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird – Head-on View

September 28th, 2011

A direct view at the cockpit and front of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird supersonic spy plane.

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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

September 27th, 2011

The view from above of a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane.As seen in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport.

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Hexagon (KH-9) – Redacted Spy Video

September 26th, 2011

A video screen showing "Picture Redacted" as a crowd watches.At the unveiling for the Cold War era spy satellite the accompanying video was almost completely redacted. The parts that were not blacked out featured rather generic images of government suits working at 1960s computers with a bunch of blinking lights. Hard to imagine that many of those technologies should still be classified.

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Hexagon (KH-9) – Spy Satellite Stones

September 25th, 2011

Another view of the underside of the recently unveiled Cold War era spy satellite featuring two highly polished silver orbs.

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Hexagon (KH-9) – More Cold War Era Wiring

September 24th, 2011

Internal components of an American spy satellite.

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