#ocean of storms

[lonestarflight]

Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, starts down the ladder of the Lunar Module (LM-6) Intrepid to join astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., mission commander, in their first extravehicular activity (EVA).

Date: November 19, 1969

NASA ID: AS12-46-6725, AS12-46-6726, AS12-46-6728, AS12-46-6729

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Apollo 12: Ocean of Storms

On the Moon: Pete Conrad and Alan Bean

In lunar orbit: Richard Gordon

TIME SINCE LAUNCH 115:22:16

— Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me . . . I'm going to step off the pad . . . Mark. Off the . . . Oooh, is that soft and queasy . . . Hey, that's neat. I don't sink in too far. I'll try a little . . . Boy, that Sun is bright. That's just like somebody shining a spotlight in your hand. Well, I can walk pretty well, Al, but I've got to take it easy and watch what I'm doing. Boy, you'll never believe it. Guess what I see sitting on the side of the crater! — The old Surveyor, right? — The old Surveyor. Yes, sir. [Laughs] Does that look neat! It can't be any further than 600 feet from here. How about that? — Well planned, Pete.

115:27:27 — NOT FALLING OVER

— Say, Houston; one of the first things that I can see, by golly, is little glass beads. I got a piece about a quarter of an inch in sight, and I'm going to put it in the contingency sample bag, if I can get it. I got it. Am I really leaning over, Al? — You sure are. On Earth, you'd fall over, I believe. — Huh? — On Earth, you'd fall over leaning that far forward. — It seems a little weird, I'll tell you. Don't think you're going to steam around here quite as fast as you thought you were.

137:39:26 — CONTENTMENT

— We're just sitting here now; we've got the spacecraft all squared away. I'll say everything's tied down, but man, oh man, is it filthy in here; we must have 20 pounds of dust, dirt, and all kinds of junk. — Roger, Pete. That'll be an interesting zero g. — Right. Al and I look just like a couple of bituminous coal miners right at the moment. [Silence] — But we're happy . . .

"The Moon: A History for the Future" - Oliver Morton

[tenth-sentence]

The largest, in the west, is Oceanus Procellarum, the ocean of storms.

"The Moon: A History for the Future" - Oliver Morton

[expressions-of-nature]

by David Baker

[johnbiggsny]

Swatch X Blancpain releases the Ocean of Storms

[pkansa]

Swatch X Blancpain releases the Ocean of Storms

[rosechata]

a stormy morning at neist point, scotland

[maureen2musings]

@zeyadhassan9

[rocy5]

[fellatitledthemf]

Yall mad fr /pos

[thatdisasterauthor]

Put the light out. | Turn the light on.

I started this painting about this time last year, finished it a couple months ago, and then promptly forgot to post it. WHOOPS.

Anyway. Awhile ago I was hit by the similar but opposing natures of fire towers and lighthouses, and I wanted to explore that more. Both lonely, out of the way stations worked in isolation in sometimes extreme conditions, both tasked with protecting large swathes of people they will never meet or probably even see. Yet one is about spotting light in the distance and putting it out, while the other is about turning on the light within and shining it out.

I'm doing a special run of prints of this illustration on high quality poster canvas paper, at multiple sizes and starting at just $10usd, to help with the fact that I've been caught in the government hiring freeze, so I'm not sure when I'll be back to work at my day job at this point.

You can pre-order a print here.

[lonestarflight]

"Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, deploys components of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) during the first Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the moon. The photo was made by astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander, using a 70mm handheld Hasselblad camera modified for lunar surface usage."

Date: November 19, 1969

NASA ID: AS12-47-6919

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Thus, as well as an ocean of storms and a sea of tranquility, there is a bay of dew (Sinus Roris) and a bay of rainbows (Sinus Iridum), a marsh of decay (Palus Putredinus) and a lake of dreams (Lacus Somniorum).*

* The International Astronomical Union, which takes care of such things, codified the remit of sea naming to characteristics of water and states of mind. When the Soviet Union was adamant that one of the seas its Luna 3 probe discovered on the far side was to be called Mare Moscoviense, diplomatic ingenuity allowed is on the basis that "Moscow is a state of mind".

"The Moon: A History for the Future" - Oliver Morton

[jagalart]

Lighthouse

Patron reward for the awesome KasteloSol ⚡️

[expressions-of-nature]

Turquoise Lightning by Louise Denton

[visionsofnightfall]

Ardnamurchan Lighthouse.

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