Guns-'n'-Poses Annex

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TV spot for Starship Troopers, 1997.

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Diving horses

Indeed.

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Hello, you have the photo of a girl of the early twentieth century, with a charro hat, in a firm position, with the rifle next to her. and the people in the background. Do you know if the photo is of the Mexican Revolution or the Cristero War? Thanks! Best regards

I posted that so long ago that I have no memory of where I got it. This blog had a different name then with iffy standards for sourcing.

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1982 poster for Revenge of the Jedi. Artwork by Drew Struzan.

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A snapshot from the machine shop in the sounding rocket factory at @nasa‘s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, January 14, 2020.

(h/t NASA Social)

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Current mood.

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Inside the rocket shop at @nasa’s Wallops Flight Facility.

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Inside the Range Control Center at @nasa‘s Wallops Flight Facility.

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(via)

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In the sounding rocket factory at @nasa‘s Wallops Flight Facility.

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Happy 90th birthday to Buzz Aldrin, born as Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr. in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, on January 20, 1930. He walked on the Moon, among other things.

(Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

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Inside the hangar during my tour of @nasa‘s Wallops Flight Facility. It’s big! I was there to get the lowdown on the IMPACTS 2020 airborne research mission to study the inner mechanisms of snowstorms.

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Snapshot from the visitors center at NASA Wallops.

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I, You, He, She (Je, Tu, Il, Elle) | Chantal Akerman | 1976

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Art by Moebius, aka Jean Giraud, 1986.