Travelin' Matt's Photos

@travelinmatt67

My name is Travelin' Matt. There is nothing more enjoyable to me than seeing the world; meeting new people; and taking photographs. If you would like a copy of one of my photos to remind you of what a wonderful planet we live on, look through this blog for ordering information. When you're done looking around... remember: the world is a big place...get travelin' ! ! Thanks for visiting. Photograph--\ˈfōdəˌɡraf\ n. a frozen moment of time and currently the only time machine available.

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monamoni

Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill

1947-2026

Made me love dinosaurs again. He added class & humanity to everything he appeared in.

Raise a glass of Twin Paddocks to Sam.

#sam neill #actor #jurassic park #hunt for red october

plant-folk

The full rotation of the Moon as seen by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

suupapin

The moon, the whole moon and nothing but the moon!

elkgoddess

Astronaut Christina Koch explaining how they sleep in space.

uchiha-itachi-amaterasu

"Earthshine.

Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch captured this video of Earth outside the windows of the Orion spacecraft during the second flight day of the mission. Orion was roughly 33,800 miles (54,500 km) away from Earth when @Astro_Christina took this video."

_Credit text and video NASA and Christina Koch (on X) Artemis II 🚀🌕🌎

travelinmatt67

You are on my list of wonderful people to have dinner with. 🙂

rubyred21

The story of the Unicorn:

Everyone has seen Artemis from Sailor Moon, but I learned today about the unicorn. He’s sat under the Capcom sign in Mission Control.

His name is Eugene.

From Stan Love, lead Capcom (capsule commander) of Artemis 2:

Years ago, when the Orion spacecraft was part way through development, its hardware and software designs had so many flaws we wondered if it would ever fly. The joke in my office was “it’ll take a rainbow ninja unicorn to save Orion.” Jennifer bought the plushie, sewed its little ninja mask, named it, and kept it in the conference room as a humorous reminder of the importance of our work.

Sadly, Jennifer died young of cancer a few years ago. She can’t be in Mission Control to see Orion fly successfully around the Moon. But we put Eugene there to watch and cheer in her place.

Jennifer, you and Eugene made sure the Artemis crew made it home safe. Your rainbow ninja unicorn flew around the moon.

When you love your job & it shows

Christina Koch (mission specialist) gives the Orion spacecraft a big hug!

#nasa #orion #christina koch #spacecraft #moon

Mission Accomplished: Congratulations & Thanks!

Note: splashdown photo is AI generated…but still cool looking!

#artemis 2 #nasa #moon #space

Light Fossils

Artist Darren Pearson a.k.a. Darius Twin

#light #art #darius twin #dinosaurs

Some of us have been waiting since 1972 for this view!

#moon #artemis ii #earth beauty

#moon #far side #artemis II #nasa

gemini-enthusiast

The crew of Artemis II were greeted this morning with a message from the late Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell, who flew aboard Apollo 8, the first mission to the Moon, and was the commander of Apollo 13, flying around the Moon in a free-return trajectory in a similar path to that followed by Artemis II. Though Lovell passed away last year, his spirit lives on in the heart of the Artemis program as we follow in his incredible footsteps.

Cherry Blossom Time in Japan

The sacred deer in Nara come with a few warnings. I was not present in Japan during the cherry blossom season but I did experience these wonderful deer...none of the warnings were pertinent the day I was there. ;)

#nara #japan #cherry blossom #deer