https://firsthandpictures.com https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/thumbs https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF_fotoGRAPHICS_Intro_v01c.jpgAPF_fotoGRAPHICS_Intro_v01c.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/100827A-036-15b.jpgState of GraceEffects department manager Joshua Orellana posed for a tongue-in-cheek, halo-backed portrait when his hair grew out to biblical lengths. Other image elements, including texture components, are photographic montage and pay more sincere homage to Joshua’s role at the California studio where he worked. https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/3https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF004-100827A-036-30b_crop.jpgState of Grace - DetailMultiple scene elements are integrated with art paper textural elements to create the warm look seen in this detail. https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/4https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B111009-009-15e.jpgLe Noir Dynamo Jab at the JumpTrainer Ryan Sulonen rides Le Noir Dynamo Jab through a jump at the Fall Event at Woodside equestrian center in Palo Alto, California. https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/5https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF002-B111009-009-15e_crop.jpgLe Noir Dynamo Jab at the Jump - DetailMultiple layers of textured paper are combined with the original photograph, affecting color and detail. Processed image variations also help simplify the color palette. https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/6https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF005-B110216B-002-11a.jpgFriend of a FriendLocation portrait of photographer/director Justin Oliphant as he prepares to embark on a world journey as part of a project to document the people at the other end of our on-line social networks. The photo-illustrative style used here incorporates graphic elements that subtly echo the concept behind Justin's journey. https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/7https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF006-B110216B-002-11a_crop.jpgFOAF - Detail https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/8https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/110415-419-03b.jpgCounty LineClouds and pasture land near the Sonoma/Marin County border of Northern California. The content of the original photograph is presented as photographed, with the exception that it has been augmented with photographed textures and a graphic palette to create a less literal view of the scene that more honestly reflects the wonder of the moment. https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/9https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF008-110415-419-02b_crop.jpgCounty Line - Detail https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/10https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF011-100321B-204-28d.jpgSurvivorOn the eve of my daughter’s final radiation treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cancer, we did a photo shoot to celebrate her successful treatment and what would be the end of her cancer. I wanted to capture the incredible strength and beauty she had shown in dealing with this life-changing challenge. https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/11https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF012-100321B-204-28e.jpgSurvivor - DetailSeveral layers of book and paper elements are combined with the cherry blossom photography to create the background, while the main photograph is tappered through chipped paint textures. https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/12https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF014-B121125Ac-002-14c.jpgBound by Inkin commemoration of the matching tattoos that now adorn mother and daughter in lyrical prose, bound by shared spirit. Inked at Rose Gold’s Tattoo in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district on November 24th, 2012. https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/13https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B121125Ac-002-14c2_crop.jpgBound by Ink - Detail https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/14https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF009-B111213A-018-41b.jpgHand Tree Reverse https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/15https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF010-B111213A-018-41ccrop.jpgHand Tree - Detail https://firsthandpictures.com/fotoGRAPHICS--STYLE/16https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF016-B101218-001-13a.jpgAPF016-B101218-001-13a.jpgCollage of layered and treated photographic elements. https://firsthandpictures.com/FINE-ART-PRINTS-%26-MEDIA/1 https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF_TitleCards_TheLastShuttle_v03-DUP.jpgAPF_TitleCards_TheLastShuttle_v03-DUP.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110707C-652-04c.jpgB110707C-652-04c.jpgThe space shuttle Atlantis sits atop Launch Complex 39A the night before it is scheduled to launch into orbit for a final rendezvous with the International Space Station. This image combines three different exposures to capture the extreme luminance range of this scene, and exists despite the aggressive attempts of several hundred blood-sucking mosquitoes to keep me from making the longest exposures. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/3https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110705A-015-02b.jpgB110705A-015-02b.jpgA bradcast truck makes its way to the press site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in anticipation of the launch of STS-135. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/4https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110715B-011-01b.jpgB110715B-011-01b.jpgThe weathered sign marking the entrance to the Launch Complex 39 Press Site, where members of the media converge during shuttle missions, as they did for the Apollo missions before. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/5https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110707D-002-02b.jpgB110707D-002-02b.jpgThe NASA Press Center buzzes with activity as over 2,600 media gather to cover the last Space Shuttle mission. Both NASA media staff and aerospace representatives offered up information on both the current mission and life after the space shuttle. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/6https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110707A-004.jpgB110707A-004.jpgPhotographers gather at 6 AM at the Press Site, ready to load their gear onto busses that will take them to locations near the launch pad where they will be able to set up remote cameras to record the launch of Atlantis up close. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/7https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110707A-024.jpgB110707A-024.jpgPhotographers scramble to set up remote camera rigs in the hope of capturing close-up views of the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. In this image Charles Braswell Jr. (L) and Charles Twine (R) both take advantage of protective camera housing designs based on using standard hardware store tool boxes. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/8https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110706A-078-01a.jpgB110706A-078-01a.jpgAlex Menendez of Orlando Sports magazine sets up remote cameras near Pad 39A to capture a unique view of the launch of the shuttle Atlantis. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/9https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110707A-037.jpgB110707A-037.jpgPhotographers scramble to set up remote camera rigs in the hope of capturing close-up views of the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. This group chooses a hill that will allow them to look past foreground structures near the pad. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/10https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110707A-070-02a.jpgB110707A-070-02a.jpgThe Space Shuttle Atlantis at Pad 39A with the Mobile Service Structure still covering the space ship two days before launch. The clouds beyond were part of a continuos series of aggressive storms that dropped heavy rains and lighting raising concerns that the launch could be delayed by bad weather. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/11https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110707B-005.jpgB110707B-005.jpgFlorida plein Air artist Larry Moore, representing McRae Art Studios of Orlando, takes on a different kind of subject than his usual low tech fine art fare, as he brings his skills to capture a unique take this historic last mission. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/12https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110706D-233-01a.jpgB110706D-233-01a.jpgNews media photographers set up remote camera rigs along the perimeter road around Launch Complex 39A, as beyond, the combined form of the Atlantis rocket and it's protective service structure silhouetted by clearing skies. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/13https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110707C-037.jpgB110707C-037.jpgRemote cameras set up in the "in-field" of Launch Complex 39A, poised to capture the launch of Atlantis from an extremely close vantage that would be unsafe for humans. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/14https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110707C-323-03a.jpgB110707C-323-03a.jpgThe Space Shuttle Atlantis awaits launch on Thursday evening from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Severe weather earlier in the day caused lighting to strike twice near the pad, but the Engineering Review Board determined that the strikes had caused no ill effects. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/15https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110707C-355.jpgB110707C-355.jpgXenon arc lamps light up the damp air at Pad 39A the night before the launch of the shuttle Atlantis. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/16https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110707C-342-02b.jpgB110707C-342-02b.jpgThe space shuttle Atlantis is lit up by xenon spotlights as awaits launch on the evening before its final lift-off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Severe weather earlier in the day caused lighting to strike twice near the pad, but the Engineering Review Board determined that the strikes had caused no ill effects. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/17https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110707C-367.jpgB110707C-367.jpgCamera remotes, set up earlier in the day by new media photographers, peer out from their protective covers and sandbagged mounts at the Shuttle Atlantis, where it stis upon Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on the night before the launch. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/18https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/110706-343-01a.jpg110706-343-01a.jpgMedia trucks parked at the Kennedy Space Center press site in advance of the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis lift-off for STS-135. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/19https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/110706-379-03a.jpg110706-379-03a.jpgA break in the weather makes for a dramatic sunset behind the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the night before the launch of STS-135. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/20https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708A-028-20b_PSwrk_vivez.jpgB110708A-028-20b_PSwrk_vivez.jpgNASA's gleaming silver "Astrovan" sits ready to take the astronauts the nine miles from their crew quarters to the shuttle rocket at Pad 39A. The modified Airstream motor home has been ferrying shuttle crews since 1984, partly at the insistence of newer astronauts who wanted to share in the history of this vehicle that been the traditional transport of the astronauts who came before them. In that time it has racked up only 24,000 miles. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/21https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708A-016-02d_master.jpgB110708A-016-02d_master.jpgA throng of news media stand ready as they wait for the crew of Atlantis to emerge from the Operations and Checkout Building where they will enter the infamous Astrovan, which will take them to Pad 39A and their waiting spaceship, Atlantis. The modified Airstream Astrovan has only one job–that of transporting the astronauts to the launch pad. The current Astrovan has been in service 24 years. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/22https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708A-036.jpgB110708A-036.jpgJust prior to the crew of Atlantis emerging from the Operations and Checkout Building, the astronaut's flight helmets are brought out to the Astrovan. This is one of the clues that the astronauts themselves are about to come out, creating a stir of anticipation from the throng of media that have been standing behind barricades for the better part of an hour in the predawn light. The fifth helmet is a "spare," carried by the woman at the head of the front of the group. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/23https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708A-074-01b_master.jpgB110708A-074-01b_master.jpgPausing for photographs alongside the Astrovan at the Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-135 flight crew prepares to board the motor home that will take them to Launch Complex 39A, where the Shuttle Atlantis awaits their arrival. Despite the massive crowd of media, it was clear that the astronaut's attention and gratitude was on the NASA and United Space Alliance workers and families who had also shown up to send them off on their mission. L-R: Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus, mission specialists; Doug Hurley, pilot; and Chris Ferguson, commander. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/24https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708A-068-01a_LRwrk_master.jpgB110708A-068-01a_LRwrk_master.jpgLaunch day at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-135 flight crew prepares to board the Astrovan that will take them to Launch Complex 39A, where the Shuttle Atlantis awaits their arrival.Commander Chris Ferguson flashes a "V" sign to the crowd. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/25https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708A-047.jpgB110708A-047.jpgSr. NASA photographer Bill Ingalls documents the moment from a higher vantage, alongside a member of NASA's security force who appears armed and ready should any threat to the astronauts arise. Security was in full force all around the space center, lest anyone attempt to take the opportunity of this historic event to make a bold statement. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/26https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708A-085.jpgB110708A-085.jpgThe STS-135 flight crew boards the Astrovan–the Airstream motor home that will take them to Launch Complex 39A, where the fully fueled Shuttle Atlantis awaits their arrival. L-R: Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus, mission specialists; Doug Hurley, pilot; and Chris Ferguson, commander (inside the door already). https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/27https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/110708-194.jpg110708-194.jpgStacks of photographers and reporters crowd the press site as launch time draws near. Overlooking the crowds, with a free and clear view of the launch pad, newscasters for the major networks set up for live broadcasts on the roofs their own permanent buildings at the Kennedy Space Center press site. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/28https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/110708-132.jpg110708-132.jpgChristopher Salata of the Palm Beach Daily News makes adjustment on a 4x5 view camera that he will photograph the launch of Atlantis with. His multi-camera rig also includes a plastic Holga camera, as well as both a Canon and a Nikon camera. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/29https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/110707-015.jpg110707-015.jpgThe infamous countdown clock at the Kennedy Space Center marks one-minute, thirty-five-seconds remaining until the launch of Atlantis and the final space shuttle mission: STS-135. It seemed a fun homage to capture the clock with these numbers. As an aside, there was an additional hold at T-minus 31 seconds, but Houston Mission Control quickly approved the continuation of the countdown with only a minor delay. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/30https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/110708-142.jpg110708-142.jpgMy own set up for shooting the liftoff from the press site consisted of a Canon EF 800mm Æ’/5.6 lens with my Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III body attached. In parallel, on the same mount, I had a Canon 5D Mark II shooting HD video through a Canon EF 500 mm Æ’/4 lens. Here the space shuttle Atlantis can be seen framed dead center between the two lenses, whose clarity and magnification would help me visually jump the three-mile distance to the launch pad. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/31https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708E-032-01g_master.jpgB110708E-032-01g_master.jpgWe have lift-off at 8:29 am, Eastern Daylight Time on July 8th, 2011. Despite fears of a weather delay from a system of storms to the south, the space shuttle Atlantis makes a timely departure from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and thus begins the final mission of the 30-year old Space Shuttle Program. Some estimates suggested over one-million visitors had converged on the Titusville area to watch this last launch. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/32https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708E-042-02c_master.jpgB110708E-042-02c_master.jpgIn a dramatic splash of steam and smoke, two solid rocket boosters and three liquid fueled main engines spew a raging 7.7 million pounds of fiery thrust towards the ground as they heave the 4.5 million pound space shuttle Atlantis from its launch pad, into the air above the Kennedy Space Center. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/33https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708E-049-02a_PSwrk.jpgB110708E-049-02a_PSwrk.jpgAlmost immediately after lift-off, the shuttle has begun the roll around into a position which will place the orbiter, Atlantis, belly up for orbit. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/34https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708E-076-01g_master.jpgB110708E-076-01g_master.jpgThirty-seconds into the launch and roughly 2 miles above the Atlantic ocean, the shuttle Atlantis is framed by a hole in the cloud cover as it rapidly gains speed and the pressure of slamming through the atmosphere begins to build against the hull of the ship. At this point the main engines have actually been temporarily throttled down a bit to preserve the structural integrity of the ship. Once they are higher and the atmosphere thins enough, the shuttle can safely ramp back up to full power–at about sixty-seconds after lift-off. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/35https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708E-086-02c_master.jpgB110708E-086-02c_master.jpgOnly 40 seconds after lift-off, at an altitude of three-and-a-half miles, vapor clouds begin to form along the leading edges of the shuttle's solid rocket boosters as Atlantis reaches transonic speeds of 700+ mph. Just 8.5 minutes after liftoff, it will be traveling nearly 18,000 miles-per-hour reaching its targeted orbital height around the Earth. That's nine times faster than the speed of your average rifle bullet! https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/36https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708E-099.jpgB110708E-099.jpgThe smoke and steam plumes from the launch of Atlantis begin to drift north, revealing the launch pad tower once again. Even now the sound of Atlantis' engines could still be clearly heard as it climbed to an altitude of 11 miles and traveled at a speed of 1300 mph away from us. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/37https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708E-100-01b_master.jpgB110708E-100-01b_master.jpgLess than a minute after launch, the space shuttle Atlantis has disappeared above a layer of high clouds, leaving us to watch its progress in the form of a growing shadow line, cast upon the clouds. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/38https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110708E-103-13b_PSwrk_vivez2-2.jpgB110708E-103-13b_PSwrk_vivez2-2.jpgSlightly over one-minute after lift-off, the space shuttle's contrail hangs over the launch area as members of the press watch Atlantis' shadow creep across the clouds above and the sound of the rocket's engines continue to rumble in our ears. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/39https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/110718-010.jpg110718-010.jpgA sign alongside the Kennedy Parkway counts down the remaining time until the shuttle Atlantis returns to Earth. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/40https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721C-009.jpgB110721C-009.jpgThe space Shuttle Atlantis touches down at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:57 am EDT, bringing to a close the STS-135 mission and 30 years of American space flight endeavor as the Space Shuttle Program itself comes to an end. Only a short while earlier this orbiter, with its crew of four astronauts, had been tearing through the Earth's atmosphere, maneuvering to brake its speed as it reached temperatures of nearly 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,649 degrees Celsius) along its leading edge surfaces. Now traveling a little over 200 mph the shuttle deploys its drag chute and opens the drag flaps on its vertical fin, to create aerodynamic drag that will help slow it down. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/41https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721C-015.jpgB110721C-015.jpgAll wheels down, but still traveling at a race car speeds, the shuttle Atlanti goes into full breaking mode as it roars down the runway at the Kennedy Space Center. In this shot the lights from inside the cockpit can be seen, where commander Chris Ferguson is at the controls with pilot Doug Hurley next to him. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/42https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721C-017.jpgB110721C-017.jpgAll wheels down, but still traveling at a race car speeds, the shuttle Atlanti goes into full breaking mode as it roars down the runway at the Kennedy Space Center. In this shot the lights from inside the cockpit can be seen, where commander Chris Ferguson is at the controls with pilot Doug Hurley next to him. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/43https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Da-016-02a_PSwrk_Vivez.jpgB110721Da-016-02a_PSwrk_Vivez.jpgThe Orbiter Recovery Convoy flanks the shuttle on all sides as a team of approximately 150 specialists make Atlantis "safe" for towing to the Orbiter Processing Facility located elsewhere on the Kennedy Space Center; having already helped the crew depart the ship and made sure that no hazardous chemicals were still present in the vicinity of the craft. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/44https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Da-035.jpgB110721Da-035.jpgNASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana talks with reporters at the Shuttle Landing Facility runway shortly after the space shuttle Atlantis arrived safely, returning from it's thirty-third and final flight. Both Cabana and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke with reporters and Shuttle Mission employees at the landing strip gathering, acknowledging the hardship of short term losses as non-government Shuttle Program employees lose jobs, but hopeful of NASA's future objectives to send astronauts to explore space beyond Earth's orbit. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/45https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Db-015.jpgB110721Db-015.jpgA group of Shuttle workers pose with a banner in front of the space shuttle Atlantis as it sits on the runway at NASA's Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Dozens of mission team members and their families gathered for ceremonies and photos around the lander commemorating this final, historic mission, once it had been made safe by the Orbiter Recovery team shortly after the spaceship's landing at 5:57 a.m. EDT on July 21st, 2011. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/46https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Db-029-02a_PSwrk_GF.jpgB110721Db-029-02a_PSwrk_GF.jpgA member of the "change-out" crew holds up a sign in the cockpit window of the space shuttle Atlantis where it remained parked shortly after landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility on the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Seeming a note for the onlooking photographers, the yellow sign commemorated the moment as the "Last space shuttle landing Atlantis STS-135 July 2011." https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/47https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Db-050.jpgB110721Db-050.jpgTiles on the outer sirface of space shuttle orbiter Atlantis are weathered from thirty-three missions into space, totaling 307 days in orbit and 125,935, 769 miles traveled over the course of 4848 orbits around the Earth. The Atlantis' first mission was on October 3rd of 1985 when it carried a Department of Defense payload aloft. Atlantis visited the Russian Mir space station seven times before making its first trip to the International Space Station in May of 2000. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/48https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Db-057.jpgB110721Db-057.jpgVicky Turner (lower right), is a United Space Alliance (USA) employee who has worked at the Kennedy Space Center for 32 years, and witnessed every single space shuttle launch. She has incorporated her experience into this quilt displaying each mission's patch of the Space Shuttle Program from STS-1 through to STS-135. With the completion of STS-135, Vicky's quilt is also complete. She has taken the quilt to photograph it at numerous shuttle related events, noting that it always seems to draw a lot of attention. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/49https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Db-105.jpgB110721Db-105.jpgNASA Administrator Charles Bolden talks with reporters at the Shuttle Landing Facility, as Shuttle Program support teams and their families gathered to celebrate their shared efforts on the Space Shuttle Program and support each other as the "shuttle family" prepares to disband. Both Bolden and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana spoke with reporters and program employees at the landing strip gathering, acknowledging the hardship of short term losses as non-government Shuttle Program employees lose jobs, but hopeful of NASA's future objectives to send astronauts to explore space beyond Earth's orbit. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/50https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Db-135.jpgB110721Db-135.jpgNASA Administrator Charles Bolden and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana pose near the space shuttle Atlantis at the NASA's Shuttle Landing Facility runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where Atlantis had landed a short time earlier. The two spoke with reporters at the runway gathering in between spending time with shuttle team members and their families who had come to commemorate this historical moment that marked the end of the Space Shuttle Program. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/51https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Db-160-02c_PANwrk_Vivez.jpgB110721Db-160-02c_PANwrk_Vivez.jpgThe Orbiter Recovery Convoy flanks the shuttle on all sides as a team of approximately 150 specialists make Atlantis "safe" for towing to the Orbiter Processing Facility located elsewhere on the Kennedy Space Center; having already helped the crew depart the ship and made sure that no hazardous chemicals were still present in the vicinity of the craft. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/52https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Ea-047-02a_PSwrk_Vivez.jpgB110721Ea-047-02a_PSwrk_Vivez.jpgThe towback convoy, transporting the orbiter Atlantis back to the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) after its early morning landing, resembles an opening scene from the movie Transformers as vehicles of all shapes and sizes flank the mass of the shuttle Atlantis, made to feel even more substantial as viewed here, through the rippling distortions of the Florida heat. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/53https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Ea-110-02a_PSwrk_Vivez.jpgB110721Ea-110-02a_PSwrk_Vivez.jpgMembers of the Orbiter Recovery Convoy team walk alongside the space shuttle Atlantis as it is towed back from the landing field at the Kennedy Space Center, on its way to OPF-2 near the Vehicle Assembly Building two miles away. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/54https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Ea-152-02a_PSwrk_Vivez.jpgB110721Ea-152-02a_PSwrk_Vivez.jpgThe journey back from the landing pad to the OPF offered a chance for a closer look at the weathering of thirty-three trips into space that is apparent on the surface tiles that surround the side hatch of the shuttle orbiter, Atlantis. NASA policy is to only replace exterior heat tiles if they are damaged, so a little wear and tear is simply part of the look of a well used shuttle. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/55https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Eb-010-02a_PSwrk.jpgB110721Eb-010-02a_PSwrk.jpgSunlight and shadow frame the shuttle Atlantis dramatically on it's journey back from the landing strip at the Kennedy Space Center. The vehicles of the Orbiter Recovery Convoy follow closely behind, as team members walk alongside the spaceship. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/56https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Eb-066-03a_PSwrk_ColMix.jpgB110721Eb-066-03a_PSwrk_ColMix.jpgIn a Norman Rockwell like scene that would be right at home in any middle-American home-town parade, a small band of NASA workers from the Orbiter Recovery Convoy team escort their last shuttle home to roost, with the same pride as national heroes walking down any main street USA might have, waving at the crowds of onlookers, mindful of history happening. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/57https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Eb-068-03a_PSwrk_VivezMix2.jpgB110721Eb-068-03a_PSwrk_VivezMix2.jpgThe surreal feeling of this last shuttle's journey is perhaps captured more accurately in this abstract view of the band of NASA worker escorting the shuttle Atlantis, as reflected in the roadside waterway that separated them from the throng of media there to document the moment. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/58https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721Eb-105-02a_PSwrk_Vivez2.jpgB110721Eb-105-02a_PSwrk_Vivez2.jpgTechnicians from the Orbiter Recovery Convoy team monitor the hoses and cables that connect the orbiter to the support vehicles in the convoy that follows the orbiter on its journey to the Orbiter Processing Facility. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/59https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721F-012-02a_PSwrk.jpgB110721F-012-02a_PSwrk.jpgA mixture of NASA employees and Shuttle Program contractors gathered amidst food and music at a "wheels stop" event to catch a view of the space shuttle Atlantis as it was towed back to the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) on Thursday, July 21st, 2011, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle landing at the Space Center marked the end of the 30 year Space Shuttle Program, following a 13-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The Atlantis orbiter had logged nearly 126 million miles on its 33 flights into Earth orbit. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/60https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721F-076-02a_PSwrk_Vivez.jpgB110721F-076-02a_PSwrk_Vivez.jpgA mixture of NASA employees and Shuttle Program contractors gathered amidst food and music at a "wheels stop" event to catch a view of the space shuttle Atlantis as it was rolled over to the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), Thursday, July 21st, 2011, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle landing at the Space Center marked the end of the 30 year Space Shuttle Program, following a 13-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The Atlantis orbiter had logged nearly 126 million miles on its 33 flights into Earth orbit. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/61https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721F-030.jpgB110721F-030.jpgShuttle workers were invited to sign another of the many mission banners that have been pervasive throughout the shuttle program; as proud team members come together to show their unity and support for each of the missions, the astronauts who fly them and the other team members who contribute to maiking these missions to succeed. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/62https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721F-227.jpgB110721F-227.jpgThe crew of Atlantis (STS-135)–the last to fly in the 30-year Space Shuttle Program–greet a crowd of NASA and Shuttle Program contractor employees at a "wheels stop" event during the Atlantis rollback from the landing strip. In this picture (L-to-R) Commander Chris Furgeson, mission specialist Sandy Mangus, pilot Doug Hurley, and mission specialist Rex Walheim look back at the crowd as they leave the podium at the wheels stop event. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/63https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721F-301-02a_PSwrk_Vivez2.jpgB110721F-301-02a_PSwrk_Vivez2.jpgJuly 21st, 2011 – After greeting a gathering of NASA and shuttle contractor employees at a wheels stop event during the shuttle towback, the astronaut crew of the space shuttle Atlantis, say their goodbyes to the orbiter that they had flown into space just thirteen days earlier; and had brought back from orbit only just that morning for an historic touchdown at the Shuttle Landing Facility runway two miles to the north of here at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Even turned away, it was apparent that that they found it hard to say goodbye to this ship that had carried them on the last space shuttle mission ever. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/64https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/B110721F-310-02a_PSwrk_VIvez.jpgB110721F-310-02a_PSwrk_VIvez.jpgJuly 21st, 2011 – Last Goodbyes: After greeting the crowd at the NASA wheels stop event, the astronaut crew of the space shuttle Atlantis turn to say their goodbyes to the orbiter that they had landed-one last time- only just that morning. Even turned away, it was apparent that that they found it hard to say goodbye to this ship that had carried them on the last space shuttle mission ever. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/The-Last-Shuttle/65 https://firsthandpictures.com/CONTACT/1 https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/thumbs https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF001-100321B-263-01c.jpgAPF001-100321B-263-01c.jpgKatie's Victory (Series) - A photo shoot celebrates my teenage daughter's strength, beauty and the successful end of her treatment for cancer. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF002-050726C-104-02c.jpgAPF002-050726C-104-02c.jpgModel Derek Hamilton gets into character for the Electronic Arts video game, Need for Speed – Most Wanted, https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/3https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF003-040929A146-016-02a.jpgAPF003-040929A146-016-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/4https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF004-040929A158-002-00a.jpgAPF004-040929A158-002-00a.jpgThe setting sun silhouettes one of the actor/cowboys of Eave's Ranch behind a burlap covered barn window. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/5https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF005-050625K-001-02e.jpgAPF005-050625K-001-02e.jpgHomeless Dan stakes out a regular spot on Robson Street, one of Vancouver's busiest shopping districts. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/6https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF006-B120212A-033-03b.jpgAPF006-B120212A-033-03b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/7https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF007-101029D-087-03a.jpgAPF007-101029D-087-03a.jpgTommy Lafferty, the Director fo Technology at ImageMovers Digital, and rock star guitarist with the band, Crown of Thorns. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/8https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF008-B120513B-010-03d.jpgAPF008-B120513B-010-03d.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/9https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF009-100321B-305-03e.jpgAPF009-100321B-305-03e.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/10https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF010-050726E-063-01a.jpgAPF010-050726E-063-01a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/11https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF011-050304B-003-01.jpgAPF011-050304B-003-01.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/12https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF012-050304D-001-01d.jpgAPF012-050304D-001-01d.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/13https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF013-050304G-001-03d.jpgAPF013-050304G-001-03d.jpg 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https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/20https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF020-040930A161-026-02b.jpgAPF020-040930A161-026-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/21https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF021-080316C-116.jpgAPF021-080316C-116.jpgEd Jr. of Pengrove, CA. with his trucks. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/22https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF022-040923B-005-03.jpgAPF022-040923B-005-03.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/23https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF023-091030A-215.jpgAPF023-091030A-215.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/24https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF024-110212-088.jpgAPF024-110212-088.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/25https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF025-B110501B-010-03b.jpgAPF025-B110501B-010-03b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/26https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF026-B111009B-013-02a.jpgAPF026-B111009B-013-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/27https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF027-B120212A-018.jpgAPF027-B120212A-018.jpgDennis Forel helps to set the mood at the Pasadena Rose Bowl Flea Market as he rides his turn-of-the-centure Pennyfarthing style bicycle near the entrance to event. The flea market is held on the second Sunday of every month and attracts upwards of 20,000 visitors. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/28https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF028-B120506C-166-04g.jpgAPF028-B120506C-166-04g.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/29https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF029-B101201A-078-01c.jpgAPF029-B101201A-078-01c.jpgPhotographer Justin Oliphant set out to publish a photograph on his blog, every day for a year. As he neared the one year mark, he posed with prints from the project that he had hung in his office at ImageMovers Digital, where he was working as an assistant editor at the time this photograph was made. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-I/30https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF030-081107A-008-03c.jpgAPF030-081107A-008-03c.jpgBrian Freisinger portraits during a break at ImageMovers Digital https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/thumbs https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF001-060813A-038.jpgAPF001-060813A-038.jpgMt. Victoria rises 196 meters over the city of Wellington along the southern coast of New Zealand's North Island. The public lookout access affords visitors spectacular 360 degree views of downtown, Wellington Harbour, the entire Wellington region.
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Rich (from Bristol, England) over on a two year work visa. Bought this circa 1960 Buick bus and travels to events and festivals https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF002-051124A-038-4a.jpgAPF002-051124A-038-4a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/3https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF003-040929A150-030-01d.jpgAPF003-040929A150-030-01d.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/4https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF004-020817B-003-wrk03b.jpgAPF004-020817B-003-wrk03b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/5https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF005-050304E-072-02b.jpgAPF005-050304E-072-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/6https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF006-020817C-011-002.jpgAPF006-020817C-011-002.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/7https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF007-040930A160-036-00a.jpgAPF007-040930A160-036-00a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/8https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF009-B110428B-003.jpgAPF009-B110428B-003.jpgStore mascot Brady works hard at his job of relaxing, as store co-owner Carla Pine keeps him on task at The Flying Fish Trading Company in Ft. Myers Beach, Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/9https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF010-050903B-022-02b.jpgAPF010-050903B-022-02b.jpgJulia Waru's mother polishes a piece of pottery at Te Whare Manaaki, the Maori cultural center in the town of Foxton, New Zealand. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/10https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF011-060501A-313-02b.jpgAPF011-060501A-313-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/11https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF012-061111C-055.jpgAPF012-061111C-055.jpgFriends gathered at Maria Pia's Trattoria for my farewell dinner, as I prepared to return to the United States. As a surprise, Richard Klein arranged for a musician friend to join him in a performance of Cajun Blue Grass music. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/12https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF014-090816A-005.jpgAPF014-090816A-005.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/13https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF015-070711A-140-01a.jpgAPF015-070711A-140-01a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/14https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF016-040916B-001-01d.jpgAPF016-040916B-001-01d.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/15https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF017-090425B-001.jpgAPF017-090425B-001.jpgJosh Paller, a production tech TD at IMageMovers Digital, keeps himself accessible to coworkers be weraing his headphones off one ear. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/16https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF018-B110721Da-035.jpgAPF018-B110721Da-035.jpgNASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana talks with reporters at the Shuttle Landing Facility runway shortly after the space shuttle Atlantis arrived safely, returning from it's thirty-third and final flight. Both Cabana and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke with reporters and Shuttle Mission employees at the landing strip gathering, acknowledging the hardship of short term losses as non-government Shuttle Program employees lose jobs, but hopeful of NASA's future objectives to send astronauts to explore space beyond Earth's orbit. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/17https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF019-100808E-001-02a.jpgAPF019-100808E-001-02a.jpgJan the Dutchman of Calistoga and his kinetic art - a highly adorned, bicycle themed "Celebration of Life". https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/18https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF020-B101201A-078-01c.jpgAPF020-B101201A-078-01c.jpgPhotographer Justin Oliphant set out to publish a photograph on his blog, every day for a year. As he neared the one year mark, he posed with prints from the project that he had hung in his office at ImageMovers Digital, where he was working as an assistant editor at the time this photograph was made. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/19https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF021-030920A-008-02b_.jpgAPF021-030920A-008-02b_.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/20https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF022-B110427B-247.jpgAPF022-B110427B-247.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/21https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF023-B110524A-142-01b.jpgAPF023-B110524A-142-01b.jpgArtist Keith Wicks creates a plein air painting of the Sebastian Theater in downtown Sonoma, during teh "Quick Draw" event as part of the Sonoma Plein Air festival. Keith, the event's founder, started Sonoma Plein Air to help raise money for art education in Sonoma County. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/22https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF024-091126A-030.jpgAPF024-091126A-030.jpgKatie Murphy and her horse, Jab, ride in the covered arena, during an evening riding lession from trainer Ryan Sulonen at Sonoma Mountain Equestrian Center in Petaluma. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/23https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF025-091004C-023.jpgAPF025-091004C-023.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/People-II/24https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF026-080615B-038.jpgAPF026-080615B-038.jpgThe annual Italian Street Painting Festival in downtown San Rafael, CA, put on by the Youth In Arts program to bring art education to the Bay Area.
--------------------------Artist - Luis Artiga, San Anselmo, CA https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/thumbs https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF001-B110721Eb-066-04b.jpgAPF001-B110721Eb-066-04b.jpgAfter it's dramatic pre-dawn arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday morning, July 21st, 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis is rolled over to the Orbiter Processing Facility in a parade of specialized vehicles known as the Orbiter Recovery Convoy. The journey of approximately two miles normally takes a little under two hours; but on the occasion of this being the last of the Space Shuttle missions, the orbiter made an unusual stop as the centerpiece at a special employee gather near the end of the route.
-- In a Norman Rockwell like scene that would be right at home in any middle-American home-town parade, a small band of NASA workers escort their last shuttle home to roost with the same pride as national heroes walking down any main street USA might have, waving at the crowds of onlookers, mindful of history happening. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF002-100814R-021-02a.jpgAPF002-100814R-021-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/3https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF005-051001C-020-02b.jpgAPF005-051001C-020-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/4https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF006-051231E-002-01d.jpgAPF006-051231E-002-01d.jpgBottles float in the lingering pools of muddy water in Riccardo's Ristorante in San Anselmo, as architect Bill O'Callaghan recalls the chaotic scene he witnessed earlier that morning when he encountered rushing flood waters wreaking havock. O'Callaghan office is next to Riccardo's in The Courtyard Building where water levels reached nearly three feet in depth.

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Floodwaters filled buildings in San Anselmo's entire business district with 2 to 5 feet of water on the last day of 2005. The churning river water left a thick coating of brown mud on everything it touched, and in some cases even burst out store fronts. 

City contractors and volunteers worked fast to keep up with merchants as they gutted stores of damaged merchandise and destroyed furnishings. Despite the grim devastation, a flood of support from families, friends, customers and other volunteers made for a positive mood as merchants expressed their determination to rebuild and reopen. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/5https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF007-060417A-149-02b.jpgAPF007-060417A-149-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/6https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF008-060501A-538.jpgAPF008-060501A-538.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/7https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF009-050417A-032-02a.jpgAPF009-050417A-032-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/8https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF010-041030B-154-02b.jpgAPF010-041030B-154-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/9https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF011-060427A-005.jpgAPF011-060427A-005.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/10https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF012-B120418B-005.jpgAPF012-B120418B-005.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/11https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF013-080615B-095.jpgAPF013-080615B-095.jpgThe annual Italian Street Painting Festival in downtown San Rafael, CA, put on by the Youth In Arts program to bring art education to the Bay Area.
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Rain and car lights combine in the predawn hours to create a commuter light show. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/16https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF018-060411A-001.jpgAPF018-060411A-001.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/17https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF019-050506C-002-02b.jpgAPF019-050506C-002-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/18https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF020-091226B-002.jpgAPF020-091226B-002.jpgInteresting clouds over Petaluma. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/19https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF021-030328C-007-03.jpgAPF021-030328C-007-03.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/20https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF022-031030A-004-02b.jpgAPF022-031030A-004-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/21https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF023-070428B-193.jpgAPF023-070428B-193.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/22https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF024-040612A-052-02a.jpgAPF024-040612A-052-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/23https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF025-080613A-043-02e.jpgAPF025-080613A-043-02e.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/24https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF026-B120617A-278-03a.jpgAPF026-B120617A-278-03a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/25https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF027-100815A-062-03f.jpgAPF027-100815A-062-03f.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/26https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF028-060213B-074.jpgAPF028-060213B-074.jpgSouth of Florida City, near the entrance to Everglades National Park, Rhythm &; Hues shoots a commercial for advertising agency Creative on Demand and client Volkswagen featuring the VW-GTI.
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Fake cacti stand like guardians on the tailgate of the prop truck at the end of the day's shooting. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-I/27https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF029-070612A-152.jpgAPF029-070612A-152.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/thumbs https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF001-100123B-009-04a.jpgAPF001-100123B-009-04a.jpgWinter storms form dramatic aerial shapes over cattle pastures on the outskirts of Petaluma, CA. as the sun dips near the horizon. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF002-031227A-018-03.jpgAPF002-031227A-018-03.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/3https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF003-030405A-051-02.jpgAPF003-030405A-051-02.jpgAutumn trees frame dried grasses at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Sonoma County, CA. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/4https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF004-031227C-008-02.jpgAPF004-031227C-008-02.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/5https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF005-WetLeaves.wrk01.jpgAPF005-WetLeaves.wrk01.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/6https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF006-001117A.02-022-00a.jpgAPF006-001117A.02-022-00a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/7https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF007-061129B-065.jpgAPF007-061129B-065.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/8https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF008-031227C-002-06a.jpgAPF008-031227C-002-06a.jpgLow clouds hug the forested, snow covered flanks of the Sierra Nevada mountains at Emmigrant Pass along Interstate Hwy 80 in California. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/9https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF009-RockTreeFogDawn-05.jpgAPF009-RockTreeFogDawn-05.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/10https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF010-031031B-024-04d.jpgAPF010-031031B-024-04d.jpgPastel rainbow tones sculpt these unusual, backlit clouds over Novato, CA. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/11https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF011-040307C-072-01b.jpgAPF011-040307C-072-01b.jpgThe sun dips toward the Pacific horizon in this view from the north part of Point Reyes Nat'l Park, near the end of Pierce Point Road https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/12https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF012-051128A-135-04b.jpgAPF012-051128A-135-04b.jpgThe sun sinks below a line of storm clouds to silhouette cliffs on the northern tip of Arapawa Island, bordering Cook Strait, the ocean passage separating New Zealands north and south islands. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/13https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF013-050903F-003-01c.jpgAPF013-050903F-003-01c.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/14https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF014-060410A-009.jpgAPF014-060410A-009.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/15https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF015-060827L-013-01a.jpgAPF015-060827L-013-01a.jpgThe brilliant stars of the southern hemispher sky shine above Walter Peak and the calm waters of Lake Wakatipu east of Queenstown, New Zealand in this view from Wilson Bay. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/16https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF016-060827G-004-01e.jpgAPF016-060827G-004-01e.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/17https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF017-100218L-013-02a.jpgAPF017-100218L-013-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/18https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF018-B110701B-052.jpgAPF018-B110701B-052.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/19https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF019-100609B-013-02b.jpgAPF019-100609B-013-02b.jpgCirrus clouds form a dramatic line above Novato, California as the ice crystals that makes them up creates a high altitude circular rainbow around the sun. The patterns are accentuated by a lone jet contrail. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/20https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF020-WaterPipe-02-05bR.jpgAPF020-WaterPipe-02-05bR.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/21https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF021-100308C-004-05a.jpgAPF021-100308C-004-05a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/22https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF022-080103A-003.jpgAPF022-080103A-003.jpgSonoma County ranch along Highway 101 South of Petaluma. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/23https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF023-NicasioLkDawn_A.02b.jpgAPF023-NicasioLkDawn_A.02b.jpgThe rising sun breaks over patches of morning fog clinging to the grassy hills that surround Nicasio Lake in western Marin County, CA. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/24https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF024-060827J-093-02b.jpgAPF024-060827J-093-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/25https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF025-090122A-003.jpgAPF025-090122A-003.jpgWetlands near Hamilton Landing in Novato, CA., just north of the Newport subdivision on the former Hamilton Air Base. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/26https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF026-061014D-015.jpgAPF026-061014D-015.jpgThe broken light of an overcast sun reflects on pools of water along the rocky coastline of Moa Point south of Wellington, New Zealand. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/27https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF027-041217A-015-01_wrk.jpgAPF027-041217A-015-01_wrk.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/28https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF028-050215A-070-02_wrk.jpgAPF028-050215A-070-02_wrk.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Natural-Places/29https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF029-SonomaFence-L03.jpgAPF029-SonomaFence-L03.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/thumbs https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF001-091219E-004-04c.jpgAPF001-091219E-004-04c.jpgWeathered wall above parking lot in San Francisco, once featured advertising for the Marine Gardens Restaurant. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF002-050712A-001-02r.jpgAPF002-050712A-001-02r.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/3https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF003-050706A-018.jpgAPF003-050706A-018.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/4https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF004-050721A-001.jpgAPF004-050721A-001.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/5https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF005-050706A-014-02a.jpgAPF005-050706A-014-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/6https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF006-100626A-015.jpgAPF006-100626A-015.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/7https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF007-LincolnMemDawn-02a.jpgAPF007-LincolnMemDawn-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/8https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF008-B110713A-417-02b.jpgAPF008-B110713A-417-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/9https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF009-B110729B-017-02a.jpgAPF009-B110729B-017-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/10https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF010-040504A-040-03b.jpgAPF010-040504A-040-03b.jpgThe full Moon rises dramatically over the Richmond – San Rafael Bridge, connecting traffic between Marin County and western Contr Costa County, north of San Francisco, CA, as the lights of East Richmond and El Cerrito pepper the hills below Skyline Drive. The bridge is officially called the John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/11https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF011-060311B-052-02b.jpgAPF011-060311B-052-02b.jpgThe Dairymen's Co-op silos rise beyond new apartment developments near downtown Petaluma. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/12https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF012-040104A-005-04b.jpgAPF012-040104A-005-04b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/13https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF013-B121223D-067-03a.jpgAPF013-B121223D-067-03a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/14https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF014-001010A1cmbo-04.jpgAPF014-001010A1cmbo-04.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/15https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF015-070810A-073-04f.jpgAPF015-070810A-073-04f.jpgHigh power transmission lines converge on Kilowatt, CA where Southern Californian Edison's grid connects to Pacific Gas &; Electric's lines. Smoke darkens the sun and sky above the 500 kV lines as it drifts east over the San Joaquin Valley from the Zaca wildfire burning near Santa Barbara. 
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These images were shot looking West and Northwest from Interstate Hwy 5, just south of where it intersects State Hwy 58, near Kilowatt, CA. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/16https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF016-040307B-021-02a.jpgAPF016-040307B-021-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/17https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF017-060205B-004.jpgAPF017-060205B-004.jpgThe St. Vincent de Paul Church in Petaluma, CA. The church was built in 1927 and is the focus of the St. Vincent de Paul Parish. The church runs a grades school and a high school. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/18https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF018-060415C-042.jpgAPF018-060415C-042.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/19https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF019-080418A-011-01d.jpgAPF019-080418A-011-01d.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/20https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF020-060903B-001-01a.jpgAPF020-060903B-001-01a.jpgA power pole along Tio Tio Road in Wellington's Seatoun Heights district is camoflouged by thick vine trunks from base to top. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/21https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF021-B110728A-014-02c.jpgAPF021-B110728A-014-02c.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/22https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF022-041110A-040-03b.jpgAPF022-041110A-040-03b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/23https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF023-050417C-011-01.jpgAPF023-050417C-011-01.jpgAn old boat moored at the Britannia Beach dock along Howe Sound near scenic Hwy 99 north of Vancouver, B.C.. In the distance, smoke rises from the pupl mill in the town of Woodfibre at the base of Mount Sedgwick. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/24https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF024-100119C-002-03b.jpgAPF024-100119C-002-03b.jpgOld barn, garage and car along Stoney Point Road at the north end of Petaluma https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/25https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF025-090805A-003-022.jpgAPF025-090805A-003-022.jpgThe full Moon rises over Mt. Diablo's summit east of San Francisco, CA. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/26https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF026-090812A-006.jpgAPF026-090812A-006.jpgNight skies over Petaluma during Perseid Meteor Shower https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/27https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF027-020811B-008-02b.jpgAPF027-020811B-008-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/28https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF028-B110730D-024-02a.jpgAPF028-B110730D-024-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Human-Spaces/29https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF029-100613A-001-02b.jpgAPF029-100613A-001-02b.jpgA young crescent moon drops toward teh dusk horizon behind the Hunt &; Behrens Feed and Grain mill in Petaluma, CA. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/thumbs https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF001-031015C-002-03b.jpgAPF001-031015C-002-03b.jpg‘Dead Bug Tray’ was a byproduct of research I was doing to gather visual reference of insects for a feature film I was working on. I was shooting individual specimens against white paper under an open-shade sky, off to one side of the filming location; but was fascinated by the dramatic visual of this tupperware tub full of smelly, dead insects piled on top of each other that had been assembled for the task. Plus, I have a history of photographing found dead things. I decided to photograph the tub flat-on against the white paper, overexposing the translucent white of the container walls against the darker bugs. The natural complexity of the outdoor location lighting added a richness to the reflections on the shiny bugs that I wouldn’t have gotten had I taken this back to a studio environment. Sometimes opportunity and art come together in lucky ways. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF002-051015A-020-01.jpgAPF002-051015A-020-01.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/3https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF003-100105A-001.jpgAPF003-100105A-001.jpgOne of IMD's bicycles reflects in the grasss landscaping outside a studio window. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/4https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF004-091219E-004-04c.jpgAPF004-091219E-004-04c.jpgWeathered wall above parking lot in San Francisco, once featured advertising for the Marine Gardens Restaurant. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/5https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF005-091226A-002-02b.jpgAPF005-091226A-002-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/6https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF006-040405A-004-01c.jpgAPF006-040405A-004-01c.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/7https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF007-091223C-004-01b.jpgAPF007-091223C-004-01b.jpgA plastic American flag lies ground into the mud of a downtown Petaluma parking lot - like casualty of a parade weeks earlier. I decided not to leave it where I found it and placed the flag on a nearby ledge. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/8https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF008-B111201A-018-02a.jpgAPF008-B111201A-018-02a.jpgKatie Murphy's muddy riding boots. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/9https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF009-B120617A-324-03a.jpgAPF009-B120617A-324-03a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/10https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF010-040929A158-007-00b.jpgAPF010-040929A158-007-00b.jpgThe setting sun silhouettes one of the actor/cowboys of Eave's Ranch behind a burlap covered barn window. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/11https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF011-070708A-003-04b.jpgAPF011-070708A-003-04b.jpgThe setting sun casts a mixed pattern of shadows and refractions at a Petaluma diner (Beyond the Glory). The normal throngs were missing on this Sunday afternoon, caught up in holiday weekend outings, allowing an unusually clear path for the sun to catch chairs and tables. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/12https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF013-091117A-007.jpgAPF013-091117A-007.jpgNight driving shots on Hwy 101 North, south of Petaluma. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/13https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF014-051230C-001.jpgAPF014-051230C-001.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/14https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF015-WaterPipe-02-02e.jpgAPF015-WaterPipe-02-02e.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/15https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF016-091212A-013.jpgAPF016-091212A-013.jpgTrees seen through sheets of rainwater water on my car windshiled form intricately beautiful refracted patterns. The next day I arrived at the same spot to find them cut down. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/16https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF017-100209B-027.jpgAPF017-100209B-027.jpgAerial views of the pre-dawn light outlinging the wing of our Southwest Airlines plane, en route from Oakland to LAX. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/17https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF018-100123A-006.jpgAPF018-100123A-006.jpgShadows from the the low winter sun, shining through window blinds, rake across a lamp shade. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/18https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF019-060903B-001-01a.jpgAPF019-060903B-001-01a.jpgA power pole along Tio Tio Road in Wellington's Seatoun Heights district is camoflouged by thick vine trunks from base to top. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/19https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF020-060311B-009.jpgAPF020-060311B-009.jpgDowntown Petaluma reflected in the polished face of a guitar in a downtown music store. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/20https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF021-091002H-081-05b.jpgAPF021-091002H-081-05b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/21https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF022-100819D-002.jpgAPF022-100819D-002.jpgCar Wash https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/22https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF023-060501A-460.jpgAPF023-060501A-460.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/23https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF024-20100403-213-02a.jpgAPF024-20100403-213-02a.jpgOld cars are taken over by vegetation in a yard next to a Petaluma body shop. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/24https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF025-B110730D-037.jpgAPF025-B110730D-037.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/25https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF026-040104A-005-04b.jpgAPF026-040104A-005-04b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/26https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF027-041002F-042-01.jpgAPF027-041002F-042-01.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/27https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF028-030307A-010-03b.jpgAPF028-030307A-010-03b.jpgAn old boat hull mimics the look of a landgoing whale https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/28https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF029-040307B.021-02d.jpgAPF029-040307B.021-02d.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Abstracts-%26-Still-Lifes/29https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF030-060208B-154.jpgAPF030-060208B-154.jpgBill Dan is a rock balancer, practicing a form of sculpture that has many threads throughout human history and culture. He has been balancing rocks since 1994, working mostly along the shores of San Francisco Bay in Northern California. It is here that Bill developed his skills as a balanced rock sculptor, working with the piles of erosion control stones (called riprap) conveniently accessible along many public shores, building temporary edifices as onlookers watched in amazement and delight. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/thumbs https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF001-130118-030-11a.jpgAPF001-130118-030-11a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF002-091230A-163-02d.jpgAPF002-091230A-163-02d.jpgHunt &; Behrens Feed and Grain mill in Petaluma, CA. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/3https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF003-B120921B-062-03d.jpgAPF003-B120921B-062-03d.jpgThe Space Shuttle Endeavor makes a fly-by of the San Francisco Bay Area as a passenger atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft–a modified Boeing 747. Endeavor left Edwards Air Force Base earlier in the day to make one final victory lap over several Northern and Southern California landmarks, en route to its final destination in Los Angeles and the California Science Center. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/4https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF004-B110716A-025b.jpgAPF004-B110716A-025b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/5https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF005-rocketFins-01-02c.jpgAPF005-rocketFins-01-02c.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/6https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF006-030527B-035-01.jpgAPF006-030527B-035-01.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/7https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF007-030307A-004.-04b.jpgAPF007-030307A-004.-04b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/8https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF008-040520C-026-02a.jpgAPF008-040520C-026-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/9https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF009-030727B-001-01b.jpgAPF009-030727B-001-01b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/10https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF010-B110707C-342-02c.jpgAPF010-B110707C-342-02c.jpgThe space shuttle Atlantis is lit up by xenon spotlights as awaits launch on the evening before its final lift-off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Severe weather earlier in the day caused lighting to strike twice near the pad, but the Engineering Review Board determined that the strikes had caused no ill effects. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/11https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF011-B110721Eb-073-02c.jpgAPF011-B110721Eb-073-02c.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/12https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF012-B110721Eb-102-03d.jpgAPF012-B110721Eb-102-03d.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/13https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF013-031012A-064-04c.jpgAPF013-031012A-064-04c.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/14https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF014-810200GG-07-02_combo.jpgAPF014-810200GG-07-02_combo.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/15https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF015-ApolloSoyuz-View2-04a.jpgAPF015-ApolloSoyuz-View2-04a.jpgLooking down on the Apollo-Soyuz mission rocket from the thirty-story level of the mobile launcher, while it makes it's way toward the launch pad – LC 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Saturn 1B rocket sits atop a pedistal that allows it to use the same launch structure as the much taller Saturn V rockets that carried astronauts to the Moon. In the distance it the huge Vehicle Assembly Building, where the rocke was first matted to the Crawler that now carries it toward the launch pad at a speed one-and-a-half miles per hour. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/16https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF016-810200AA-01d.jpgAPF016-810200AA-01d.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/17https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF017-101015A-086.jpgAPF017-101015A-086.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/18https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF018-B110708E-086-02c.jpgAPF018-B110708E-086-02c.jpgThe Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center on its journey to the International Space Station, beginning the final mission of the Space Shuttle program. Here, vapor eggs (Prandtl–Glauert condensation clouds) form along the leading edge of the solid rocket boosters as the Shuttle reaches transonic speeds. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/19https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF019-B110708E-103-13b.jpgAPF019-B110708E-103-13b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/20https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF020-B110716B-007.jpgAPF020-B110716B-007.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/21https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF021-B110718B-042-02a.jpgAPF021-B110718B-042-02a.jpgStitched Panorama https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/22https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF022-B110729B-017-02a.jpgAPF022-B110729B-017-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Sci-Tech-%26-Industry/23https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF023-B110820A-2293-02a.jpgAPF023-B110820A-2293-02a.jpgGENRAL: The 2011 Wings Over Wine Country Airshow at the Charles M. 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https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF001-KRMSwingRide-02-01a.jpgAPF001-KRMSwingRide-02-01a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF002-060507A-331.jpgAPF002-060507A-331.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/3https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF001-060507A-471-04a.jpgAPF001-060507A-471-04a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/4https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF003-020810D-002-02b.jpgAPF003-020810D-002-02b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/5https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF004-100216B-075.jpgAPF004-100216B-075.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/6https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF005-020810G-022-01.jpgAPF005-020810G-022-01.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/7https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF006-060825F-087.jpgAPF006-060825F-087.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/8https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF007-030910A-006-01b.jpgAPF007-030910A-006-01b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/9https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF008-B110820A-2261-02a.jpgAPF008-B110820A-2261-02a.jpgGENRAL: The 2011 Wings Over Wine Country Airshow at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Windsor, California, with aircraft exhibitions from the Pacific Coast Air Museum. On the microphone for the crowd was air show announcer Danny Clisham https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/10https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF009-031012A-064-04c.jpgAPF009-031012A-064-04c.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/11https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF010-040520D-052-01d.jpgAPF010-040520D-052-01d.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/12https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF012-090704A-038-01b.jpgAPF012-090704A-038-01b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/13https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF013-040613A-032-02d.jpgAPF013-040613A-032-02d.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/14https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF014-040613A-037-01b.jpgAPF014-040613A-037-01b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/15https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF015-070810A-064-02c.jpgAPF015-070810A-064-02c.jpgHigh power transmission lines converge on Kilowatt, CA where Southern Californian Edison's grid connects to Pacific Gas &; Electric's lines. Smoke darkens the sun and sky above the 500 kV lines as it drifts east over the San Joaquin Valley from the Zaca wildfire burning near Santa Barbara. 
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These images were shot looking West and Northwest from Interstate Hwy 5, just south of where it intersects State Hwy 58, near Kilowatt, CA. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/16https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF016-810500A-001-wrk03c.jpgAPF016-810500A-001-wrk03c.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/17https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF017-041026A-001-02a.jpgAPF017-041026A-001-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/18https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF018-040207A.027.wrk02c.jpgAPF018-040207A.027.wrk02c.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/19https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF019-060501A-084.jpgAPF019-060501A-084.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/20https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF020-080615B-054.jpgAPF020-080615B-054.jpgThe annual Italian Street Painting Festival in downtown San Rafael, CA, put on by the Youth In Arts program to bring art education to the Bay Area.
-------------------------- https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/21https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF021-060425A-005.jpgAPF021-060425A-005.jpgStage hands touch up a blue screen under a constelation of tracking markers, during filming at London's famous Pinewood Studios. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/22https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF022-B120408A-785.jpgAPF022-B120408A-785.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/23https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF023-061014E-303.jpgAPF023-061014E-303.jpgOne of the first warm days of Spring drew out a large crowd of surfers to catch the waves at Lyle Bay, along Wellington's south shore. It sometimes took a while between surges of waves as surfers waited on their boards and searched for a wave big enough to ride. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/24https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF024-B120617A-081-02a.jpgAPF024-B120617A-081-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/25https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF025-081004A-025.jpgAPF025-081004A-025.jpgKatie Murphy practices cross country style horse jumping with instructor/trainer Ryan Sulonen at the Sonoma Mtn. Equestrian Center in Petaluma https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/26https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF026-060826D-065.jpgAPF026-060826D-065.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/27https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF027-HumBirdSunset_A-00.jpgAPF027-HumBirdSunset_A-00.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/28https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF028-B110428C-018-01.jpgAPF028-B110428C-018-01.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/29https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF029-DoranBliss-02-03b.jpgAPF029-DoranBliss-02-03b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Moments-II/30https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF030-B110430E-017-02a.jpgAPF030-B110430E-017-02a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/VFX-%26-LOOK-SUPERVISION/About-VFX/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF_AboutVFX_pg1_v06a.jpgAPF_AboutVFX_pg1_v06a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/VFX-%26-LOOK-SUPERVISION/About-VFX/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF_AboutVFX_pg2_v06c2.jpgAPF_AboutVFX_pg2_v06c2 https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF_TitleCards_GhostsOfSpace_02d.jpgAPF_TitleCards_GhostsOfSpace_02d.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF001-060213A-157-02a.jpgAPF001-060213A-157-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/3https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF002-060213A-121-02a.jpgAPF002-060213A-121-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/4https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF003-060213A-079-02a.jpgAPF003-060213A-079-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/5https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF004-060213A-085-02a.jpgAPF004-060213A-085-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/6https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF005-060213A-091.jpgAPF005-060213A-091.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/7https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF006-060213A-056.jpgAPF006-060213A-056.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/8https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF007-060213A-059-02a.jpgAPF007-060213A-059-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/9https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF008-060213A-075.jpgAPF008-060213A-075.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/10https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF009-060213A-023.jpgAPF009-060213A-023.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/11https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF010-060213A-015-02a.jpgAPF010-060213A-015-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/12https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF011-060213A-029-02a.jpgAPF011-060213A-029-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/13https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF012-060213A-041-02a.jpgAPF012-060213A-041-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/14https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF013-060213A-050.jpgAPF013-060213A-050.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/15https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF014-060213A-053.jpgAPF014-060213A-053.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/16https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF015-060213A-002-02a.jpgAPF015-060213A-002-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/17https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF016-060213A-108-02a.jpgAPF016-060213A-108-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/18https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF017-060213A-006.jpgAPF017-060213A-006.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/19https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF018-060213A-005.jpgAPF018-060213A-005.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/20https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF019-060213A-149-02a.jpgAPF019-060213A-149-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/21https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF020-060213A-140-02a.jpgAPF020-060213A-140-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/22https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF021-060213A-082-02a.jpgAPF021-060213A-082-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/23https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF022-060213A-136.jpgAPF022-060213A-136.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/24https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF023-060213A-114-02b.jpgAPF023-060213A-114-02b.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/25https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF024-060213A-141-02a.jpgAPF024-060213A-141-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/26https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF025-060213A-113-02a.jpgAPF025-060213A-113-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/27https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF026-060213A-143-02a.jpgAPF026-060213A-143-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/28https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF027-060213A-036-02a.jpgAPF027-060213A-036-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/29https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF028-060213A-034-02a.jpgAPF028-060213A-034-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/30https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF029-060213A-145-02a.jpgAPF029-060213A-145-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/31https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF030-060213A-128-02a.jpgAPF030-060213A-128-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/32https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF031-060213A-126-01a.jpgAPF031-060213A-126-01a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/33https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF032-060213A-117-02a.jpgAPF032-060213A-117-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/34https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF033-060213A-118-02b.jpgAPF033-060213A-118-02b.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to sell to NASA as part of its developing Moon program. Aerojet failed to get the NASA contract and ultimately abandoned the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida, where it is now a wilderness preserve. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/35https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF034-060213A-137-02a.jpgAPF034-060213A-137-02a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/36https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF035-060213A-084-03a.jpgAPF035-060213A-084-03a.jpgIn 1961 Aerojet General optioned 74,335 acres of land about 50 miles south of Miami in south Dade County, Florida, to develop and build soldi fuel rocket motors it hoped to provide to NASA as part of its emerging Moon program. NASA decided against using solid fuels for its Moon rockets, leading Aerojet to ultimately abandon the site; later selling the land back to the State of Florida. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-ESSAYS-%26-MULTIMEDIA/Ghosts-of-Space/37 https://firsthandpictures.com/Welcome/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF_Welcome_v01a.jpgAPF_Welcome_v01a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/thumbs https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/1https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF001-030527B-035-03.jpgAPF001-030527B-035-03.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/2https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF002-080308A-121-06c.jpgAPF002-080308A-121-06c.jpgAcross from the Bart station in normally quiet Lafayette, CA a mock military cemetery has been erected, in protest of the U.S. war in Iraq. Initially installed on November 13, 2006, a cross (or Star of David, or other religious symbol) has been erected for each fallen U.S. soldier. 
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The low reflecting sun isolates one cross from the rest, a visual reminder of the distinct individuals, lives and families represented by each cross here. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/3https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF003-B110721Eb-066-04b.jpgAPF003-B110721Eb-066-04b.jpgAfter it's dramatic pre-dawn arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday morning, July 21st, 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis is rolled over to the Orbiter Processing Facility in a parade of specialized vehicles known as the Orbiter Recovery Convoy. The journey of approximately two miles normally takes a little under two hours; but on the occasion of this being the last of the Space Shuttle missions, the orbiter made an unusual stop as the centerpiece at a special employee gather near the end of the route.
-- In a Norman Rockwell like scene that would be right at home in any middle-American home-town parade, a small band of NASA workers escort their last shuttle home to roost with the same pride as national heroes walking down any main street USA might have, waving at the crowds of onlookers, mindful of history happening. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/4https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF004-080103A-003.jpgAPF004-080103A-003.jpgSonoma County ranch along Highway 101 South of Petaluma. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/5https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF005-040707A-020-01e.jpgAPF005-040707A-020-01e.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/6https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF006-040104A-005-04b.jpgAPF006-040104A-005-04b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/7https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF007-060208B-154.jpgAPF007-060208B-154.jpgBill Dan is a rock balancer, practicing a form of sculpture that has many threads throughout human history and culture. He has been balancing rocks since 1994, working mostly along the shores of San Francisco Bay in Northern California. It is here that Bill developed his skills as a balanced rock sculptor, working with the piles of erosion control stones (called riprap) conveniently accessible along many public shores, building temporary edifices as onlookers watched in amazement and delight. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/8https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF008-061014D-015.jpgAPF008-061014D-015.jpgThe broken light of an overcast sun reflects on pools of water along the rocky coastline of Moa Point south of Wellington, New Zealand. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/9https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF009-WaterPipe-02-05b.jpgAPF009-WaterPipe-02-05b.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/10https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF010-091212A-013.jpgAPF010-091212A-013.jpgTrees seen through sheets of rainwater water on my car windshiled form intricately beautiful refracted patterns. The next day I arrived at the same spot to find them cut down. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/11https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF011-081031E-019.jpgAPF011-081031E-019.jpgJam session in Tom Lafferty's office after the IMD Halloween party. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/12https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF012-061111C-081.jpgAPF012-061111C-081.jpgFriends gathered at Maria Pia's Trattoria for my farewell dinner, as I prepared to return to the United States. As a surprise, Richard Klein arranged for a musician friend to join him in a performance of Cajun Blue Grass music. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/13https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF014-060903B-001-01a.jpgAPF014-060903B-001-01a.jpgA power pole along Tio Tio Road in Wellington's Seatoun Heights district is camoflouged by thick vine trunks from base to top. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/14https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF015-041217A-015-01.jpgAPF015-041217A-015-01.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/15https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF016-101029D-087-03a.jpgAPF016-101029D-087-03a.jpgTommy Lafferty, the Director fo Technology at ImageMovers Digital, and rock star guitarist with the band, Crown of Thorns. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/16https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF017-091226B-002-02a.jpgAPF017-091226B-002-02a.jpgInteresting clouds over Petaluma. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/17https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF018-100308C-004-05a.jpgAPF018-100308C-004-05a.jpg https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/18https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF019-060311B-052-02b.jpgAPF019-060311B-052-02b.jpgThe Dairymen's Co-op silos rise beyond new apartment developments near downtown Petaluma. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/19https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF020-091230A-163-02d.jpgAPF020-091230A-163-02d.jpgHunt &; Behrens Feed and Grain mill in Petaluma, CA. https://firsthandpictures.com/PHOTO-FOLIOS/Featured-B%26W/20https://firsthandpictures.com/pf-media/APF001-060507A-471-04a.jpgAPF001-060507A-471-04a.jpg