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They released the EDL video in the press conference! Mind blowing Unfortunately, the microphone didn't work during the entry, descent and landing stage, but we got the first sounds from the surface after it landed! First ever recorded sound from another planet! There's already over 30GB of data that is being uploaded to the NASA website.

Hehe, you can also upload your pics to an external site like imgur.com and then link to them here, it will embed the pic automatically!

It's an extra option that is available only for the donators.

She's got a point there What kind of camera are you thinking about?

Jordan Brown just won the Welsh Open, defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-8 in the final. He was a 750/1 chance at the start of the tournament A great sporting story, and a very entertaining final.

Count me to the list of fans of the second one, really really nice. Looks so peaceful... I love night light trails in general, and the warm temperature/pastel colours in this one is very nice. Is it close to sunset or close to sunrise? Nice capture, either way... The first one looks epic!

What is your favourite one? Lovely pic, by the way!

You need to work on your PS skills

Haha it's just an eating pattern, 16 fasting hours cycled by 8 non-fasting hours during the day. Seems to be a health fad these days, but it has been my natural eating pattern for years...

I was doing intermittent fasting before it was cool.

I remember that firework photo, you posted it shortly after you first joined the forum! A great shot, love the composition. Can see why the others like that second one, too. It has that contempletative mood about it.

How long does it take you? 5-6 hours? That's crazy amount of walking

That's what, like 30km?

Yep, I've seen it before and it is absolutely perfect, in my opinion. Everything from composition, subject matter, colours, lighting, etc. just look so spot on... Also love how natural and genuine the kids look! Would definitely get it printed and framed if I were you!

It's more of a general pet peeve of mine, I would retouch every damn one out of my photos if I could

I love it! And regardless of how much I also love having electricity, I must say that the cables do tend to ruin the perfect view a little bit And now I want a proper holiday even more

Ha, the very idea of my post came from scrolling through my photo feed earlier today and wondering why some of my photos got more likes than what I think they deserve, whereas the ones that I do like best seem to be less appreciated, as a general rule So I definitely see what you mean. I like the composition of the second one; natural framing is great in how it leads the eye to the background, and I also like how "layered" the background looks with some hills behind other hills. Where is that?

Nice start! I like the bridge one; night photos have something about them, don't they? Love the colour, and also the beams of light extending upwards from the bridge lanterns look pretty cool, too The second one is very nice (very ambient and moody), but it's supposed to be a photo you took that is most rated by others

Yeah, I think the ones that document life events, relationships, achievements, etc. are automatically the highest rated ones, so preferably just random shots instead, haha. And cheers, I also think it's quite interesting, especially if we can get people talking about it

Yep, either most likes, upvotes, best star ratings or whatever. Alternatively, if you don't share any online, then maybe a photo you've taken that your friends/family seem to like the most.

I was wondering - what's your most favourite photo that you have taken yourself? Only one, please. Additionally, if you share your photos anywhere, what is your highest rated one by others? Also only one, please. I'm curious to see everyone's most favourite shots, but I'm particularly interested to see if anyone's favourite shot is also their highest rated one... @Stan @Viva la FCB @Mel81x @Pyfish @Rick @Lucas @Tommy @CaaC (John) (and everyone else, I only tagged the ones who posted in this thread or who I know likes to take pics)

For All Mankind is back with Season 2... It's a good thing it's weekly release, otherwise I'd binge it again in 2 nights like I did with Season 1

Yep! But even then, it's not exactly true sound. Curiosity didn't have any microphones, and the recorded sound actually came from InSight's instrument measuring marsquakes and air pressure sensor, and then NASA raised the pitch a few octaves up so that a human ear could hear it. Meanwhile, Perseverance has two microphones, so this will be the first time we will have true recorded audio on Mars. We should already hear it once the landing video is released...

Depends on what your primary purpose is. If you want to simply observe/stargaze, then pretty much any binos with decent magnification/aperture will be great, just keep in mind that with anything larger than 10x you will struggle to keep it steady without shaking for prolonged periods of time; 10x magnification is more or less the limit for handheld binoculars, and if you get anything larger, you will definitely need to use it with tripod! Even 10x50 is a bit too much for me, hence why I went for a smaller ones (7x50) this time. If you want to take photos, binoculars won't be great, I'm afraid. A decent camera for nightsky will set you back quite a bit...