my name is alana. i like sharing space art & connecting with others. LDL chronicles my exploration of the cosmos one daydream at a time. email me: launchwithme@gmail.com tweet me: @alanazimmerTumblr (3.0; @letsdolaunch)http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4182r1NzY1qizk91o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://phillipsauction.tumblr.com/post/23059326891/slater-bradley-hyperion-2007-gold-marker-on">phillipsauction</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://phillipsdepury.com/auctions/lot-detail/SLATER-BRADLEY/NY010312/262/14/1/12/detail.aspx">SLATER BRADLEY | <em>Hyperion</em>, 2007 | gold marker on C-print</a></p> <p>Sold for $3,500 at the Contemporary Art Day Sale, 11 May 2012.</p> </blockquote>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/53196721902http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/53196721902Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:40:39 -0700<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DmYK479EpQc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>MESSENGER False Color Mercury Globe Spin (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DmYK479EpQc">APODVideos</a>)</p>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52958251635http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52958251635Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:38:44 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d2a97165e7f8ea68ef359a59bff1aaa7/tumblr_mnw7xxlaPB1qjq5r9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://good.tumblr.com/post/52177886097/forthelove-of-the-good-outdoors-good-hq-wrote">good</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="p1"><strong><a href="http://www.good.is/posts/forthelove-of-the-good-outdoors?utm_medium=social&utm_source=tumblr&utm_campaign=post">#forthelove of the GOOD Outdoors</a><br/></strong><em>- <a href="http://www.good.is/members/good-hq">GOOD HQ</a> wrote in <a href="http://www.good.is/environment">Environment</a><span>, </span><a href="http://www.good.is/exploration">Exploration</a><span> and </span><a href="http://www.good.is/news">News</a></em></p> <blockquote> <p class="p1">This month on GOOD.is, we are focusing on the topic of exploration—embracing the spirit of discovery and exploring areas near and far. We will be posting on the subject all month at <a href="http://www.good.is/exploration"><span class="s1">good.is/exploration</span></a> and encourage you to tag your own posts “exploration.”<span> </span></p> <p class="p1">For our monthly challenge: Join our community effort to <a href="http://www.good.is/posts/explore-and-protect-the-good-outdoors"><span class="s1">discover, share, and protect the places we love</span></a>. Take this opportunity to expand your horizons and embark on an adventure, whether it’s venturing to a new place that’s close to home or trekking across the planet—no matter what hemisphere you’re in. You know that moment when you pull out your phone and snap a photo because you can’t believe how awesome the view is and you want to share it with everyone you know?</p> </blockquote> <p class="p1"><a href="http://www.good.is/posts/forthelove-of-the-good-outdoors?utm_medium=social&utm_source=tumblr&utm_campaign=post">Continue reading on good.is</a></p> <p class="p1"><em>Illustration by Corinna Loo</em></p> </blockquote> <p>this is going to be a GOOD month</p>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52945853248http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52945853248Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:51:26 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a18610a14e001af32b5b7c124e837d1f/tumblr_mfts13FEW31qeg95lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://silfarione.tumblr.com/post/39184653866/i-think-about-photographs-as-being-full-or">silfarione</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span><em>“I think about photographs as being full, or empty. You picture something in a frame and it’s got lots of accounting going on in it—stones and buildings and trees and air—but that’s not what fills up a frame. You fill up the frame with feelings, energy, discovery, and risk, and leave room enough for someone else to get in there</em>.”</span></p> <p><span>Photo and quote by <strong>Joel Meyerowitz.</strong></span></p> </blockquote>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52928519744http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52928519744Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:41:37 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9bf814b53acc8e20ff5c4796a726841c/tumblr_mnzcxws6Q61qdjk32o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>SHIT JUST GOT REAL.</p>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52307499096http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52307499096Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:39:00 -0700virginvirgin galacticrichard bransonjustin bieber<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F91121058&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52234300784http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52234300784Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:25:44 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d3fb4d7a24166da40c70ef4525620c2d/tumblr_mnxh7nBZeo1qdjk32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From the Earth to the Moon | Jules Verne</p>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52226558644http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52226558644Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:16:34 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6af0884757c4f35bc3415bc6cc9e933c/tumblr_mnxh5mdDsr1qdjk32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>The Tar-Aiym Krang|</em><span> Alan Dean Foster |art by Dean Ellis | 1972</span></p>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52226490446http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52226490446Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:15:22 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bbd1accac20171edd4a09c5ebccd2036/tumblr_mnxh3gyZK61qdjk32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thuvia, Maid of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs</p>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52226415267http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52226415267Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:14:04 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3a62208558bbe9100a355f50fe76b5f9/tumblr_mnuv2xcF0N1qdjk32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>CONTACT</p>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52123455047http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52123455047Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:23:21 -0700<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F87535984%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-R3kCf&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52036473992http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52036473992Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:14:52 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e42df3eb75e07c6fbc9230fd381f4ef6/tumblr_mnsx87Nya61qdjk32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>american astronaut | cory mcabee | 2009</p>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52036454223http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/52036454223Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:14:30 -0700<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F85501854&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p>sunday funday. beat goes on & on.</p>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51990290228http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51990290228Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:10:09 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/31ed00a5daec935993838a0591ae48f0/tumblr_mnllzc145H1r1w416o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4a737797803c24cc825c1659165ca088/tumblr_mnllzc145H1r1w416o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3a9d24bb3b3932d21e121279266df71d/tumblr_mnllzc145H1r1w416o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a697e80130f7d9e623271dc6f5c0a931/tumblr_mnllzc145H1r1w416o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/27b4d3147678e4370da53aa1a6a24e90/tumblr_mnllzc145H1r1w416o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/db6ae723f44c18cda726b8cf3096da86/tumblr_mnllzc145H1r1w416o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4f282b2b5e5577746f0cc6c2752a5afd/tumblr_mnllzc145H1r1w416o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/17003a40a7ee0ed8845804f0cc3b5a7f/tumblr_mnllzc145H1r1w416o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://staceythinx.tumblr.com/post/51808416418/screenshots-from-space-engine">staceythinx</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Screenshots from <a href="http://en.spaceengine.org/">Space Engine</a></p> </blockquote>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51990159761http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51990159761Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:08:31 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3244z8uPm1qia1byo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51990118554http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51990118554Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:08:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e723e2ef49e7373b00480a02071f7a5b/tumblr_mnp08oC8BM1qdjk32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>be still my heart.</p>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51850579583http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51850579583Fri, 31 May 2013 19:29:12 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/81749ef77d685b06c42fc454e788ae64/tumblr_mnn326SJDK1qdjk32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>prometheus II</p>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51830762752http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51830762752Fri, 31 May 2013 14:40:11 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcz84jlwKX1qd5t95o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lightthiscandle.tumblr.com/post/34994515628/school-picture-day-part-2">lightthiscandle</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>School Picture Day, Part 2.</p> </blockquote>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51825684559http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51825684559Fri, 31 May 2013 13:30:13 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdf1fiSNAy1qg4ch3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51820798143http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51820798143Fri, 31 May 2013 12:20:23 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m55yvjAzEE1rxgw4yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51816541511http://letsdolaunch.tumblr.com/post/51816541511Fri, 31 May 2013 11:10:21 -0700