AM 1240 KLYQ » moon http://klyq.com Hamilton's News Talk Leader Thu, 23 May 2013 03:11:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Wanna See Something Cool? Part One 2013 http://klyq.com/wanna-see-something-cool-part-one-2013/ http://klyq.com/wanna-see-something-cool-part-one-2013/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:31:26 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=87709 I created this series to show off some amazing photos and videos from around the world and from out in space.

I did a few of these back in 2012 and we begin 2013 with an image from New Zealand. A video using an extreme telephoto lens with some accompanying music creates a memorable scene

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]]> http://klyq.com/wanna-see-something-cool-part-one-2013/feed/ 0 Moonrise in New Zealand. (Mark Gee Video at apod.nasa.gov) Was "One Small Step" a Lie? http://klyq.com/was-one-small-step-a-lie/ http://klyq.com/was-one-small-step-a-lie/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:13:39 +0000 Joy Larson http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=123368 If you haven’t heard already, apparently Neil Armstrong lied about having not preplanned the phrase “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil had always insisted that he came up with the phrase after he landed on the moon. Neil’s brother however, is telling a different story now that Neil is dead.

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]]> http://klyq.com/was-one-small-step-a-lie/feed/ 0 40 Years Ago – Apollo 17 Leaves the Moon http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-apollo-17-leaves-the-moon/ http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-apollo-17-leaves-the-moon/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:45:46 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=75114 We've been remembering the last human visit to our Moon this week. For December 14, instead of a photo, we have video.

During the three-day stay on the moon for the Apollo 17 astronauts, they were watched on every moonwalk by NASA in Houston

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]]> http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-apollo-17-leaves-the-moon/feed/ 0 December 13, 1972, the Lunar Rover camera caught the lift-off the Apollo 17 Lander. (YouTube/NASA) 40 Years Ago – Day Two on the Moon for Apollo 17 http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-day-two-on-the-moon-for-apollo-17/ http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-day-two-on-the-moon-for-apollo-17/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:34:20 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=74840 The last two men to visit Earth's Moon used the Lunar Rover to cover some ground and visit interesting places near the landing site. Here (see photo) Harrison Schmitt is photographed by Gene Cernan next to one of the larger rock samples in Taurus-Littrow Valley

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]]> http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-day-two-on-the-moon-for-apollo-17/feed/ 0 Harrison Schmitt found a few outstanding boulders on the Moon. (Apollo 17/NASA) 40 Years Ago – Apollo 17 Lands on Moon http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-apollo-17-lands-on-moon/ http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-apollo-17-lands-on-moon/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:11:37 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=74467 Yes, 40 years ago, two American astronauts guided the lunar lander down to the rugged area - Taurus Littrow - on Earth's Moon. It was here that the only geologist to visit the moon - Harrison Schmitt - began his excited search of the landscape

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]]> http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-apollo-17-lands-on-moon/feed/ 0 The Lunar rover at Shorty Crater on the Moon in 1972. (Apollo 17/NASA) The Final Manned Trip To the Moon Started Today – 40 Years Ago! http://klyq.com/the-final-manned-trip-to-the-moon-started-today-40-years-ago/ http://klyq.com/the-final-manned-trip-to-the-moon-started-today-40-years-ago/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:10:00 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=73728 Yes, it was 40 years ago that a Saturn 5 rocket lifted Apollo 17 into orbit from Florida in the final visit to the moon by a human for 40 years.

The mission sent the craft to a rocky area of the moon and on board was the only professional geologist ever to visit that unexplored landscape - Harrison Schmitt

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]]> http://klyq.com/the-final-manned-trip-to-the-moon-started-today-40-years-ago/feed/ 0 Harrison Schmitt at the LEM on Apollo 17 - December 1972. (Apollo 17/NASA) Mansfield Library To Display Moon Rock [AUDIO] http://klyq.com/mansfield-library-to-display-moon-rock-audio/ http://klyq.com/mansfield-library-to-display-moon-rock-audio/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:35:16 +0000 Peter Christian http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=110026 The Mansfield Library at the University of Montana will display a fragment of moon rock and hold a series of lectures in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 17 moon landing.

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]]> http://klyq.com/mansfield-library-to-display-moon-rock-audio/feed/ 0 photo courtesy of NASA/Gettyimages.com The Man In The Moon….er….On The Moon http://klyq.com/the-man-in-the-moon-er-on-the-moon/ http://klyq.com/the-man-in-the-moon-er-on-the-moon/#comments Sun, 22 Jul 2012 07:22:48 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=47934 A memorable image.

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]]> http://klyq.com/the-man-in-the-moon-er-on-the-moon/feed/ 0 The view from lunar orbit in the 1960s. (NASA Photo) A 'Supermoon' is Coming Out This Weekend [VIDEO] http://klyq.com/supermoon-weekend-video/ http://klyq.com/supermoon-weekend-video/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 19:22:26 +0000 Don Deane http://tsminteractive.com/?p=96289 Bitterroot skies should clear for a good view.

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]]> http://klyq.com/supermoon-weekend-video/feed/ 0 NASA Gingrich Wants USA to Return to the Moon http://klyq.com/newt-gingrich-moon/ http://klyq.com/newt-gingrich-moon/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:24:09 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=73050 Newt Gingrich definitely knows how to play to his audience. In a campaign speech near Cape Canaveral, FL, on Wednesday, Gingrich promised that, as president, he would push to colonize the moon.

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]]> http://klyq.com/newt-gingrich-moon/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Getty Images See A Dark Moon Saturday Morning http://klyq.com/see-a-dark-moon-saturday-morning/ http://klyq.com/see-a-dark-moon-saturday-morning/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:30:19 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=15400 The Moon gets a "5 o'clock shadow" early in the day Saturday.

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