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The Gorgonizing Lake

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The Gorgonizing Lake “They thought I was absolutely insane—some crazy white guy, coming along offering money for people to basically go on a treasure hunt around the lake for dead birds.”  –Nick Brandt In Greek mythology, the primeval sea-god Phorcys and the sea-monster Ceto had six daughters, three of whom were named Euryale, Stheno, and […]

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The First Untethered Spacewalk

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The First Untethered Spacewalk On 20 February 1984, astronaut Hoot Gibson peered out of Challenger at something rare and sensational. He grabbed a camera, took a light meter reading three times, checked the focus four times, and snapped one of the starkest, most indelible images in the history of photography.Bruce McCandless II floated 300 feet away, blanketed

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