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  • Spoonicus, on 01/21/2008, -26/+17Is that a canon 1Ds Mk3 covered in some protective cloth? it doesnt look like its in a very heavy duty case..
    • UNL1M1T3D, on 01/21/2008, -1/+93How the hell can you tell that? All I see is a lens with white around it.
      • dorianm, on 01/22/2008, -0/+0oh no, that guy has the "space" angles
    • Nezzari, on 01/21/2008, -0/+25It's a bit too tall and thin to be the MK3. Proportions are a bit off.
    • kingfoot, on 01/21/2008, -3/+3i'd of guessed a hasseblad givin' the proportions.
    • tghd, on 01/21/2008, -7/+4The 1ds Mk3 was announced in August 07 the last space shuttle was launched in July 07. They must of shipped it fedex or something??
    • noblepenguin, on 01/21/2008, -1/+7It does look alot like a DSLR. But last I checked NASA has always sent the shuttles up with a Hassy or two. Not Nikons or Canons.
    • Proctor, on 01/21/2008, -1/+14NASA only brings up Nikon SLR's. Fluorite elements in Canon's best lenses shatter upon liftoff. Canon has never been on NASA's photo equipment list. The flash shoe mount looks a little too high up for it to be either a Canon or Nikon.
    • Naryuu, on 01/21/2008, -14/+3lol goatse
    • BRUTALFACE, on 01/21/2008, -4/+10It's a Nikon F3 with a motor drive.

      Proof. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle ...

      Eat D*cks DSLRs.
      • DrivinWest, on 01/21/2008, -3/+7Actually, it's a Kodak DCS 760 which uses a Nikon F5 body and Nikon lenses but has different internals. See here: www.dpreview.com/reviews/kodakdcs760/

        How do I know? I asked my girlfriend who used to work with NASA's Photo & TV group at Johnson Space Center. She confirms that the cameras for IVA and EVA (Internal/External Vehicle Activity) are the same except for the thermal cover.
    • BRUTALFACE, on 01/21/2008, -2/+4Sorry, F5. Still an SLR.
    • greatkingrat85, on 01/21/2008, -0/+8Camwhore.
    • Proctor, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1NASA actually brings up Digital SLR's also which are Nikon/Kodak hybrid bodies.
  • CTreps, on 01/21/2008, -14/+558That could make for the world's most bad ass facebook profile picture.
    • Lane, on 01/21/2008, -2/+80But it's not of this world.
      • notoneofus, on 01/21/2008, -1/+31Ultimately it is, in reflection.
        • Raian, on 01/21/2008, -0/+3this is all so dark-sided...
        • Books, on 01/21/2008, -6/+4Anybody else feel like watching 2001: a space odyssey again? I do...
        • benguild, on 01/21/2008, -5/+2I wish you'd shut up. You've posted stupid ***** in the past 4 threads I've read, and you're really pissing me the ***** off. Ima punch you in the *****.
          • notoneofus, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Wow. And you're a pillar of briliiant commentary. *****.
      • kewlito, on 01/21/2008, -0/+42The reflections are all wrong
        • DeathJux, on 01/21/2008, -16/+5+1 for extreme abstract xkcd reference
          • TheVirus, on 01/21/2008, -2/+15Not really that extreme or abstract. You realize this is Digg and not RiceRocketForums.org, right?
          • gh0st3000, on 01/22/2008, -0/+1I'd have to say that at the very least half of digg recognizes that quote.
      • je12u, on 01/21/2008, -8/+12***** Facebook
    • kerpalh, on 01/21/2008, -28/+1And its not a face or a book.
    • abtarhar, on 01/25/2008, -20/+7Don't you mean myspace? After all, he is in outer space...
    • myt29, on 01/21/2008, -8/+2University of International Space Station?
    • JaggedHairball, on 01/21/2008, -2/+71You're all trying too hard.
    • crushfan, on 01/21/2008, -9/+22Mate, that would make a great MySpace profile picture.. Haha, get it? Space, self portrait.. Hehe.. Eh.
    • Kanidia, on 01/21/2008, -0/+46Hey I'm in that picture!
      • timdorr, on 01/21/2008, -1/+4Not if they're hovering over the Antarctic :P
        • Cenobite, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2Oh, no. Kanidia is actually an Antarctican.
        • Hemingrubbish, on 01/21/2008, -1/+2hey I live in the Antarctic.
    • jhshukla, on 01/21/2008, -2/+1out of this world!
    • nedaf7, on 01/21/2008, -0/+38I would hate to be the one who has to tag all of the people in that picture.
    • thedragon4453, on 01/21/2008, -0/+9To be fair though, this is the best one out of a couple hundred. The rest he took in a mirror and at odd angles.
  • zomgorly, on 01/21/2008, -32/+3TriPpY!
    • kmckanna, on 01/21/2008, -8/+15People like YOU are the reason a wide majority of the internet is retarded.
      • ledguitar, on 01/21/2008, -0/+11Actually I agree with zomgorly's comment, just not the way he wrote it.
      • zomgorly, on 01/21/2008, -1/+1Wow YoU TAkE thIs siTE wAy tO SerIOuS!! Now take a deep breath and release. You feeling better now after you got that off your chest.
  • guesswhoitis, on 01/21/2008, -17/+306The best ever would have been without the helmet...
  • UNL1M1T3D, on 01/21/2008, -18/+2Usually I am against one word descriptions on Digg, but I think this picture is worth it: Amazing.
    • TheWorm, on 01/21/2008, -8/+2I count 6.
      • UNL1M1T3D, on 01/21/2008, -7/+1I meant in the comments section.
      • juniorb, on 01/21/2008, -3/+1Then I count 18.
        • niemo810, on 02/02/2008, -0/+0shut up. the world would be a better place if you nitpicky "i take everything ever said in the most literal of contexts" people were sent to ***** mars.
  • vroom101, on 01/21/2008, -1/+185That's NASA Astronaut Clayton C. Anderson, ISS Expedition 15 flight engineer.

    3032x2005 pixels: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-2006102 ...
    1818x1202 pixels: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-2006102 ...
    via photo 7 --> http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20061021.htm
    • kevinisnthere, on 01/21/2008, -0/+34NASA obviously stole the photo. The flickr page says "© All rights reserved."
    • courtjester555, on 01/21/2008, -1/+3[applauds research]
  • ieataquacrayons, on 01/21/2008, -7/+26MrBabyMan strikes again...
    • neptunebk, on 01/21/2008, -3/+10He knows how to navigate the tubes
    • misterhat, on 01/21/2008, -2/+12...with another reddit repost.

      At least this time he waited for it to make it off the front page.
      • dansmeek, on 01/21/2008, -0/+3yeah i notice that too. a lot of the top hits on digg are usually on reddit a day or two ago. but on digg i get to see lots of youtubeish like comments which makes it ... entertaining?
      • cawpin, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1Well, this one has been on Digg before, too. Not that it actually matters.
    • ledguitar, on 01/21/2008, -2/+6There should be a documentary of "A day in the life of MrBabyMan. Honestly, he finds so much stuff, I don't know how he does it.
  • klick37, on 01/21/2008, -2/+11"Hi mom!"
  • zglows, on 01/21/2008, -32/+2buried because it was last week on reddit's frontpage
    • URnotheonly1, on 01/21/2008, -1/+7on who's front page?
    • antoniuk, on 01/21/2008, -1/+2Then go back to reddit. I don't read that crappy site so this is new to me. You're buried
    • slipkn0tz23, on 01/21/2008, -0/+3You're burying this... because it was on another site a week ago...

      You must be new to Digg. You see, not all of us read Reddit. And you might as well get used to seeing stuff frontpaged week after week.

      Enjoy your stay!
  • TalkingBanana, on 01/21/2008, -8/+246So it begins: The space-emo revolution.
    • dib2, on 01/21/2008, -1/+6I believe the correct term would be "space-scene revolution".
    • kerpalh, on 01/21/2008, -2/+2or the "my-space emo revolution" oh wait...
    • Jones82, on 01/21/2008, -0/+16If an emo slits his wrists in space, does it make a sound?
      • mcgarry83, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2Only the sound of the emo crying in his helmet mic.
    • lovestospooge, on 01/21/2008, -2/+1Do me an favore...
    • BigBallistix, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1They can go ahead with it for all I care, they could either hide their makeup with the helmets, or without, prove they're different from everyone alive by being dead.
    • mentaldingo, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1Better out there than down here.
  • JLecker, on 01/21/2008, -0/+67Beats standing in front of a mirror and looking like an unoriginal hipster. I'm looking at you, Myspace!
    • Jones82, on 01/21/2008, -0/+3But that's a hipster's natural habitat
      • IndigoMoss, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1Just like McDonald's is a fat persons natural habitat, except for the kiddy playground, that's for Micheal Jackson.
  • birdly, on 01/21/2008, -10/+3No it couldn't. The one posted last week was.
  • mcool119, on 01/21/2008, -10/+2Bah, I hate myspace pics. ***** teenagers.
  • aaabatteries, on 01/21/2008, -4/+16He's got "the angles". ;)
  • LakaiOrDie, on 01/21/2008, -18/+9here's the myspace version http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2338/emololim9. ...
  • jdenial, on 01/21/2008, -2/+83i bet he's doing a kissy face
    • defectDS, on 01/21/2008, -0/+7If he had a hand available he would be doing a peace sign pointing towards said kissy face. And if his best friend was there with him, he would be behind him doing an overly exaggerated smile "XD."

      And don't get me started on if he had Photoshop...
  • RexxxMaster, on 01/21/2008, -5/+0hmmmm what the copy right i would love to use on my facebook.
  • seldon452, on 01/21/2008, -11/+2This is so old my mom... uhh its so old that I won't uh..... well I can't think of any insult but its old.
    • vroom101, on 01/21/2008, -1/+2It's not that old, the picture was taken on August 15, 2007.
      • DoTheFandango, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2It's been on Digg at least twice before.
  • JusticeAK, on 01/21/2008, -14/+6obviously photoshopped.
  • gllopc, on 01/21/2008, -7/+171This astronaut is obviously a 15 year-old girl.
  • TheOneGreatX, on 01/21/2008, -3/+31In space, no one can hear you cry.
  • angrycat, on 01/21/2008, -8/+3Myspace in space.

    It's no lolcat though.
  • sunshinemonster, on 01/21/2008, -8/+158here's the one without the helmet: http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images/totalrecall0 ...
    • seldon452, on 01/21/2008, -26/+4Wow, ***** you. That was gross.
    • BigBallistix, on 01/21/2008, -0/+13Excellent choice of source, I loled hard.
      • ray023, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2Agreed. This is why i love browsing the comment section of Digg.

        So funny! thanks for the laugh.
    • jeremyjudkins, on 01/21/2008, -3/+1lolwut
    • zomfg, on 01/21/2008, -1/+8dugg for Total Recall!
    • joshcxa, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1haha exactly what i was thinking
    • Cenobite, on 01/21/2008, -2/+2Rodney Dangerfield: He can't get no respect.
    • IndigoMoss, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1Haha I just watched that in Philosophy class. I guess Arnold is the new Plato.
    • SIant, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2AHHHHHH!
  • ravensncrows, on 01/21/2008, -1/+2thats gotta be one very trippy walk
  • JFitzpatrick, on 01/21/2008, -2/+45myspace jokes aside, the striking part of the picture is the view from the visor's reflection... a man floating in space looking down at the entire planet. Just imagining what that must have felt like is astounding. I can't imagine actually being up there or even being one of the guys to walk on the moon and look down on earth. Incredible stuff.
    • drakia, on 01/21/2008, -5/+3If you were standing on the moon, you'd be looking up at the earth, not down.
      • jjremy, on 01/21/2008, -2/+5No ones been standing on the moon since 1972. Or ever if you're wearing your tinfoil hat.
        • taquitohater, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2It's not a question of if I'm wearing my tinfoil hat, it's a question of how tightly I'm wearing my tinfoil hat.
      • zzz@tkz, on 01/21/2008, -0/+8There is no "down" or "up".
        • Halsfield, on 01/21/2008, -0/+5or spoon.
        • ganjadude4391, on 01/21/2008, -1/+2exactly, there is no down or up, right or wrong.... there only "is"

          reflect on that one for a bit
        • Sokkratez, on 01/21/2008, -1/+2Or is there?

          This is stupid. Awesome picture, though.
        • itspuddingtime, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1but the enemy's gate is down
        • drakia, on 01/22/2008, -1/+1Wtf? The moon has gravity, you idiot
          • zzz@tkz, on 01/23/2008, -1/+1Doesn't mean that there is an up or down, you idiot. Up and down are imaginary terms that we use. Describing an object in space using these terms is incredibly stupid.
  • InspectorGadget, on 01/21/2008, -3/+13If this were on myspace, the astronaut would have placed himself with earth over his left shoulder so he'd look less fat by comparison. The visor would also have "sad eyes" drawn on in eyeliner, the top of the helmet would be unevenly cut and dyed, and somewhere the spacesuit would have a broken heart drawn on in Sharpie.
  • BiggRanger, on 01/21/2008, -1/+20Anybody else surprised by all the scuff marks on the visor? Must be a PITA getting in and out of the ISS.
  • vakkaeo, on 01/21/2008, -9/+0for 10 minutes I just loooooked...and just later I sussed what the matter is;) quite stupefying, you know. But it's great.
  • piratemonkey182, on 01/21/2008, -5/+4does this count as a mirror pic?
  • skase, on 01/21/2008, -1/+9Aww!! the digg picture preview ruined the surprise!
  • thekronz, on 01/21/2008, -15/+1I'm not sure, this one MIGHT just beat it:

    http://a679.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/98/l ...
  • Soave, on 01/21/2008, -7/+6MYSPACE PIC!!!

    Needs more extreme emo angles.
  • lebatte, on 01/21/2008, -12/+7If the earth was round, it would be more curved than the astronaut's visor. Proof again that the earth is flat.
    http://theflatearthsociety.org/
    • Ethelstan, on 01/21/2008, -4/+4Earth is round as it is with other planet. We have send HUNDREDS of satellites, probe, rover - manned or unmanned to space and its obvious THEY NOTICE nothing flat flying out there. Why would people waste so much of their time on something over that people of middle ages believe? this is very disturbing belief that an advanced society could ever..ever...ever think off.
      I bet u guys would say - "you would never know till u get up there"-- heck yea, thats a very strong counter-argument :)
    • Ethelstan, on 01/21/2008, -1/+1anyway-- I WOULD BE terrified if its more curved than the astronaut's visor... lol.. cos that means the earth would be oval.
    • slightlygifted, on 01/21/2008, -0/+5i loled. dont know why your getting buried its obviously a joke.
    • RonniSR, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2Thumb-up!
      Some people just don't have any sense of humor.
    • SitPoMk, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2lol cmon guys, he was making a funny!
    • Ethelstan, on 01/21/2008, -2/+1It's obviously not a joke if you guys check out the forum links he posted.
  • sb76117, on 01/21/2008, -7/+1thats my wallpaper!
    yes. best self shot ever. even back when it was on reddit.
  • SLH06, on 01/21/2008, -0/+65So, how's Flickr going to Geotag this? :p
  • tcpip4lyfe, on 01/21/2008, -1/+4The answer is yes.
  • kefkastudio, on 01/21/2008, -4/+8*Right Click*-->Set As Desktop Background...
  • gapingass, on 01/21/2008, -6/+1From that angle, I'd say he is emo
  • Haiz, on 01/21/2008, -3/+1It took me a second to see the helmet, then I freaked.
  • jonmlm, on 01/21/2008, -5/+1no.
  • TremorX, on 01/21/2008, -3/+3If you look closely, you can see that beneath the helmet, he's got his hair down over one eye and he's got a kissy-Zoolander-face going.
  • aquadude, on 01/21/2008, -3/+2God, what a myspace picture whore...
  • jayripley123, on 01/21/2008, -3/+1Dugg for the pun in the description
  • restlessdesign, on 01/21/2008, -7/+1██ NO ██
  • inkhead, on 01/21/2008, -1/+1Doesn't even come close to the self picture of the first person to stand on Uranus...
  • phreak22, on 01/21/2008, -1/+2Not 'shopped or a fake. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle ...
  • boobies, on 01/21/2008, -1/+12goatse in space.
  • sljepi, on 01/21/2008, -0/+20"My God, it's full of stars!"
    • markdelete, on 01/22/2008, -0/+1i'm sorry,dave. i can not do that.
  • Charlie117, on 01/21/2008, -1/+1I saw this picture at the Morison Center, at a presentation in Boise, Idaho where Barbra Morgan had this picture in the slide show.
  • Motocompo, on 01/21/2008, -5/+1This guy must really love his myspace account!
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