1 00:00:08,710 --> 00:00:06,710 hello jeff here it's been a while since 2 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:08,720 i've given you an update and thought i'd 3 00:00:11,910 --> 00:00:10,240 just check in i'm glad you're enjoying 4 00:00:13,830 --> 00:00:11,920 the photography many of you have given 5 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:13,840 me feedback i've heard about the 6 00:00:17,910 --> 00:00:15,759 feedback that you've given the folks on 7 00:00:19,990 --> 00:00:17,920 the ground as well so i appreciate that 8 00:00:22,150 --> 00:00:20,000 it's a it's a real thrill for me to be 9 00:00:23,750 --> 00:00:22,160 able to bring the experience to you 10 00:00:26,390 --> 00:00:23,760 through photography some of you have 11 00:00:28,550 --> 00:00:26,400 asked how we take pictures up here we 12 00:00:29,669 --> 00:00:28,560 actually use just regular photography 13 00:00:33,110 --> 00:00:29,679 equipment 14 00:00:34,950 --> 00:00:33,120 this nikon d4x is a is one of several 15 00:00:37,030 --> 00:00:34,960 cameras that we have on board so the 16 00:00:38,790 --> 00:00:37,040 photography that you see is handheld 17 00:00:40,150 --> 00:00:38,800 photography some of the video clips are 18 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:40,160 actually 19 00:00:45,990 --> 00:00:43,520 video clips made of panoramas of still 20 00:00:48,150 --> 00:00:46,000 photography stitched together uh merged 21 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:48,160 together it's overlapping shots and i've 22 00:00:52,950 --> 00:00:50,160 made and stitched together and then the 23 00:00:55,430 --> 00:00:52,960 folks on the ground have helped 24 00:00:57,270 --> 00:00:55,440 make a video clip out of them uh we have 25 00:00:58,389 --> 00:00:57,280 a variety of lenses like the one i just 26 00:01:00,470 --> 00:00:58,399 showed you 27 00:01:02,150 --> 00:01:00,480 we have wide angle lenses we also have 28 00:01:04,390 --> 00:01:02,160 very big lenses we've got several of 29 00:01:07,990 --> 00:01:04,400 these as well and uh it's through this 30 00:01:10,630 --> 00:01:08,000 lens this is a 800 millimeter lens 31 00:01:13,190 --> 00:01:10,640 with a 1.5 32 00:01:16,070 --> 00:01:13,200 1.4 multiplier on it so it that brings 33 00:01:17,910 --> 00:01:16,080 uh in the detail uh pretty close there's 34 00:01:20,310 --> 00:01:17,920 a variety of windows on board the space 35 00:01:21,670 --> 00:01:20,320 station uh we have the cupola of course 36 00:01:23,830 --> 00:01:21,680 which i'll show you in a minute but we 37 00:01:25,670 --> 00:01:23,840 also have several windows 38 00:01:27,910 --> 00:01:25,680 in the u.s lab 39 00:01:30,710 --> 00:01:27,920 as well as in the russian segment 40 00:01:34,149 --> 00:01:30,720 that we often use for taking pictures 41 00:01:37,830 --> 00:01:36,149 angles out of the space station to take 42 00:01:38,950 --> 00:01:37,840 the photography and the different places 43 00:01:40,630 --> 00:01:38,960 around the world as well as the 44 00:01:42,870 --> 00:01:40,640 different lighting conditions let me 45 00:01:44,870 --> 00:01:42,880 show you this cupola view i call this 46 00:01:48,950 --> 00:01:44,880 the window on the world it's uh was 47 00:01:51,910 --> 00:01:48,960 added in march of uh 2010 and it's a 48 00:01:53,429 --> 00:01:51,920 gives us a fantastic view of the planet 49 00:01:56,230 --> 00:01:53,439 it's the only place on station we can 50 00:01:57,190 --> 00:01:56,240 see the entire planet from one vantage 51 00:01:59,429 --> 00:01:57,200 point 52 00:02:01,990 --> 00:01:59,439 and here we we're heading uh out over 53 00:02:04,630 --> 00:02:02,000 the atlantic ocean toward europe 54 00:02:06,149 --> 00:02:04,640 uh we're gonna cross over the uk here in 55 00:02:08,389 --> 00:02:06,159 just a few minutes and then go into 56 00:02:09,910 --> 00:02:08,399 sunset there's a robotic arm that you 57 00:02:12,070 --> 00:02:09,920 can see out there 58 00:02:13,430 --> 00:02:12,080 that we use to capture cygnus and we 59 00:02:15,830 --> 00:02:13,440 will use 60 00:02:17,510 --> 00:02:15,840 to capture dragon by the time you see 61 00:02:20,550 --> 00:02:17,520 this video clip 62 00:02:22,949 --> 00:02:20,560 i'm sure we'll have dragon on board 63 00:02:25,510 --> 00:02:22,959 and we'll be unpacking it uh getting out 64 00:02:28,150 --> 00:02:25,520 the cargo and the experiments and the 65 00:02:31,589 --> 00:02:28,160 supplies and the repair parts that it 66 00:02:34,550 --> 00:02:31,599 has here's the uh the cygnus spacecraft 67 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:34,560 uh that arrived about a week ago that's 68 00:02:38,630 --> 00:02:36,800 its solar array 69 00:02:40,309 --> 00:02:38,640 and then we have a one of the soyuz 70 00:02:41,990 --> 00:02:40,319 spacecraft there docked 71 00:02:44,470 --> 00:02:42,000 as well as a progress and the other 72 00:02:46,630 --> 00:02:44,480 spacecraft we can't see from this window 73 00:02:49,110 --> 00:02:46,640 but you can see uh what is our favorite 74 00:02:50,869 --> 00:02:49,120 object here which is this planet that we 75 00:02:53,190 --> 00:02:50,879 call earth 76 00:02:54,869 --> 00:02:53,200 you never get tired of viewing the 77 00:02:56,150 --> 00:02:54,879 beautiful planet 78 00:02:59,190 --> 00:02:56,160 that is home 79 00:03:02,790 --> 00:02:59,200 to all of us anyway we look forward to 80 00:03:04,630 --> 00:03:02,800 seeing you next time bye now 81 00:03:06,790 --> 00:03:04,640 a lot of williams photos and videos you 82 00:03:09,030 --> 00:03:06,800 can actually see on his uh social media 83 00:03:10,949 --> 00:03:09,040 pages you can find him on twitter at 84 00:03:12,630 --> 00:03:10,959 astro underscore jeff 85 00:03:15,750 --> 00:03:12,640 he's on instagram at 86 00:03:18,149 --> 00:03:15,760 astro underscore jeff w and you can find 87 00:03:20,390 --> 00:03:18,159 him on facebook as well as nasa 88 00:03:21,990 --> 00:03:20,400 astronaut jeff williams he's sending