The Flickr Deltac Image Generatr

“The Delta launch vehicle stands ready on Launch Pad 17A to send the first of the IMP series satellites into Earth orbit. The 138-pound Interplanetary Explorer satellite will measure magnetic fields, cosmic rays, and solar winds in interplanetary space.

I love the late 50’s/early 60’s black & white dawn/dusk/night photographs taken of the missiles & rockets being prepped for or during launch from Cape Canaveral. Some of the most wonderfully creative photography in the name of documentation by the likes of Chuck Rogers & multiple (sadly obscure & mostly unknown) others. Yeah, not unlike the artists…damnit.

Like on this one; the bank of searchlights & their beams revealed by the fog, mist, haze…whatever it is, the exquisite detail of men & machine, and in this particular photograph, the play of multiple overlapping shadows – I assume from the bank of searchlights unseen to the left – cast on the rocket by the umbilical mast & its cabling. Maybe a several second exposure? Exquisite…photographic art.

Payload details:

space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/explorer_imp-a.htm
Credit: Gunter’s Space Page

nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1963...
Credit: NSSDCA website

Série: Fotojornalismo / Book Editorial

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division pull dismounted security on a hill overlooking Herat City, Afghanistan, Sept. 26, 2013. As with periods after previous wars, the drawdown from Afghanistan poses a good opportunity to plant seeds for the Army of the future.
(U.S. Army photo by SPC Ryan D. Green, 982nd Combat Camera Company (Airborne))

A Soldier with 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division fires a Squad Automatic Weapon Aug. 11 during close quarters marksmanship training on Firebase Maholic, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Ryan Green, 982nd Combat Camera)

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Sean Allison, left, and Pfc. Timothy Hoover with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pull overwatch security on the roof of the U.S. Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Sean Allison, left, and Pfc. Ryan Skeffington with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pull overwatch security on the roof of the U.S. Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Soldiers with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, immediately react to potential direct fire at the U.S. Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Army Pfc. Timothy Hoover with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, watches through binoculars on the roof of the U.S. Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Sean Allison, left, and Pfc. Ryan Skeffington with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pull overwatch security on the roof of the U.S. Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Army Cpl. Jonathan Smith with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, leads his team with an immediate reaction to potential direct fire at the U.S. Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Soldiers with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, immediately react to potential direct fire at the U.S. Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Army Pfc. Tyler Hastings with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, watches through binoculars at an overwatch security point at the U.S. Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Sean Allison, left, and Pfc. Timothy Hoover with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pull overwatch security on the roof of the U.S. Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Soldiers with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pull security overwatch at the U.S Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Army Pfc. Timothy Hoover with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, watches through binoculars on the roof of the U.S. Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Sean Allison, left, and Pfc. Timothy Hoover with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pull overwatch security on the roof of the U.S. Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Sean Allison, left, and Pfc. Timothy Hoover with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pull overwatch security on the roof of the U.S. Consulate Herat, Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. Delta Company is partnered with various militaries and security forces to maintain a safe working environment for the U.S. Consulate Herat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U. S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Villahermosa, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel, right, assigned to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, discusses finding the cone of a shape charge near an entry point at the U.S. Consulate Herat in Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 15, 2013. The unit supports defense of the U.S. Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan. (U.S Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Army Pfc. Kevin Gutzman with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pulls security at one of the entry points to the U.S. Consulate Herat in Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 15, 2013. The unit supports defense of the U.S. Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan. (U.S Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)

U.S. Army Pfc. Brandon Martin with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pulls security at one of the entry points to the U.S. Consulate Herat in Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 15, 2013. The unit supports defense of the U.S. Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan. (U.S Army photo by Spc. Ryan D. Green/Released)