At Paddington station. Does anyone notice this beautiful stuff?

Someone has installed and arranged this to be just like this. They wanted it to be tidy. If they wanted it to be unobtrusive, they’d have used white wire. Maybe.

Love sound recording. If I wasn’t a photographer, I’d have a go – well, more seriously than I do now.

Great series of articles if, like me, you grew up as an Apollo-child.

From Universe Today:

It’s the handy man’s secret weapon, and has become a must-have item for astronauts, too. While duct tape alone didn’t save the Apollo 13 crew, it certainly would have been difficult for them to have survived without it. Even though the accident which crippled the ship took out the two main oxygen tanks in the Service Module, having enough oxygen really wasn’t an issue for the crew. A big problem was having too much carbon dioxide (CO2), which came from the astronauts’ own exhalations. The Lunar Module had lithium hydroxide canisters to remove the CO2 for two men for two days, but on board were three men trying to survive in this LM lifeboat for four days. However, with a little ingenuity and duct tape, the Apollo Mission Operations Team was able to fit “a square peg in a round hole.”

Read the full piece here.

Apart from anything, this is a gorgeous snap. Despite the crisis, they adopted the useful mantra of ‘if in doubt, take a picture’.