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Topic: Photo of the week 1070 (May 3, 2025)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3810
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 05-02-2025 02:02 PM
   
Last week's Photo of the Week was the last in this series.My photo hosting service has unexpectedly changed procedures, which makes it complicated to get the right link for the weekly photo. In addition, it is getting harder and harder to find photos that haven't been all over Facebook yet. At the end of the month it has been 20 years since I started this feature, so I have decided to stop, something I had initially wanted to do after number 1000. Consider the extra 69 photos a bonus. Thanks to Robert for hosting POTW and to 'my public' for tuning in every Saturday. |
Ben
Member Posts: 1939
From: United States
Registered: May 2000
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posted 05-02-2025 02:37 PM
I hope you will reconsider! But if not, thank you for doing this, as I have looked forward to every single one and will miss it. |
David C
Member Posts: 1471
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 05-02-2025 03:24 PM
You’ve had a good run Ed, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed POTW. It’ll be missed. All the best for the future. |
wickball
Member Posts: 131
From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 05-02-2025 03:35 PM
I looked forward to this every Saturday, I will miss this. Thank You. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 900
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-02-2025 03:57 PM
Thank you for sharing such great images, I will miss them. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3186
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-02-2025 04:32 PM
Thanks for all the great weeks of smiles! |
Tom
Member Posts: 1779
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-02-2025 04:46 PM
Thank you, Ed! Your POTW was definitely a highlight for this life long space nerd! Your weekly photos will be missed. |
oly
Member Posts: 1496
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 05-02-2025 05:23 PM
For me, this is sad news because I look forward to each weeks photo.Thank you, Ed, for posting each week and sharing your knowledge and collection. |
Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 1258
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-02-2025 06:07 PM
I agree with all of the above, thank you for all these great pictures. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4625
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 05-02-2025 06:45 PM
Thanks for everything Ed. It has been a blast. |
Dave Ginsberg
Member Posts: 217
From: Redmond, Washington, USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 05-02-2025 07:57 PM
20 years! That’s quite an accomplishment. You could probably just start over with week #1’s photo and they would be new to a lot of the newer cSers … and likely new again for us forgetful old timers. |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1878
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 05-02-2025 08:06 PM
Ed, thank you so much! I have enjoyed every single photo. |
SkyMan1958
Member Posts: 1410
From: CA.
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 05-02-2025 09:59 PM
Thank you Very Much Ed for all the wonderful images you have posted over the years. Each of them had a certain cachet, and some of them definitely made me go, "Oooh, that's neat"! All the Best to you in your future endeavors!!! |
edorr
Member Posts: 114
From: Chelmsford, MA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 05-02-2025 10:05 PM
Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your fantastic collection here. The POTW is one of the things that has made cS special. Saturdays will be just a little bit more drab from now on. |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 689
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 05-03-2025 02:57 AM
It was one of my routines to look every Saturday on this site. Sad, that it ends. And thank you for your work. Heinz from spacefacts.de. |
hlbjr
Member Posts: 592
From: Delray Beach Florida USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 05-03-2025 04:45 AM
Oh no! So sad to lose one of my favorite space threads but so grateful for all you’ve done Ed! A heartfelt thank you! You’re the best! |
Axman
Member Posts: 770
From: Derbyshire UK
Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 05-03-2025 05:10 AM
As a relative newcomer, I've only seen a tad over 160 POTWs. I shall miss this feature enormously. Sad to see it go, but congratulations on persevering for more than a thousand weeks. |
space1
Member Posts: 961
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 05-03-2025 06:01 AM
Has it really been 20 years?!? We have all enjoyed seeing so many great photos. I must admit we have taken it for granted. Thanks for your dedication all these years. |
sfurtaw
Member Posts: 110
From: Saginaw, MI USA
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 05-03-2025 07:16 AM
Thank you, Ed, for your years of sharing photos with us. It has been a favorite Saturday morning activity for me for a long time. |
drifting to the right
Member Posts: 169
From:
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 05-03-2025 08:08 AM
Thanks, Ed. A great joy every Sat. AM. |
GT76
Member Posts: 138
From: New Orleans, La. USA
Registered: Jun 2015
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posted 05-03-2025 08:41 AM
The 1st topic to look at every Saturday morning. Thank you for your generosity. |
Headshot
Member Posts: 1413
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 05-03-2025 10:14 AM
I am so sad that this day has come, as many others have written, your thread is my first stop every Saturday. I know the old saying, "All Good Things...," but that does not make the end any easier.I have enjoyed your posts since I became a cSer and I thank you sincerely for the thought and effort you have put into each and every one. |
cddfspace
Member Posts: 708
From: Morris County, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-03-2025 02:29 PM
Thanks Ed! Truly appreciated! |
Kite
Member Posts: 1186
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 05-03-2025 02:50 PM
Very sorry to see this Ed, but fully understand. Although not regularly replying I too will miss the many thought provoking photos which I avidly look at each week. Thank you so much for your twenty years of indulging us all and may I wish you many years of happiness and good health. |
MartinAir
Member Posts: 448
From:
Registered: Oct 2020
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posted 05-03-2025 03:44 PM
Thank you, Ed! |
Larry McGlynn
Member Posts: 1452
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 05-03-2025 08:15 PM
Thank you Ed. You are one of the photographic experts of spaceflight. It has always been great to see the next photo. Well done. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 928
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 05-04-2025 01:25 AM
Thanks for sharing all the great photos. Saturday mornings will never be the same now. Just tossing this out there, photo of the month on the 1st of each month? Being selfish so we are not cut off cold turkey so to speak. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2173
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 05-04-2025 04:10 AM
Ed, you have been a true stalwart of this forum, and your participation over the years has helped make collectSPACE essential daily reading. An unbeliveable range of photos over the years, and while we will miss them, we look forward to your future (unillustrated) posts. Brilliant, my friend; you've been an inspiration to many. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3810
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 05-04-2025 07:53 AM
Thanks for all the comments, which are appreciated very much. One of the reasons for my decision is that I am rather busy working with authors J.L. Pickering and John Bisney on a series of photo books on the Apollo missions, to be published by Schiffer Publishing starting in October. Each mission will be covered in a separate book of around 300 pages and each book will contain dozens of photos that have never been published before. So for those who will miss the Photo of the Week feature, the books will certainly be a sort of compensation.Below are two examples of photos that didn’t get selected for the books.  
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Steven Kaplan
Member Posts: 164
From: New Jersey
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 05-04-2025 09:28 AM
Thank you Ed, I've enjoyed each one of them. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 2045
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-04-2025 01:35 PM
A heartfelt "thank you", Ed for taking us on a free trip back in time. You always found a way to fill our week with photos that will live in our memory for all time.I'm in debt to your hard work, dedication and kindness. |
brianjbradley
Member Posts: 187
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 05-05-2025 12:41 PM
Thanks for all of your effort over the years! |
DG27
Member Posts: 275
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2010
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posted 05-05-2025 01:38 PM
Thank you for all the great photos and for all your efforts in providing us something to look at and discuss each week. |
skippy in space
Member Posts: 253
From: Aberdeen Scotland
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-07-2025 06:39 AM
All good things must come to an end, but this thread and Buy, Sell, Trade are the two areas that I always visit when on site. |
taylor.vans
Member Posts: 61
From: Seattle, Washington
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 05-07-2025 07:50 PM
Thank you for all the years, I have always loved looking at the weekly photos! |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 689
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 05-10-2025 02:31 AM
The first Saturday without a post.  |
Kite
Member Posts: 1186
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 05-10-2025 07:47 AM
Ditto! |
Andy Anderson
Member Posts: 126
From: Perth, Australia
Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 05-10-2025 07:32 PM
Just loved seeing all those images from your collection that we would otherwise never have known about. But great to see you collaborating with J.L. Pickering and John Bisney on the new project that will also bring to light more unseen images. Any chance of those that don't make the books being in Series II of "Photo of the Week"? |
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