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    Default Apollo 11 50th Anniversary image on the Washington Monument

    This is being broadcast onto the Washington Monument on the Mall all this week, last night I went to go see it and was not disappointed. The Smithsonian has a number of events and activities to celebrate this great event that happened 50 years ago (I remember watching it on TV when I was 14 years old). We had to walk in 2 miles to get to the area, and it was really hot out, but it was well worth it (as was the cold beer afterwards at a pub on Pennsylvania Ave). It will be there two more nights (today and tomorrow) if you want to go see it. 9:30 p.m to 11:30 p.m. Saturday is the really big day for the event though, too bad I have to work at the store or I'd be down there in the afternoon.

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    And this short video I took showing the vapors coming off the Saturn 5, you would swear this was real but it was part of the image.

    https://youtu.be/gyjUjnAWNd4

    And if you are interested in the history, this is an excellent presentation on PBS that will leave you spellbound.

    https://www.pbs.org/video/8-days-to-...d-back-bnqvna/
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    Default Re: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary image on the Washington Monument

    For a minute there I thought you said you had the beer in the pub when you were 14. I thought to myself 'just different times back then'.

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