It’s another of those cursedly busy, damnably hot days here at the New Proofreaders’ Cave, deep within the bowels of one the glorious metropolitan skyscrapers in fabulous downtown Salt Lake City. (My Corporate Overlords recently decided that my proofreading team needed to move to a different part of the building, hence the “new” descriptor. The NPC isn’t bad, but I’ve lost my window view, which is a major bummer, and we also have roomies now, which is proving to be somewhat, ahem, difficult. They like to play Guitar Hero. While I’m trying to proofread. This, as my friend Jack would say, is sub-optimal. But what’re you going to do, short of having an over-the-top temper tantrum that ends with a desk phone being thrown through a television set, followed by a visit from an HR representative?)

Anyhow, since I’m probably not going to find the time to anything substantial here today, how’s about a cool photo? Behold:

That’s the space shuttle Atlantis moored to the International Space Station during its recent mission there. What’s interesting about this photo — beyond the fact that it’s a nice expansive view of the entire structure — is that it was taken from the ground as the ISS passed 190 nautical miles overhead. As usual, you can click the image for a larger view, or you can go here for details on how this was done.

Hope the AC’s working, wherever you are…