...This is ground control to Major Frog, you’ve really made the glade
And the gators want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it’s time to leave the swamp land if you dare
This is Major Frog to ground control, I’m hopping through the door
And I’m croaking in a most peculiar way
And the flies look very different today
Here am I sitting on a lily pad far above the world
Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do...
And the gators want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it’s time to leave the swamp land if you dare
This is Major Frog to ground control, I’m hopping through the door
And I’m croaking in a most peculiar way
And the flies look very different today
Here am I sitting on a lily pad far above the world
Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do...
From io9:
The frog in question can be seen about a third of the way from the top of the photo on the left hand side, its splayed physique magnificently, tragically and – admit it – rather comically backlit by the first stage ignition flare of a Minotaur V rocket.
Jeremy Eggers, spokesman for the Wallops/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, confirmed to Universe Today that the picture is 100% real and has not been doctored in any way. As for how this frog managed to find itself with a front-row seat at last week's launch, UT has that covered, too...MORE
