Category: environment
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2014-01-01 Skagit Preserve Apenglow [wide wallpaper]
I have never seen such amazing cloudscapes except in Skagit county. And luckily, even if they are not just quite as vivid as what I cook up, they offer me the inspiration of pre-visualisation. Another note I must add is that Hugin is now easier than ever to use. I really appreciate Hugin and every…
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2014-01-01 Skagit Perserve Flying Geese [wide wallpaper]
Snow Geese. Yearly tradition now to go and see them flocking in Skagit near LaConner at new years. 300mm lens 1/310 ~f/5
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2014-01-01 Skagit Preserve Heron [wide desktop]
Sometimes you just come away with all blurry photos. This is a shot to do properly I should have rigged a tripod with a 15lb weight with. However, I was just going with a monopod and leaning against a fence. Using a Pentax K10D, 300m 1/250@f/5 lens, this shot metered about ~2/3 stop under and…
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Eagle 2013
I think this was my luckiest shot from 2013. Took this with Ellie riding on my shoulders, carrying a 200mm lens without tripod.
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2013-10-06 Flight of the Heron [panorama]
So this was a bit of a challenge, mostly because I had to stitch together two different series of photos to help fill up the sky enough to get a level pano. Also, I’ve never needed to mask-out so many photos before. But this was a time-series. One of the things I noticed was that…
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Two-Laser Boron Fusion Lights the Way To Radiation-Free Energy – Slashdot
This is super clever. Those researchers must be so proud of themselves. I was unaware that it was possible to even produce fusion and not give off such massively damaging radiation. One of the largest concerns surrounding fusion generation at scale is the disposal of highly radioactive chamber shielding. So this is quiet stupendous to…
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begun learning about solar power
i have begun learning about solar power. Solar power is electricity converted from light by solar cells. I want to power a small computer using a solar panel. I need to figure out: how much power the computer needs how big my batteries need to be how to charge the batteries using the solar panels if…
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Upper Limit On Emissions Likely To Be Exceeded Within Decades – Slashdot
And no one should be surprised at this. We are all complacent and complicit with our daily use of petrol burning vehicles. Upper Limit On Emissions Likely To Be Exceeded Within Decades – Slashdot.
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