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I'm not done trying to locate the blemish, hopefully off-axis illumination (an idea borrowed from 'ultramicroscopy') will reveal the...

We've had an unseasonal stretch of clear nights and good seeing conditions for the past week or so. Since there's currently nothing...

Can't forget "The Mob Rules": apologies for my lack of skill embedding the video properly...

Yet more fenitized gneiss: These gneisses are not the most photogenic of samples; I keep reminding myself that characterizing the...

I had to get up pretty early for these: Taken @ 800mm (f/8), these are about 1:2 or 1:3 downsized. Upper image @ 1/60s ISO 200...

Today at about 4:30 am I saw the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, where they were about the width of the full moon, or one half degree...

Holmes, Lumley, Berkooz and Rowley's "Turbulence, Coherent Structures, Dynamical Systems and Symmetry" may be a good match for you. In...

I'm starting to get the hang of it; in microscopy (unlike astronomy), the photographer must prepare their own objects to photograph...

System Of A Down's songs are often quite propulsive due to the time signatures (7/4, 9/8, etc). B.Y.O.B. is an excellent example (using...

Very cool! I ask because a while ago a friend asked me for recommendations on a 'starter telescope for someone who doesn't know what to...

It belongs to my friend. Actually I don't know what it's called, but it's cool, quite big and really heavy. What's also cool is that it...

omg that's hilarious!

Another sample classified as fenitized gneiss: Fenitized Gneiss. Prof. Verschure classified this sample as weakly fenitized-1 (1%)...

Very cool! Are those giant binoculars on the right side of the above image?

Lunar eclipse, September 7, 2025 The blood red Moon, with stars in the background: This is a "semi-composite" (background...