Sun Rays
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »
Sun Rays 1, originally uploaded by Kelson.
A complex display of crepuscular rays lighting up a haze of smoke drifting in from the Station Fire.
This next shot, taken from a 4th story window, isn’t framed as well, but shows off the complexity better.
Sun Rays 2, originally uploaded by Kelson.
Daily Halo Pics!
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »Just discovered there’s an Atmospheric Optics Picture of the Day! #
Glass Bow
Saturday, June 20th, 2009 Posted in Strange World | No Comments »The other day I was walking past a construction site in the Irvine Spectrum area, and noticed a rainbow-like ring appearing in the road. I immediately thought of this mystery photo on APOD and its (rather technical) explanation. Naturally, I had to take a picture myself.
It basically is a rainbow, except formed by reflections in tiny glass beads (used for sandblasting) instead of raindrops. The physicist who posted his (much better) photo to APOD had a better camera handy. And a linear polarizer. (Don’t you always carry one of those?)
Sadly, I only had my phone.
Questions
Friday, April 10th, 2009 Posted in General, Sci-Fi/Fantasy | No Comments »- Parked on 3rd floor at mall for lunch, had to hunt far afield for a table. Do that many people really have today off? #
- Is the glut of vampire novels a result of more people WRITING them, or more publishers ACCEPTING them? #
- Google employees ask the all-important question: Will It Lens? #
Cross-posted at LiveJournal.
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