Elephant
An elephant visits the Kazinga Safari Lodge at Katunguru, Uganda
A Darker View
When you want to see the stars, find someplace dark
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Awaiting Dark
A large dobsonian set up at Oregon Star Party 2023
Telescope Walkabout
Talking about the design of a large short focal length dob during the OSP2023 telescope walkabout
Sunset Telescopes
Telescopes awaiting darkness at Oregon Star Party 2023
Crunchy
If I were to use one word to decribe a recent visit to the park it would be Crunchy. The year and a half long series of eruptive episodes has been beautiful and exciting. Tall lava fountains every couple weeks that put the lava in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, drawing huge crowds and providing a Continue reading "Crunchy"
Episode 45
Time for another volcano run. I had skipped or even aborted going to several recent episodes as conditions looked bad. When Episode 42 looked imminent, I was packed and ready to go. Then I looked at the winds From the south. I aborted before ever leaving the house. A good decision, it rained rock in Continue reading "Episode 45"
A wee bit late to work…
The usual morning run, cruising down the Queen Kaʻahumanu highway to Kona and work. Running chill, with the tunes on and a beautiful day for a drive. The polite but also very rude chime of the tire pressure alarm annouces a bit of trouble. The tire pressure is down into worrisome territory and dropping lower Continue reading "A wee bit late to work "
Bloom in the Lava
Hawai i is not known for the sort of mass blooms that occur across large sections of the arid Southwestern US in years of favorable rainfall. But a smaller version does occasionally occur across the younger lava flows around Waikoloa and Kiholo. Spring storms have brought several inches of rain to the normally arid Waikoloa area, Continue reading "Bloom in the Lava"
Keauhou Bay
Looking across Keauhou Bay, Kona
Death by Salt
Conditions at work can be rough The printed circuit board in the photograph here came from an industrial label printer, one used to create labels for our product packages. The printer refused to print for no apparent reason, and despite numerous attempts to update or replace printer drivers, using a different computer, and other fiddling Continue reading "Death by Salt"