17. March 2010 by beckster.

more Sun tracks from a pinhole camera set up in the desert.

The next ones I post will be 6 month long exposures.

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15. March 2010 by beckster.

after spending a fabulously warm time in Texas….we returned home to this!

Will the white stuff EVER cease to fall in the yard here?

Ah well, the spring flowers should be amazing!

I’d just really like to put the telescope out on the observing deck again though.

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21. January 2010 by beckster.

Whatever credibility I  may have had as an astronomer will surely vanish after posting this.

But if you know about the viral youtube video of “Pants on the Ground”

just think of that with these Lyrics….if you can call them lyrics.

Please, don’t throw things at me!

Stars in the sky

Stars in the sky

Lookin with my eyes at the stars in the sky

Light in my mouth

Telescope out, stars in the sky.

Talking in the dark like the Sun don’t shine.

Looking all around stars in the sky.

Looking up!

Hey!  Look at stars in the sky.

Venus and Moon shine so bright

Like stars in the sky

Looking up!

Hey get some stars in your sky.

Looking all around stars in the sky.

Light in your mouth.

Telescope out- there’s stars in the sky.

Talking in the dark like the Sun Don’t shine.

Stars in the sky….stars in the sky….

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19. January 2010 by beckster.

from a recent foray into the dark with a plastic camera……..

Scanned Tri-X from Rover Camera

(all the specks and glitches on this one are as they are on the negative)

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5. January 2010 by beckster.

Seriously sweet.
Check this out....
I was idling my time away in my local grocer's check out lane looking at
the insanely massive candy display when this caught my eye.

click here

Laser Pop.
The Cherry Blast flavor has the above image as a red LED image it projects!
For a mere $1.69 you can have your red LED flashlight and eat it too.

website shows a full display but doesn’t mention the smiley star face for
the Cherry flavor.

I bought a couple of course.

Looks like it’s reusable since there are two screws holdingit together.
The uber obnoxious cherry blast candy pop is inside the tube.

Probably takes those button batteries of some sort.

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