The Parthenon:
Changing the guard – High kicks are a Must:
If this is February, this must be Athens
February 28th, 2010If this is January, this must be Marrakesh
January 25th, 2010Storks and streets in the kasbah.
2010
December 31st, 2009So, tomorrow; the future.
Flying cars, food in pill form and holidays on the moon. I can’t wait.
And I’ve managed to keep this thing going for five years, which rather amazes me. This evening will involve Tea and Cake at The Hidden Tea Room.
London Wetland Centre
December 13th, 2009At a visit to the LWC today, I saw a heron stalk, catch and eat a mouse-thing. Luckily I had the camera.
The Stalking.
The Catch.
The Payoff.
And swallow.
X-rays
November 25th, 2009Now I have an xray machine to play with at work, I can take photographs of the insides of things. I shall make full use of this. Here’s an old transistor to start with.
Image details : Mullard OC44 PNP Germanium transistor, glass envelope. 90kV polychromatic xrays, filtered with 1.5mm Al and 0.2 mm Cu. CsI scintillator, 6 sec exposure.