I watched the meteor shower from the field at the Secret Nuclear Bunker where a group of us were camped doing radio stuff including bouncing signals off the ionized gas trail left by burned up meteors (meteor scatter). I captured this time-lapse video which does include a few meteors as well as a pass by …
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A pretty visitor to the garden
A nice Garden Tiger (Artica caja) spotted this morning on the grass in the garden. It’s a widespread moth, strikingly colored and patterned. I’ve not seen the larval form on any of its likely food plants, so have no idea if there will be more appearing soon.
Merry Christmas
A Christmas eve night sky, including a few stars, a couple of passes of the international space station, and lots of aircraft.
#xraymyadvent 19/12/2014
It’s back to seasonal food items today. Are you feeling spoiled?
#xraymyadvent 18/12/2014
Today’s item is barely there, gossamer wings and a steel staple.