Evening Moonrise
The last two were taken with auto settings, the first was taken with a focal point of the moon itself and with a 1/125 speed, please click on the thumbnails to see the full size and quality.
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Teach the Controversy!
Today’s tongue in cheek video humor comes from NCSE:
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The Dark Side of the Moon
Here’s a long exposure photo of tonight’s moon, the bright half is what you see with the naked eye, but it’s all over exposed. The dark side is visible however, and a nimbus of light appears around the moon from the over exposure. You can also see some star tracks [...]
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The trees are bare of leaves, however the squirrels are still finding plenty of acorns; when Kasey isn’t paying attention they sneak into the yard and up the trees.
Veteran’s Day 2009, Thanks To All Who Served
11/11/2009: Veteran’s day celebrates those who have served in all wings of our military services. My thanks and appreciation go out to all of them.
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Ft Hood Shooter Connected to Radicals
Charles has a great update here, and many more indicators have come to light that the Fort Hood shootings were an act of terror similar to the recent recruitment center shootings.
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A Bittersweet Day in History
Today in Germany they prepare to celebrate the fall of the Berlin wall, but it is also the anniverary of Krystallnacht.
Here is part one of the History Channel Documentary on Krystallnacht
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Kasey is an Australian Shepherd, specifically a Blue Merle. Merle is for the grizzling pattern of colors you see in her fur, and blue is for the fur that appears grey at a distance but which is really blue tinted.
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The Berlin Wall: A Retrospective on Escape Attempts and Construction Phases
This forty five minute episode of Megastructures covers the Berlin wall and the history of some of the amazing escapes from the totalitarian tyranny of East Berlin.
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The 11/3 Project
Jon Stewart nails the conspiracy against Glen Beck; you know who didn’t answer medical questions? Hitler!
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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The Far Shore in Autumn
A picture across the lake at Shawnee Mission Park. To the right but out of the photo is the dog beach where people train retrievers and other water dogs. Click on the thumbnail for the larger version. I need to remember to take the tripod next year to catch this [...]
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The Proof of the Pudding is the Eating
While some in the NY Conservative party and in the Right Wing blogosphere are trying to portray Tuesday’s historic defeat in NY-23 as a victory, the proof is really in the pudding.
Immediately past the election the House Democrats and Nancy Pelosi are scrambling to clear some hot button [...]
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Tonight’s moon wanes from full, as usual this was snapped at 1/125th of a second shutter speed with a 70-300mm telephoto lens.
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Pyrrhic defeat for Social Conservatives in NY 23
In House District 23 Social Conservatives have just handed a whopping defeat to the GOP. They ran an out of district cypher named Douglas Hoffman under their usual fiscal conservative cloaking device as a third party candidate spoiler, and that he did.
Hoffman’s only clear stances on issues even [...]
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Moon, Stars, and Clouds Gallery
Here’s a series of photos taken tonight; some of them are odd as I was experimenting: really trying to do the impossible. I was attempting to get the moon and the clouds both in the picture and in sharp focus, but that’s really not possible without one of those programs that [...]
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