May 17, 2013 Posted by AAfterwit on May 17, 2013 | 0 comments

Ring Of Fire.

Wow.

Crank up the volume and watch this in full screen mode.

This video captures the sunrise annular solar eclipse from 3 locations in the Pilbara, Western Australia, May 10, 2013.

Cameras were placed at the south west, north west limits and centreline. 3 Canon 5DmkII + 800 mm timelapse at each location and Canon 1DC + 2000 mm 4K video in the north.

A big thanks to Geoff Sims for setting up the south camera, collaborating on site location, transporting lenses and eclipse timing/position calculations.

Thanks also to Peter Nanasi for providing the lovely original score at short notice.

Courtesy Colin Legg.

Apr 23, 2013 Posted by AAfterwit on Apr 23, 2013 | Comments Off

Tahoe Blue.

Another in a series of time lapse videos, this one focusing on Lake Tahoe.

We recommend that you kill the lights, click on “full screen,” and turn up the volume.

Simply stunning and beautiful imagery.

Source:

Tahoe Blue from Josh Michaels.

Mar 1, 2013 Posted by AAfterwit on Mar 1, 2013 | Comments Off

Taking The Day Off.

We’re taking the day off.

Hopefully we will have a beautiful day to enjoy.

Thanks.

Feb 24, 2013 Posted by AAfterwit on Feb 24, 2013 | Comments Off

I’ll Have A Peanut Butter And Honey Sandwich That Is Out Of This World, Please.

So what do you do when your up in the International Space Station and are hungry?

You make a peanut butter and honey sandwich, of course.

If you wonder how that happens, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield demonstrates.

Yum Yum!!

Feb 14, 2013 Posted by AAfterwit on Feb 14, 2013 | Comments Off

Five “Sweet” Facts About The Chemistry Of Chocolate.

(From the folks at ByteSize Science.)

Feb 14, 2013 Posted by AAfterwit on Feb 14, 2013 | Comments Off

Eternal Love.

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Jan 22, 2013 Posted by AAfterwit on Jan 22, 2013 | Comments Off

There Are People…..

There are people who manage to run a blog via a cell phone or something like a seven inch tablet.

We are not one of those people. It is simply not a skill set that we have.

No one locally seems to have the part we need (70 mm X 15 mm, 4 pin CPU fan) so we aren’t posting much.

Sorry.

Jan 13, 2013 Posted by AAfterwit on Jan 13, 2013 | Comments Off

Houdini Illusion.

Inspired by an optical illusion he had seen elsewhere, Tom Interval of the Houdini Museum created this illusion using the likeness of the great Harry Houdini.

When you look at it, the question “is Houdini looking at you or to the right?”

We like it.