Mike Dunford
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January 28, 2010
Actually, we've got two pictures for today - it's a before and after shot. Here's the before:
People standing way, way too close to a Hawaiian Monk Seal.
Oahu, Hawaii
29 January 2006, 12:05:58
1/350 sec @ f/11; Pentax *ist DS; 70mm focal length
Here's the "after":
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January 27, 2010
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Hudson River, near Glenmont, NY
26 December 2007
1/80 sec @ f/8.0; Pentax *ist DS; 300mm focal length
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January 26, 2010
Have you seen the writing on the rocks?
Petroglyph
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
28 May 2007
1/125 sec @ f/9.5; Pentax *ist DS;
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January 25, 2010
There's never enough light.
Statue of William Shakespeare
Leicester Square, London, England
11 January 2007
1/125 @ f/9; Pentax *ist DS; 55mm focal length
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January 24, 2010
Don't ---- off the alpacas.
Warning Sign
Central Park Zoo, New York, New York
31 Dec 2004
HP Camera
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January 23, 2010
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
Epcot Center, Walt Disney World, Florida
8 April 2009
1/200 sec @ f/10; Canon Xsi; 55mm focal length
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January 22, 2010
Patience - or, possibly, Fortitude
New York Public Library, New York
20 August 2007
1/90 sec @ f/5.6; Pentax *istDS
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January 21, 2010
Looking at telescopes from a long way away.
Mauna Kea, as seen from Haleakala. If you click for the full size view, the observatory is just visible.
Maui, Hawaii
30 October 2005
1/500 sec @ f/9.5; Pentax *ist DS; 150mm focal length, cropped.
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January 20, 2010
That's no moon...
Hayden Planetarium
New York, NY
1 August 2006
1/15sec @ f/3.5; Pentax *ist DS; 18mm focal length
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January 19, 2010
Pont Alexandre III, with Eiffel Tower (unlit) in background.
Paris, France
26 December, 2006
1/30 sec @ f/8; Pentax *ist DS; 55mm focal length
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January 18, 2010
Squall line crossing Oahu. Picture taken from ridge behind Tripler Army Medical Center. The Salt Lake-Aliamanu tuff cones are visible slightly to the left of center, just beyond the strawberry guava bushes in the foreground. The narrow entrance to Pearl Harbor appears as a small break in the…
January 17, 2010
Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight
Kailua Bay, Oahu
15 March 2007
1/750 sec @ f/8; Pentax *istDS; 260mm focal length
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January 16, 2010
The Magic Kingdom this ain't.
Dinosaur Adventure Land entrance
Pensacola, Florida
15 June 2008
1/125 sec @ f/6.7; Pentax *istDS; 18mm focal length
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January 16, 2010
Moving up
Erie Canal Lock E-2
Waterford, NY
19 July 2009
1/160 sec @ f/7.; Canon Canon EOS Xsi; Zoom Lens at 30mm focal length
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January 14, 2010
Ko'Olau Range, seen from the Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology
Oahu, Hawaii
17 September 2005
1/500 @ f/6.7; Pentax *ist DS; zoom lens at 43mm
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January 13, 2010
The bird in this picture is actually sitting on a clutch of eggs. Notice how effectively they're camouflaged among the gravel.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
John Boyd Thatcher State Park, New York
23 June 2009
1/500 sec @ f/9; Canon EOS Xsi; zoom lens at 135mm
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January 12, 2010
When lava flows through forested areas, you sometimes find holes like this:
Tree Mold
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
4 November 2006
1/180 @f/6.7; Pentax *ist DS; zoom lens at 18mm
When the lava hits trees, it begins to cool and harden almost immediately. The trees burn, but this can take…
January 12, 2010
It's been a long time since I've responded to an Uncommon Descent post, and I'm starting to remember why. There's one that went up over there the other day on the fossil record that's really almost mind numbing - starting with the title, which is "Why Not Accept the Fossil Record at Face Value…
January 11, 2010
15 miles on the Erie Canal -- but not today.
Erie Canal Lock E-2
Waterford, New York
25 December 2007
1/125 sec @ f/6.7; Pentax *istDS; zoom lens at 18mm
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January 11, 2010
As you might have seen, there's a fitness challenge going on here at ScienceBlogs. A few years ago, when I first started blogging here, my non-participation in any fitness-related activity would have been a safe bet. But that was then.
Over the last couple of years, I've come to realize that the…
January 11, 2010
The big paleontological news of last week was the announcement that fossil footprints have been discovered that predate - by about 20 million years - the previous contender for the earliest fossil evidence of tetrapods. Naturally, this announcement led almost immediately to a new round of "…
January 10, 2010
A misty dawn on the Hudson River
Glenmont, New York
28 December 2007
1/60 sec @ f/5.6; Pentax *istDS; zoom lens at 24mm
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January 9, 2010
Blue Angel Solo
Naval Air Station Pensacola
22 July 2008
1/1000 sec @ f/13; Pentax K100D
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January 8, 2010
Fore!
EPCOT Center - Spaceship Earth exterior
Walt Disney World, Florida
8 April 2009
1/60 sec @ f/25.3; Canon Digital Rebel Xsi
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January 7, 2010
Waikiki Beach and Honolulu, as seen from Diamond Head.
Unknown date, probably 2003 or 2004. HP Camera.
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January 6, 2010
If I sayz "cheep, cheep", I can has seeds?
Grey squirrel
Glenmont, NY
4 Aug 2006
1/180 sec @ f/5.6; Pentax *ist DS
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January 5, 2010
I took this picture when I was in Paris a few years ago. It's not fantastic, but I'm hoping to improve on the shot when I'm over there a few months from now.
Gargoyles.
Notre Dame, Paris, France
28 December, 2006.
1/180 sec @ F/8; Pentax *ist DS.
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January 4, 2010
Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas)
Near Ko'Olina, Oahu, Hawaii 24 Feb 2007
Pentax *ist DS with 70mm lens, 1/350 sec @ f/9.5
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January 4, 2010
Jonathan Turley posted a YouTube clip of an alarming swimming pool:
He can't imagine how a lifeguard would get to a victim in that pool. Speaking as a full-time lifeguard, I can't either. But that's not actually the thing that worries me the most about a situation like that.
If, hypothetically…
January 3, 2010
This blog's not dead - really. I've just been playing dead.
Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
Pensacola, Florida
5 June 2009.
1/60 sec @ f/5.6, Canon Rebel XSi with 300mm lens.
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