A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
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Saturday night the Roper Mountain Astronomers and Furman University’s Physics Department hosted a star party at the Furman observatory near Cleveland, SC. I decided to load up my telescope and head on up that way. I arrived to find the party in full swing. Jerry Polsinelli had brought the club’s 14in Dobsonian and had it … Read More “Star Party” »
That was one of the terms used by a panelist on the discussion program following Discovery’s "The Tomb of Jesus Revealed" to describe the program. We watched the entire two hour program and found the ideas intriguing, albeit not "compelling" as Simcha Jacobovici, the filmmaker, contends. I found it to be about as intriguing as … Read More “Archeoporn” »
By the time the moon rose over the Eastern Seaboard, it was emerging from totality. I set up the Celestron C90 with my Nikon and snapped a few shots as it came up.
Saturday night was the peak of this year’s Leonid Meteor Shower. Weather conditions were supposed to be near-perfect, and they had predicted a good showing from around 11:45 PM until 1:30 AM. Without Sunday morning obligations, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to view the meteors. Finding dark skies in Greenville County has really gotten … Read More “Leonids – the search for dark skies” »
Sometime back I took one of these cutesy online tests – this time it was a "Nerd Test" to see how nerdy I am. I don’t dare give you the score, but look at it this way – I keep a blog. That should say enough. As I read the questions, it occured to me … Read More “Nobel Chemistry” »
The Summer 2005 issue of Furman Magazine had a six-page write-up of Laura’s research in nanotechnology. The issue featured interviews with her, several of her students, and colleagues that are working on the project. It also has images taken with her scanning, tunnelling microscope (STM) and atomic force microscope (AFM). Needless to say, I’m quite … Read More “Thinking Small” »
Are you concerned about where you go to arrive if you dig a very deep straight infinitous hole on Earth? Your problems are solved! [sic] Thus begins the site "If I dig a very deep hole…" Using this Google Maps application, you can tell where you would eventually end up if you started digging straight … Read More ““If I dig a very deep hole…”” »
July 4, 2004 – If we were to believe science fiction predictions, by today’s date the following would have already come to pass… The Jupiter 2 would be lost in space with a family named Robinson, a madman named Smith, and a robot named, well, Robot. From the television series Lost in Space, broadcast from … Read More “Yesterday’s Tomorrows” »