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I just did some experiment on road after listening to my friend ANIRUDH .....i tried taking maximum road on frame .....still not got those beautiful result .....
Mar 30, 2009 #7 EXPLORED!!
Subject : Jaisalmer Sunsire
Location : Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. India
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
3 Exposure HDR
Focal Length : 18mm
Shutter Speed: 1/1000 sec. ; 1/4000; 1/250
Lens Aperture: F/5.6
ISO Speed : ISO-100
Tripod Used : No / Handheld
Apr 13, 2009 #7 EXPLORED!!
Subject : A Pilgrim
Location : Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan. India
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XT/ 350D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 55mm
Shutter Speed: 1/400
Lens Aperture: F/5.6
ISO Speed : ISO-400
Tripod Used : No / Handheld
Credits : Isha Shukla For Post Processing
Subject : An Unknown Old Man
Location : Sambhar Salt Lake, Rajasthan. India
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 DG Macro
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 190mm
Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/5.0
ISO Speed : ISO-500
Tripod Used : No
Soft sunset hues color the evening sky over Lake Tahoe, CA. Shot from the bedside window of my condo in Tahoe City. Sunrise at the same location a few hours earlier.
No way to spot them in front of the actual work. But I’ve been reading this ‘Lords of the Deccan’ book by Anirudh Kanisetti. Fascinating passages on the history here.
Raniji ki Baori (ou puits à degrés de la reine ) est un puits à degrés remarquable situé dans la ville de Bundi dans l'État du Rajasthan en Inde . Il a été construit en 1699 par Rani Nathavati Ji Solanki qui était la jeune reine du Rao Raja Anirudh Singh de Bundi .. Il s'agit d'un puits à gradins de 46 mètres de profondeur avec de superbes sculptures sur ses piliers et une grande porte voûtée. C'est une structure à plusieurs étages avec des lieux de culte à chaque étage. Le puits à degrés a une entrée étroite marquée par quatre piliers. Des statues d'éléphants en pierre qui se font face se dressent dans les coins. Des consoles en doucine décorent toutes les arcades du Raniji ki Baori de 46 m de profondeur, qui est réputé le plus grand Baori de Bundi. Les Baoris étaient des constructions sociales importantes dans le Bundi médiéval puisqu'ils servaient de zones de rassemblement pour les citadins.
Il a été construit sous le règne de son fils Maharao Raja Budh Singh qui a gouverné Bundi de 1695 à 1729 après JC.
D'après diapositive.
Mar 11, 2009 #179 EXPLORED
Subject : Maruti Gypsy
Location : Sam Sand Dunes, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. India
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 18mm
Shutter Speed: 1/800 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/5.6
ISO Speed : ISO-200
Tripod Used : No / Handheld
Subject : The Tajmahal
Location : Agra
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel T1i/ 500D
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 10mm
Shutter Speed: 1/4000 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/4.0
ISO Speed : ISO-100
Tripod Used : No
Jul 30, 2009 # 40 EXPLORED ! !
Subject : Lizard
Location : My house, Jaipur
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 DG Macro
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 300mm
Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/6.3
ISO Speed : ISO-800
Tripod Used : No
EXPLORED ! ! Aug 12, 2010 # 60
Subject : Unknown Old Man
Location : Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 DG Macro
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 300mm
Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/5.6
ISO Speed : ISO- 800
Tripod Used : No
A Blind Dream
The dream follows a ray...
the tiny leaves of sunflower follows the sun...
look up in the sky to touch the sun... its their fate to end up as failure
May be they know it... or may be they dont.
sky and sea never meet... but still they look together at the Horizon
and how can this look so beautiful.. if it is not there.
A five year old motherless child raises his hand in hope,cries out for a hope
for someone who dont exist and wont be there
i know there is no love for me your heart
but still i look for it... one day ill end up widout u...
but there will be no regret .. no remorse.. no pain
I lived a blind dream with me... and ill die with blind dream with me
ill be gone... but u will see... ill leave the dead blind dream behind
some one else will live it again after me
May be a young sunflower or a lover... a lonely poet or a blank canvas... or a incomplete portrait
Few moments away from serenity... few moments past the euphoria
i think that i might walk on.... or i might walk out
but the deafening silence is now killing me... i scream loud but i cant here my own voice...
i am living this life or i am dead... or it does not even matter now?
I am giving my self pain to get rid of the pain...
The Birds fly high... to touch the sky... but they cant... but still they do....
i have learned something too...
If Mirages are my only destiny... ill die chasing them in the sand...
Anirudh Agarwal
Subject : An Unknown Young Girl
Location : Sambhar Salt Lake, Rajasthan. India
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 DG Macro
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 300mm
Shutter Speed: 1/100 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/5.6
ISO Speed : ISO-800
Tripod Used : No
Magnetar flares may be producing one-tenth of the gold, platinum, and other heavy elements in our galaxy, according to new research on a strange cosmic flash recorded over 20 years ago.
In December 2004, a space telescope observed a brilliant flare releasing more energy in a moment than our sun emits in a million years. The flare was coming from a highly magnetized star called a magnetar. Ten minutes later, the magnetar emitted a second, weaker signal, setting off a two-decade cosmic mystery.
BIRTH SIGNALS
After twenty years of speculation, a team at the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) in New York City has now resolved that the second signal was evidence of the creation of heavy elements like gold and platinum. The massive event produced enough heavy metals to equal roughly a third of Earth’s mass. Until now, scientists had only identified neutron star mergers as sources for such elements.
“This is really just the second time we’ve ever directly seen proof of where these elements form,” said study co-author Brian Metzger, a senior research scientist at the CCA and a professor at Columbia University. “It’s a substantial leap in our understanding of heavy elements production.”
CREATING HEAVY ELEMENTS
The Big Bang gave rise to a universe made mostly of light elements like hydrogen, helium, and lithium. Later, heavier elements were forged, first in the nuclear cores of early stars and later during violent stellar deaths. Yet the formation of some of the heaviest elements, particularly neutron-rich elements heavier than iron, remains a puzzle.
Through a rapid neutron-capture process (r-process), nuclear reactions build heavy elements like uranium and strontium. Only the most extreme environments, packed with free neutrons, can drive the r-process — making supernovae and neutron star mergers the expected hotspots. That idea gained support in 2017 when astronomers observed an r-process event during a neutron star merger, producing a dense “neutron soup” weighing over a billion tons per tablespoon.
MAGNETAR R-PROCESS EVENTS
Even so, there was a problem: the number of neutron star collisions appeared too low to explain all the heavy material in the universe. Researchers began investigating other potential r-process sources, including magnetars. Working with colleagues, Metzger proposed that enormous flares could eject magnetar crust material into space, providing the conditions for r-process element formation.
“It’s pretty incredible to think that some of the heavy elements all around us, like the precious metals in our phones and computers, are produced in these crazy extreme environments,” said lead author Anirudh Patel, a doctoral candidate at Columbia University.
These events would generate unstable, heavy radioactive nuclei that emit gamma rays before stabilizing into heavy elements like gold. When the team shared their calculations within the astronomy community, colleagues pointed to the 2004 flare as a potential real-world example, connecting two previously separate research areas.
“The event had kind of been forgotten over the years,” Metzger says. “But we very quickly realized that our model was a perfect fit for it.”
HEAVY ELEMENTS IDENTIFIED
When Metzger’s team ran the numbers, they estimated that the 2004 r-process event produced two million billion kilograms of heavy elements. Considering the abundance of magnetized stars, they concluded that magnetars likely produce about 10% of the r-process elements in our galaxy, with neutron star mergers making up the other 90%.
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“The interesting thing about these giant flares is that they can occur really early in galactic history,” Patel adds. “Magnetar giant flares could be the solution to a problem we’ve had where there are more heavy elements seen in young galaxies than could be created from neutron star collisions alone.”
LOOKING AHEAD
More research will be needed to precisely determine how much heavy material originates from magnetars. Fortunately, NASA’s Compton Spectrometer and Imager mission, launching in 2027, is equipped to observe magnetars in greater detail. Astronomers estimate that events like the 2004 flare occur roughly every few decades.
“Once a gamma-ray burst is detected, you have to point an ultraviolet telescope at the source within 10 to 15 minutes to see the signal’s peak and confirm r-process elements are made there,” Metzger says. “It’ll be a fun chase.”
The paper “Direct Evidence for R-process Nucleosynthesis in Delayed MeV Emission from the SGR 1806-20 Magnetar Giant Flare” appeared on April 29, 2025, in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Ryan Whalen covers science and technology for The Debrief. He holds an MA in History and a Master of Library and Information Science with a certificate in Data Science. He can be contacted at ryan@thedebrief.org, and follow him on Twitter @mdntwvlf.
Second Grand Son To Sundaram + Annam , Born In California USA On The Day Barack Obama Took The Presidential Oath For The Second Time As PRESIDENT OF USA.
Don't Be Surprised.....Our First Grand Son ....ARJUN VIKRAM SUNDARAM , DOB 01/20/2009..was Born At California USA Right on Dot On The The Same Barack Obama Took The Presidential Oath
As PRESIDENT OF USA. For First Time
Are They Accidents ? Or Destiny?....Future Presidents From Asian Origin....!!!
Oct 29, 2009 #72 EXPLORED ! !
Subject : Birds
Location : Jaipur
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel T1i/ 500D
Sigma 135-400 MM f/4.5-5.6 ASP AF APO
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 400mm
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/7.1
ISO Speed : ISO-800
Tripod Used : No
Subject : Shubham Sharma & Deepesh Bhargava
Location : Sambhar Salt Lake, Rajasthan. India
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 18mm
Shutter Speed: 1/1250 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/5.0
ISO Speed : ISO-200
Tripod Used : No / Handheld
Jun 24, 2009 #23 EXPLORED
Subject : Unknown Old Man
Location : Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. India
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 DG Macro
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 300mm
Shutter Speed: 1/400 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/11
ISO Speed : ISO-800
Tripod Used : No
Subject : Ashish Kataria
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 49mm
Shutter Speed: 1/50 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/6.3
ISO Speed : ISO-250
Tripod Used : No / Handheld
Note : Light Source is Sun.
Apr 27, 2009 # 09 E X P L O R E D ! !
Subject : A Busy Street
Location : JLN ROAD, Jaipur , Rajasthan. India
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital EOS 5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 17mm
Shutter Speed: 40 Seconds
Lens Aperture: F/16
ISO Speed : ISO-100
Tripod Used : Yes
The Final Fold
The death calls...It’s the Final fold....
The destination...my life never told....
never saw when shadows came around....
I know now.... it’s the sound...
Sound of my last walk.... fading out...
I was young once... when I dint knew
Life is long... But the final moments are few....
World will walk on … on my grave....
but ill be enough brave.....
to say good bye..... as a soldier....
as a man on honor...
My foot prints won’t last long on the sand...
No one will recall me … after this end…
When everyone will walk out from me…
I know you will come
Tell me death…. Do I look good enough for the first date with you…?
I knew I will see you… what took you so long….?
See I am ready….
Let’s rhyme the final song.
When everyone will walk out from me…
I know you will come…
Hold me in your arms and take me away….
I don’t belong to this route … let walk the different way…
I will trust the words you always told…
You will be here with me… to unfold the final fold…
- Anirudh Agarwal
Subject : Unknown Old Man
Location : Sambhar Salt Lake, Rajasthan. India
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 DG Macro
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 300mm
Shutter Speed: 1/400 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/7.1
ISO Speed : ISO-400
Tripod Used : No
well i dont know this lady...
i saw her in a restaurant... and sorry for being indecent .. coz i clicked her widout asking ... she dint even realized that i clicked her... i was using 12x zoom.... The bottle was gettin in between... but due to limited scope... had to click it like that only
Damn she is beautiful... almost made me fall in love.. lolzz
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Aug 21, 2010 #19 EXPLORED !!
Subject : Jaisalmer Sunsire
Location : Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. India
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 18mm
Shutter Speed: 1/1250
Lens Aperture: F/3.5
ISO Speed : ISO-100
Tripod Used : No / Handheld
Sep 5, 2010 #451 EXPLORED !!
Subject : Jaipur
Location : Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan. India
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 10mm
Shutter Speed: 1/40
Lens Aperture: F/11
ISO Speed : ISO-100
Tripod Used : No / Handheld
Haunting Reflections
I move towards loneliness.. i move towards darkness
my reflections are chasing me down the road...
how far can i go... these strange reflection are haunting me....
i chase lights when i am in dark.... and i chase darkness when i am in light...
The other side of me... scares me.... dragging me deep into pain....
inch by inch... i am drowning in that dark lake....
i see no land around.... but my haunting reflections tell me its down there...
The Sound Of Silence
By P. Simon, 1964
Hello darkness, my old friend,
Ive come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one deared
Disturb the sound of silence.
Fools said i,you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whisperd in the sounds of silence.
Photographer: Anirudh Ganapathy
HESN Lab affiliation: MIT's International Development Innovation Network
Description: Oromolelo means a gathering around the fire in the local language. Throughout the summit, the oromolelos in the nights acted as a gathering point for a lot of discussions, stories, debates, music, games, interactions, star gazing and a lot of such fun activities which brought everyone closer and the participants were able to connect with the locals and each other in a better way. Though not an official part of the schedule, it was an informal space which played a key role in the summit. This photograph was taken at IDIN's International Development Design Summit, D'Kar, Botswana, August, 2015.
Antigonish
As I was going up the stair I saw a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away...
When I came home last night at three The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall
I couldn’t see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door... (slam!)
Last night I saw upon the stair A little man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away
- By Hughes Mearns.
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Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 DG Macro
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 81mm
Shutter Speed: 10 sec.
Lens Aperture: F/22
ISO Speed : ISO-100
Tripod Used : Yes
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Subject : Landscape (HDR)
Location : Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. India
Camera & Glass Info:
Canon Digital Rebel XS/ 1000D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
Flash - NO
Photo Info:
Focal Length : 18mm
Shutter Speed: 1/80
Lens Aperture: F/11
ISO Speed : ISO-200
Tripod Used : No / Handheld