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A macro photograph of one of the 40 infrared Motion Analysis Raptor 4 Cameras that I use in the Motion Capture Studio.
Cameras and Photography are a part of my everyday life, and I use a wide range of interesting and unusual camera equipment at work and for my other interests. This includes everything from capturing the motion of Actors for 3D CGI and Animation, to extreme close-up Photomicrography with a CFI Microscope Objective Lens. and imaging the Universe in very specific (Narrowband) wavelengths of the Electromagnetic Spectrum of Light with a Scientific Camera (with the sensor cooled down to -30℃ / -22°F) on my Telescope.
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British officials chose prefabricated cast iron as a cost-effective material for building lighthouses in the British Empire. In 1856, it was used to build this lighthouse at Cape Race, Newfoundland. The tower is made up of 32 curved plates bolted together on the inside to form a 12 meter (39.4ft) structure. Lighthouse authorities equipped the tower with a light consisting of 13 Argand lamps and reflectors.
This lighthouse marked the first landfall for mariners travelling across the Atlantic Ocean. After for 50 years at Cape Race, it was replaced with a new tower made of concrete. In 1907, it was disassembled and moved to Money Point on Cape North, Nova Scotia, to mark the entrance to the Gulf of St Lawrence. It stood there until 1980, when the government retired it from service and offered it to the Science and Technology Museum.
New one for my book: www.blurb.com/books/8944643-eastern-canadian-lighthouses-...
UPDATE: It's an APOD!!!
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200911.html
Here is one of the images taken by me during the Reappearance of the planet Mars from its Occultation by the Moon on 6th September 2020, as seen from Maceió, the capital city of Alaboas, in Brazil.
At that moment (about 04:39 UTC), Mars had just been totally out from behind the Lunar dark limb.
Seeing and atmospheric transparency were superb during the whole reappearance event. However, it is hard to accomplish such a result via the lucky imaging method, as only a meager number of frames can be stacked on the occasion of such a phenomenon. In this case, only about 70, out of a trimmed video of 200 frames, could be stacked.
The result, however, was very satisfactory, representing a significant improvement compared to a single frame.
Some Martian features, such as the South Polar Cap, a cloudy nothern polar region and large albedo marks, such as Terra Crimeria, Terra Tyrrhena and parts of Syrtis Major and Hellas Planitia can be easily noticed.
Next to place of Mars' reappearance, on the Moon, lies the big Janssen crater, crowded with other features, such as the Fabricius crater and Rimae Janssen.
This image was accomplished with the collaboration of my dear friend Romualdo Caldas.
Equipment:
Telescope: Meade LX90-ACF 12"
Camera: QHY183C
Filter: Optolong L filter
Accessory: Skywatcher Dielectric Diagonal Mirror
Please also see the whole reappearance as broadcasted by us LIVE through the Youtube channel of the Brazilian National Observatory:
In the mid-1940s, Canadians rarely used their cars for vacations. Gravel roads were rough, and paved roads were few and far between. But by the time the Trans-Canada Highway was officially opened in 1962, the country had doubled its paved roads. A new love affair with road trips blossomed.
As automobile prices went down in the 1920s, more Canadians hit the open road. Having a car meant you were no longer restricted to train or boat schedules and their set destinations. It was just you, a map, and your sense of adventure.
Thomas Wilby & Jack Haney, 1912, a travel writer and his driver who made the first journey across Canada by automobile.
160407-N-PO203-598 PORTLAND, Oregon (Apr. 7, 2016) Sea Hunter, an entirely new class of unmanned ocean-going vessel gets underway on the Williammette River following a christening ceremony in Portland, Oregon. Part the of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program, in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), is working to fully test the capabilities of the vessel and several innovative payloads, with the goal of transitioning the technology to Navy operational use once fully proven. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)
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Great hands on displays for kids.
ZOOOM celebrates the natural curiosity and creativity of children as playful, inquisitive learners. In this hands-on exhibition, children aged eight and under can investigate, experiment, and exercise their creativity.
Like a circle, this exhibition has no beginning or end. Designed along a loop with clear sightlines for watchful parents, ZOOOM can be explored in any sequence—starting, stopping, and resuming at any point. This is a self-directed space where there is no right answer: open-ended experiences allow children to exercise their imagination and make their own choices. ZOOOM features elements of surprise and experimentation – including a designated toddler area with a starry sky, an interactive gear wall, an ultra-sensory play structure, a vehicle-building station and test ramps, a light and sound console and more!
ZOOOM offers seating for up to 80 parents, and a baby care room with bottle-warming, diaper-changing, and feeding facilities.
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Items on display about space and satellites.
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Tin Foil, 1870s
Tin foil was the first material successfully used to record music. It was soft enough for delicate sound waves to be etched into its surface, yet hard enough to be traced over with a needle to play back the sounds.
But it wasn’t perfect. Tin foil ripped, and it could be played only a few times before the groves wore down.
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Many music players are made from wood. In this case, the format is too: wood converted into paper. Patterns punched into paper rolls control the organelle’s operation. Each roll contains an arrangement of holes that produces one piece of music.
Paper Roll - Made by W.F. Abbot & Company - Montreal, Quebec
Organette, 1880-1889 - Made by W.F. Abbot & Company - Montreal, Quebec
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CN 6200 on display at the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Ontario.
This steam locomotive was constructed by the Montreal Locomotive Works for the Canadian National Railways in June 1942. The locomotive operated in eastern Canada before being transferred to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in June 1967. This is an example of a 4-8-4, or Northern, type locomotive used extensively for both passenger and freight train service. Well suited to CN’s needs, by 1944 the railway was operating 203 locomotives of this type. This locomotive is 28.9 m long and weighed 302 823 kg in working order. By 1960 steam locomotives were withdrawn from regular service and replaced by dieselelectric locomotives.
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The Crazy Kitchen is the museum’s original, interactive experience – dating back to 1967 when the doors first opened! Today, the renewed incarnation maintains the original interior that audiences know and love.
While the Crazy Kitchen is the main focus, the renewed exhibition, now includes additional interactive experiences focused on perceptions and illusions. In this playful space, visitors will discover how their senses and brain can fool them, changing the way they interpret their environment.
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Volunteers from the Bytown Railway Society restored the cab of locomotive CP 2858. After studying similar locomotives, they fixed what they could, and tracked down new parts. When they couldn’t repair or replace something, they made and exact copy. The project took 19 months.
The California Zephyr, ready for boarding and Eastward-bound, sits on a track alongside the Union Station in Denver Colorado. With a familiar orange “Union Station, Travel by Train” sign on both the railyard and public entrance sides advertising its primary purpose, the great hall, which was built in 1914, still functions as ticketing and check-in location for Amtrak. The site is now owned by RTD Denver, and it underwent a complete renovation in 2012 (about five years after this photo was made) as a transit oriented center for buses, light rail, and passenger trains. The remodeled Union Station complex also hosts a hotel, restaurants, and retailers serving both travelers and the general public.
English below, followed by Portuguese.
This is my first processed image of Jupiter in the season.
The Great Red Spot (GRS) is clearly exhibited, disturbing, as usual, the Southern Equatorial Belt (SEB) flow. However, the GRS seems to be disturbed as well by the surrounding turbulence, given that its periphery shows two tail-like features, about 110 degrees apart, resembling short spiral arms of a galaxy, suggesting that the anticyclone is probably losing matter to its neighboring region on the gas giant's upper atmosphere.
The SEB seems to be split in two, with a narrow band of seemingly laminar flow dominating its lowest latitudes.
At medium austral latitudes, three other vortices are spotted - the Ova BA being one of them - and a dark spot hovering on the top of the Southern Equatorial Zone seems to reveal some cyclogenesis taking place.
The Northern Equatorial seems narrower and more turbulent than last year.
Other than that, nothing to be worth mentioning.
Telescope: Meade LX90-ACF 12
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Accessory: Televue Powermate 2" 2x
Softwares: AutoStakkert!, WinJupos, Registax and Photoshop
Português:
Esta é minha primeira imagem processada de Júpiter nesta temporada. A Grande Mancha Vermelha (GMV) é facilmente notada, perturbando, como lhe é típico, o escoamento ao longo do Cinturão Equatorial Sul. Entretanto, a própria GMV também parece ser perturbada pela turbulência que lhe cerca, dado que apresenta duas estruturas semelhantes a caudas, separadas em aproximadamente 110 graus, lembrando curtos e incipientes braços espirais de uma galáxia, sugerindo que o anticiclone está provavelmente perdendo matéria para a região vicinal na alta atmosfera joviana.
O Cinturão Equatorial Sul parece se dividir em dois, com uma banda estreita de fluxo aparentemente laminar, dominando as latitudes mais baixas.
Nas médias latitudes austrais, três vórtices podem ser vistos - com a Oval BA sendo um deles - e uma mancha escura sobre a Zona Temperada Sul parece revelar a ocorrência de ciclogênese.
O Cinturão Equatorial Norte parece mais estreito e turbulento que no ano anterior.
Originally designed as the the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry is sadly only one of the two remaining buildings from the fair. It was designed in the Beaux Arts style by Charles Atwood of D.H. Burnham & Co.
Walking around the renovated Science and Tech Museum of Ottawa. I was using a A6000 sony camera with a M42 lens adapter using a Chinon 50mm lens. I love the result.
The discovery of gold in the gravel beds of the Middle Fork South Platte River in 1861 brought growth to the Platte Gulch. The town of Montgomery , the remains of which are now submerged in Montgomery Reservoir, arose as the site of more than one-hundred cabins, two hotels and two sawmills, and six mills to process the gold, silver, copper, and lead. Only the Magnolia Mill, built at an elevation of 11,000 feet (3,353 meters) and servicing the Magnolia Mine on the ridge of North Star Mountain more than 1,200 feet (366 meters) above the mill, still stands today. The Magnolia Mil boasted a 3,800 foot (1,158 meters) cable tramway, a portion of which is seen on either side of the ore tower on the right of the photo. The portion of the Northeastern slop e of Mount Lincoln, 14,286 feet (4,354 meters) forms the background, and a very small portion of the river is seen below the trees between the slope of the mountain and the mill.
Here is one of the images taken by me during the Reappearance of the planet Mars from its Occultation by the Moon on 6th September 2020, as seen from Maceió, the capital city of Alaboas, in Brazil.
At that moment (about 04:34 UTC), Mars was still partially concealed behind Earth's Moon.
Seeing and atmospheric transparency were superb during the whole reappearance event. However, it is hard to accomplish such a result via the lucky imaging method, as only a meager number of frames can be stacked. In this case, only 35, out of a trimmed video of 54 frames, could be stacked.
The result, however, was very satisfactory, representing a significant improvement compared to a single frame.
Some Martian features, such as the South Polar Cap and large albedo marks, such as Terra Crimeria, can be easily noticed.
Moreover, the dark limb of the Moon is possibly showing some terrain irregularity thanks to the phenomenon starred by the Red Planet.
The huge FOV was possible thanks to a large chip sensor, with a total of 20 megapixels and no ROI was used.
Therefore, in addition to Mars, a broad region of the Moon is also visible.
Mars' reappearance happened in the southeastern Lunar limb, with the terminator zone spreading over a very high and rigged land. It's possible to see part of the Tycho crater in the upper left corner, as well as part of its ray complex, with one of the rays extending throughout the FOV, towards the bottom of the image.
Next to place of reappearance, lies the big Janssen crater, crowded with other features, such as the Fabricius crater and Rimae Janssen.
This image was accomplished with the collaboration of my dear friend Romualdo Caldas.
Equipment:
Telescope: Meade LX90-ACF 12"
Camera: QHY 183C
Filter: Optolong L filter
Accessory: Skywatcher Dielectric Diagonal Mirror
Please also see the whole reappearance event as broadcasted by us LIVE through the youtube channel of the Brazilian National Observatory:
Walking around the renovated Science and Tech Museum of Ottawa. I was using a A6000 sony camera with a M42 lens adapter using a Chinon 50mm lens. I love the result.
When the Magnolia Mill was built in 1860, water from the Middle Fork South Platte River was used to power the machinery and fuel the cyanide leaching process that was used to extract the gold. Some machinery are still present in the mill, which hasn't been used since the 1940 or so. The beams supporting the structure and the floor were milled by one of the two sawmills, neither of which remain today, that were also built in the area above the now defunct town of Montgomery, Colorado.
Saturn, one of Sandia's workhorse pulsed-power machines, delivers hard radiation during one of its milestone shots. The scarcity of jagged, lightning-like arcing between different water/metal interfaces means that the machine's water insulation is effective and that relatively much of its electrical pulse is traveling on its intended path from the machine's circular exterior to its central target.
Learn more at bit.ly/31i8RBg.
(Photo by Randy Montoya.)
A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was held from 1933 to 1934. The theme of the fair was technological innovation, and its motto was “Science Finds, Industry Applies, and Man Adapts.”
One description of the fair noted that the world, “then still mired in the malaise of the Great Depression, could glimpse a happier not-too-distant future, all driven by innovation in science and technology.” Fair visitors saw the latest wonders in rail travel, automobiles, architecture and cigarette-smoking robots. The exposition “emphasized technology and progress, a utopia, or perfect world, founded on democracy and manufacturing.” [Source: Wikipedia]
The Magnolia Mill incorporated a cable tramway that brought ore from the Magnolia Mine located more than 1,299 feet (366 meters) above the mill on the slopes of North Star Mountain, which was dumped into a hopper that fed the machinery pictured here. The machine apparently the start of a process that crushed the ore into smaller pieces. The material was transported the across the bridge between the tower and the mill, where it was fed into the mill’s machinery where a cyanidation process was used to extract the gold.
They just sent us a professional photo from the phalanx of photographers.
Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize
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This image was captured in the dawn of 14th May 2020, during the Last Quarter phase (Waning Moon, 50% illuminated). The field of view encompasses a portion of the southernmost region of the Moon. The big and well defined crater to the right is Clavius, the second largest crater on the near side of our natural satellite.
A rugged lunar limb, typical of the southern hemisphere, may be visually resolved, showcasing several surface details.
The Lunar terminator, spreading along the whole left side of the image, marks the division between day and night from a Lunar surface perspective.
Also noteworthy is the Moretus crater, with its peak casting an acute triangular shadow that almost touches the opposite border of that crater.
Equipment:
Telescope - Meade LX90-ACF 12"
Camera - ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Accessory - Televue Powermate 2" 2x
This image is a result of the collaboration with my friend *Romualdo Arthur Alencar Caldas*, with the support of Centro de Estudos Astronômicos de Alagoas (CEAAL) and Usina Ciência (Proex-UFAL).
Português:
Essa imagem foi capturada no amanhecer do dia 14 de maio de 2020, durante o Quarto Minguante, com a Lua iluminada a 50%. O campo de visão compreende uma porção da região mais austral da Lua. A grande e bem definida cratera à direita é Clavius, a segunda maior cratera no lado próximo da Lua (o lado que é permanentemente voltado para a Terra).
O rugoso limbo lunar, como é típico do Hemisfério Sul do satélite, pode ser facilmente discernível, exibindo inúmeros detalhes do relevo lunar naquela região.
O terminador lunar, estendendo-se ao longo de todo o lado esquerdo da imagem, marca a divisa entre dia e noite de uma perspectiva da superfície lunar.
Também digna de nota é a cratera Moretus, cujo pico projeta uma aguda e triangular sombra que quase toca a borda oposta daquela cratera.
Equipamento usado:
Telescópio Meade LX90-ACF 12"
Câmera ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Amplificador Televue Powermate 2" 2x
Esta imagem é resultado da colaboração com meu amigo, Romualdo Arthur Alencar Caldas, com apoio do Centro de Estudos Astronômicos de Alagoas (CEAAL) e da Usina Ciência (Proex-UFAL).
The UCSF Health building in Mission Bay, San Francisco stands as a sleek emblem of 21st-century healthcare design, combining glass, metal, and light in an architectural expression of precision and purpose. This structure reflects the University of California, San Francisco’s evolution into one of the world’s leading centers for biomedical research, patient care, and education. Set within the city’s thriving innovation corridor—where life sciences and technology converge—the building anchors UCSF’s Mission Bay campus, home to hospitals, laboratories, and institutes shaping the future of medicine.
The façade’s composition of reflective glass panels and silvery cladding mirrors both the literal and symbolic transparency of the institution’s mission: openness to discovery, collaboration, and care. The rhythm of vertical windows and the interplay of morning light on its surfaces evoke the precision of a clinical environment while softened by the palm trees that punctuate the sidewalk below—a reminder that even the most technical spaces exist within the life and texture of San Francisco.
Architecturally, UCSF Health’s Mission Bay facilities were designed with sustainability and wellness at their core. Natural light floods patient rooms and workspaces, reducing energy use and supporting emotional well-being. The building’s stacked, offset massing creates terraces and shaded recesses, ensuring both efficiency and comfort. Each level functions as part of an interconnected ecosystem—research, treatment, and education all integrated under one roof to accelerate the path from scientific discovery to healing.
But beyond its glass and steel, the building embodies a civic promise. It represents San Francisco’s ongoing investment in public health and innovation, extending UCSF’s legacy from Parnassus Heights to a waterfront neighborhood reborn from industrial land into a global health district. Patients arrive here not only from across California but from around the world, seeking advanced care in oncology, neurology, pediatrics, and precision medicine. Researchers and clinicians collaborate across disciplines, redefining what’s possible in human health.
Viewed in the afternoon light, the building’s façade glows with the same quiet confidence as the city itself—curious, resilient, forward-looking. In a city long known for its spirit of reinvention, UCSF Health’s Mission Bay campus embodies San Francisco’s newest frontier: not gold, not code, but care.
This was the last encounter between the Moon and Mars in 2020. More than that, it was last close conjunction involving those two with Mars at or near opposition for next couple of years.
And, considering that the following oppositions of Mars won't bring the planet close enough to us to achieve at least 20 arcseconds until 2033, this was the last conjunction of the Moon and Mars with the Red Planet this big (actually, even more, about 22 arcseconds) for the next 13 years.
The conjunction of 3rd October 2020 was an occultation for a very narrow region of South America and a huge area over the South Atlantic Ocean, in a way that the occultation prediction zone was tangential to virtually all the eastern coast of the continent, for which the two celestial bodies presented themselves in a close conjunction, including for my location, in Maceió-AL, Brazil.
The weather was not as good as when the planet reappeared from its lunar occultation of 6th September. In fact, I missed the moment of closest approach between the two due to clouds. However, just minutes later, I managed to make several recordings, from which this one resulted in the best image, from 73 frames stacked out of about 400 captured.
On Mars, the South Polar Cap is evident! To the northwest, it is possible to still see some of Hellas Planitia and Syrtis Major, with bluish clouds above it. But it is the Sinus Sabaeus quadrangle that shows itself well centered on the planet, with Terra Arabia to the north of it and Terra Margaritifer to the east.
On the Moon, the shallow (partially flooded by lava in the past) Endymion Crater and the Atlas and Hercules pair are immediately spotted on the terminator zone and nearly horizontally aligned with Mars on the image. Lacus Somniorum (the Lake of Dreams) separates them from the prominent Posidonius crater and Le Monnier bay. Geminus, to the southeast (bottom) and the Aristoteles-Eudoxus pair to the northwest (up) are also well noticeable, with the Bürg crater situated approximately in the midpoint between Hercules and Eudoxus.
This image was accomplished with the collaboration of my dear friend Romualdo Caldas.
Equipment:
Telescope: Meade LX90-ACF 12-inch
Camera: QHY183C
Filter: Optolong L filter
Accessory: Skywatcher Dielectric Diagonal Mirror
Walking around the renovated Science and Tech Museum of Ottawa. I was using a A6000 sony camera with a M42 lens adapter using a Chinon 50mm lens. I love the result.
“Nash unveils at the “Century of Progress,” a pre-showing of their 1934 models in advance of their World-Wide Introduction. All models have Twin-Ignition, Valve-in-Head Motors and embody distinctive features in design, not found in any other car. Watch for Your Local Announcement.” [Text on the back]
A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was held from 1933 to 1934. It commemorated a hundred years since the 1833 incorporation of Chicago as a town.
Walking around the renovated Science and Tech Museum of Ottawa. I was using a A6000 sony camera with a M42 lens adapter using a Chinon 50mm lens. I love the result.
Credit: Juliana Thomas / Clinton Global Initiative
Plenary Session: Investing in Prevention and Resilient Health Systems
MODERATOR:
Betsy McKay, Senior Writer, Global Health, The Wall Street Journal
One-on-One Conversation:
PARTICIPANTS:
Bill Gates, Co-chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Michael Gerson, Policy Fellow, The ONE Campaign
PARTICIPANTS:
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President, Republic of Liberia
Michel Liès, Group CEO, Swiss Reinsurance Company
Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever
Charlize Theron, Founder CTAOP and United Nations Messenger of Peace, Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Projec
Credit: Adam Schultz / Clinton Global Initiative
Plenary Session: Investing in Prevention and Resilient Health Systems
MODERATOR:
Betsy McKay, Senior Writer, Global Health, The Wall Street Journal
One-on-One Conversation:
PARTICIPANTS:
Bill Gates, Co-chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Michael Gerson, Policy Fellow, The ONE Campaign
PARTICIPANTS:
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President, Republic of Liberia
Michel Liès, Group CEO, Swiss Reinsurance Company
Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever
Charlize Theron, Founder CTAOP and United Nations Messenger of Peace, Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Projec