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Flowing Auroras Over Norway

Monday, November 29, 2010

If  this doesn’t fill you with a sense of awe and wonder, you might as well just lay down and die.  You are wasting oxygen the rest of us could use. Astronomy Photo of the Day http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101124.html ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 323: Autumn in Montana

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

…On the Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge. (1/90, f16, 24mm, ISO 320) (1/250, f16, 240mm, ISO 160, +1/2 stop) (1/180, f16, 40mm, ISO 160, -1 stop) (1/350, f8, 24mm, ISO 160) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Beer leads to Civilization!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Beer Lubricated the Rise of Civilization, Study Suggests By Charles Q. Choi Published November 08, 2010 Could beer have helped lead to the rise of civilization? It’s a possibility, some archaeologists say. Their argument is that Stone Age farmers were domesticating cereals not so much to fill their stomachs but to lighten their heads, by […]

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A Tale of Space!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

The true story of a boy, his dad, a weather balloon and a (video) trip into Space! The Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/science/space/12weather.html?_r=1&ref=science The Video: http://www.brooklynspaceprogram.org/BSP/Space_Balloon.html ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Bonus & Teaser

Thursday, September 23, 2010

A great day on the North Rim.   I got up too early and watched the sunrise.   Here is me at Imperial Point, followed by a Teaser (looking out at Cape Royal) for things to come from the North Rim! (1/125, f8, 14mm, ISO 320, -1 stop, taken on Robyn’s Tokina 12-24!) (1/45, f16, 13mm, ISO […]

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Day 259

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

More at the Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge… Canadian Geese! (1/500, f16, 160mm, ISO 250, -1/2 stop) (1/1500, f8, 235mm, ISO 250, -1 stop) (1/1500, f8, 235mm, ISO 250, -1 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 258

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

This morning at the Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge… Fall colors look to be better than last year. (1/750, f8, 210mm, ISO 250, -1 stop) A Pelican on approach. (1/1500, f8, 250mm, ISO 250, -1 stop) A Pelican on taxi. (1/750, f11, 235mm, ISO 250, -1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 257

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Sunset in Missoula from my dirty hotel room window… Over the U of M Fieldhouse. (Nikon Coolpix L11 on auto) Over the Clark’s Fork of the Columbia. (Click to enlarge, BACK to return) (Nikon Coolpix L11 on auto, stiched together in MS ICE from four photos) ~Curtis in Missoula! {P!-{>

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Day 253

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Leslee wanted a new table set for the dining room, and what we wanted was in Bozeman.  Fortunately for us, Walter and Robyn were headed that way with a pickup, ‘cuz Robyn wanted to get a new Apple number cruncher.  We saw this rainbow south of Toston… (Nikon Coolpix L11 on auto, through a dirty […]

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Day 251: Summer is almost over…

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

…the sunflowers are wearing away… (1/90, f16, 210mm, ISO 200, -1/2 stop) …the dandelions are… (1/750, f8, 275mm, ISO 200, -1/2 stop) …disappearing… (1/1000, f8, 275mm, ISO 200, -1/2 stop) …the brown…things…are showing up… (1/60, f16, 140mm, ISO 200, -1/2 stop) …the canadian geese have returned (the ones that left, anyway!)… (1/2000, f8, 275mm, ISO […]

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