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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6hijsqO8H0

Lol! Reminds me of something I read once about the difference between America & Europe – In America, 100 years is considered old, and in Europe, 100 miles (or 160km in moon units ;)) is considered a long distance.

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Wow, it really does put our (i.e., USA’s) “ancient history” in perspective, doesn’t it? Our revolutionary war sites are still only less than 300 years old.

And I’d be happy to OBO for you anytime you can’t make your 5AM, Farktographer. (That’d be EVERY time for me as about the only time I see 5AM is from the other side. :))

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Yep, what loki said. Do you plan to make it to the other islands or are you going to be “stuck” on the big one?

My entire Hawaii experience consists of a week on Maui and it was a structured trip thing, so there wasn’t much time for exploration. I’d love to be able hike off into some of that wilderness that I saw from the roadside.

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Congrats to aspidites on the individual win and to U-Man for the win in combined. The Weekly Reports post has been updated with the latest stats.

// OddMind, that is one delicious looking tomato.

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You didn’t miss it, chup. There’s also no mention of it on their website. The closest thing is “Light Field Resolution”, which they list as “11 Megarays”, whatever that means. If the samples in their gallery are indicative of the final product, it doesn’t appear to have very good resolution at all.

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For those like me that were wowed by nwdad‘s gumball shot, here’s the setup from his flickr stream.

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I forgot…I got the color by putting a cd-rom under the ashtray. Depending how I angled the flashes would give me different colors.

Awesome! That ties it all together now. Do you have a link to that one any larger?

I used a CD as a prism/diffraction lens in the “Scanner as Camera” contest (it’s sitting on top of a magnifying glass):

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Your setup is definitely going on my list of shots to try to replicate.

(For you mad scientists out there, I tried that scan with a blank CD, DVD, and Blu-ray disc. The CD gave the best (most prismatic) results. I suspect that’s due to the pitch of the grooves, but I leave the proof of that to the reader ).

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What is this ‘winter’ you all keep talking about?

1. Open door to freezer.
2. Fully insert head.
3. Close your eyes and imagine 4-5 months of that, except add random days-long periods of 10-20mph winds.
4. With head still fully inserted, repeatedly slam freezer door as punishment for throwing it in our faces that you live in paradise! 😛

Seriously, though, how are things at your new digs? Settled in and enjoying life?

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aspidites, what’s going on in your rainbow bubble shot? That’s very fractal-esque – I like it.

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Some B’s here.

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With the hope that the stars & planets will align such that I’ll have an opportunity to play with it by the time the contest comes around (but with the pragmatic outlook of “at least I’ll get to see the neat work of others”)…
+1

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Beautiful colors there, Kes. Ours are just barely starting to change, but they’re saying we’re probably not going to have much of a fall display this year due to the drought.

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Farking voters, how do they work?

I foolishly thought I had the secret figured out for a very brief while. At the time, the key to success for me seemed to be to put as little effort into choosing my entries as possible. Needless to say, that didn’t last long.

Someone should submit a grant to study the voting habits of farkers in their native habitats. I think that’s the only way we’ll ever gain any insight into the process. 😉

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Congrats to orionid for the individual win and to ravnostic for the combined win. Lotsa great stuff all around this week again. The Weekly Reports thread has been updated with the latest stats.

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I’m really bummed I had to archive dive again. I had several shots in mind for this one specifically but no time recently to get them. I’ve GOT to start planning ahead better for these things…

Some bees here.

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