Macro Photography: Crystals.
Random large crystals . I used to grow crystals as a hobby. These are not gem quality.
David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Random large crystals . I used to grow crystals as a hobby. These are not gem quality.
A new indoor house pet (pest?). I never knew that a cricket could be this big. It had been getting noisy down in my basement. I added the ruler for scale. The radon in the basement must be causing them to mutate 🙂 .
It had been several days post Hurricane Sandy. Many folks were still without power, but PSE&G and the tree folks were in the neighborhood working. I ran out of propane in my RV for the generator, and the local place where I would have gone to have it refilled didn’t have power. The same was true with the local the gas stations — so I couldn’t refill the car with gas or the RV with diesel. At the end of the day it started snowing, and the power went out again. I got my sleeping bag out and pretended I was camping in my house.
Not many (or any) sunspots. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and Questar 3.5″ telescope (with a solar filter) [ISO 400, ~1600 mm, f/16, 1/1000 sec].
More images from the post Hurricane Sandy series. The power was still out and there was not much to do but go out and take some images. Some of the neighbors did use the outlet on my RV to recharge their cell phones.