drt on Jan 30 2007 | Filed under: Space Flights
My son got a kick when he saw this sign somewhere in Tokyo with the words “Defend the children.” I also laughed at it when he told me the link. Indeed, the Japanese words ‘mamori’ or ‘mamoru’ means ‘to defend’ when it refers to “defend the country against the enemy.” However, as the Japanese words [...]
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drt on Jan 28 2007 | Filed under: Astronomy
It’s freezing cold outside but the sky is clear with the waxing gibbous Moon high up in the sky. I went out to take a picture, and got this one. It was shutter priority, f/2.8, 1/500. It was funny. I have had this camera for a long time, but I have never played with all its functions. The [...]
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drt on Jan 28 2007 | Filed under: Astronomy
Finally we have clear sky but I was extremely busy and did not spend too much time to watch the world biggest screen in the past few nights. However, I managed to take a few pictures of the moon using my old Mavica 95 camera, but I didn’t inspect the results since I noticed that [...]
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drt on Jan 22 2007 | Filed under: Astronomy
I was checking my emails and one email from Bruce MacDonald caught my attention. After visiting the link listed in Bruce’s email, out of curiousity I surfed that site and came across this page - Tiny Eyes on the Skies.
Wouw! I thought this is it! This is the kind of activities that I was looking for when I [...]
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