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Natural mosquito repellent

20 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Bala

In the place I live, the mosquito problem is one of the biggest problems we have. Many people get sleep disorders because of mosquito bites and just because they cannot sleep properly in the presence of mosquito bites. I was looking for some natural...

Mushroom Monday - An Abundance of Summer Fungi

15 Aug 2022 1 minute read 1 comment tych0_21

Happy Mushroom Monday! Over the last week, I have been lucky enough to come across a wide variety of native fungi in the woods of western Michigan, USA. I have come across delicious edible mushrooms ranging from chanterelles (Genus cantharellus), to...

The Shortest Day in History - June 29, 2022

14 Aug 2022 2 minute read 2 comments ZeroRequiem

On June 29th 2022, the Earth completed its rotation 1.59 milliseconds faster than it has ever done in recorded history. Everyone knows that a normal day is 24 hours, however in the last decade the Earth's rotation has been begun to accelerate. Earth...

On the Lunar surface ~ sand in infrared

9 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments valo

Some years ago I was walking at the seashore. It had been hot for many days in a row, and the water level had dropped noticeably. It is always very windy at that particular beach, and the sea waves had managed to carve beautiful ridges in the sand. A...

Mushroom Monday - My Most Successful Chanterelle Haul Yet

9 Aug 2022 5 minute read 2 comments tych0_21

Happy Mushroom Monday! This last weekend was a particularly exciting weekend for me since I was blessed enough to stumble upon the largest fruitings of chanterelles I have yet witnessed. With a heavy rain in the middle of last week, and warm, humid w...

Fungi Friday - More Fungal Spore Photography

5 Aug 2022 1 minute read 3 comments tych0_21

Happy Fungi Friday everyone! Today, I would like to share a few more images of spores collected from summer fungal species collected from western Michigan, USA this year. I continue to refine my microscopy and imaging techniques to try to begin build...

MTO 500mm f/8 - a fine example of a catadioptric lens

3 Aug 2022 4 minute read 0 comments valo

What do you imagine when you think of a photographic lens? A silly question, isn’t it? Everybody knows what a lens is – an elongated object holding glass elements. One of its end is adapted fit a camera body. Here is one of the special lenses in my c...

Mushroom Monday - Michigan Mycodiversity Menagerie

1 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments tych0_21

Happy Mushroom Monday to everyone! Today, I'd like to share a collection of some of the fascinating fungi that I have found in the woods of western Michigan, USA over the last few days. After a prior week of intermittent rainfall, we have finally bee...

Part 2: the Changing Language of Vaccination Science

1 Aug 2022 11 minute read 10 comments MarvinScottMarvin

A HISTORY OF VACCINATION SCIENCE AND THE LANGUAGE USED TO DESCRIBE IT Part Two: the Changing Language of Vaccination Science   Buckle up your helmets, Moonbats! We are dealing with word wizardry weirdness here! This is not a timeline of the changes t...

Blue elegance

29 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments valo

I am fascinated by marine life. Jellyfish are primal creatures, yet their elegance is impressive. Their movements are fluid, graceful – almost hypnotic to observe… Jellyfish actually consist of 95% water! Because of that, they rely on constant salini...