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Friday, March 26, 2010


Foto Friday: Flame On!


AEOS telescope at sunset
Haleakala, Maui, May 2009

This is an Air Force telescope. It doesn't usually explode like that.

Here's the official site, or you can see the slightly more informative -- but extremely funky -- page the Federation of American Scientists has on AEOS. Not only is that page direct to you from 1997, but it has a Star Trek emblem on it.

I've always been a little hesitant to post my photos of AEOS, because it's like sekrit military stuff, but then I find their own site has a bunch of photos of the telescope nekkid.

I'm getting a bit bored with Foto Friday. It's just that it's all the same thing: here's a beautiful sunset. Here's a gorgeous beach. Yawn. A mountain vista. Snore. It's getting difficult to find something that isn't a sunset. (And yet, I keep taking them. I must have dozens. Maybe I should do a book.)

Here in a few days I have 14 rolls of film coming back. That's about six months' worth. Maybe there'll be something interesting in there.

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Friday, March 19, 2010


Foto Friday: Vanishing Point


Hmmph. I make this image extra big, and Blogger shrinks it. Click for bigger.


West Maui Mtns from N. Kihei Rd. Mar 2009West Maui Mtns from N. Kihei Rd.
Mar 2009


It's unusual for the tops of the mountains to be free of cloud so late in the afternoon.

The ocean's just off the frame to the left here, Kealia Ponds wildlife refuge on the other side of the road. The thing that looks like a lighthouse in the distance is part of the power station.

This is one of those rare pictures where I felt compelled to desaturate the color a little bit. Looked too brilliant. Film (yes, film) was Provia 400, for those who want to know those things.

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Friday, March 12, 2010


Foto Friday: Fire on High


The view from 1800 ft.


Sunset from Pukalani, Maui, Feb 2009Sunset from Pukalani, Maui
Feb 2009

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Friday, March 05, 2010


Foto Friday: Beach Blanket Bingo


OK, they're probably not playing bingo:


Waipuilani Park, Kihei, April 2009Waipuilani Park, Kihei, April 2009


This is another in our continuing series, What Are They Selling? -- i.e., this looks like an ad for something. For what?

In this case, the only possible answer is: beer.

Click to enlarge. I made this one extra big.

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