Digital SLR and sensor dust.
Shooting at relatively wide aperture, you may not even know your sensor has dust. Suddenly you get the opportunity to shoot some macro images. Excitedly, you op... Read more.
From Whence Came the Melting Ice?
Figure: Changes in ice thickness in cm per yr averaged over the interval from 2003-2010. Source:Â NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Colorado. A pair of satellites,... Read more.
Olasana Lagoon: The Ugliest Mini-Reef Ever Evolves
In December, I wrote a post about getting back into coral keeping after a long hiatus. Â As I mentioned, the goal of this system was a small, but high energy sy... Read more.
Kreisels for Corals
Most well informed hobbyists are aware that pelagic species of jellyfish are cultured and maintained in kreisel (German for “carousel”) systems, whe... Read more.
The Ugliest Mini-Reef Ever: Airstone Skimming Still Works.
Getting back into the hobby, I noticed a huge population of skimmers made for smaller nano tanks that didn’t seem to exist in the early 2000’s. Mini... Read more.
20 Million Year Old Aquatic Time Capsule Opened in Antarctica
Image source: NOAA, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Marc Kaufman and Alberto Cuadra/The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-scie... Read more.
Climate Summary for 2011 Shows Climate Change a Continuing Threat to Coral Reefs
About a week ago, the National Climate Data Center (NCDC) at NOAA released the State of the Climate Summary for 2011. Â Now that the year is over, we can look b... Read more.
The Ugliest Mini-Reef Ever: A First Journal Entry.
In 2006, I gave up aquariums for what I knew was going to be a long-term hiatus. I had been a part time aquarist, completely responsible for a collection of r... Read more.
When the Fruit Stand Rots… err, Matures.
Video by Rich Ross I have known Rich Ross for a long time, let me start by clearing the air with that disclaimer. You also may read this post and feel like it... Read more.