A diary of pixels.

14th June 2011

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Bird of Paradise squawking optimistically in the San Francisco fog. From our out-of-control garden, a riot of pale tropicality. 

Bird of Paradise squawking optimistically in the San Francisco fog. From our out-of-control garden, a riot of pale tropicality. 

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10th January 2011

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The world’s largest Raman spectrometer, which now lives at SSRL. Staff scientist D. Sokaras makes adjustments to one of 40 focused crystal reflectors.

The world’s largest Raman spectrometer, which now lives at SSRL. Staff scientist D. Sokaras makes adjustments to one of 40 focused crystal reflectors.

2nd January 2011

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Race Track Playa, Death Valley National Park.

Race Track Playa, Death Valley National Park.

24th December 2010

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Ocean Beach, sunset, winter solstice 2010. Here comes the longest night of the year.

Ocean Beach, sunset, winter solstice 2010. Here comes the longest night of the year.

3rd December 2010

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Spankin’ new x-ray station at SLAC: “molecular movie” camera. Hooray backlighting! Tech info here http://bit.ly/f5gNQI

Spankin’ new x-ray station at SLAC: “molecular movie” camera. Hooray backlighting! Tech info here http://bit.ly/f5gNQI

2nd December 2010

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The ACTUAL spot where #newlife was discovered to be new: not Mono Lake, a Stanford x-ray station. http://bit.ly/fxW63H #nasa

The ACTUAL spot where #newlife was discovered to be new: not Mono Lake, a Stanford x-ray station. http://bit.ly/fxW63H #nasa

19th November 2010

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Be a Green Eater: Use plates instead of to go boxes. (Little salad and photo, B. Plummer)

Be a Green Eater: Use plates instead of to go boxes. (Little salad and photo, B. Plummer)

15th November 2010

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Micro detector designed to measure sub-atomic collisions inside the proposed International Linear Collider. (http://www.linearcollider.org/) (Designed by Dietrich Freytag, SLAC; photo, Brad Plummer)

Micro detector designed to measure sub-atomic collisions inside the proposed International Linear Collider. (http://www.linearcollider.org/) (Designed by Dietrich Freytag, SLAC; photo, Brad Plummer)

12th November 2010

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The Flatiron building in New York. Sunset. Plus the moon.

The Flatiron building in New York. Sunset. Plus the moon.

22nd October 2010

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A science machine ready for action.

A science machine ready for action.