Heron Studies the Sunset

This is called taking a picture at prime focus through a telescope. Instead of focusing through any kind of lens the 8-inch telescope mirror is focused directly onto the surface of the 35mm film. I was focusing on his eye which is the only point in the image in sharp focus. He was looking into the sunset...in a forlorn sort of way, it seemed. -- Dalton Hammond

Commit suicide legally, but invite your friends...

This was something to think about - from a Canadian blog -- Dalton Hammond

~Butterfly Wings~: One of those weeks...

Do You Know This Killer Who Mugged Me?

This is the guy, Dan Brown, who mugged me at gunpoint in the parking lot of The Ramada Inn a few years ago.  I just happened to see his mug shot at a "Most Wanted" page which states:

Daniel Brown is wanted by the Norfolk Police Department, Virginia State Police and the FBI for 4 counts of capital murder in the City of Norfolk. He is alleged to be a "hit man" from New York City with friends and family in the Brooklyn area. He is considered armed and dangerous. Social Security #: 088-34-9131. Sex: male; Race: black; DOB: 8/2/46; Height: 6'0"; Weight: 160; Hair: Black; Eyes: brown; Complexion: medium.

If you know how to nab this guy let the police know please, and watch out for people coming up behind you in dark parking
lots.  Be alert! -- Dalton Hammond

Backyard Astronomy

• Saturn the Ringed Planet
  
• STS-116 Over the Pinehurst Harness Track
  
• History of Iridium Flares
  
• Oh Beautiful, For Darker Skies
  
• M42 -- The Orion Nebula
  
• Rockets And Satellites In Your Back Yard
  
• Comet Hale-Bopp
  
• Total Lunar Eclipse - 23 Nov 2003
  
• The red planet Mars - 21 Aug 2003
  
• Comet 2004 C2 Macholz
  
• M45 - The Pleiades
  
• The Eclipsed Moon and The Pleiades
  
• Northern Lights - 27 Oct 2004