Tag: earth
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Transit of Venus In Front of the Sun :: Photos
Yesterday about 5pm, the Venus Transit across the Sun began. There were so many articles and photos posted from yesterday’s transit, but I think this from National Geographic summed it up the best. Transits happen when a planet crosses between Earth and the sun. Only Mercury and Venus, which are closer to the sun than…
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Earth’s Year is 365.2422 Making Today Leap Year Day Since Creation
So today is Leap Year Day, caused by the fact that it takes the Earth 365.2422 days to rotate around the sun, not 365 days of the Gregorian Calendar we use today. There have been a bunch of different people and organizations all over the world that have attempted to created the perfect calendar (Changing…
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Klean Kanteen for a Look at Depth of Field
The photo of the day today is a shot of a Klean Kanteen, which I was using to test out some depth of field. There are some great companies that are not huge corporations but are doing their part to make a nice quality product, and Klean Kanteen is one of them, we love all…
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The North Star and Long Exposure Star Trails
If you have been following the progress of our tree and tree swing, it now has just about no leaves on it at all, so last night I decided to take advantage of the very dark night out here and do a long exposure of the tree showing the North Star. This shot was a…
Scott Fillmer 