Here in Salem it was disappointingly cloudy. I had hoped to photograph the 23% occlusion to share on PNWF, but no go so I set up a detailed simulation and photographed that to memorialize the event. No thanks is expected.
You might look at the Canon SX 70. It is a bridge camera (Non-interchangeable lens) that can function as a point and shoot, or can be tweaked to to a techy's heart's content. The big plus, the 21-1365 mm zoom lens, so semi-wide angle to 65x zoom, with image stabilization. It's a 20 megapixel...
Well, the folks at TMC need not fear loss of market share to these things. I think that they were included in el cheapo tying kits as bobbins. They will function as such, barely.
I've puzzled over this melted rock for 15 years, wondering about its history. I picked it up out in sagebrush scablands on the east edge of Crook county, Oregon. Where I found this the country rock is mostly basalt. Essentially 4-sided, two facets appear vitrified from tremendous heat, a...