webcubus

hawaiianeye797, 1 month ago to Sony

White-collared Butterflyfish at Richelieu Rock in the Andaman Sea. Your #sealife #photooftheday

#Tuesday #RichelieuRock #fish #Sony #SonyAlpha #Nauticam #Inon

sea #ocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wild #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #water #climatechange #reef #photo #photography #pictureoftheday #picture #Indianocean #AndamanSea #Thailand

MaryMcIntyreAstro, 1 month ago to random

My pastel sketch of #totality during yesterday's #TotalSolarEclipse. I wasn't there to see it in person this time, but I used the amazing photo shared by Tom Kerss (with permission) as a reference image. The #corona looked so different yesterday than it did when we saw the 2017 eclipse because we were in solar minimum then and near solar maximum now. There were several lovely #prominences visible too #AstronomySketching #SunSketch

webcubus, 1 month ago to Flowers

Classic New England spring. It has been sleeting/raining/snowing/icing for the past 24 hours while the early spring flowers go about their business in full bloom. Taken outside the town library with my Pixel 4a 5G.

#flowers #daffodils #hyacinths #snow #ice #spring #yellow #pixel

webcubus, 1 month ago to random

Stress testing the battery I'm borrowing from my dad for imaging the eclipse. I'm feeling confident I can capture the partial aspects of the eclipse, but totality is a bit of a wildcard for me.

I'll be capturing 50-frame videos every 60 seconds from start to finish with the solar filter on. During totality, I'm thinking I'll just pull the solar filter off and run the video for the whole duration without fiddling so I can just enjoy it. I'll bring my DSLR to snap some images too.

codfather, 1 month ago to random

malcircuit, 1 month ago to solar

I feel like I just accidentally invented the perfect #solar #astrophotography gadget for doing daytime polar alignment.

I mean, I guarantee someone has done something like this. I just figured I would have to make a custom 3d printed mount, not literally attach two random things with a screw.

Dovetail rail with a phone clamp attached at a right angle with a screw

webcubus, 1 month ago to macrophotography

We finally got another break in the weather and jumped on it. Surface conditions were great with small waves and comfortable air temperatures, but once we got down, viz was just OK and there was significant surge. Maybe the weather is going to turn soon? Maybe? Please?

#underwaterPhotography #macroPhotography #nudibranchs #scubaDiving #fish #NewEngland #olympus #epl

A close-up photo of the eye of a red sea raven
A fuzzy onchidoris with an isopod lurking

webcubus, 1 month ago to Philippines

I presented some photos at our local Photo Society meeting last week! The theme was The Philippines, so we had several presenters show images from different places around the country.

The link starts off at the beginning of my presentation, but the other presenters also showed some awesome photos and techniques so definitely check out the rest of the video too. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/iwZuL1Qw-0w?t=1185

#Philippines #underwaterphotography #macrophotography #olympus #muckdiving #scubadiving

Brandi_Buchman, 2 months ago to random

Disney and DeSantis tourism board settle long-running dispute sparked by ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/disney-and-desantis-tourism-board-settle-long-running-dispute-sparked-by-dont-say-gay-bill/

webcubus, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to shark

Throwing it back to my visit to Oslob in The Philiippines! This place was crazy with huge crowds and a long wait, but wow was it worth it. When it was our turn, we boarded a long boat and they paddled us out to take our place in the long line. I hopped over the side and in 3 seconds was nose to nose with a whale shark! SO FUN!

https://youtu.be/S4UrobxLtvM
More photos: https://briangweber.com/collections/sharks

#whaleSharks #sharks #fish #Oslob #Philippines #underwaterPhotography #wideAnglePhotography #GoPro

webcubus, 2 months ago to solar

I wasn't planning to do any solar imaging yesterday, but I changed my mind once I saw what the sunspots were up to! That large sunspot region is cranking out solar flares at an impressive rate. Hopefully I'll get another chance to image on a clearer day before they disappear around the side.

Details: https://www.astrobin.com/0hpep5/

#solar #sun #star #solarsystem #sunspots #solarflares #qhyccd #skywatcherUSA #telescope #astrophotography

webcubus, 2 months ago to astrophotography

It was not a good day for solar imaging, but I pointed my scope (with solar filter, of course) at the sun and waited for a break in the clouds. I finally got a bit of one and captured 2000 frames of video. Normally, I tell the software to pick the top 25%, but that stack had weird artifacts. Lowering to 5% produced a really nice image, which might be my favorite yet.

Details: https://www.astrobin.com/om17fg/

#sun #star #solarimaging #sunspots #qhyccd #SkyWatcherUSA #astrophotography

astromecanik, 2 months ago to random

When your health and well being is just another expense…

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/

brianvastag, 2 months ago to scuba

Heard some humpback #whale song under the sea yesterday. Always feels a little magical.

#scuba #diving #hawaii

webcubus, 2 months ago to astrophotography

It's the time of year when widefield imagers like myself get extra jealous of those long scopes and ponder what to image until the big stuff pops back up. I captured this data in one session last year and never did anything with it. I decided I'd take a swing at processing it, complete with 2x drizzle, heavy crop, and some BlurX tossed at it.

Prints: https://buff.ly/3VagGZ1
Details: https://buff.ly/3Vbw3jH

#galaxy #stars #astrophotography #Messier #space #astronomy #qhyccd #SkyWatcherUSA

webcubus, 2 months ago to random

Oh hey, it's my 10 year scubaversary! I got certified at Mosquito Pier in Vieques and then promptly did a night dive for my very first certified dive. Little did I realize, night dives would become my favorite diving! I also hit dive #600 a couple weeks ago in Turks & Caicos. 🥳

thomasfuchs, 2 months ago to random

Wonder if Spaceship rusts like Cybertrucks if you don’t wash it every day

Brandi_Buchman, 2 months ago to random

They ruled together at the end of the day, but there were distinctions some justices sought to make.

Details in my full report inside.

https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/supreme-court-unanimously-allows-trump-to-remain-on-2024-ballot-finds-states-have-no-power-to-enforce-insurrection-clause-especially-as-to-the-presidency/

thomasfuchs, 2 months ago to random

The Supreme Court rules 9-0 that a dictatorship would be good actually to bring down polarization in public discourse (by outlawing public discourse)

thomasfuchs, 2 months ago to astrophotography

Very early stages of new #astrophotography project

webcubus, 2 months ago to aquarium

Added some new friends to our saltwater tank this weekend! We added a turbo snail, a white sabae anemone, and a pygmy angelfish. I put the anemone on top of the rocks and so far it has enjoyed that spot. The pygmy angelfish has been pestered by the yellowtail damselfish we already had, but I think it has found a safe spot.

#saltwater #aquarium #anemone #fish #angelfish

Pygmy angelfish with a yellow face and vibrant purple body
Full view of the 36 gallon bowfront tank including a pile of rocks, yellowtail damselfish zipping across the front, ocellaris clownfish in the top left, pygmy angelfish hiding under the rocks in the bottom right, sebae anemone, and turbo snail

webcubus, 2 months ago to random

Anyone out there in my friendiverse have an LG front loading washer? Ours is throwing an "IE" error, which means that it's unable to fill the drum with water in a timely fashion. I believe my inlet valve needs to be replaced - it is filling the washer, but I suspect there's not as much water coming in as there should be. If someone could share a video of their functional washer filling, that would be greatly helpful!

(Instructions in the thread)