Archive for January, 2010

Winter in Black and White

Last week the impossible happened. It had snowed for several days and the temperatures stayed low enough for the snow to not instantly melt away (like in the last years). And then it became even more crazy, on tuesday the clouds went away and the sun came out
So I decided to take a [...]

Posted on January 13, 2010 at 18:52 by Martin · Permalink · One Comment
In: Nature, Photography

Nuclear Energy – Yes or No?

Some amazing images posted over at NikonGear made me think about nuclear energy and the safety aspect of it. The question as usual is if nuclear energy is safe and secure, if we can really control it or if it is something that we should abandon as quickly as possible.
How high are the risks [...]

Posted on January 11, 2010 at 20:26 by Martin · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Everything Else

New Blog Theme

Just a quick update on the blog. As you might see the theme and colors have changed to something more friendly. I wanted something not so dark and more friendly but also not absolutely white. So I installed a new theme named “Grey Matter”.
The down site of course is that the formatting in the older [...]

Posted on January 11, 2010 at 20:15 by Martin · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Website

Big Splash in a Glass

Before heading back to Jena I had another chance to play around with the previously posted glass and water drop setup.
Since it was requested by several persons I took a photo of the setup this time. The picture is attached at the bottom and is pretty much the same a described before. As you can [...]

Posted on January 9, 2010 at 00:06 by Martin · Permalink · 2 Comments
In: High Speed, Photography