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My Nikon P-1000 arrived today.

The P-1000 is much larger and heavier than the P-900.  The viewfinder is much clearer, the automatic focus is better and faster, and it has a manual focus ring which I depend on a lot. It also can store images … Continue reading →

14 Sep 1944, Page 1 – The Morning Herald at Newspapers.com

During this week five years ago, Boulder received 18 inches of rain. 16 Sep 2013, Page B1 – The Ithaca Journal at Newspapers.com The storm total in 2013 was comparable to what is forecast for North Carolina this week. NCAR … Continue reading →

Since the end of August, the ice edge has expanded in the eastern and western Arctic, and contracted in the East Siberian Sea. Index of /DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/images/2018/

Out of the sixty unwashed Roman coins I bought on E-Bay (and much work cleaning them) – these ones are best. I started my Roman coin collection at Oxford in 1969, and used to go down to the coin shop … Continue reading →

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past George Orwell The Exxon Knew campaign is based on the idea that Exxon knew in the 1970s carbon dioxide would destroy the planet, yet they kept selling … Continue reading →

Five years ago, University of Ottawa professor Paul Beckwith explained why the Arctic will be ice-free in 2013. Why Arctic sea ice will vanish in 2013 | Sierra Club Canada Now he has granted the Arctic a ten year reprieve, … Continue reading →