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March 28, 2021 Archives
Sunday, March 28, 2021
CONTEXT: Remember These?
Absolutely wonderful Sylvania "Press" P25B flash bulbs along with their box. On loan from @TubeTimeUS, and an outtake from one of our photo shoots. pic.twitter.com/HUqhMU0CEa
— Evil Mad Scientist (@EMSL) March 28, 2021
You can still buy them, albeit at forbiddingly high prices. Here is the Lowdown on Flash Bulbs.
Meggaflash Technologies of Ireland is the world's only remaining manufacturer of flash bulbs. Their products are in demand for such applications as cavers photographing large underground galleries, as no other safe, portable light source will illuminate large areas so effectively.
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CONTINUITY: A Glitch in the Simulation
We live in a simulation. pic.twitter.com/XUjKtsBQDp
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 27, 2021
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THE HAPPENING WORLD: Three Russian Submarines Rendezvous and Surface Through the Ice in the Arctic
This exercise was conducted near Franz Josef Land at around latitude 80° N in the Arctic. Here is my visit to Franz Josef Land in better weather,
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TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: What happens if you put your head in a particle accelerator?
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CONTEXT: Paul Davies—Where Did the Laws of the Universe Come From?
And why do the fundamentals of physics seem fine-tuned for life?
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CONTINUITY: NASA's First Space Launch Was to the Moon
Here is more about Pioneer 1, launched on 1958-10-11.
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