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Hobbies include photography (focusing on panoramic photography), woodworking (including building a wooden geared orrery and clocks in the future), and papercrafting.  The author also likes fractals and fractals are featured in some of his artworks."},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default?alt=json-in-script\u0026orderby=published"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default?alt=json-in-script\u0026start-index=26\u0026max-results=25\u0026orderby=published"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"43"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"25"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-4722388554546104289"},"published":{"$t":"2011-07-05T19:33:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-07-05T19:48:06.583-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Platonic and Archimedean Solids from Coins"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003EA couple of weeks ago, I suddenly had the idea to make the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Platonic_solid\"\u003EPlatonic solid\u003C\/a\u003Es\u0026nbsp;out of pennies. \u0026nbsp;I'd made them before out of paper in several variations, and had seen them made out of many different materials, but I hadn't seen them made from coins. \u0026nbsp;I also quickly thought of making the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archimedean_solid\"\u003EArchimedean solids\u003C\/a\u003E from 2 or more types of coins and discovered that the ratio of diameters between pennies and quarters is perfect for making a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Truncated_icosahedron\"\u003Etruncated icosahedron\u003C\/a\u003E which is the design most often used for a soccer ball. \u0026nbsp;The ratios between dimes and half-dollars would allow you to make any polyhedron composed of just triangles and squares of which there are 3 among the Archimedean solids but I haven't attempted these yet. \u0026nbsp;Once I have made these, I will have exhausted the list that can be made by only using US coins.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003EThe building process was harder than I though. \u0026nbsp;I soldered them together using folded paper nets to set the angles. \u0026nbsp;As the number of coins increases, the amount of mass makes it difficult to heat the coins up enough to get pretty bonds between the coins. \u0026nbsp;Also heating the coins to the proper temperature was also causing some discoloration. \u0026nbsp;Still, while not perfectly pretty, the bonds are quite strong and I now use them instead of a coin to make all of my random decisions. \u0026nbsp;The cube feels the best for this as it is the shape of the common die.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003EHere are some pictures. \u0026nbsp;Click on them for higher resolution versions.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EAll 5 platonic solids. \u0026nbsp;I call this picture Fiddy Cent for the obvious reason.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-svzTOKcWdwo\/ThOhOtNB5fI\/AAAAAAAABWE\/leHBwA5ZUDo\/s1600\/pennyplatonicsolids.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"170\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-svzTOKcWdwo\/ThOhOtNB5fI\/AAAAAAAABWE\/leHBwA5ZUDo\/s320\/pennyplatonicsolids.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-svzTOKcWdwo\/ThOhOtNB5fI\/AAAAAAAABWE\/leHBwA5ZUDo\/s1600\/pennyplatonicsolids.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe Regular Tetrahedron (4 sides)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-1BdqKM28tCA\/ThOhUyfRFII\/AAAAAAAABWM\/LkYD2QXjYa4\/s1600\/pennytetra.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-1BdqKM28tCA\/ThOhUyfRFII\/AAAAAAAABWM\/LkYD2QXjYa4\/s320\/pennytetra.jpg\" width=\"235\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003EThe Regular Hexahedron or Cube (6 sides)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7S7RL9KgqXM\/ThOhDUPkIYI\/AAAAAAAABV0\/RBEZgiux9k0\/s1600\/pennycube.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7S7RL9KgqXM\/ThOhDUPkIYI\/AAAAAAAABV0\/RBEZgiux9k0\/s320\/pennycube.jpg\" width=\"237\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003EThe Regular Octahedron (8 sides)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7S7RL9KgqXM\/ThOhDUPkIYI\/AAAAAAAABV0\/RBEZgiux9k0\/s1600\/pennycube.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-c7zYblzgHr8\/ThOhLooa5RI\/AAAAAAAABWA\/_quVtVmHaJA\/s1600\/pennyoctahedron.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-c7zYblzgHr8\/ThOhLooa5RI\/AAAAAAAABWA\/_quVtVmHaJA\/s320\/pennyoctahedron.jpg\" width=\"225\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe Regular Dodecaheron (12 Sides)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-K62bcU7lmBo\/ThOhF5whC8I\/AAAAAAAABV4\/6NHTgFgKusE\/s1600\/pennydodecahedron.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-K62bcU7lmBo\/ThOhF5whC8I\/AAAAAAAABV4\/6NHTgFgKusE\/s320\/pennydodecahedron.jpg\" width=\"223\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe Regular Icosahedron (20 Sides)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-NfsHj_8goYc\/ThOhIxoz3bI\/AAAAAAAABV8\/IymftSg4mtM\/s1600\/pennyicosahedron.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-NfsHj_8goYc\/ThOhIxoz3bI\/AAAAAAAABV8\/IymftSg4mtM\/s320\/pennyicosahedron.jpg\" width=\"256\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ENotice the Gaps in the above picture. \u0026nbsp;Now if you take those pennies and replace them with quarters the gaps are almost the exact size of pennies. \u0026nbsp;That's what I did to make the object below.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe Truncated Icosahedron. \u0026nbsp;32 Sides. \u0026nbsp;20 Quarters and 12 Pennies. \u003Cbr \/\u003EThat's why I call this Five Dollars and Twelve Cents.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-jUdPCUGCxv8\/ThOhXLUXqQI\/AAAAAAAABWQ\/xrqoDgJNZ2A\/s1600\/pennytruncatedicosahedron.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-jUdPCUGCxv8\/ThOhXLUXqQI\/AAAAAAAABWQ\/xrqoDgJNZ2A\/s320\/pennytruncatedicosahedron.jpg\" width=\"252\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EAll 6 of them together.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/--OY70YItBKI\/ThOjETC-deI\/AAAAAAAABWU\/lGsqwfxzyBg\/s1600\/pennyplatonicsolidsplussoccer.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"252\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/--OY70YItBKI\/ThOjETC-deI\/AAAAAAAABWU\/lGsqwfxzyBg\/s320\/pennyplatonicsolidsplussoccer.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4722388554546104289\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/platonic-and-archimedean-solids-from.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/4722388554546104289"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/4722388554546104289"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/platonic-and-archimedean-solids-from.html","title":"Platonic and Archimedean Solids from Coins"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-svzTOKcWdwo\/ThOhOtNB5fI\/AAAAAAAABWE\/leHBwA5ZUDo\/s72-c\/pennyplatonicsolids.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-2886023982957009314"},"published":{"$t":"2011-05-21T12:52:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-05-24T06:58:34.378-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"geometry"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"papercraft"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Dymaxion World: Cubeoctahedron Globe"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I've always been interested in maps and different projections and how they make such a difference in the way the world looks when a sphere is projected onto a flat surface. \u0026nbsp;Yesterday my wife sent me this link to an issue of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=WlEEAAAAMBAJ\u0026amp;printsec=frontcover\u0026amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r\u0026amp;cad=0#v=onepage\u0026amp;q\u0026amp;f=true\"\u003ELife Magazine from March 1, 1943\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;On page 41 of this issue they discuss a new (at the time) projection from Buckminster Fuller, a famous inventor who is now most well-known for his geodesic spheres and houses made out of them. \u0026nbsp;This projection is called The Dymaxion World, and can be folded up to form a geometric object known as a Cubeoctahedron. \u0026nbsp;While the point of the projection is to have a flat-map with desirable properties such as low distortion and the ability to have all of the landmasses contiguous, I just think it looks cool folded up to form a bizzare globe. \u0026nbsp; Note: Fuller eventually decided on another polyhedron, the icosahedron, to use for The Dymaxion World. \u0026nbsp;It is a much \"rounder\" shape that actually looks like a globe. I've made those before and I don't think they look nearly as cool.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe images of the templates at the very bottom of this post, obtained from the original article, are high enough resolution to make about a 10 inch globe on standard paper if you click on the pictures and download the higher resolution version. \u0026nbsp;I used thick cardstock, and a tacky glue to construct mine. \u0026nbsp;All you have to do is glue Tab A to Tab A, Tab B to Tab B, Tab C to Tab C...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere's a picture of the one I built:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5Tvtc1_1fOA\/TdggQ65CobI\/AAAAAAAABVU\/r4fFsSE19t0\/s1600\/dymaxioninhand.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5Tvtc1_1fOA\/TdggQ65CobI\/AAAAAAAABVU\/r4fFsSE19t0\/s400\/dymaxioninhand.jpg\" width=\"350\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003EHere's Mr. Bucky Fuller himself:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-CT7QY4qdZEI\/TdhX1PaLdMI\/AAAAAAAABVo\/AEuDNGOPfRY\/s1600\/dymaxionfuller.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-CT7QY4qdZEI\/TdhX1PaLdMI\/AAAAAAAABVo\/AEuDNGOPfRY\/s400\/dymaxionfuller.jpg\" width=\"385\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003EAnd here are some pictures that appeared in Life Magazine 3 weeks later as pictures to the editors:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-MNPh7UrepSE\/TdhS4uZ-IxI\/AAAAAAAABVk\/Eq5zv2JYdEI\/s1600\/dymaxionhead.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-MNPh7UrepSE\/TdhS4uZ-IxI\/AAAAAAAABVk\/Eq5zv2JYdEI\/s640\/dymaxionhead.jpg\" width=\"464\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-W-gUaYuzatg\/TdhRU8YLzAI\/AAAAAAAABVY\/cdJFrfzKbzw\/s1600\/dymaxioncontortionist.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-W-gUaYuzatg\/TdhRU8YLzAI\/AAAAAAAABVY\/cdJFrfzKbzw\/s640\/dymaxioncontortionist.jpg\" width=\"449\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFinally the templates:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnFUn_JUECU\/Tdge0IPL-ZI\/AAAAAAAABU8\/gpbnZmNYH5s\/s1600\/dymaxionasiaeuropepacificislands.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnFUn_JUECU\/Tdge0IPL-ZI\/AAAAAAAABU8\/gpbnZmNYH5s\/s320\/dymaxionasiaeuropepacificislands.jpg\" width=\"160\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CY-rQ1qTm1s\/TdgfG6C4MXI\/AAAAAAAABVA\/8GrHqpXtQqo\/s1600\/dymaxionscaleinstructionsatlanticandindianoceans.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CY-rQ1qTm1s\/TdgfG6C4MXI\/AAAAAAAABVA\/8GrHqpXtQqo\/s320\/dymaxionscaleinstructionsatlanticandindianoceans.jpg\" width=\"160\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-rYznZC-B9fA\/TdgfailfKcI\/AAAAAAAABVE\/WMoRZeNu_JY\/s1600\/dymaxionunitedstatesandpacific.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-rYznZC-B9fA\/TdgfailfKcI\/AAAAAAAABVE\/WMoRZeNu_JY\/s320\/dymaxionunitedstatesandpacific.jpg\" width=\"160\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-on5zbQQ00pA\/Tdgfuw8Cd1I\/AAAAAAAABVQ\/N5Tqk_IpdRo\/s1600\/dymaxionsouthamericanandpacific.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-on5zbQQ00pA\/Tdgfuw8Cd1I\/AAAAAAAABVQ\/N5Tqk_IpdRo\/s320\/dymaxionsouthamericanandpacific.jpg\" width=\"161\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-on5zbQQ00pA\/Tdgfuw8Cd1I\/AAAAAAAABVQ\/N5Tqk_IpdRo\/s1600\/dymaxionsouthamericanandpacific.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; 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So I decided to design and build a sculpture that I'm calling \"Standardized Testing And Reporting\"  or \"STAR\", which is what the California testing program is named.   The sculpture is made up of 80 pencils and is held together with a variety of glues.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YtSF84cSgQ8\/TaHbrUTsiiI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/MTJN8Dwcuic\/s1600\/P1080985playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YtSF84cSgQ8\/TaHbrUTsiiI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/MTJN8Dwcuic\/s400\/P1080985playing.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593993749403044386\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 352px; height: 400px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EFrom the side:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-7mg75DZxef0\/TaHbsfc8npI\/AAAAAAAABSU\/gRN2UnpuDhs\/s1600\/P1080986playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-7mg75DZxef0\/TaHbsfc8npI\/AAAAAAAABSU\/gRN2UnpuDhs\/s400\/P1080986playing.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593993769574506130\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwo of the five identical pieces it is made from:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-XmDB2Y4u5QM\/TaHbsj9eeQI\/AAAAAAAABSc\/GzQjqbMePKA\/s1600\/P1080967.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-XmDB2Y4u5QM\/TaHbsj9eeQI\/AAAAAAAABSc\/GzQjqbMePKA\/s400\/P1080967.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593993770784684290\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EThe sculpture is made from 5 pieces, each of which is part of a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paraboloid\"\u003Ehyperbolic paraboloid\u003C\/a\u003E embedded in a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tetrahedron\"\u003Eregular tetrahedron\u003C\/a\u003E.  This works because the dihedral angle (angle between faces) of a tetrahedron is 70.5 degrees which when multiplied by 5 (the number of pieces) very nearly results in 360 degrees.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EThe first inspiration for this work was \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.georgehart.com\/sculpture\/sculpture.html\"\u003EGeorge Hart's\u003C\/a\u003E 72 Pencils. This gave me the idea for using Pencils.  Here's my recreation of that work:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-6lCdWnqSkuA\/TaHhj0cD0XI\/AAAAAAAABSs\/_p13JmOlPq4\/s1600\/P1080853playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-6lCdWnqSkuA\/TaHhj0cD0XI\/AAAAAAAABSs\/_p13JmOlPq4\/s400\/P1080853playing.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594000217658872178\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 391px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-6lCdWnqSkuA\/TaHhj0cD0XI\/AAAAAAAABSs\/_p13JmOlPq4\/s1600\/P1080853playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe second was \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.berkeley.edu\/~sequin\/\"\u003ECarlo H. Séquin\u003C\/a\u003E's Ribbed Hemicube. This brought the realization that you could easily embed hyperbolic paraboloids into regular tetrahedra.  Here's my recreation of that work:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-wdjRVI9FtPQ\/TaHkVmy4QCI\/AAAAAAAABS0\/ImQ9Mb-VFLc\/s1600\/P1080862playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-wdjRVI9FtPQ\/TaHkVmy4QCI\/AAAAAAAABS0\/ImQ9Mb-VFLc\/s400\/P1080862playing.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594003272013201442\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 400px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"\u003EThe third was \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/erikdemaine.org\/\"\u003EErik Demaine\u003C\/a\u003E's\u003Cb\u003E \u003C\/b\u003EPolyhedra built from Hypars (Sections of Hyperbolic Paraboloids).  This inspired me to create a full polyhedral structure from sections.  (Note:  While this looks nearly identical to what I built there are major advantages to working with these folded paper structures.  You can make the angles most anything you want.  For instance a 6 pointed star would work just as easily)  I haven't actually completed one of his works.  I'm working on it but I'm a slow folder.  Here's a picture from his site:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-do8feZJho6w\/TaHkV4mNprI\/AAAAAAAABS8\/0bMy9LAndbE\/s1600\/5star_50.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-do8feZJho6w\/TaHkV4mNprI\/AAAAAAAABS8\/0bMy9LAndbE\/s400\/5star_50.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594003276791916210\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 374px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EHere's a few pictures from the build process:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EMarking up the pencils so they can be glued in the proper positions:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-OWOce9z5gW0\/TaHoSgSJb9I\/AAAAAAAABUM\/_b0JT5wEyu8\/s1600\/P1080917playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-OWOce9z5gW0\/TaHoSgSJb9I\/AAAAAAAABUM\/_b0JT5wEyu8\/s400\/P1080917playing.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594007616772206546\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EGetting the Tetrahedral frame together:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-o2ybXurBqvs\/TaHoSOKEVPI\/AAAAAAAABUE\/vBZkPG1r8jA\/s1600\/P1080919playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-o2ybXurBqvs\/TaHoSOKEVPI\/AAAAAAAABUE\/vBZkPG1r8jA\/s400\/P1080919playing.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594007611906479346\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 400px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EThe completed tetrahedral frame (The front pencil will be removed):\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-KMYfNAuhB4Y\/TaHqLyNcOSI\/AAAAAAAABUU\/5_C6C9Q6aJs\/s1600\/P1080960playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-KMYfNAuhB4Y\/TaHqLyNcOSI\/AAAAAAAABUU\/5_C6C9Q6aJs\/s400\/P1080960playing.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594009700348475682\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 400px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EStarting the hyperbolic paraboloid by connecting pencils across the marks:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-auJaVDYjMJ8\/TaHoRZm3fpI\/AAAAAAAABT0\/TrNRlZkibtw\/s1600\/P1080922playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-auJaVDYjMJ8\/TaHoRZm3fpI\/AAAAAAAABT0\/TrNRlZkibtw\/s400\/P1080922playing.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594007597800193682\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EOne done!  (With overlap):\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ByVh-5RJOpk\/TaHbtL5Sy1I\/AAAAAAAABSk\/3TXuc9Pk0uM\/s1600\/P1080912playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ByVh-5RJOpk\/TaHbtL5Sy1I\/AAAAAAAABSk\/3TXuc9Pk0uM\/s400\/P1080912playing.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593993781504559954\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EFrom the side:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EeYL2hCiBqs\/TaHoRK65PTI\/AAAAAAAABTs\/wHOw9SZLjok\/s1600\/P1080914playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EeYL2hCiBqs\/TaHoRK65PTI\/AAAAAAAABTs\/wHOw9SZLjok\/s400\/P1080914playing.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594007593857662258\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 344px; height: 400px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EThree together (testing the fit)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-S6ZZnd8FHmU\/TaHbsL5RybI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/AtrIzbJgmLU\/s1600\/3star2.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-S6ZZnd8FHmU\/TaHbsL5RybI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/AtrIzbJgmLU\/s400\/3star2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593993764324624818\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 400px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EFive together (Still need to trim off the extra length of the pencils):\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-tctR1tFi8m8\/TaHoR1zxvJI\/AAAAAAAABT8\/HlOkI6rxGe8\/s1600\/P1080964playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-tctR1tFi8m8\/TaHoR1zxvJI\/AAAAAAAABT8\/HlOkI6rxGe8\/s400\/P1080964playing.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594007605370535058\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EAfter trimming:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-XmDB2Y4u5QM\/TaHbsj9eeQI\/AAAAAAAABSc\/GzQjqbMePKA\/s1600\/P1080967.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-XmDB2Y4u5QM\/TaHbsj9eeQI\/AAAAAAAABSc\/GzQjqbMePKA\/s400\/P1080967.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593993770784684290\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003EThe completed sculpture:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" \u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YtSF84cSgQ8\/TaHbrUTsiiI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/MTJN8Dwcuic\/s1600\/P1080985playing.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YtSF84cSgQ8\/TaHbrUTsiiI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/MTJN8Dwcuic\/s400\/P1080985playing.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593993749403044386\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 352px; height: 400px; \" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"  \u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2142556435217115906\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/standardized-testing-and-reporting.html#comment-form","title":"9 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/2142556435217115906"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/2142556435217115906"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/standardized-testing-and-reporting.html","title":"Standardized Testing And Reporting"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YtSF84cSgQ8\/TaHbrUTsiiI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/MTJN8Dwcuic\/s72-c\/P1080985playing.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"9"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-3631669990586959554"},"published":{"$t":"2011-01-30T11:48:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-30T12:12:08.264-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photography"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"videography"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Epic \"Stop Motion\" Steady Cam Shot"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"You must watch this video!  Then read the short story below.  It looks really good if you click on the full screen icon right underneath the video between the HD symbol (already on) and the Vimeo logo.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/19308687?color=f15c22\" width=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"225\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/19308687\"\u003ENice Shot!\u003C\/a\u003E from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user5872834\"\u003EBlownapart Studios\u003C\/a\u003E on \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/\"\u003EVimeo\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELast weekend, I went down to Sacramento California to help out my brother Michael Poole and cousin Steve Bailey who are the creative forces behind \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.blownapartstudios.com\/\"\u003EBlown Apart Studios\u003C\/a\u003E with a video shoot which was a lot of fun.  They are putting together a Still Photography Tutorial DVD called Lighting Boot Camp with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.lookpw.com\/\"\u003EMark Behrens\u003C\/a\u003E.  We were filming at Elk's Tower with a bunch of models and guns at a workshop called guns, guts and glory. I helped them shoot a special feature for the DVD which was a short action based movie which hopefully I can share soon once the editing is finished.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis was a shot that Steve made towards the end of the workshop.  I'm going to quote their story on this shot here:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is a single take steadicam shot during a photographic workshop at  the Elk's Tower in Sacramento. The workshop put on by Mark Behrens and LookPW\u003Cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  titled \"Gun's Gut's and Glory\" featured 22 photographers and 20 models.   This shot actually came together completely unplanned, when most of  the photographers and models had gathered into one room.  It started out  as a \"wouldn't it be cool\" and turned into an \"alright everybody,  listen up\" in about 30 seconds.  It took about 5 minutes to bring  everyone up to speed, place people around the room, and figure out a  rough path.  The original shot is a little over two minutes long.  The  only editing we did was \"speed ramping\" which is basically just speeding  up and slowing down the footage.  It's obviously really hard to get 40  people to hold still for that long, so a lot of the sped up sections  hide some of the movement.  The other sped up and slowed down parts were  just to emphasize it's epic awesomeness.  Thanks to everyone who made  this possible!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor more information visit: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.blownapartstudios.com\/\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.blownapartstudios.com\/\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3631669990586959554\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/epic-stop-motion-steady-cam-shot.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/3631669990586959554"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/3631669990586959554"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/epic-stop-motion-steady-cam-shot.html","title":"Epic \"Stop Motion\" Steady Cam Shot"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-3446658101626058924"},"published":{"$t":"2011-01-01T16:35:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-01T17:16:51.329-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"papercraft"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"puzzles"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sculpture"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"woodworking"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"MC Escher Jigsaw Puzzle and Origamic Architecture Reconstruction"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I've been a big fan of M.C. Escher's Art since I was a little kid.  His impossible figures drawings are mindblowing and his tesselations are fantastic.  In the last couple of months, I've actually done a couple of projects that involve his work.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe first I did on Thanksgiving break.  I had become very interested in making jigsaw puzzles on my scroll saw and after doing a couple of interesting puzzles that I made by printing pictures I found online and gluing them to the piece to be cut, I decided that Escher's tesselations would make fantastic puzzles.  The one I settled on making is called Mosaic II and is a very interesting piece that is made from 40 different animals that fit perfectly together.  It is colored in such a way that dark pieces and light pieces only touch the other at \"corners.\"  For my version this isn't quite true because I left out the tongue of the snake because I didn't want it to be easy to break.  It's a fun puzzle that takes people between a half hour and an hour if they have no prior knowledge of what the picture looks like.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe original Escher:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_N2RIZ2tI\/AAAAAAAABOI\/qOHQzwA7XkE\/s1600\/mosaic2original.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_N2RIZ2tI\/AAAAAAAABOI\/qOHQzwA7XkE\/s400\/mosaic2original.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557386797393763026\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInitial outline cut on my scroll saw  (The whole piece is about the size of a 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_MPerKYHI\/AAAAAAAABN4\/TDHAMjT_wvg\/s1600\/CIMG3675playing.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_MPerKYHI\/AAAAAAAABN4\/TDHAMjT_wvg\/s400\/CIMG3675playing.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557385031502684274\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWell I've never tried wood burning before...but hey it looks like fun.  I used wood burning tips on my soldering iron.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_N2w_IZiI\/AAAAAAAABOQ\/1c7crCTz1K0\/s1600\/CIMG3678playing.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_N2w_IZiI\/AAAAAAAABOQ\/1c7crCTz1K0\/s400\/CIMG3678playing.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557386805944804898\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA few hours later!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_N3EjntwI\/AAAAAAAABOY\/Fghqb74tpTc\/s1600\/CIMG3681playing.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_N3EjntwI\/AAAAAAAABOY\/Fghqb74tpTc\/s400\/CIMG3681playing.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557386811198125826\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEven later....Wood burning is finished!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_N3dL_enI\/AAAAAAAABOg\/0ULRTTgkn-Q\/s1600\/CIMG3682playing.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_N3dL_enI\/AAAAAAAABOg\/0ULRTTgkn-Q\/s400\/CIMG3682playing.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557386817809906290\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Finished Product after about sanding, staining, and coating with polyeurethane.  The total project was about 10 hours worth of work:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_Mol_DPjI\/AAAAAAAABOA\/_1C-IEipRoQ\/s1600\/CIMG3683playing.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_Mol_DPjI\/AAAAAAAABOA\/_1C-IEipRoQ\/s400\/CIMG3683playing.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557385462961880626\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe second project I did in the morning of one of my days off during Christmas break.  It's a paper version of Escher's Relativity that is cut and folded out of one piece of paper and stays together using only tabs and no glue.   The technique is called \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/#hl=en\u0026amp;expIds=25657,27026,27031,27032,27035,27036,27042\u0026amp;sugexp=ldymls\u0026amp;xhr=t\u0026amp;q=origamic+architecture\u0026amp;cp=2\u0026amp;qe=b3I\u0026amp;qesig=q2jIxBwwDqbM-TwUltmE_g\u0026amp;pkc=AFgZ2tkVATYNT6u5vGh4OQjXahsCMS61l1QKsI-KRI7ciHSm9KA215ZFVqDj1Z1zNoX0sOH4z5qAJrnvEg_dTWZR0EfZwZqlSg\u0026amp;pf=p\u0026amp;sclient=psy\u0026amp;safe=off\u0026amp;site=\u0026amp;source=hp\u0026amp;aq=0p\u0026amp;aqi=\u0026amp;aql=\u0026amp;oq=or\u0026amp;gs_rfai=\u0026amp;pbx=1\u0026amp;fp=9bef8cda26d1a6ec\"\u003EOrigamic Architecture\u003C\/a\u003E and at some point I will probably put up a post on all the different pieces I've copied using this technique.  I found the diagram for Relativity on a flikr and you can download it \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/crackpotcreative\/2714678437\/\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.  Note: my version is mirrored from both what the diagram suggests and the original Escher piece.  I \"decided\" to fold it the other direction.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe original Escher drawing:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_RWT2-_HI\/AAAAAAAABOw\/k7Hck4aYJ2U\/s1600\/escherrelativity.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 382px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_RWT2-_HI\/AAAAAAAABOw\/k7Hck4aYJ2U\/s400\/escherrelativity.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557390646416702578\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe piece I made by downloading the diagram, printing it on a piece of paper, and then cutting and folding as indicated.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_PQGIzFoI\/AAAAAAAABOo\/RZc7ok1YTWA\/s1600\/CIMG4476.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_PQGIzFoI\/AAAAAAAABOo\/RZc7ok1YTWA\/s400\/CIMG4476.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557388340630853250\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat Escher's would look like if it was mirrored like mine:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_RWfjNBRI\/AAAAAAAABO4\/jtM0RJi9A54\/s1600\/relativitymyway.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_RWfjNBRI\/AAAAAAAABO4\/jtM0RJi9A54\/s400\/relativitymyway.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557390649554961682\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3446658101626058924\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/mc-escher-jigsaw-puzzle-and-origamic.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/3446658101626058924"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/3446658101626058924"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/mc-escher-jigsaw-puzzle-and-origamic.html","title":"MC Escher Jigsaw Puzzle and Origamic Architecture Reconstruction"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TR_N2RIZ2tI\/AAAAAAAABOI\/qOHQzwA7XkE\/s72-c\/mosaic2original.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-8722601905648379149"},"published":{"$t":"2011-01-01T15:04:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-09T17:46:33.106-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fractals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"geometry"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sculpture"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"woodworking"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"3D fractals cut on a scroll saw"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This post is going to be on 3D fractals cut on a scroll saw.  (Thus the title of course.)  As some of you know, I'm somewhat addicted to making fractals, so it should be no surprise that a simple technique I learned ended up leading me to produce wooden fractals. Check out the paper craft fractals I've made \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/fractal-papercraft.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, and the worlds largest fractal made out of tortilla chips \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/fractal-doritos.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo start this post, I'll put a couple of quick picture of the types of objects you can achieve with this technique, then I'll tell the whole story of how I started making them, and give a couple of tips, ideas and diagrams for people that want to try making them.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EQuick Preview:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpdSWzK5iI\/AAAAAAAABRY\/nkw44pMTpEg\/s1600\/CIMG4578.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 81px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpdSWzK5iI\/AAAAAAAABRY\/nkw44pMTpEg\/s200\/CIMG4578.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560359259881530914\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpdTCMPNsI\/AAAAAAAABRo\/vUZF9BMMefo\/s1600\/CIMG4586.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 81px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpdTCMPNsI\/AAAAAAAABRo\/vUZF9BMMefo\/s200\/CIMG4586.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560359271529395906\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpdSpSLHgI\/AAAAAAAABRg\/Z2BMj_JmV3k\/s1600\/CIMG4559.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 81px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpdSpSLHgI\/AAAAAAAABRg\/Z2BMj_JmV3k\/s200\/CIMG4559.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560359264843406850\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpdTNEQQuI\/AAAAAAAABRw\/ojnFuZGwzpU\/s1600\/CIMG4573.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 81px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpdTNEQQuI\/AAAAAAAABRw\/ojnFuZGwzpU\/s200\/CIMG4573.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560359274448700130\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOver winter break, I've spent a lot of time using my scroll saw.  I started out making Christmas Ornaments; I actually cut 10 different kinds of fretwork ornaments that I found diagrams for on the internet or in various scroll saw books and gave them as presents to all of my family.  I probably made about 50 wooden ornaments in total by cutting up to 6 copies at a time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere's a small sample of the ornaments I made:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpRFki1GKI\/AAAAAAAABPA\/jzT5iqOOGvo\/s1600\/CIMG4656.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpRFki1GKI\/AAAAAAAABPA\/jzT5iqOOGvo\/s400\/CIMG4656.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560345846093256866\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI also decided to try compound cutting 3 dimensional ornaments.  This is standard scroll saw technique in which you cut on 2 different faces in order to produce a result.  Here are pictures of the two that I made.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpR1Z1qBEI\/AAAAAAAABPQ\/GMcs1rhsX9U\/s1600\/CIMG4647.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpR1Z1qBEI\/AAAAAAAABPQ\/GMcs1rhsX9U\/s400\/CIMG4647.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560346667853153346\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpR1Ctx5mI\/AAAAAAAABPI\/a6ToK8rLdlE\/s1600\/CIMG4532.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpR1Ctx5mI\/AAAAAAAABPI\/a6ToK8rLdlE\/s400\/CIMG4532.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560346661646100066\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter cutting these compound ornaments out, I realized something.  I was cutting out 4 different curves by only cutting two curves on each face.  2x2=4 of course...  so why not try cutting 3 different curves on each face.  This would give 3x3=9 curves.  Hmmm...  seems like exponential growth that could lead to an efficient method to produce fractal objects.   So I started out trying to see what would happen if I cut out T-Square fractals on each of the 3 faces of a 1.5 inch cube that I made by taking a 2x2x48 Oak turning square (remember 2 inches is only 1.5 inches when you're buying most lumber).  First I used the 2nd iteration of the T-Square which ends up getting you a cube, with 8 cubes at each corner, and then 7 cubes at each corner of those cubes for a total of 56 little cubes.  This would take forever to carve by hand but probably less than an hour to cut using this scroll saw technique.  I made the template by taking images from Wikipedia.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere's a picture:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpTJGKO4XI\/AAAAAAAABPY\/VoLuLY_VroI\/s1600\/CIMG4617.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpTJGKO4XI\/AAAAAAAABPY\/VoLuLY_VroI\/s400\/CIMG4617.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560348105679757682\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis one is looking at it so you only see one face letting you see what the diagram to cut it from would look like:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpTJboyeEI\/AAAAAAAABPg\/fWWlHov3Ls4\/s1600\/CIMG4618.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpTJboyeEI\/AAAAAAAABPg\/fWWlHov3Ls4\/s400\/CIMG4618.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560348111445063746\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd here is the diagram it was cut from (You would fold along the red lines after scaling this to 3 inches by 3 inches) :\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpUuOR8AbI\/AAAAAAAABPo\/9L3peFDlbCs\/s1600\/Untitled-24.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 224px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpUuOR8AbI\/AAAAAAAABPo\/9L3peFDlbCs\/s400\/Untitled-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560349843026346418\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI needed to try to see if I could do iteration 3.  This would mean that there would be 7 little cubes on each of the 56 small cubes from iteration 2 for a total of 392 really tiny cubes, some of which are fairly deep down in the structure.  I failed on my first try, but succeeded on my second.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere it is:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpV-VDZJII\/AAAAAAAABPw\/3pqr6KWbhT0\/s1600\/CIMG3784.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpV-VDZJII\/AAAAAAAABPw\/3pqr6KWbhT0\/s400\/CIMG3784.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560351219233924226\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrom there I decided to try a few ideas.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere's a 3rd iteration Sierpinski  square pyramid made by cutting 3rd iteration Sierpinski's triangles on 2 faces:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpWbHN2jZI\/AAAAAAAABP4\/yiw6jW2IJII\/s1600\/sierpinskisquare%2Bpyramid.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpWbHN2jZI\/AAAAAAAABP4\/yiw6jW2IJII\/s400\/sierpinskisquare%2Bpyramid.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560351713735904658\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere's a 2nd iteration Moore curve made by cutting 3 different faces using cross sections found from looking at pictures of a 3D Moore curve on Wolfram's mathworld site.  Note to make this one you still have to cut a few pieces (10) by hand.  But you get over 90% of the work done in an hour with the scroll saw.  This is a really cool object.  It is one continuous path connecting up the entire cube; a space filling curve.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpXMckGu9I\/AAAAAAAABQA\/UC8dNlFiQzA\/s1600\/CIMG4577.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpXMckGu9I\/AAAAAAAABQA\/UC8dNlFiQzA\/s400\/CIMG4577.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560352561279974354\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere's a fractal I made by making my own fractal tree and cutting it on two faces.  Here it is looking at one face:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpX6MxD25I\/AAAAAAAABQI\/oEeXKi5PZSk\/s1600\/CIMG4587.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpX6MxD25I\/AAAAAAAABQI\/oEeXKi5PZSk\/s400\/CIMG4587.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560353347313326994\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow seeing it from a 45 degree angle:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpX6dkXTwI\/AAAAAAAABQQ\/uP_HSxKtgWQ\/s1600\/CIMG4599.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpX6dkXTwI\/AAAAAAAABQQ\/uP_HSxKtgWQ\/s400\/CIMG4599.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560353351823478530\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere's one made by cutting a square made out of quadratic type 1 Koch iteration 3 curves on 3 faces:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpYgOgv6mI\/AAAAAAAABQY\/zh3zQW1rihY\/s1600\/CIMG4622.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpYgOgv6mI\/AAAAAAAABQY\/zh3zQW1rihY\/s400\/CIMG4622.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560354000616811106\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere's another one made by cutting out nested circles on 2 faces and an x on the top.  Note if you don't cut out the x on top you will be left with a very different object:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpZOQJ6neI\/AAAAAAAABQg\/19MKCfCY6Uc\/s1600\/CIMG4603.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpZOQJ6neI\/AAAAAAAABQg\/19MKCfCY6Uc\/s400\/CIMG4603.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560354791331896802\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpZOnZ8a-I\/AAAAAAAABQo\/kYit4rGqNpM\/s1600\/CIMG4605.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpZOnZ8a-I\/AAAAAAAABQo\/kYit4rGqNpM\/s400\/CIMG4605.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560354797573139426\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere's a video of the object so you can see what it looks like when rotating:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cobject width=\"480\" height=\"385\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TkZoQzwMCHc?fs=1\u0026amp;hl=en_US\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TkZoQzwMCHc?fs=1\u0026amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA few non fractal objects:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn each of two faces this is five circles inside another circle.  Small circles were made using a drill press.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpaPtsHHaI\/AAAAAAAABRA\/WTyNzPih114\/s1600\/CIMG4566.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpaPtsHHaI\/AAAAAAAABRA\/WTyNzPih114\/s400\/CIMG4566.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560355915951447458\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOctagons on 3 faces:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpaPBnEkiI\/AAAAAAAABQw\/Sq5w_QWMEWs\/s1600\/CIMG4542.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpaPBnEkiI\/AAAAAAAABQw\/Sq5w_QWMEWs\/s400\/CIMG4542.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560355904119149090\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESquares on three faces connected at their vertices instead of their faces (That would give a cube of course.)  Here you get a rhombic dodecahedron which makes a fair twelve sided die.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpaPc_cjuI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/fCurJcu9wRA\/s1600\/CIMG4551.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpaPc_cjuI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/fCurJcu9wRA\/s400\/CIMG4551.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560355911469141730\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis one is from a template.  From one side it is a knight with armor, helmet, and sword:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpaQEQmHDI\/AAAAAAAABRQ\/hDNCoT1UF7g\/s1600\/CIMG4601.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpaQEQmHDI\/AAAAAAAABRQ\/hDNCoT1UF7g\/s400\/CIMG4601.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560355922010053682\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrom the other it is a griffin:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpaP4DMKHI\/AAAAAAAABRI\/B9H52oKDGbE\/s1600\/CIMG4600.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpaP4DMKHI\/AAAAAAAABRI\/B9H52oKDGbE\/s400\/CIMG4600.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560355918732601458\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere's a video showing it rotate:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cobject width=\"640\" height=\"385\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3UdlLrcn4w0?fs=1\u0026amp;hl=en_US\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3UdlLrcn4w0?fs=1\u0026amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow for some tips.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E1.  You must make sure you're stock is square and when you cut them off you are making cubes with as flat of faces as possible.\u003Cbr \/\u003E2.  Use clear tape (I use packing tape) to cover the wood.  This makes the cutting easier by lubricating the blade as it cuts through the tape.  (I'm really not sure how this works...but it does make a big difference)\u003Cbr \/\u003E3.  Just glue the diagrams up to the material to be cut using a spray adhesive.\u003Cbr \/\u003E4.  Cut along the lines...always doing any inside cuts first.  After each cut is finished, you must put the material back and retape.  This is an important step.  This is what supports the piece and also what keeps the piece square to the table.\u003Cbr \/\u003E5.  After every line is cut on all sides, remove all tape and carefully deconstruct.    Somewhere in the middle is the object you want!  :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo create the diagrams, I've been finding images using either google image search or wikipedia.  To make good geometrical diagrams, I also use geogebra which is a pretty cool free piece of software.  I scale everything in photoshop."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8722601905648379149\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/3d-fractals-cut-on-scroll-saw.html#comment-form","title":"12 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/8722601905648379149"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/8722601905648379149"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/3d-fractals-cut-on-scroll-saw.html","title":"3D fractals cut on a scroll saw"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TSpdSWzK5iI\/AAAAAAAABRY\/nkw44pMTpEg\/s72-c\/CIMG4578.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"12"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-2471021758416142757"},"published":{"$t":"2010-06-28T08:59:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-09T17:47:02.448-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"geometry"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"woodworking"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Frabjous"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I've been a big fan of George Hart's geometric sculptures for a while now and so a few weeks back I decided I would build his Frabjous (title based off the nonsense poem The Jaberwocky by Lewis Carol) since he actually gives the template for it on his site.  He also says that it's a tricky puzzle...which I probably should have listened to.  All along I wanted to build it out of wood...but I knew that it was going to take quite a bit of time and effort so I started out building a model of it out of paper.  This was a bad, bad idea because the paper bends and it is really hard to see the shape as you are weaving everything together.  I wasted several hours over a multi-week period before I re-attempted it in wood.  I eventually built it out of 1\/8 inch thick Baltic Birch plywood which I cut using my scroll saw and \"stained\" using permanent markers which does allow the grain to show through.  The following pictures show some of the process and the results.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn particular I'm proud of the tab connection system I came up with that really helped keep the thing together while maintaining flexibility.  I also like the pointillism style of decorating them, though this took longer than I thought to do.  Liz says that it looks like fireworks as a result.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter looking at my pictures you really should check out some of George Hart's other sculptures.  \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.georgehart.com\/sculpture\/sculpture.html\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.georgehart.com\/sculpture\/sculpture.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd if you want to give it a try here is a link to the paper where he shows the template. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.georgehart.com\/frabjous\/frabjous.pdf\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.georgehart.com\/frabjous\/frabjous.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe finished product.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjb7lFrXJI\/AAAAAAAABMY\/0RH-ehJG5uo\/s1600\/image011.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjb7lFrXJI\/AAAAAAAABMY\/0RH-ehJG5uo\/s400\/image011.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487877962565639314\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother angle\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjb70g6kPI\/AAAAAAAABMg\/tnVS09gCtBA\/s1600\/image008.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjb70g6kPI\/AAAAAAAABMg\/tnVS09gCtBA\/s400\/image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487877966706413810\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EClose up\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjb-fZg7BI\/AAAAAAAABMw\/P1IGSmOkYYk\/s1600\/image010.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjb-fZg7BI\/AAAAAAAABMw\/P1IGSmOkYYk\/s400\/image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487878012577836050\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe individual units that must be woven through each other.  There are 30 of these.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjb--7fj1I\/AAAAAAAABM4\/-ZMXFjnMLyI\/s1600\/image004.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjb--7fj1I\/AAAAAAAABM4\/-ZMXFjnMLyI\/s400\/image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487878021041852242\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe signature. Note it is claimed to be a copy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjc120RRiI\/AAAAAAAABNY\/UhMEKYa0Hws\/s1600\/image005.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjc120RRiI\/AAAAAAAABNY\/UhMEKYa0Hws\/s400\/image005.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487878963756877346\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EClose up of a completed piece.  Note the tabs which allow everything to go together nicely.  Since they are made of card stock they are pretty stiff but do allow some flexibility which really helps when weaving it together.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjc2WhCMwI\/AAAAAAAABNg\/juqPm5gmsHY\/s1600\/image007.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjc2WhCMwI\/AAAAAAAABNg\/juqPm5gmsHY\/s400\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487878972266132226\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPutting it together...the start.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjc02UTl5I\/AAAAAAAABNA\/3oCPARFH8Jo\/s1600\/image001.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjc02UTl5I\/AAAAAAAABNA\/3oCPARFH8Jo\/s400\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487878946442942354\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EShowing everything is made up of standard pentagrams.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjc1JQ9mqI\/AAAAAAAABNI\/pWObo2hGm0Q\/s1600\/image002.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjc1JQ9mqI\/AAAAAAAABNI\/pWObo2hGm0Q\/s400\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487878951529192098\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow it's getting complicated!  There's only one correct way to build this so that all the pieces remain planar!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjc1rwGpSI\/AAAAAAAABNQ\/VXkINUjUNIw\/s1600\/image003.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjc1rwGpSI\/AAAAAAAABNQ\/VXkINUjUNIw\/s400\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487878960786613538\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2471021758416142757\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/frabjous.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/2471021758416142757"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/2471021758416142757"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/frabjous.html","title":"Frabjous"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TCjb7lFrXJI\/AAAAAAAABMY\/0RH-ehJG5uo\/s72-c\/image011.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-1003379915149749792"},"published":{"$t":"2010-06-17T08:13:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-09T17:47:22.839-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"geometry"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"origami"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"papercraft"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sculpture"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Polypolyhedra"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"A year and a half ago at Christmas time I started making a series of modular origami structures that are known as polypolyhedra since they are made up of an \"orderly tangle\" of other polygons or polyhedra.  They are only held together by frictional locks (ok, ok, I did use tape a couple of times...but that's just because so many people have handled them!) and are all made up of a single type of modular origami unit.  Since it was Christmas time, I decided to build them out of large (12 inch) metallic cardstock. Normally, these are hanging up in my classroom, but I took them down to use my classroom for a location to film part of a webvideo series that I'm working on with my brother, a cousin and a bunch of my students.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo learn more about these geometric figures check out: http:\/\/www.langorigami.com\/science\/polypolyhedra\/polypolyhedra.php4 and while you're at it check out more of Dr. Robert Lang's Origami.  By the way he's a Ph.D. Physicist!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe five intersecting tetrahedra is a fun little puzzle to solve.  There are probably millions of ways to put the object together but only a few that work without causing the paper to bend a lot!  I think that I could probably build and assemble it in a couple of hours now...but the first time I did it, it probably took about 10!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E4 intersecting triangles\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpDnM9HVTI\/AAAAAAAABKY\/XbIwk5i42oo\/s1600\/image001.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpDnM9HVTI\/AAAAAAAABKY\/XbIwk5i42oo\/s400\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483769837048517938\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpEX8pQ3vI\/AAAAAAAABKg\/PsaK3Fd80Bs\/s1600\/image002.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpEX8pQ3vI\/AAAAAAAABKg\/PsaK3Fd80Bs\/s400\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483770674483879666\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E6 intersecting squares\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpEYdyrl9I\/AAAAAAAABKo\/4OrAJ9gPZrI\/s1600\/image003.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpEYdyrl9I\/AAAAAAAABKo\/4OrAJ9gPZrI\/s400\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483770683381749714\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpEYoCa4-I\/AAAAAAAABKw\/F3YO4VZLm_4\/s1600\/image004.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpEYoCa4-I\/AAAAAAAABKw\/F3YO4VZLm_4\/s400\/image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483770686132118498\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E6 intersecting pentagons\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpEZWaRsTI\/AAAAAAAABLA\/jWcoQOSDeFc\/s1600\/image006.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpEZWaRsTI\/AAAAAAAABLA\/jWcoQOSDeFc\/s400\/image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483770698580209970\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpFCoCMkkI\/AAAAAAAABLI\/SgzNeWfdaVA\/s1600\/image007.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpFCoCMkkI\/AAAAAAAABLI\/SgzNeWfdaVA\/s400\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483771407685685826\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Efive intersecting tetrahedra\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpF6UNIv4I\/AAAAAAAABMA\/Yz2mYJAUZpk\/s1600\/image014.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpF6UNIv4I\/AAAAAAAABMA\/Yz2mYJAUZpk\/s400\/image014.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483772364435537794\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpF5oXfQ1I\/AAAAAAAABLw\/VZU2mEVJDC8\/s1600\/image012.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpF5oXfQ1I\/AAAAAAAABLw\/VZU2mEVJDC8\/s400\/image012.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483772352667796306\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpF6tWfgnI\/AAAAAAAABMI\/MA9DPZc8hI8\/s1600\/image015.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpF6tWfgnI\/AAAAAAAABMI\/MA9DPZc8hI8\/s400\/image015.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483772371185664626\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAll together now\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpFEEgovrI\/AAAAAAAABLg\/6H9gbLdOhJc\/s1600\/image010.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpFEEgovrI\/AAAAAAAABLg\/6H9gbLdOhJc\/s400\/image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483771432509423282\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1003379915149749792\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/polypolyhedra.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/1003379915149749792"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/1003379915149749792"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/polypolyhedra.html","title":"Polypolyhedra"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBpDnM9HVTI\/AAAAAAAABKY\/XbIwk5i42oo\/s72-c\/image001.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-2651328002119555922"},"published":{"$t":"2010-06-16T10:50:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-16T11:52:10.169-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sculpture"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Staple Sears Tower Skyscraper"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I ran across an article a couple of months ago talking about an artist making cityscapes using staples to build the buildings.  The cities were very cool looking but the buildings were just rectangular boxes.  I immediately started to think of building a more interesting building and the first one to leap to mind was the Sears Tower (actually renamed the Willis Tower recently) since it is an interesting building that is built out of 9 rectangular boxes.  My friend Jay has always had a fascination with the building since he was born in Chicago and so I decided to build it and give it as part of a wedding present this June (Congrats Jay)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe model I built is about 12 inches tall and is really close to an accurate scale model.  Each staple width represents 75 feet.  The whole thing took about 15,000 staples, a bit of superglue and about 2 hours to build.  It probably weighs a little under 2 pounds, perfect for a desk ornament\/ paper weight.  Someday, I'll have to build some other buildings out of staples, since I was very happy with how this turned out.  The last picture is the real Sears (Willis) Tower.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkSBPja65I\/AAAAAAAABJY\/gxXqap9TwPw\/s1600\/image007.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkSBPja65I\/AAAAAAAABJY\/gxXqap9TwPw\/s400\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483433833864555410\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkSA4rlFVI\/AAAAAAAABJQ\/D9vNWlM1zu8\/s1600\/image006.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkSA4rlFVI\/AAAAAAAABJQ\/D9vNWlM1zu8\/s400\/image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483433827724760402\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkRdOKkSCI\/AAAAAAAABIw\/ffJ9NICVIOE\/s1600\/image001.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkRdOKkSCI\/AAAAAAAABIw\/ffJ9NICVIOE\/s400\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483433215016585250\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkR_BXxrHI\/AAAAAAAABI4\/ZmpxLpWzp_w\/s1600\/image002.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkR_BXxrHI\/AAAAAAAABI4\/ZmpxLpWzp_w\/s400\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483433795697880178\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkSAOeylBI\/AAAAAAAABJA\/oB13j2Y3cvk\/s1600\/image003.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkSAOeylBI\/AAAAAAAABJA\/oB13j2Y3cvk\/s400\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483433816396829714\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkSAkNpx4I\/AAAAAAAABJI\/i6LHtLhuscs\/s1600\/image004.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkSAkNpx4I\/AAAAAAAABJI\/i6LHtLhuscs\/s400\/image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483433822230529922\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkdJaiWm0I\/AAAAAAAABJo\/ILBW1sagisE\/s1600\/sears+tower.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkdJaiWm0I\/AAAAAAAABJo\/ILBW1sagisE\/s400\/sears+tower.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483446068879727426\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2651328002119555922\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/staple-sears-tower-skyscraper.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/2651328002119555922"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/2651328002119555922"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/staple-sears-tower-skyscraper.html","title":"Staple Sears Tower Skyscraper"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/TBkSBPja65I\/AAAAAAAABJY\/gxXqap9TwPw\/s72-c\/image007.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-1289537076211378677"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-19T20:14:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-04-19T20:48:17.045-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photography"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hood Ornaments"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"On a recent vacation, I ended up visiting a car museum.  One of the things I ended up being really interested in was the hood ornaments.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI thought I would try to capture them portrait style as much as possible.  It was a little difficult to get the right angles but here are a few that I thought were pretty good.  Right now, I'm too lazy to do any cropping or any processing at all, so these are all with the cameras settings untouched.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iwFoEE8I\/AAAAAAAABHs\/fCumiUrGJds\/s1600\/P1010809small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iwFoEE8I\/AAAAAAAABHs\/fCumiUrGJds\/s400\/P1010809small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462060132609561538\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80ivad-vZI\/AAAAAAAABHc\/EJqKY5THA8A\/s1600\/P1010805small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80ivad-vZI\/AAAAAAAABHc\/EJqKY5THA8A\/s400\/P1010805small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462060121024544146\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iB4odm7I\/AAAAAAAABG0\/o2V4VgGrhDg\/s1600\/P1010699small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iB4odm7I\/AAAAAAAABG0\/o2V4VgGrhDg\/s400\/P1010699small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462059338847591346\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iCStvUVI\/AAAAAAAABG8\/J3QY7-SiBaY\/s1600\/P1010701small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iCStvUVI\/AAAAAAAABG8\/J3QY7-SiBaY\/s400\/P1010701small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462059345849045330\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iC20v0dI\/AAAAAAAABHE\/V80255Tl8NA\/s1600\/P1010710small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iC20v0dI\/AAAAAAAABHE\/V80255Tl8NA\/s400\/P1010710small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462059355542114770\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80hLMT15GI\/AAAAAAAABGc\/KmP4JB0gx8o\/s1600\/P1010750small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80hLMT15GI\/AAAAAAAABGc\/KmP4JB0gx8o\/s400\/P1010750small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462058399237006434\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80hMYQbv1I\/AAAAAAAABGs\/gsuQxlY9aN8\/s1600\/P1010794small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iDXB_u0I\/AAAAAAAABHM\/fN-ZwLKo-y8\/s400\/P1010741small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462059364187618114\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80hLuzhXLI\/AAAAAAAABGk\/L56MN08B5gc\/s1600\/P1010761small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80hLuzhXLI\/AAAAAAAABGk\/L56MN08B5gc\/s400\/P1010761small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462058408496684210\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iDmpxavI\/AAAAAAAABHU\/9PaogbuDHSg\/s1600\/P1010745small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iDmpxavI\/AAAAAAAABHU\/9PaogbuDHSg\/s400\/P1010745small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462059368380984050\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iwvxSilI\/AAAAAAAABH0\/yQWkL-CB_H8\/s1600\/P1010839small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iwvxSilI\/AAAAAAAABH0\/yQWkL-CB_H8\/s400\/P1010839small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462060143922547282\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80ivgcM3MI\/AAAAAAAABHk\/_4nkBjUtUmg\/s1600\/P1010808small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80ivgcM3MI\/AAAAAAAABHk\/_4nkBjUtUmg\/s400\/P1010808small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462060122627693762\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1289537076211378677\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/hood-ornaments.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/1289537076211378677"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/1289537076211378677"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/hood-ornaments.html","title":"Hood Ornaments"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S80iwFoEE8I\/AAAAAAAABHs\/fCumiUrGJds\/s72-c\/P1010809small.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-2173730683590304785"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-13T15:50:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-09T17:49:50.696-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"panoramas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photography"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Aerial Panoramas 2"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This post is a continuation of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/aerial-panoramas-1.html\"\u003EAerial Panoramas 1\u003C\/a\u003E.  These are more pictures taken out of plane windows.  I'm going to use the same introduction to this post because I am lazy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf the lighting is good and the window isn't too scratched up, you can take pretty good pictures out of a plane window. I'm sure someone else has done this but I've never seen images out the windows of airplanes stitched into panoramas. Here are a few that I've taken. I'll probably post up most of the others tomorrow. While planes are traveling at a few hundred mph, the distances to objects are enough that you can still take your time when snapping the pictures to stitch together. The exception to that rule is right around takeoff or landing. One of the pictures here is flying over Sacramento around sunrise and you can see that the panorama is distorted. I waited too long between pictures...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust click on the pictures to see slightly larger versions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOver Sacramento\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T_6CA69HI\/AAAAAAAABEk\/RQ9siZmz6-Q\/s1600\/2sacramentoarial2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 158px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T_6CA69HI\/AAAAAAAABEk\/RQ9siZmz6-Q\/s400\/2sacramentoarial2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770020718113906\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T_6nTmeHI\/AAAAAAAABEs\/AngEP-KFwqs\/s1600\/2sacromentoaerial3small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 143px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T_6nTmeHI\/AAAAAAAABEs\/AngEP-KFwqs\/s400\/2sacromentoaerial3small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770030728575090\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UAcWQqMWI\/AAAAAAAABF0\/j2VMhKnpKfI\/s1600\/2sierras2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 146px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UAcWQqMWI\/AAAAAAAABF0\/j2VMhKnpKfI\/s400\/2sierras2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770610268385634\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UAc2WaqeI\/AAAAAAAABF8\/7OPvOrJVbr4\/s1600\/2sierras3small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 157px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UAc2WaqeI\/AAAAAAAABF8\/7OPvOrJVbr4\/s400\/2sierras3small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770618882468322\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UAdM2sbqI\/AAAAAAAABGE\/LpkjerDvO0I\/s1600\/2snowcoveredmountainssmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 165px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UAdM2sbqI\/AAAAAAAABGE\/LpkjerDvO0I\/s400\/2snowcoveredmountainssmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770624923430562\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UATTpeZoI\/AAAAAAAABFs\/NemrUG6Wawc\/s1600\/2sfbayfromplane2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 191px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UATTpeZoI\/AAAAAAAABFs\/NemrUG6Wawc\/s400\/2sfbayfromplane2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770454948341378\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn the image below the plane was low to the ground so I wasn't taking pictures fast enough.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UATHYUqAI\/AAAAAAAABFk\/ZRk8nJhIlSU\/s1600\/2sfandbaybridgefromplanesmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UATHYUqAI\/AAAAAAAABFk\/ZRk8nJhIlSU\/s400\/2sfandbaybridgefromplanesmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770451655174146\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T_67RMntI\/AAAAAAAABE0\/ALRw0hrdYgI\/s1600\/2moreflyingsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T_67RMntI\/AAAAAAAABE0\/ALRw0hrdYgI\/s400\/2moreflyingsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770036087201490\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T_7Ztpk4I\/AAAAAAAABE8\/D14HXJ-4BB4\/s1600\/2saltflats1small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 144px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T_7Ztpk4I\/AAAAAAAABE8\/D14HXJ-4BB4\/s400\/2saltflats1small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770044259603330\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UASEv0P3I\/AAAAAAAABFM\/aBA3zi6_BAk\/s1600\/2saltflats3small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 178px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UASEv0P3I\/AAAAAAAABFM\/aBA3zi6_BAk\/s400\/2saltflats3small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770433768537970\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T_8L-0iQI\/AAAAAAAABFE\/87dWWtK8Eh4\/s1600\/2saltflats2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 143px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T_8L-0iQI\/AAAAAAAABFE\/87dWWtK8Eh4\/s400\/2saltflats2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770057753397506\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is over the Great Salt Lake.  The reddish color is supposedly due to unicellular organisms that live in the salty water.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UASZwb4VI\/AAAAAAAABFU\/PnVnR4dmVbQ\/s1600\/2saltlake1small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 175px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UASZwb4VI\/AAAAAAAABFU\/PnVnR4dmVbQ\/s400\/2saltlake1small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770439408279890\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UASyUyoAI\/AAAAAAAABFc\/uiDNk4cfqWo\/s1600\/2saltlake2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8UASyUyoAI\/AAAAAAAABFc\/uiDNk4cfqWo\/s400\/2saltlake2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459770446003216386\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2173730683590304785\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/aerial-panoramas-2.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/2173730683590304785"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/2173730683590304785"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/aerial-panoramas-2.html","title":"Aerial Panoramas 2"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T_6CA69HI\/AAAAAAAABEk\/RQ9siZmz6-Q\/s72-c\/2sacramentoarial2small.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-8024103816102872191"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-13T15:50:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-09T17:49:36.261-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"panoramas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photography"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Aerial Panoramas 2"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T74CovJsI\/AAAAAAAABEU\/qcxU53X_QSc\/s1600\/2sierras3small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 157px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T74CovJsI\/AAAAAAAABEU\/qcxU53X_QSc\/s400\/2sierras3small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459765588478863042\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T73vbiahI\/AAAAAAAABEM\/Xfk-sPe1nQs\/s1600\/2sierras2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 146px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T73vbiahI\/AAAAAAAABEM\/Xfk-sPe1nQs\/s400\/2sierras2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459765583323228690\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T73f_Hw6I\/AAAAAAAABEE\/FKlVha3y5cw\/s1600\/2sfandbaybridgefromplanesmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T73f_Hw6I\/AAAAAAAABEE\/FKlVha3y5cw\/s400\/2sfandbaybridgefromplanesmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459765579177509794\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is a continuation of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/aerial-panoramas-1.html\"\u003EAerial Panoramas 1\u003C\/a\u003E.  These are different pictures taken out of plane windows while flying.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere is the same introduction because I am lazy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf the lighting is good and the window isn't too scratched up, you can take pretty good pictures out of a plane window. I'm sure someone else has done this but I've never seen images out the windows of airplanes stitched into panoramas. Here are a few that I've taken. I'll probably post up most of the others tomorrow. While planes are traveling at a few hundred mph, the distances to objects are enough that you can still take your time when snapping the pictures to stitch together. The exception to that rule is right around takeoff or landing. One of the pictures here is flying over Sacramento around sunrise and you can see that the panorama is distorted. I waited too long between pictures...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust click on the pictures to see slightly larger versions (Full Screen).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T5uvooEGI\/AAAAAAAABDs\/DE4K57WZMwk\/s1600\/2sacramentoarial2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 158px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T5uvooEGI\/AAAAAAAABDs\/DE4K57WZMwk\/s400\/2sacramentoarial2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459763229736046690\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T5uzYfEwI\/AAAAAAAABD0\/R9HEVXShu70\/s1600\/2sacromentoaerial3small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 143px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T5uzYfEwI\/AAAAAAAABD0\/R9HEVXShu70\/s400\/2sacromentoaerial3small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459763230742090498\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T74ZD0pjI\/AAAAAAAABEc\/kGqHQYQxU1o\/s1600\/2snowcoveredmountainssmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 165px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T74ZD0pjI\/AAAAAAAABEc\/kGqHQYQxU1o\/s400\/2snowcoveredmountainssmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459765594498049586\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T5t8M_BUI\/AAAAAAAABDc\/ndlh5hQuOeg\/s1600\/2sfinlandfromplanesmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 119px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T5t8M_BUI\/AAAAAAAABDc\/ndlh5hQuOeg\/s400\/2sfinlandfromplanesmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459763215929902402\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T5uDjXu6I\/AAAAAAAABDk\/qYxokm4VVFY\/s1600\/2sierras3small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 157px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T5uDjXu6I\/AAAAAAAABDk\/qYxokm4VVFY\/s400\/2sierras3small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459763217902844834\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T5vG_D9KI\/AAAAAAAABD8\/UmkRWbGJC-I\/s1600\/2saltlake1small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 175px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T5vG_D9KI\/AAAAAAAABD8\/UmkRWbGJC-I\/s400\/2saltlake1small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459763236004164770\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8024103816102872191\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/aerial-panoramas-2_13.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/8024103816102872191"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/8024103816102872191"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/aerial-panoramas-2_13.html","title":"Aerial Panoramas 2"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8T74CovJsI\/AAAAAAAABEU\/qcxU53X_QSc\/s72-c\/2sierras3small.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-9064291274676181792"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-11T18:03:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-09T17:52:18.338-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photography"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Spring Break 2010 Light Pictures"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I took about 850 pictures over the 3 days I was vacationing with Liz.  About 40 of them were pictures of lights.  There is something about taking long exposure pictures of lights that I really enjoy.  It's probably because there is a bit of a random nature to them.  I don't quite know how they will turn out until I see them.  It's not like standard photography in which you can truly compose your pictures. On the other hand there still are techniques to learn that when applied produce similar results.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyways, here are a few of my favorites from this trip.  Most are 30-60 second exposures at minimal ISO for my camera (100) and the most closed aperture for the stock lens for my camera (f22).  Next to the picture you will see the approximate technique used.  If you like the picture click on it to see a full screen version which is still much less detailed than the original. None of them have been photoshopped any more than cropping, resizing,  a little bit of blurring\/sharpening and little changes in brightness, contrast and saturation.  It's mainly the original picture you are seeing here.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EZooming\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JxxPoSTlI\/AAAAAAAABB8\/NXirdLAI-YA\/s1600\/P1010145correctedcropsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JxxPoSTlI\/AAAAAAAABB8\/NXirdLAI-YA\/s400\/P1010145correctedcropsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459050789149494866\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPanning down\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JzMTbfLYI\/AAAAAAAABDE\/-ATVmPY2h1g\/s1600\/P1010901correctedsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JzMTbfLYI\/AAAAAAAABDE\/-ATVmPY2h1g\/s400\/P1010901correctedsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459052353537650050\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPanning across\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JzMvkbXhI\/AAAAAAAABDM\/twBHRb-A9Jw\/s1600\/P1010913correctedsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JzMvkbXhI\/AAAAAAAABDM\/twBHRb-A9Jw\/s400\/P1010913correctedsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459052361091341842\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWalking forward while holding camera\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JyrD5CMAI\/AAAAAAAABCk\/lwING1UPyyM\/s1600\/P1010898correctedsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JyrD5CMAI\/AAAAAAAABCk\/lwING1UPyyM\/s400\/P1010898correctedsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459051782430928898\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPanning across\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8Jzo_ed5NI\/AAAAAAAABDU\/ibpvP38JbuA\/s1600\/P1010899correctedcroppedfull.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8Jzo_ed5NI\/AAAAAAAABDU\/ibpvP38JbuA\/s400\/P1010899correctedcroppedfull.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459052846397646034\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn close crop of picture above showing one section details.  Due to the detail on this I really want to print up a large scale version of the picture above.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JyrVAc2GI\/AAAAAAAABCs\/wh4fPGYD-CQ\/s1600\/P1010899correctedcropedzoomed1.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JyrVAc2GI\/AAAAAAAABCs\/wh4fPGYD-CQ\/s400\/P1010899correctedcropedzoomed1.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459051787025438818\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPanning diagonally slowly jerking\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8Jxw3QFJqI\/AAAAAAAABB0\/nbznDmdirUY\/s1600\/P1010144correctedsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8Jxw3QFJqI\/AAAAAAAABB0\/nbznDmdirUY\/s400\/P1010144correctedsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459050782605518498\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EZooming out then tilting and zooming back in.  I like the 3D effect this gives.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JxxjAH4MI\/AAAAAAAABCE\/0e2rLXAaJvk\/s1600\/P1010153correctedcropedsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JxxjAH4MI\/AAAAAAAABCE\/0e2rLXAaJvk\/s400\/P1010153correctedcropedsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459050794349748418\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMaking lots of little circles!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JyqliDxTI\/AAAAAAAABCc\/rJQ5lsxCyJg\/s1600\/P1010893correctedcroppedsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JyqliDxTI\/AAAAAAAABCc\/rJQ5lsxCyJg\/s400\/P1010893correctedcroppedsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459051774281499954\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWalking forward while holding camera\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JxypH3qbI\/AAAAAAAABCU\/vebRt1VXKOA\/s1600\/P1010884correctedcroppedsmall2.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JxypH3qbI\/AAAAAAAABCU\/vebRt1VXKOA\/s400\/P1010884correctedcroppedsmall2.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459050813172722098\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWalking forward while holding camera\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JxyfQ__RI\/AAAAAAAABCM\/DWTNP01Rjkg\/s1600\/P1010884correctedcroppedsmall1.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JxyfQ__RI\/AAAAAAAABCM\/DWTNP01Rjkg\/s400\/P1010884correctedcroppedsmall1.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459050810526661906\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/9064291274676181792\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/spring-break-2010-light-pictures.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/9064291274676181792"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/9064291274676181792"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/spring-break-2010-light-pictures.html","title":"Spring Break 2010 Light Pictures"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S8JxxPoSTlI\/AAAAAAAABB8\/NXirdLAI-YA\/s72-c\/P1010145correctedcropsmall.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-6624904451047257839"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-08T07:32:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-04-08T10:11:08.598-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nature"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photography"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Some interesting Photos"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This post is going to be a bunch of random pictures that I think demonstrate something interesting or cool.  The first few are just some close up nature still life shots.  There are some high speed water pictures, some pictures playing with lights, a picture that shows the earth spinning, an ultra closeup of an eye, and a couple that show an interesting idea of changing zoom while taking a long exposure.  I've commented on most of the individual pictures with the technique I was using\/idea I was going for.  All of the originals are 4000 x 3000 but blogger only allows 1600 x 1200.  I still recommend clicking on the picture to see it at this size.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI really liked taking pictures of the lizard in the next 3 pictures.  He was trying to hide so he was staying as still as possible.  The camera is less than a foot away from him.  Only the last picture is a crop.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere it has an eye wide open\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S730rCon4kI\/AAAAAAAABBU\/ujdTpsRCz48\/s1600\/lizard2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S730rCon4kI\/AAAAAAAABBU\/ujdTpsRCz48\/s400\/lizard2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457787343721718338\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere you can see a little bit of the front of its snout.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S730qbPa_OI\/AAAAAAAABBM\/01DUoeJ6iAA\/s1600\/lizard1small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S730qbPa_OI\/AAAAAAAABBM\/01DUoeJ6iAA\/s400\/lizard1small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457787333147032802\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EClick on the picture below to see the crazy details.  This is cropped to actual pixels from the first picture of the lizard.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S730rgrA6JI\/AAAAAAAABBc\/Fm8Hb9wi9R0\/s1600\/lizard2zoomsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S730rgrA6JI\/AAAAAAAABBc\/Fm8Hb9wi9R0\/s400\/lizard2zoomsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457787351784810642\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EClose up of water drops on a leaf.  I really like the shapes that water drops form depending on what surface they are on.  I also really like the reflections.  I need to play around with arranging water drops sometime.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S730qIMecZI\/AAAAAAAABBE\/E_kS5W3sACI\/s1600\/leafdropssmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S730qIMecZI\/AAAAAAAABBE\/E_kS5W3sACI\/s400\/leafdropssmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457787328034402706\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith a shutter speed of 1\/4000 of a second, you can get some pretty cool pictures of water though due to all the motion it is really hard to focus on.  I took a bunch of pictures of water coming out of a spigot.  This one turned out pretty cool.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S73rviD4KeI\/AAAAAAAABA0\/0rt-WOJm4T0\/s1600\/waterstream5small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S73rviD4KeI\/AAAAAAAABA0\/0rt-WOJm4T0\/s400\/waterstream5small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457777525272357346\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother of the water shots.  In this one it is coming out at the camera.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S73rvZBGORI\/AAAAAAAABAs\/BfMQ7k5bhq4\/s1600\/waterstream3small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S73rvZBGORI\/AAAAAAAABAs\/BfMQ7k5bhq4\/s400\/waterstream3small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457777522844776722\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis was shot at late twilight with a tripod.  I started out zoomed in a 10x and then with a long exposure zoom out to be completely wide.  This would give you straight lines.  In order to get the smooth curve I rotated the tripod head while zooming out.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S73ru1w8AYI\/AAAAAAAABAk\/YdwnWUbIyWs\/s1600\/lightzoomcurvesmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 132px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S73ru1w8AYI\/AAAAAAAABAk\/YdwnWUbIyWs\/s400\/lightzoomcurvesmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457777513381757314\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe camera was on a stationary tripod in the picture below.  (The camera was not moving with respect to the ground at all) At 10x zoom with a 60 second exposure you can really see how the earth is spinning.  I've really boosted this picture beyond where it should go in order to see more streaks.  In the original you can see the colors of the different stars.  I need to shoot in raw so that I can keep more information and this even after boosting would be much cleaner.  I'm really tempted to see whether I can look at the distribution of path lengths in order to find what the center of rotation is and calculate the rotation rate of the earth.  It will be like the old days tracking particles in Wolfgang Losert's Lab!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S73rurxByZI\/AAAAAAAABAc\/QNtbV6ZgK_o\/s1600\/earthstarspin1small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S73rurxByZI\/AAAAAAAABAc\/QNtbV6ZgK_o\/s400\/earthstarspin1small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457777510697781650\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELong exposure taken at 10x zoom of city lights while moving the camera up and down multiple times to get so many streaks.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S730sYacZoI\/AAAAAAAABBk\/4sfPxb3p_qA\/s1600\/raininglightsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S730sYacZoI\/AAAAAAAABBk\/4sfPxb3p_qA\/s400\/raininglightsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457787366747694722\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is a 1 second exposure using a tripod where I start out zoomed in 10x and then zoom out completely wide.  This causes perspective lines to appear where there are bright objects being photographed.  This works really well on the guitar.  I need to play with this in a cooler location than my classroom!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S73rwXGX61I\/AAAAAAAABA8\/O59SewU-njo\/s1600\/zoomstreakssmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S73rwXGX61I\/AAAAAAAABA8\/O59SewU-njo\/s400\/zoomstreakssmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457777539509906258\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMy brother's eyeball.  This is not a crop.  I used a cheap macro adapter and zoomed in at 10x.  His eye was probably about 2 inches away from the lens.  The depth of field is crazy shallow.  I need to take this picture in daylight instead of indoors and I need to make sure my white balance settings are right!  Still pretty cool, look at the detail on the very center of the eye.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S735FEecy3I\/AAAAAAAABBs\/LjfFkcvPqoM\/s1600\/mikeeye1small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S735FEecy3I\/AAAAAAAABBs\/LjfFkcvPqoM\/s400\/mikeeye1small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457792188939029362\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6624904451047257839\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/some-interesting-photos.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/6624904451047257839"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/6624904451047257839"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/some-interesting-photos.html","title":"Some interesting Photos"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S730rCon4kI\/AAAAAAAABBU\/ujdTpsRCz48\/s72-c\/lizard2small.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-411130190800997434"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-07T09:53:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-09T17:50:25.076-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"panoramas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photography"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Aerial Panoramas 1"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"If the lighting is good and the window isn't too scratched up, you can take pretty good pictures out of a plane window.  I'm sure someone else has done this but I've never seen images out the windows of airplanes stitched into panoramas.  Here are a few that I've taken.  I'll probably post up most of the others tomorrow.  While planes are traveling at a few hundred mph, the distances to objects are enough that you can still take your time when snapping the pictures to stitch together.  The exception to that rule is right around takeoff or landing.  One of the pictures here is flying over Sacramento around sunrise and you can see that the panorama is distorted.  I waited too long between pictures...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust click on the pictures to see slightly larger versions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6k_8o8cI\/AAAAAAAAA_0\/iLjz0KBCcK8\/s1600\/ridges3small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 175px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6k_8o8cI\/AAAAAAAAA_0\/iLjz0KBCcK8\/s400\/ridges3small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457441993270030786\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6lUrXz4I\/AAAAAAAAA_8\/4YbWEBiJQEE\/s1600\/sacromentoaerial1small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 151px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6lUrXz4I\/AAAAAAAAA_8\/4YbWEBiJQEE\/s400\/sacromentoaerial1small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457441998834749314\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6KIngSnI\/AAAAAAAAA-8\/6cOem3y9fek\/s1600\/arizonagreenmountainssmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 178px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6KIngSnI\/AAAAAAAAA-8\/6cOem3y9fek\/s400\/arizonagreenmountainssmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457441531740834418\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6lnblK9I\/AAAAAAAABAE\/jSauMpfQxz8\/s1600\/sierras1small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 154px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6lnblK9I\/AAAAAAAABAE\/jSauMpfQxz8\/s400\/sierras1small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457442003868789714\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y9Fi2-lkI\/AAAAAAAABAU\/PB89DNkJbkU\/s1600\/windmillssmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 166px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y9Fi2-lkI\/AAAAAAAABAU\/PB89DNkJbkU\/s400\/windmillssmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457444751420593730\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6LDfTYaI\/AAAAAAAAA_M\/T7DJydhQlIk\/s1600\/cloudsandlongshadowssmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 134px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6LDfTYaI\/AAAAAAAAA_M\/T7DJydhQlIk\/s400\/cloudsandlongshadowssmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457441547544125858\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6kkrvECI\/AAAAAAAAA_s\/4OREqzP2634\/s1600\/ridges2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 156px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6kkrvECI\/AAAAAAAAA_s\/4OREqzP2634\/s400\/ridges2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457441985951371298\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6LgUIKtI\/AAAAAAAAA_c\/j2HAmj9SPaY\/s1600\/morecloudssmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6LgUIKtI\/AAAAAAAAA_c\/j2HAmj9SPaY\/s400\/morecloudssmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457441555281881810\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6kYWrrMI\/AAAAAAAAA_k\/4umt3YpPY9A\/s1600\/moreflyingsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 112px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6kYWrrMI\/AAAAAAAAA_k\/4umt3YpPY9A\/s400\/moreflyingsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457441982641843394\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6LXaeFBI\/AAAAAAAAA_U\/euLS6wxKYVw\/s1600\/desertridgessmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6LXaeFBI\/AAAAAAAAA_U\/euLS6wxKYVw\/s400\/desertridgessmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457441552892564498\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6KbrE-NI\/AAAAAAAAA_E\/Z4n5wlZkeZA\/s1600\/clouds1small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6KbrE-NI\/AAAAAAAAA_E\/Z4n5wlZkeZA\/s400\/clouds1small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457441536856094930\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/411130190800997434\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/aerial-panoramas-1.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/411130190800997434"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/411130190800997434"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/aerial-panoramas-1.html","title":"Aerial Panoramas 1"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7y6k_8o8cI\/AAAAAAAAA_0\/iLjz0KBCcK8\/s72-c\/ridges3small.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-7676828001475556403"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-06T08:28:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-04-06T09:15:03.462-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"panoramas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photography"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Panoramas again."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Here are some old panoramas.  I decided I would post up some that maybe aren't the prettiest, but that involve something interesting.  The first is one of the first panoramas I ever took.  It was stitched together by hand instead of using an automated program.  I think it is a very pretty picture of New Hampshire in the fall.   In the next two pictures you can see how to take panoramas with portraits.   This is one real advantage of stitching photos together.  If you take all of the panorama pictures and then have someone take a picture from the same spot that you are in...you can be in the panorama.   The next is an image of the Golden Gate Bridge from an unusual perspective. I really need to go back and take this correctly to fill in the gaps.  The following image is Chicago taken from a moving ferris wheel on Navy Pier.  Taking panoramas from moving objects actually works really well.  In another post I'm going to post up pictures taken from moving cars and even airplanes.  Next is vertical panorama of the inside of the Chicago Macys (Old Marshal Fields).  I think that vertical panoramas are really underutilized.  The last two shots are the least interesting of the bunch in my opinion.  One is a picture of a topiary garden in Maryland and finally just for fun I thought I would post up my panorama of the lone cyprus (the most photographed tree in the world)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tbVNwEd7I\/AAAAAAAAA98\/oAv4M_Ia09k\/s1600\/newhampshirelakefall2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 84px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tbVNwEd7I\/AAAAAAAAA98\/oAv4M_Ia09k\/s400\/newhampshirelakefall2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457055793516148658\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tdn969bRI\/AAAAAAAAA-k\/_l8jPqIWbo8\/s1600\/bumpasshellfull2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; 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width: 400px; height: 116px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tbW3CuCKI\/AAAAAAAAA-c\/0aEH3xEKG5E\/s400\/goldengatefrombelow2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457055821780093090\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tbWXscRrI\/AAAAAAAAA-U\/PH1uTQGPvG8\/s1600\/cityfromferriswheel2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 128px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tbWXscRrI\/AAAAAAAAA-U\/PH1uTQGPvG8\/s400\/cityfromferriswheel2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457055813365155506\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tbV1uV6-I\/AAAAAAAAA-E\/jaBemULtWwU\/s1600\/chicagomacy%27s22small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tbV1uV6-I\/AAAAAAAAA-E\/jaBemULtWwU\/s400\/chicagomacy%27s22small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457055804246322146\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tdrYevp-I\/AAAAAAAAA-0\/-vkyLlxnw7U\/s1600\/topiary12small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 137px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tdrYevp-I\/AAAAAAAAA-0\/-vkyLlxnw7U\/s400\/topiary12small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457058373376649186\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tdqAqFBAI\/AAAAAAAAA-s\/Az53KdR70uo\/s1600\/lonecyprus2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 107px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tdqAqFBAI\/AAAAAAAAA-s\/Az53KdR70uo\/s400\/lonecyprus2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457058349801866242\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7676828001475556403\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/panoramas-again.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/7676828001475556403"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/7676828001475556403"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/panoramas-again.html","title":"Panoramas again."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7tbVNwEd7I\/AAAAAAAAA98\/oAv4M_Ia09k\/s72-c\/newhampshirelakefall2small.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-1486149987433141610"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-05T07:37:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-04-05T08:09:12.150-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fractals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"geometry"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sculpture"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Sierpinski Tetrahedron"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The Sierpinski Tetrahedron is an object with a fractal dimension of 2.  If you keep iterating the object (removing the middle shape out of the remaining tetrahedra) then the volume of the object goes to zero while the surface area remains the same.  In some sense it is a 2 dimensional object composed of 3 dimensional objects.  In fact if you look at the Sierpinski Tetrahedron in one of 4 special ways it actually looks like part of a plane (a sheet of paper.)  For a while I've wanted to use this to put two different pictures on one that you can only see when you look at it from a certain perspective.  When you are done looking at the pictures you can click on this \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.i.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/%7Etsuiki\/sierpinski\/index-e.html\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E to see my inspiration.  My version is only the first iteration and I built it to make sure that I understood how to make it.  Due to the 3 d nature of the shape you must distort the picture quite a bit in order to have it look right, and it was a bit of a puzzle to figure out exactly where each piece went.  Eventually I want to make a version with 64 pieces (iteration 3) instead of 4.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI decided to use a picture of a moonrise on one side and an earthrise on the other to have something where you are seeing something from exact opposite perspectives.  The video at the end is a quick mockup of how I could have it set up on a spinning stand.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEarthrise!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7n8fpXFb1I\/AAAAAAAAA9U\/tOAIz_sYd5w\/s1600\/image012.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7n8fpXFb1I\/AAAAAAAAA9U\/tOAIz_sYd5w\/s400\/image012.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456670044144889682\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7n8gGzuS9I\/AAAAAAAAA9k\/J8NIgbgFqCw\/s1600\/image015.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7n8gGzuS9I\/AAAAAAAAA9k\/J8NIgbgFqCw\/s400\/image015.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456670052049636306\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMoonrise!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7n8fxjJJWI\/AAAAAAAAA9c\/znMuGuxK99o\/s1600\/image013.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7n8fxjJJWI\/AAAAAAAAA9c\/znMuGuxK99o\/s400\/image013.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456670046342948194\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7n8gQQ9X7I\/AAAAAAAAA9s\/1NfAGQLZml8\/s1600\/image016.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7n8gQQ9X7I\/AAAAAAAAA9s\/1NfAGQLZml8\/s400\/image016.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456670054588178354\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7n8g7B4mLI\/AAAAAAAAA90\/1YrhP9wT-Pw\/s1600\/image014.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7n8g7B4mLI\/AAAAAAAAA90\/1YrhP9wT-Pw\/s400\/image014.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456670066067675314\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cobject height=\"385\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6mMHxc0nKI0\u0026amp;hl=en_US\u0026amp;fs=1\u0026amp;\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6mMHxc0nKI0\u0026amp;hl=en_US\u0026amp;fs=1\u0026amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"385\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1486149987433141610\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/sierpinski-tetrahedron.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/1486149987433141610"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/1486149987433141610"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/sierpinski-tetrahedron.html","title":"Sierpinski Tetrahedron"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7n8fpXFb1I\/AAAAAAAAA9U\/tOAIz_sYd5w\/s72-c\/image012.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-1468635639328304561"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-04T10:02:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-09T17:50:04.965-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photography"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"More new camera pics"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Day 2:  I spent a couple of minutes shooting some more pictures.  For the first few I even had a hot model pose for me!  After that are some pictures of some flowers.  The flowers are \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu\/Wildseed\/SweetAlyssum.html\"\u003EAlyssum\u003C\/a\u003E. (Thanks Asa for the information).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELiz:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j2mnch2VI\/AAAAAAAAA8k\/y-_oAXbwmb0\/s1600\/P1000438cropsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j2mnch2VI\/AAAAAAAAA8k\/y-_oAXbwmb0\/s400\/P1000438cropsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456382091843459410\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j2lLPiMII\/AAAAAAAAA8M\/FsMUXKNzT6c\/s1600\/P1000432cropsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j2lLPiMII\/AAAAAAAAA8M\/FsMUXKNzT6c\/s400\/P1000432cropsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456382067092893826\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j2mev_2jI\/AAAAAAAAA8c\/LuuDbxVgSws\/s1600\/P1000434cropsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j2mev_2jI\/AAAAAAAAA8c\/LuuDbxVgSws\/s400\/P1000434cropsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456382089509198386\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFlowers:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j3o0kuwkI\/AAAAAAAAA80\/BVXBp3YfZgY\/s1600\/P1000445small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j3o0kuwkI\/AAAAAAAAA80\/BVXBp3YfZgY\/s400\/P1000445small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456383229238886978\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j3pjIJrwI\/AAAAAAAAA88\/i6woOki6n30\/s1600\/P1000447small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j3pjIJrwI\/AAAAAAAAA88\/i6woOki6n30\/s400\/P1000447small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456383241735483138\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j2nAUO23I\/AAAAAAAAA8s\/qKMC4fnUk14\/s1600\/P1000442small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j2nAUO23I\/AAAAAAAAA8s\/qKMC4fnUk14\/s400\/P1000442small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456382098519546738\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j3p1xgQgI\/AAAAAAAAA9E\/icAcBgrpkvo\/s1600\/P1000455small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j3p1xgQgI\/AAAAAAAAA9E\/icAcBgrpkvo\/s400\/P1000455small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456383246740767234\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EElvis:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j3qQcKXtI\/AAAAAAAAA9M\/85pla8qZ35g\/s1600\/P1000282.JPG\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j3qQcKXtI\/AAAAAAAAA9M\/85pla8qZ35g\/s400\/P1000282.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456383253899009746\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOak at night:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j2li6pFzI\/AAAAAAAAA8U\/OAFAtAcF_sM\/s1600\/P1000392small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j2li6pFzI\/AAAAAAAAA8U\/OAFAtAcF_sM\/s400\/P1000392small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456382073447716658\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1468635639328304561\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/more-new-camera-pics.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/1468635639328304561"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/1468635639328304561"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/more-new-camera-pics.html","title":"More new camera pics"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7j2mnch2VI\/AAAAAAAAA8k\/y-_oAXbwmb0\/s72-c\/P1000438cropsmall.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-1561938998271441508"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-03T14:59:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-04-04T08:18:39.263-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nature"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photography"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"New Camera"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I finally got an Digital SLR style camera.  All I have used for the last 4 and a half years is an ultracompact.  Now I have no excuses for my bad photography.  I ended up buying a Panasonic GH1 since my brother had one and it would be nice to exchange lenses, plus the standard lens it comes with is pretty phenomenal.  It is the same camera we used for the Doritos Superbowl Contest to make this \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/fractal-doritos.html\"\u003Evideo\u003C\/a\u003E. Here are the first few pictures.  Click on the pics for 1600 x 1200 resolution.  (The originals were 4000 x 3000)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJay (Western Scrub Jay according to Liz):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e8D2P0dBI\/AAAAAAAAA7U\/H9Tslfg30N8\/s1600\/bluejaycropsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e8D2P0dBI\/AAAAAAAAA7U\/H9Tslfg30N8\/s400\/bluejaycropsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456036247870141458\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELeaves:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e93mu2IfI\/AAAAAAAAA70\/LMPv-uOAsOM\/s1600\/leavessmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e93mu2IfI\/AAAAAAAAA70\/LMPv-uOAsOM\/s400\/leavessmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456038236570132978\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EElvis:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e8FfBILnI\/AAAAAAAAA7k\/pf47ZFe28cE\/s1600\/elvisstaresmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e8FfBILnI\/AAAAAAAAA7k\/pf47ZFe28cE\/s400\/elvisstaresmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456036275994242674\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENuts!:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e93W82-kI\/AAAAAAAAA7s\/X2F1Bu7NcDM\/s1600\/nutssmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e93W82-kI\/AAAAAAAAA7s\/X2F1Bu7NcDM\/s400\/nutssmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456038232333941314\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlaying with Lights:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e8EFOfbDI\/AAAAAAAAA7c\/POmK219Xe7s\/s1600\/nightzoom.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e8EFOfbDI\/AAAAAAAAA7c\/POmK219Xe7s\/s400\/nightzoom.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456036251891100722\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e_OuNMooI\/AAAAAAAAA78\/ttbXhLfilpw\/s1600\/lightssmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e_OuNMooI\/AAAAAAAAA78\/ttbXhLfilpw\/s400\/lightssmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456039733225104002\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1561938998271441508\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/new-camera.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/1561938998271441508"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/1561938998271441508"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/new-camera.html","title":"New Camera"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7e8D2P0dBI\/AAAAAAAAA7U\/H9Tslfg30N8\/s72-c\/bluejaycropsmall.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-4630256598741510315"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-02T07:16:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-04-02T07:42:10.794-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"geometry"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sculpture"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hyperboloid"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This continues on the idea of making curved shapes out of straight lines (see the previous hyperbola posts \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/off-on-tangent.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/hyperbolic-polygon-tesselations.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E).  I made an sculpture using bamboo skewers and rubber bands.  The object I made is called a hyperboloid which is the shape that you would get if you took a hyperbola and rotated it around a fixed axis.  If built correctly, it would be curved even though it is composed entirely of straight lines.  Mine is actually bent because I have not spaced to rubberbands correctly.  The skewers are actually bent in a way that would make it so it would curve inward instead of outward so if I were to take the time to fix it, it would actually bend more. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne cool thing about building the shape using rubberbands is that the joints where the skewers meet are free to rotate meaning that you can expand and contract the object.  In many of the pictures I have expanded it out using a cog from my \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/copernican-orrery-gears-for-jupiter-and.html\"\u003Eorrery project\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI learned how to make this object \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.georgehart.com\/skewers\/skewer-hyperboloid.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E and it is not hard to do, but it does take a while.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X-wn77PpI\/AAAAAAAAA6U\/DuEtCNLVIPA\/s1600\/image001.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X-wn77PpI\/AAAAAAAAA6U\/DuEtCNLVIPA\/s400\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455546634936729234\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X-xAB5vAI\/AAAAAAAAA6c\/jlMiJ5B0hcw\/s1600\/image002.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X-xAB5vAI\/AAAAAAAAA6c\/jlMiJ5B0hcw\/s400\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455546641404247042\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X-xaHM7rI\/AAAAAAAAA6k\/f3txDZDMHGw\/s1600\/image003.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X-xaHM7rI\/AAAAAAAAA6k\/f3txDZDMHGw\/s400\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455546648405798578\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X-xwuLcVI\/AAAAAAAAA6s\/4U5diMNjMKA\/s1600\/image004.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X-xwuLcVI\/AAAAAAAAA6s\/4U5diMNjMKA\/s400\/image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455546654474858834\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X-yAgWUxI\/AAAAAAAAA60\/-QYnBhLcELA\/s1600\/image005.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X-yAgWUxI\/AAAAAAAAA60\/-QYnBhLcELA\/s400\/image005.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455546658711819026\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X_MVx3vwI\/AAAAAAAAA68\/dDFxp-VAz7c\/s1600\/image006.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X_MVx3vwI\/AAAAAAAAA68\/dDFxp-VAz7c\/s400\/image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455547111099055874\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X_MsAjcXI\/AAAAAAAAA7E\/n-oEdDhaMvE\/s1600\/image007.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X_MsAjcXI\/AAAAAAAAA7E\/n-oEdDhaMvE\/s400\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455547117066219890\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X_M8RoLyI\/AAAAAAAAA7M\/0_4YnbPqkVs\/s1600\/image008.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X_M8RoLyI\/AAAAAAAAA7M\/0_4YnbPqkVs\/s400\/image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455547121432801058\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4630256598741510315\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/hyperboloid.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/4630256598741510315"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/4630256598741510315"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/hyperboloid.html","title":"Hyperboloid"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S7X-wn77PpI\/AAAAAAAAA6U\/DuEtCNLVIPA\/s72-c\/image001.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-7564729188113715040"},"published":{"$t":"2010-03-28T15:30:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-03-28T17:09:46.241-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"geometry"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Simple Graphs"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"In graph theory a  graph is a collection of nodes where connections between the two are shown by lines.  This can easily be applied to polygons in order to draw non convex figures.  You start off with a regular convex polygon and then to draw the regular star polygons you connect each vertex to another by skipping a certain number of nodes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you connect up each node to every other node you get what is called a simple graph which is actually the collection of every regular star polygon drawn on top of each other.  Here is that graph for a 16-gon. I then filed in the resulting tiling so that no tile is ever touching another filled in tile along an edge.  In the first one I then shaded all of those tiles in ROYGBIV color order.  In the next two I took the original image and shaded in what ever was left white  in ROYGBIV and VIBGYOR color order.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6_vVBC0r2I\/AAAAAAAAA6M\/KNZ5UVNj1Vw\/s1600\/16simply+connectedcolored3.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6_vVBC0r2I\/AAAAAAAAA6M\/KNZ5UVNj1Vw\/s400\/16simply+connectedcolored3.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453840818105528162\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6_dfvGzZCI\/AAAAAAAAA6E\/sSmV5YDGrVY\/s1600\/16simplyconnectedcolored2.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6_dfvGzZCI\/AAAAAAAAA6E\/sSmV5YDGrVY\/s400\/16simplyconnectedcolored2.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453821211059643426\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6_aN9vASxI\/AAAAAAAAA58\/4r28lcNsWCQ\/s1600\/16simply+connectedcolored.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6_aN9vASxI\/AAAAAAAAA58\/4r28lcNsWCQ\/s400\/16simply+connectedcolored.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453817607213828882\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7564729188113715040\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/simple-graphs.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/7564729188113715040"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/7564729188113715040"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/simple-graphs.html","title":"Simple Graphs"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6_vVBC0r2I\/AAAAAAAAA6M\/KNZ5UVNj1Vw\/s72-c\/16simply+connectedcolored3.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-5869532937796575359"},"published":{"$t":"2010-03-28T11:36:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-03-28T11:44:30.085-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"geometry"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"More polygonal tilings"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I finally got smart and decided to make some polygonal tilings that were completely made using a computer instead of doing hand work.  You can download a cool free java program called geogebra that allows you to do a bunch of cool dynamic geometry.  I made each shape once using geogebra and then copied pasted and rotated to form the tesselation in photoshop.  I like the second one which really shows the strong connections between triangles, hexagons and circles.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESquares:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6-iiS9JvrI\/AAAAAAAAA5s\/fc4vYhgpTzk\/s1600\/trialtiled2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6-iiS9JvrI\/AAAAAAAAA5s\/fc4vYhgpTzk\/s400\/trialtiled2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453756383856541362\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEquilateral triangles:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6-ii4El-NI\/AAAAAAAAA50\/RSZm0NX8RWM\/s1600\/trihextilesmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6-ii4El-NI\/AAAAAAAAA50\/RSZm0NX8RWM\/s400\/trihextilesmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453756393819863250\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5869532937796575359\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/more-polygonal-tilings.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/5869532937796575359"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/5869532937796575359"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/more-polygonal-tilings.html","title":"More polygonal tilings"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6-iiS9JvrI\/AAAAAAAAA5s\/fc4vYhgpTzk\/s72-c\/trialtiled2small.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-3468534147905179787"},"published":{"$t":"2010-03-27T22:05:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-09T17:47:52.603-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"geometry"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hyperbolic Polygon Tesselations"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I decided to try playing with different angles for making hyperbolas (as in the previous post) and decided to make the angles form regular polygons.  The red objects are hexagons, the yellow triangles, and the blue are squares. There are 3 regular and 8 semi-regular tilings  of the plane made out of these regular polygons.  This is one of them.  \u003Cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S67kKQuPKII\/AAAAAAAAA5k\/ssl37EfKJ48\/s1600\/tiledandcoloredsmall.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S67kKQuPKII\/AAAAAAAAA5k\/ssl37EfKJ48\/s400\/tiledandcoloredsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453547063730972802\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3468534147905179787\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/hyperbolic-polygon-tesselations.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/3468534147905179787"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/3468534147905179787"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/hyperbolic-polygon-tesselations.html","title":"Hyperbolic Polygon Tesselations"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S67kKQuPKII\/AAAAAAAAA5k\/ssl37EfKJ48\/s72-c\/tiledandcoloredsmall.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-3024960231943639399"},"published":{"$t":"2010-03-21T13:48:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-03-21T13:59:56.263-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fractals"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Off on a tangent"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The art teacher at my school has students make geometric drawings in which curved shapes are formed by having lots of little lines cross each other.  In differential calculus you learn that all smooth curves can be formed using these so called tangent lines.  As you get more and more lines the curves become  smoother and in the limit as the number of lines goes to infinity you can form any smooth curve.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI decided to combine this idea with that of a fractal where if you zoom into the shape you see a similar one.  Below you will see the result.  It was all done using a ruler and pencils and colored markers.  I then scanned it and cloned it into 4 to make the final piece.  Everything is using a 1\/16 inch grid and the larges piece is 8 inches meaning it has 128 lines on each side.  I figure I colored in somewhere around 5,000 to 10,000 squares all together.  There are 6 smaller iterations inside it and each is half the size of the one before it.  The smallest is 1\/4 inch by 1\/4 inch.  I colored them in the rainbow sequence (ROYGBIV) since there were 7 of them.   You really need to click on these to see the details.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe main fractal image.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6aHl-iEipI\/AAAAAAAAA5U\/yqA1tKdTPfE\/s1600-h\/cleanfractaloneoverxcolored.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 389px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6aHl-iEipI\/AAAAAAAAA5U\/yqA1tKdTPfE\/s400\/cleanfractaloneoverxcolored.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451193485489375890\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECopied Scanned and tiled\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6aHma0iHeI\/AAAAAAAAA5c\/-Yt5lxIgJ9s\/s1600-h\/cleanfractaloneoverxcolored4square2.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 340px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6aHma0iHeI\/AAAAAAAAA5c\/-Yt5lxIgJ9s\/s400\/cleanfractaloneoverxcolored4square2.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451193493083004386\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3024960231943639399\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/off-on-tangent.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/3024960231943639399"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/3024960231943639399"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/off-on-tangent.html","title":"Off on a tangent"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6aHl-iEipI\/AAAAAAAAA5U\/yqA1tKdTPfE\/s72-c\/cleanfractaloneoverxcolored.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489017487232472976.post-8561673247231233056"},"published":{"$t":"2010-03-20T09:46:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-09T17:52:53.472-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"panoramas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photography"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Spring Sunrise Panoramas"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Today is the vernal equinox.  I'm so happy that it is finally springtime.  Here was the view from my backyard this morning.  Unfortunately, I really should have cleaned the camera lens after using it to take pictures for our cooking blog.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6T_Sj3TZEI\/AAAAAAAAA5E\/oQVqcdsR3VI\/s1600-h\/sunrisepano1small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 135px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6T_Sj3TZEI\/AAAAAAAAA5E\/oQVqcdsR3VI\/s400\/sunrisepano1small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450762143355069506\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6UGQ5Ts9yI\/AAAAAAAAA5M\/J4nXxASlpEw\/s1600-h\/sunrisepano2small.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 127px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6UGQ5Ts9yI\/AAAAAAAAA5M\/J4nXxASlpEw\/s400\/sunrisepano2small.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450769811332986658\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8561673247231233056\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/spring-sunrise-pictures.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/8561673247231233056"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/1489017487232472976\/posts\/default\/8561673247231233056"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/oceananinchdeep.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/spring-sunrise-pictures.html","title":"Spring Sunrise Panoramas"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03891195463499783716"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cL38sdBru2Q\/S6T_Sj3TZEI\/AAAAAAAAA5E\/oQVqcdsR3VI\/s72-c\/sunrisepano1small.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});