Here in western Washington state, it snowed most of the day yesterday. No accumulation at my place but nearby areas had 20 cm and the mountains had a bunch of snow. My wife got to enjoy it while skiing.

The following link was posted on Strahlen.org and has some stunning images of cave formations.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rupo/sets/ ... 3831/show/

Doug

Thermal image from INGV, the Etna Observatory.

This paroxysm is lasting longer than normal. This is from Etna Trekking camera 3.

Although I have only seen from the decks of the USS Truxtun CGN-35 in 1986 when we were in the Med, it has become one of my favorites because of live cameras the show the frequent summit eruption at the New Southeast Crater. These captures are from the currently ongoing eruption. http://www.photomac...

Bob, I don't recall where you live other than back east. If you are anywhere near Connecticut, you might want to check with Jim Ross at Absolute Clarity and Calibration. He sells Meiji scopes and does repair work. You might want to contact him about your problem. I and others have found him very goo...

Charles,

The c-mount link you gave gives a 404 error. It should be the following without the + on the end.

http://www.meijitechno.com/cmount.htm

Doug

I just received the Edmund 2012 catalog and did not see the 4X or 10 X Nikon Finite Conjugate objectives listed. I have not checked online yet.

Doug

SONYNUT I do use PS CS5 although I am probably one of the worst users of it on the planet. The color shown is very close to what one would see under the microscope, I just checked again. I end up losing the true color when I get more contrast. I have tried several different combination of methods. I...

ChrisR My source for the MSH material has been active in the research on the minerals found there. For the difficult to ID one the provided samples or similar ones were analyzed. In the case of tiny crystals like this, visual ID would be difficult at best. It helps somewhat that MSH has a number of ...

Bavenite from Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada FOV = .47 mm Image cropped from full frame. Stackedusing 250 frames of 350 frame set. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpi...

Craig,

Yes I am and I am about to switch to using a Canon T2i. I am awaiting the delivery of the adapter to allow coupling to the Nikon bellows.

Doug

Eudialyte from Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada FOV=2mm

Harry, I never had the chance to collect there. All of my material has come from Laszlo Horvath who has been very active in collecting and mineral research of MSH material. I grew up in western New York and never went there as I was not aware of it at the time. I was offered the opportunity to do so...

Astrophyllite from Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada FOV=2mm 150 frames stacked with Zerene Dmap D300on PB-6 bellows 10X Nikon finite conjugate objective http://www.photomacrogra...