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Chuckwallas are criminally underrated. January 2, 2022
Tortoise time June 20, 2021
Chuckwallas can be a handfull Sauromalus ater April 27, 2021
Tortoise egg time of year again. Hopefully with how early in the year these were laid I will get another clutch from my big female this summer. April 7, 2021
New lathe. Just got the VFD set up and it runs great!
Sleepy tegus showing off their chonk. Feb 22, 2021
Red Pitaya Portable Spectroscopy build. Can supply 0-2500V and hopefully will be finished soon!
Three tegus. Much chonk. Feb 4, 2021
Just my photos. Please do not share without attribution. 25 - California bugs, bones, cacti, fungi, jewelry, plants, rocks, reptiles, science, and so much more. Main camera: Nikon D5500 Main lens: Nikon 60mm f/2.8 AF-D Previous camera: Nikon D40 (2006)
Forgot to upload photos of these cute little baby tortoises from last year. They found new homes already but hopefully there will be more this year too :) So special to be able to watch these ...
We had some unexpectedly cold and strong rain that required the tegus to be brought inside. I might have to buy a second bin to keep these things in during the cold winter storms! Crazy and wo...
So funny to discover some more of my old fungi photos were flagged as adult content! Why does tumblr do these things haha
Soviet surplus БДЭГ-01Р // BDEG-01R scintillation probe I bought this on a bit of an impulse buy (seller accepted a very low eBay offer). This has a 63x63mm NaI(Tl) crystal in it paired wi...
Went to the tide pools down in Dana Point the other day and found this little beauty right near the stairs. Always fun to find a nude at the beach…and take its photo. Spanish Shawl Nudibra...
Detailed comparison of just the 1 hr trinitite spectrum versus a 1hr background measurement. Looks pretty good! Can definitely tell that we are dealing with more than just your average hot roc...
Collection of gamma spectra taken with my Na(Tl) scintillator of things I have around the house with times adjusted to have roughly the same amount of counts for each sample. Spectra in order on ...
Finally soledered up a new voltage divider for the photomultiplier tube in my Na(Tl) scintillation detector. Even managed to fit the BNC connector in the original housing! January 27, 2020
Bad ideas and impulse buys…the new year is off to a great start! Need to get a helium fill so that I can put this cryopump to the test and maybe make some liquid nitrogen. Or I could just se...