Comments on: Black Out http://erikras.com/2009/11/06/black-out/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erik R. http://erikras.com/2009/11/06/black-out/#comment-4751 Erik R. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:06:30 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=3414#comment-4751 I would love to see some "Aurora activity" some day. I can never tell if the videos of it that I see are timelapsed or not. I might have to go to Stockholm* again. *Which is a little south (47° instead of 53° latitude), I was surprised to learn. I would love to see some “Aurora activity” some day. I can never tell if the videos of it that I see are timelapsed or not. I might have to go to Stockholm* again.

*Which is a little south (47° instead of 53° latitude), I was surprised to learn.

]]> By: Uncle Neil http://erikras.com/2009/11/06/black-out/#comment-4750 Uncle Neil Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:00:57 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=3414#comment-4750 Here where I live there are no lights to be seen anywhere in any direction at any time. We don't have any curtains or shades. With the nearest city being 130 miles to the South those stars are visible right to the horizon. There are no cities due North right to the Arctic Circle which is cool. I would not like it to be different. The milky way has outstanding definition. We can count orbiting satellites and watch the space station. It doesn't take much Aurora activity to make a mesmerizing display. Just looking at, and identifying, stars on a cool clear night never gets old. The only man sounds we hear come from regular flights at 30 or 40 thousand feet. Neil Rasmussen Here where I live there are no lights to be seen anywhere in any direction at any time. We don’t have any curtains or shades. With the nearest city being 130 miles to the South those stars are visible right to the horizon. There are no cities due North right to the Arctic Circle which is cool. I would not like it to be different. The milky way has outstanding definition. We can count orbiting satellites and watch the space station. It doesn’t take much Aurora activity to make a mesmerizing display. Just looking at, and identifying, stars on a cool clear night never gets old. The only man sounds we hear come from regular flights at 30 or 40 thousand feet.
Neil Rasmussen

]]> By: Ray Tibbitts http://erikras.com/2009/11/06/black-out/#comment-4749 Ray Tibbitts Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:19:30 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=3414#comment-4749 Half the timelapses I try to do get shut short by blackouts or by the main-breaker flipping. It's just as well, even the ones that don't usually are too monotonous anyways. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aparejador/3249625780/ It really makes me wonder how I'm ever going to get an electric vehicle charged, if I could ever afford one, without installing my own solar panels or windmill, that is. There is a dealership right here in Malaga that sells the Vectrix Vx-1 scooter, which, to keep charged, would cost me about the same as I spend on gas in my moped, if I could manage to plug it in. The battery module is not detachable, and you void the warranty if you use an extension cord. Half the timelapses I try to do get shut short by blackouts or by the main-breaker flipping. It’s just as well, even the ones that don’t usually are too monotonous anyways.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aparejador/3249625780/

It really makes me wonder how I’m ever going to get an electric vehicle charged, if I could ever afford one, without installing my own solar panels or windmill, that is.

There is a dealership right here in Malaga that sells the Vectrix Vx-1 scooter, which, to keep charged, would cost me about the same as I spend on gas in my moped, if I could manage to plug it in. The battery module is not detachable, and you void the warranty if you use an extension cord.

]]> By: Chris http://erikras.com/2009/11/06/black-out/#comment-4748 Chris Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:50:11 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=3414#comment-4748 Definitely the fault of Mr Fawkes and his gunpowder plotters. This weather front is a good 'un. Great shots, very crisp, you clearly have a rather fabulous camera! Definitely the fault of Mr Fawkes and his gunpowder plotters. This weather front is a good ‘un. Great shots, very crisp, you clearly have a rather fabulous camera!

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