Carpe Lumen Daily

While taking a long exposure shot to get star trails around Polaris during the Perseids meteor shower tonight (the Little Dipper/Ursa Minor is recognizable mid-frame) a huge meteor streaked through. (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:18mm | Shutter speed:3230 Seconds | Aperture:ƒ/3.5Camera: Canon EOS [...]

In 2001, on May 11, Douglas Adams – only 49 years old – died of a massive heart attack. Beloved the world over, the writer had contributed to the world not only as an author of many Sci-Fi novels, but to environmental activism, technology, music, television and even computer gaming. Two weeks after his death, [...]