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A story teller at the gates of dawn
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Picture A Day
2d
At Half Time
The local Major League Soccer team uses BC Place Stadium to play matches. Prior to joining the league, they used to play at Swangard stadium, a multi-purpose facility located in the city of Burnaby. On
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Worldbuilding
3d
Riding the Waves
"Dudes, we're surrounded by energy waves that we cannot see. The visible light is just one part of a spectrum that is invisible. In the future where I'm from, we use this spectrum to send sound and
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Visual Shots
7d
Back to the Future in Remembrance of Things Past
The Burrard bridge downtown was built in the early 1930s and sports an Art Deco style with bold geometric lines inspired by the streamlined movement committed to a vision of modernity and progress. It
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Black And White
9d
Parallel Worlds in the Monomad Challenge
I was on a hike a few days ago, as detailed in this colourful post, when I decided to compare and contrast colour and monochrome photography for the #monomad challenge. This consisted of taking two or
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history
11d
In the Bright Lights of Knowing
Many moons ago, I enrolled in a course on the study of Buddhism. It was one of those optional courses that had no practical use for my academic aims, and yet it was one of the most memorable. I always
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Proof of Brain
14d
In the Name of the Father
Francisco Xavier Billini, also known as Padre Billini, is a highly revered figure in the Dominican Republic. His historical importance spans a body of work that includes the development of the first national
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prose
15d
Tune & Petals- An Ambient Remix
Music and flowers. How can one go wrong? I guess it depends on your style, and the type of music you like. I enjoy all kinds of music, though I have a soft spot for modern electronic. Most of it is in
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Feathered Friends
16d
Avian Scenes in the City
I really thought this was going to be a good birding season, but I must say that my plans got derailed by my addiction to World Cup soccer. I have throughout the year taken a few feathery snapshots here
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Picture A Day
17d
Anamorphic Tricks
What is an anamorphic illusion? I found this clever demonstration at Science World, which now that I think about it, was more trippy than I expected. Notice how the shape looks distorted on the disc but
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Visual Shots
18d
In The Spirit of Nature
Entering the trail is entering stillness. Yes, there are gentle stirring sounds here and there, scurrying chipmunks and pecking woodpeckers, but even with gurgling streams or the chirping birds, there’s
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Picture A Day
19d
A Historic Maritime Encounter
Named after a hamlet in northern Cornwall, the St. Eval is rumoured to have served as a tug/salvage boat during the Second World War, but documented evidence has not been found from what I've read. It
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Worldbuilding
22d
A Little Incident at the Space Shack
I won’t lie to you, folks, when that son of a gun called me a human lover, I nearly lost my cool. Yes, I had a few drinks that day, but that was infuriating in any state of consciousness. Not that I don’t
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Black And White
24d
The Light Fantastic
I'm a mostly peaceful guy, but I do like loud bright explosions. Every year the international fireworks festival delights us with a show involving several countries competing against each other over the
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StemSocial
1M
Snakes on a Plane
Far out stuff. What you see against the white background is a bunch of "rotating snakes" that are produced by a visual effect called peripheral drift. As your eyes scan the image, the circles
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HiveGarden
1M
Photosynthetic Dreams
Finding and navigating this place was tricky but well worth the adventure as I stood before the welcoming sign with a vintage flavour, and a tantalizingly view of the quirky grounds beyond. At a bridge,
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stem
1M
Hey Ma, Look at Me, I'm a Particle Physimicist
I was spacing out on the photographs of a cloud chamber that I recently wrote about in this StemSocial post. I noticed that some of the tracks twisted and curled as if moving in 3D space. Ah! Of course
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StemSocial
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The Muons Are in da House
We are told by scientists that there is no such thing as empty air. The room in which you are sitting is filled with tiny particles such as light, water vapour, oxygen, pollution, pollen, and much more
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Picture A Day
1M
Peek-a-Boo in the City
One of the coolest places in the city is the Harbour Centre lookout, a prominent tower that spikes the cityscape. Its history goes back to 1928, when the first structures went up. Then in 1977, Neil Armstrong
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aiart
1M
On the Threshold of a Dream
I've always been fascinated by the nature of our perception and awareness. Interestingly, the scientific study of how our brains function is not that old, but a few artists have used the findings in this
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StemSocial
1M
Where the Wild Things Are
I enjoy picking fights with extinct or dangerous species. When I see one, my caveman circuits turn on, and I immediately think: how would I defend myself if it attacked me? I recently took on a T. rex
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