There are colours in quartz, there are colours from quartz and there are colours through quartz. The colours in quartz come from included and lattice bound elements such as iron, aluminium or phosphorous. The colours from quartz come from optical effects such as refraction and scattering. The colours though quartz come the object and light […]
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This once functional device had provided years of service pumping water through our air-conditioning system. Despite its corroded state it was still faithfully doing its job, at least until yesterday. Along came a 44 degC day and it finally jammed up and that was then end of our cooling. All my attempts to remove the […]
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A sandy river valley disappears through the dunes into the distance. Very soon even this landscape will have disappeared completely to be replaced with another. Just because something in nature is beautiful does not necessarily mean it should be preserved. Beach landscapes show this on a daily timescale, continents show this on a geological timescale […]
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Inanimate objects have always carried a fascination for still life photographers. Here however the scene is anything but! With cards flying back and forth. With actors, mimes and sculptor engaged and little plastic tokens moving around, the scene is anything but still. Still life? It’s only ever a snapshot anyway. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 758, […]
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There is an unsettling mix of opinions about the 26th January, the day we officially call Australia Day. Regardless of perspective it is an important day to remember just how fortunate we are here in Australia to live in such a wonderfully diverse and beautiful part of the planet however it is we came to […]
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