March 2011 Archives

The lit palm trees just look cool. Spots below the leaves for a fresh green look. Well, it was a warm night in Tempe hovering around low 70's so I took this longer exposure shot from about here.

We're setting up new deposition systems in our lab so I had to do some welding using a Swagelok orbital tube welder.

This time I had to weld 1/2 inch OD tubing which was cool because you can look into the electropolished cylinder and watch the welding process as the welding tip orbits around the tube. You can see white/blue light from the welding arc between tip and tube.

Click on the picture to watch the video.

after a beautiful day in the valley with temperatures closing in on 80F.
When there's cloud coverage during sunset the most amazing colors appear but they only last a few minutes.

This picture was taken at around 6:30pm today from here (33.363896,-111.911833) in Tempe, AZ.