28 Sep 2015
2015 lunar eclipse
What an amazing night!! Perfect conditions due to a high pressure system. No wind, and no significant clouds during totality. After totality and towards…
20 Mar 2015
2015 total solar eclipse
This total eclipse of the sun was very hard to see from land as only the islands of Svalbard and Faroe was in the path of totality. Just 3 days before the…
15 Jun 2011
Total lunar eclipse of June 2011
At this time of the year the nights are hardly noticable, as the sun is below the horizon for just a few hours - during which the sky never darkens enough for…
26 Nov 2010
Orectanthe sceptrum
A most peculiar flower that both looks and feels like plastic! In any case, flowering and producing fruit in particular is the very last of the plant, as it…
26 Nov 2010
Orectanthe sceptrum
One of the most common plant species on Roraima. It resembles pineapple, and like pineapple it dies after blooming and setting fruit.
