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The Gem Doctor Orchid Blog
- The Waterwing/Aquarius/Greenway 2.0 polishing lap 2012 April 24,Amost 2 years ago I reviewed the Greenway polishing lap. It was the ultimate Emerald polishing lap in my opinion and I have been enjoying the experience ever since. Then I received a pre-production sample of Jon’s latest brainchild which has turned out to be a considerable improved version over the original Greenway. With this [...] […]anthonylloydrees
Hans Meevis
- Jewellery, Flea Market and Dragon Bow 2012 May 19,I cut this tourmaline in the rectangle brilliant cut of Wilf Ross. Other than Marco Voltini’s designs, this pattern is my all time favorite. It weighs just over a carat. I set it into a single earring for a delightful ( elderly) lady who only wears one earing. How cool is that. Finished and polished. I know I showed this one before, but that was unfinished. […]Hans Meevis
Orchid Jewellers Blogs
- Jewelry Week Las Vegas: ACRE American Craft Retailers Expo™ 2012 May 18,American Craft Retailers Expo™ Produced By Wholesalecrafts.ComWholesalecrafts.com, founded and privately owned by Nancy Vince since 1998, is the only successful wholesale web service of its kind. Members include over 1,200 juried artists and 20... […]Robyn Hawk
- In search of Shape 2012 May 17,My work for the last few years has all been circular. Not that there is anything wrong with that… But my friends Marina, Addison and Bill advised me to look at some other options. So, after seeing a great brooch Bill welded, I decided on this: Kinda goth, but might be interesting made in prissy [...] […]Lillian Jones
- Jewelry Week Las Vegas: NICHE – the Show 2012 May 17,NICHE: The Show will return to the Planet Hollywood Celebrity Ballroom, June 1-3, 2012 during Jewelry Week in Las Vegas. The centerpiece show of Jewelry Week is JCK Las Vegas (June 1-4) attracting nearly 20,000 buyers from across the globe. Other... […]Robyn Hawk
- ROYAL ASSCHER TO OPEN FIRST POP-UP STORE IN LAS VEGAS 2012 May 16,ROYAL ASSCHER TO OPEN FIRST POP-UP STORE IN THE SHOPPES AT THE PALAZZO, LAS VEGAS New York, NY (May 11, 2012) – Royal Asscher Diamonds will open the doors of its first pop-up store in Vegas to consumers on May 17th to June 4th to a […]Robyn Hawk
- welcome spring! 2012 May 16,I have been so overwhelmed with all of the lovely blooms this spring. It seems like everything is popping up all at once. But poppies are always my favorite.There were in a sweet window box I came across one spring evening on my way to meet husban... […]k.obrien jewelry
HubbleSite Daily Image
A Cluster of Galaxies Four Billion Light-years AwayPhoto Credit: Alan Dressier, Carnegie Institution, and NASA Co-investigators: Augustus Oemler (Yale Universfty), James E. Gunn (Princeton University), Harvey Butcher (the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy).
Composite of a Series of Images Taken From Space Aboard the Station
This is a composite of a series of images photographed from a mounted camera on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, from approximately 240 miles above Earth. Space station hardware in the foreground includes the Mini-Research Module (MRM1, center) and a Russian Progress vehicle docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment (right). Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit said of the photographic techniques used to achieve the images: "My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, then 'stack' them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure." A total of 47 images photographed by the astronaut-monitored stationary camera were combined to create this composite. Image Credit: NASA
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