Sunday, May 28, 2006
POP QUIZ: What is this?
This pop quiz is out of bounds for Bookworm as she has access to the answer sheet.
Clue #1: A result of having raced around in a circle hell bent for leather.
Clue #2: As is common to those races confined to circular tracks, there is significant acceleration.
Clue #3: ...and collisions!
Additional clues .... (Tuesday)
Clue #4: Ernest O. Lawrence
Clue #5: University of California at Berkeley, 1929
Clue #6: My Uncle Albert.
Wednesday evening, May 31.....
When Uncle Albert got out of the Navy after WW II, he went to work at Berkeley involved with research being done with their particle accelerator.
He gave this item to my Dad, the Rockhound. When Dad passed away, I fell into possession of it. It is a 4" by 4" by 3/4" thick slab of lucite. It was stood on edge and a stream of accelerated particles was 'fired' at the midpoint of the 3/4" edge. The 'shot' created this tree effect seen when looking at the 4" by 4" surface. Seems like a lot of fractal characteristics going on here. I shot this close-up through the lucite slab with some dark objects behind it to make it show up better.
# posted by Clear Creek Girl : 4:46 PM
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A broken window? An window broken by Aleister racing around in circles? I hope my answer is wrong but that's what it kind of looks like, very close up with the new camera....
feathers? Which does not relate to the clues at all...unless it was a pillow fight and the feathers flew after a collision of goose down?
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