Metamorphosis

The story by Franz Kafka gives us a horrific version of transformation whereas the seasonal cycles of Spring and Summer give us the caterpillars that […]

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This Week in COVID

From Dr. Klotman’s Week 235 video address, I offer the following highlights: In other medical news, 50% or more of the new COVID infections are […]

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Solar Images of 09.20.24

Our skies were partly cloudy this afternoon, but there were large breaks between slow-moving clouds. I made several 10-minute AVIs. Below is the image with […]

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The Weird Shit

I’ve written about it before – clinical curiosity. It is the trait of examining a tapestry of symptoms, physical abnormalities, images, and numbers, and asking […]

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Remembering Where I Parked

There’s a similar line in Star Trek IV (the whales) when Kirk, Spock, Uhura, and Chekov land in Central Park. As they leave the ship, […]

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Solar Images of 09.18.24

The active region around sunspot group AR3828 in the Southeastern solar disk has been the source of today’s solar flare activity. There are active prominences […]

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Solar Images of 09.15.24

Despite a forecast 15% probability of rain today, the afternoon was perfectly clear. Below are my solar images. Each image is a stack of 1000 […]

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This Week in COVID

Here is Dr. Klotman’s Week 234 video update. The highlights are: Dr. Klotman devotes a substantial portion of this week’s update to MPox. There are […]

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Solar Images of 09.12.24

Today’s new solar photography tweaks include: Lowering the camera gain to unity theoretically reduces the amount of camera amplifier noise. Increasing the exposure duration compensates […]

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Solar Images of 09.11.24

Today was partly cloudy – a result of Hurricane Francine’s course along the Texas coast as it heads to Louisiana and beyond. Still, there were […]

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