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J.Hamilton - University of the Trees, Boulder Creek,
California, June 2007 I was at the home of Christopher
Hills, in remembrance of his passing ten years earlier.
Christopher was an incredible researcher and, among other things,
introduced the world to Spirulina. He was a pioneer in the
field of radionics and prolific writer with over 20 books to his
credit including Supersensonics, Nuclear
Evolution and others. He pioneered chakras and the rainbow
body. I was just borrowing the jacket. |
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J.Hamilton and Merlin Yockstick -
Nov 2005 Merlin was one of the first to read my new book and
identified the quotations that have become 52 Weeks of
Visionary Focus and Quotations from VTAT. He
also came up with the term "Manifesto for the 21st century" for
VTAT |
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J.Hamilton
- Head Shot - 2005
Some of my friends
thought this was the best photo of the lot.. I had just
finished editing my book and decided at the last minute I wanted a
photo on the back cover. I was exhausted not being sure I
was going to survive the "final edit.". A "final edit" means
going through the book one more time.. and then deciding..
maybe one more time.. Don't ever write a book! |
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J.Hamilton -
Frankly, I preferred this one for the back cover but I was
overruled. I am at the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, one
of my favorite places. Windows on the Green is a great place
for lunch. |
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J.Hamilton -
another head Shot. One of these days we will get some updated
photos.. I don't think I look like this
anymore.. |
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J.Hamilton - I
started out very young..
I did. It's true |
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J.Hamilton - Reunion Photo
1999 30-year high school graduation.. with a friend.. |
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J.Hamilton - Abacos, Bahamas 1987
Anybody can be an author.. Now, being a yacht broker, that's
cool! See, I used to wear a white shirt to work.. but no
tie! Boat shoes or no shoes and sun-tanned feet was the name
of the game. This photo was taken
at Marsh Harbour, Abacos, Bahamas |
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J.Hamilton - Fishin' 1984
Interesting photo. I/we went
aground at high tide just off Rodriguez Key
just after posing for this shot.. Running aground at high tide in
a 17,000 lb boat is not a good thing. High tide is the only time
you can try to get off and high tide only comes very 12 or so hours.
Because I didn't have a dinghy on this particular trip, I tried to walk a 35lb Danforth anchor
and chain and rode into deeper water. If you don't like being neck
deep in water at night, thinking about sharks and stuff, it's not very
fun - and it didn't work. I am posing with what is called a "square grouper"
in the Florida Keys |
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J.Hamilton
- Old Passport Photo 1979 Never
mind.. No comment. |
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Barracuda
- Abacos, Bahamas 1987 This was a client's
boat, a new Freedom 36. When I sold him the boat, I told him
we would cruise the Abacos for a week. This was early morning and Harold is just out of the
shot. He was shaving in the cockpit when we got a strike.
: ) I was a yacht broker for 14 years which included a 3
year and one year sailing trip on my own boat. This is not a
very big barracuda.. |
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Natural Habits - my 39' centerboard
yawl for 8 years - 1981. I extensively sailed the Bahamas,
Florida Keys, etc., and raced in the Key West, Veradero Cuba Yacht
Race in 1979, placing third in my class. Wouldn't trade
big boat sailing for anything except.. Check out the
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Purple Queen Asphalt Machine
- Klamath River - 1997 I had a 38' diesel
pusher for about a year. Big motor homes are very cool.
This was a 1997 American Tradition with a 300 Cummins diesel, six
speed automatic transmission, air brakes, air suspension, 56 feet long and
about 34,000 lbs including a Ford Explorer. |
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Purple Queen Asphalt Machine
- Redwoods - 1997 As soon as I can get one
to burn hydrogen, I will have another.. easier to back up
than a sailboat too. The Asphalt Machine got about 10.5 mpg
towing the Explorer. |
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Office Staff on
a Lazy Day. This is Tarbaby in about 2002. When I first
got her, she fit in my hand, made great eye contact and purred
like a cement truck. This cat is very laid back; must be
because she has been meditating her entire life. She was at
my feet every day when I wrote VTAT and shows up when I talk to
certain people on the phone. Very, very energy sensitive.
Interestingly, it took an entire year for my personality to come
back after finishing VTAT. I must have been in a very high
state of receptivity and gave up most of my boundaries which I
needed back after finishing the book |
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Office Staff
Meditating with me. She waits for me
every morning when it is time to meditate. She rarely misses
a day and hardly lets me miss a day. |
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Office Staff
Usually the only time I see Tarbaby with crossed
front legs is when we are meditating. I am sure meditating
is what is going on here.. Good shot of her haircut, too!
We do this every year and every year gets easier. I am
pretty certain she thinks
she's pretty cool! Otherwise, this cat has an extremely
extensive fur coat.. |
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Office Staff..
nothing but trouble.. next thing you know, she'll want an
earring or a skateboard. This is what I call a punk version
of a lion cut.. If I trim the stripe short, I call it a
corvette cut.. Who knows where we come up with some of this
stuff.. |
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Sedona Winter Fog
- 2004 Sedona can be strikingly beautiful at
times. Particularly the winters. |
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Sedona Red Rocks Fog
- 2004 Sedona with snow is pretty awesome.
Some of Sedona's most memorable sights are snow, red rocks and fog.
If the fog is down around the tops of the telephone poles, you
might think you are on another planet. |
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Sedona Winter Walk in January
- 2004 What can I say.. |
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I was invited to a Sun Dance
on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota - Lakota Sioux
in 1982.
The event was hosted by Leonard Crow Dog. The hood of a car
was the welcome sign. I was the guest of an indigenous
Mexican Sun Priest, who I believe I saw materialize out of thin
air one evening. He appeared from the contrast of the edges of where shadow and
light came together.. Pretty sure it's what I saw.. |
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These are not my photos.. but since we
are having a good time.. Enjoy! |
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Retrograde Mars
Credit &
Copyright:
Tunç Tezel (TWAN)
Explanation:
Why would Mars appear to move
backwards? Most of the time, the apparent motion of
Mars in
Earth's sky is in one direction, slow but steady in front of
the far distant stars. About every two years, however, the
Earth passes Mars as they orbit around the Sun. During the
most recent such pass over the last year, the proximity of
Mars made the red planet appear
larger and brighter than usual. Also during this time,
Mars appeared to
move backwards in the sky, a phenomenon called
retrograde motion. Pictured above is a series of images
digitally stacked so that all of the stars images coincide. Here,
Mars appears to
trace out a loop in the sky. Near the top of the loop, Earth
passed Mars and the
retrograde motion was the highest.
Retrograde
motion can also be seen for other
Solar System planets.
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Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma
Credit & Copyright:
Tunc
Tezel and Cenk E. Tezel
Explanation:
If you went outside at exactly the
same time every day and took a picture that included the Sun, how
would the Sun appear to move? With
great planning and effort, such a series of images can be
taken. The figure-8 path the Sun follows over
the course of a year is called an
analemma. With even greater planning and effort, the series
can include a
total eclipse of the Sun as one of the images. Pictured is
such a total solar eclipse
analemma or Tutulemma - a term coined by the photographers
based on the Turkish word for eclipse. The composite image
sequence was recorded from
Turkey starting in 2005. The base image for the sequence is
from the
total phase of a solar eclipse as viewed from
Side, Turkey on 2006 March 29. Venus was also visible during
totality, toward the lower right. |
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A Protected Night Sky Over Flagstaff
Credit and Copyright:
Dan & Cindy Duriscoe,
FDSC,
Lowell Obs.,
USNO
Explanation:
This sky
is protected. Yesterday marked the 50 year anniversary of the
first lighting ordinance ever enacted, which restricted
searchlight advertisements from sweeping the night skies above
Flagstaff,
Arizona,
USA. Flagstaff now enjoys the status of being the first
International Dark Sky City,
and maintains a lighting code that limits lights from polluting
this
majestic nighttime view. The current dark skies over
Flagstaff not only enable local astronomers to
decode the universe but allow local
sky enthusiasts to see and enjoy a tapestry contemplated
previously by every human generation. The above image, pointing
just east of north, was taken two weeks ago at 3 am from Fort
Valley, only 10 kilometers from central Flagstaff. Visible in the
above spectacular panorama are the
San Francisco Peaks caped by a
lenticular cloud. Far in the distance, the
plane of the
Milky Way Galaxy arcs diagonally from the lower left to the
upper right, highlighted by the constellations of
Cassiopeia,
Cepheus, and
Cygnus. On the far right, the
North America Nebula is visible just under the very bright
star
Deneb.
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