September 1, 2024
Today the smoke is a little different. Canada and Alaska aren’t burning, Oregon and Idaho are.
Since the smoke plume originates quite a bit closer, you can see that it hasn’t had time to completely smooth out. There are still subtle variations in density.
The smoke map, https://fire.airnow.gov/#
Bill didn’t want to spook the Hairy Woodpecker so he didn’t get too close to the moveable window wall.
Oh, at the right, on top of the display case is a dynamically suspended spinning globe. At the top is a permanent magnet, which is strong enough to pull the globe to it. An electromagnet at the bottom is constantly changing its pull to keep the globe suspended in mid-air. The magnetic field is also rotated to spin the globe.
On the top shelf are half silvered and transparent Crookes Radiometers.
At the far right, that big black panel is one of our Magnapan 3.7i speakers https://magnepan.com.