Author Archive for grantkennedy

Mauna Kea Frost

Frost

Frost

Laser

I’m in Hawaii up Mauna Kea doing some observing on the JCMT. Here’s the Keck laser guide star, click the image for a quick movie of the Earth turning.

Keck Laser

Keck Laser

Falcon

Kenilworth Castle

Kenilworth Castle

Mugshot

Here’s the real reason I signed up for I’m a scientist, I needed a new mug!

Mugshot

Grant wins!

Very fun event where UK school kids get to quiz scientists in real time. Crazy two weeks of intense chats!

Boat

Seen from the Cook Strait Ferry

Balancing Act

Sandfly Bay

Tractor

Tractor, NZ style

Suburban Canberra

Bruce

The Guardian: the end of you UK stay won’t end wit…

The Guardian: the end of you UK stay won’t end with a bang on the door, but with a tweet. goo.gl/mag/aVsVlEX

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Do missing Jupiters mean massive comet belts? http…

Do missing Jupiters mean massive comet belts? ras.org.uk/news-and-press…

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Boysenberry ice cream in Lawrence, NZ. Gold.

Boysenberry ice cream in Lawrence, NZ. Gold.

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Back in NZ 5 minutes and a mountain erupts. http:/…

Back in NZ 5 minutes and a mountain erupts. stuff.co.nz/national/79799…

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Beach Huts

Beach Huts in Bournemouth

Moss Glen Falls

Having coffee in Lyndhurst (Dorset) the other day I thought a photo on the wall looked familiar. Turns out I have a photo of the same waterfall from 2007, which is in Vermont (USA).

Moss Glen Falls

Seen in Lyndhurst

Care about science in Europe? http://t.co/9nqdNe2F

Care about science in Europe? no-cuts-on-research.eu

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Kölner Dom

Cologne

Vulture

Vulture

I’ve finally made it – junk ma…

I’ve finally made it – junk mail from Nature, about junk DNA…

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Indian Garden

Grand Canyon

At 3221m, LBT is huge!

At 3221m, LBT is huge!

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Shoshone Point Sunrise

Grand Canyon

I heart the grand canyon!

I heart the grand canyon!

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London, Chicago, Cleveland, Ph…

London, Chicago, Cleveland, Phoenix next. Should still make grand canyon south rim about midnight…

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Paris

Eiffel Tower

NZL 3 – IND 1

Olympics

Olympics

Glaswaldsee

Glaswaldsee

I heart summer, nearly midnigh…

I heart summer, nearly midnight and I can still see the sun’s glow on the horizon

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Pembroke June event. Woooo

Pembroke June event. Woooo

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Schwarzwald!

Schwarzwald!

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I love Dropbox because I have …

I love Dropbox because I have sooo many computers and without it I’d spend all my time rsync’ing http://t.co/1LfwEYpN

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@Dfkiwi check yer gmail!

@Dfkiwi check yer gmail!

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@Dfkiwi check yer gmail!

@Dfkiwi check yer gmail!

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Rooftop bowling with Belgian b…

Rooftop bowling with Belgian beer in brussels. Excellent

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Alhambra

2:25am, bus then plane then ho…

2:25am, bus then plane then holiday time

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Davos

Davos

Davos

The guy who once said to me “y…

The guy who once said to me “you could be an academic” has died. RIP Paul Callaghan, and thank you.

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M11

Frozen Cam

First jandal outing of the yea…

First jandal outing of the year

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@nickolas1 text editor…

@nickolas1 text editor…

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Chesterton

Snow

Snow

Floes on the Cam

Snow

Snow

#uksnow CB4 4/10

#uksnow CB4 4/10

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Jesus Green

My old Olympus OM-2n is due for a service. The darkness at the right is apparently symptomatic of the shutter curtains moving across at different speeds, known to some as “shutter capping.”

Beer Festival

Beer Festival

shed a tear listening to The G…

shed a tear listening to The Great NZ Songbook

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Baked Alaska

Dinner Party

Dinner Party

Docks

King's Lynn

King’s Lynn

A few hundred Santa Claus’ jus…

A few hundred Santa Claus’ just ran past, and it’s snowing a bit.

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