Category Archives: Photography

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Posted on March 11, 2019 by thomasfarley01

Non-collecting area but a nice place to spend a few hours near Las Vegas. Went looking for an old mine but had to turn around when the road changed into a Jeep trail. Managed to make it back. Many interesting … Continue reading →

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The Boundless Enthusiasm of A Western State

Posted on February 5, 2019 by thomasfarley01

Photographed at some museum near Reno, Nevada. The state has always been raw since the Comstock strike and the wild, boomtown days of Tonopah and Goldfield. An acceptance of legal gambling throughout the state, and prostitution, in some counties, Nevada … Continue reading →

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A Jumble of Colors from a Six Dollar Rock

Posted on December 6, 2018 by thomasfarley01

These are extremely small vanadinite crystals, barely forming a red haze in a seemingly featureless six dollar rock from Arizona. Under the microscope, they present a wealth of red, with a few showing vanadinite’s true hexagonal crystals. Click on the … Continue reading →

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Close Up Photography

Posted on December 4, 2018 by thomasfarley01

Close up or macro photography is expensive and challenging. Never-the-less, it can bring to life specimens you’ve self-collected or bought at rock shops or over the internet. This is a picture of native copper. I bought the material for a … Continue reading →

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We The Few

Posted on November 26, 2018 by thomasfarley01

“We the few, who have done so much with so little, now attempt the impossible with nothing.” My week long road trip has returned me to a seemingly impossible problem: producing professional looking closeup and macro photography. I have located … Continue reading →