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Timekeepers of the Red Sea: A Coral’s Five-Century Story
April 28, 2025
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Somewhere around the turn of the 16th century, as the first European ships crossed the Atlantic, a single coral polyp settled on a reef slope in what we now know as the St John’s area of the Egyptian Red Sea. Over centuries, it built a stronghold — one tiny layer…
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Beyond the Visible: Infrared Photography
March 6, 2025
Beyond the Visible Spectrum: The Enchanting World of Infrared Photography
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Introduction: Seeing the Unseen
Photography, at its core, is the art of capturing light. But what happens when we venture beyond the visible spectrum and into wavelengths our eyes cannot perceive? This is where infrared (IR) photography opens up an…
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In Search of Robert French: A Personal Encounter with the Lawrence Collection
November 9, 2024
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Oft in the stilly night,
Ere slumber’s chain has bound me,
Sad mem’ry brings the light
Of other days around me.
— Thomas Moore.
Walking down the cobblestone streets of Temple Bar on a grey Dublin morning, I smiled thinking how much the area had transformed since my student days…