Friday, 5 October 2012

National Museum of Nuclear Science and History

Picked up hire car today - much prefer driving this zippy thing around Albuquerque compared to the RV!
Then headed to the Nuclear Science and History Museum http://www.nuclearmuseum.org/. We had a great time here. Spent the afternoon swimming, and then I took in a Zumba class. Huge day ahead tomorrow - we are off to the Trinity Test Site, and then the Very Large Array Telescope!!!



Working with nano-particles of iron and magnets.  At 100,000th the size of iron filings, the iron particles flow like they are in a lava lamp.

Carbon nanotube building ...

and higher ...

and higher ...

and complete!

early x-ray machine

"Cracking" water into hydrogen and oxygen, then letting the subsequent explosion drive a ball into the air.

Sophia's teacher mentioned they were using tangrams in class, so Sophia thought she'd do some.

Ride faster Benny!  Make the TV work!!!!

Bucky-Ben (Ken's nerdy friends will get this reference!)

so cool in the pool! 

with Monica in Albuquerque NM