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September 6, 2011

Fukushima: Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Except…

By Michael Shaw

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What are you looking at? Try 6.6 microsievert/hour.

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(photo: Patrik Lundin)

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  • Gasho

    This story is FAR from over.

    Photomanipulation isn’t normally a good way to present information, but wouldn’t it be interesting if, as a visual experiment, you tweaked the “brightness” or “hue” controls in photoshop by the # of microsieverts on any given photo?

    I thought of that because of the slight overexposure in the sky and trees in this shot..  

  • Anonymous

    For reference in re: radiation doses. By my guess-timations 6.6 mic’s is about 2/3’s of a full day’s normal background radiation exposure every hour — about 15 times normal, a dental x-ray every 45-50 minutes.

    Madame Curie’s (1867-1934) lab papers are still so hot one must wear protective gear while viewing them.

  • bks

    You’re posting too many new pictures.   You should be far more selective.   I think one per day is about right.   Is this the best we can do for Fukushima?   I can’t see how it could make the top 1,000 pictures on that topic.  

         Just an opinion,
         –bks
     

    • http://www.bagnewsnotes.com Michael Shaw

      Appreciate the feedback. Regarding the photo selection, I was interested in the attempt to capture the presence of absence.

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