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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1279333/amber-in- Amber in Cretaceous Sea Deposits Contains Traces of Ancient Large-Scale Tsunamis #amber #Cretaceous #fossil #Hokkaido #HokkaidoNews #Japan #news #ocean #ShimonakagawaQuarry #Silica #tsunami #北海道 Large amber deposits discovered in northern Japan were likely swept out from a forest to the ocean by one or more tsunamis between 116 and 114 million years ago (Early Cretaceous epoch), according to new research led by the Geological Survey of Japan…

Amber deposit from Shimonakagawa Quarry in northern Hokkaido, Japan. Image credit: Kubota et al., doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-96498-2.
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Dudley Storey
“Meganeura Trapped in Amber"

Turntable animation of an ancient insect in Blender. Related to dragonflies, Meganeura was one of the largest flying insects ever, with a wingspan of about 65–75 cm (2.13–2.46 ft). As such, it’s very unlikely that one would be captured by tree sap, so this portrays the animal in its nymph form.

This is also an experiment in Pixelfed's HDR support. Apologies in advance for any tone mapping issues: I'm still learning color grading & management.

#Blender #b3d #3drendering #Blender3D #blendercommunity #rendering #3d #3drender #render #blenderrender #cyclesrender #3dartwork #3dmodeling #3dart #digitalart #dragonfly #meganeua #ancientanimals #amber #permian #animation #3dart
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Dudley Storey
“Meganeura Trapped in Amber"

Recreation of an ancient insect in Blender. Related to dragonflies, Meganeura was one of the largest flying insects ever, with a wingspan of about 65–75 cm (2.13–2.46 ft). As such, it’s very unlikely that one would be captured by tree sap, so this portrays the animal in its nymph form.

#Blender #b3d #3drendering #Blender3D #blendercommunity #rendering #3d #3drender #render #blenderrender #cyclesrender #3dartwork #3dmodeling #3dart #digitalart #dragonfly #meganeua #ancientanimals #amber #permian
3D rendering of a dragonfly-like insect entombed in a chunk of amber.
#permian
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Stephen Collins

The sheer amount of data the #Sigenergy integration for #HomeAssistant provides is a touch overwhelming. Thankfully, good folks in the community have assisted me in adding in a bunch of additional tools including #EMHASS and the #Amber integration that now automate management of our solar+battery with forecasting, mode switching, and export at the best possible times.

Watching it do its thing is pretty funky.

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Stephen Collins

Our #Sigenergy solar+battery system has been up and running for a couple of days now, and with the help of folks in the #HomeAssistant community, I’m close to having automated granular control over when it charges and discharges, so I can take full advantage of the best feed-in pricing from #Amber.

The advantage of using something like Home Assistant is that while the learning curve is steep, you get a very rich amount of data and controls exposed.

As a platform, Home Assistant is probably still deep nerd territory, but if you’re keen and can invest the necessary effort, it’s worth it.

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