Typical Poland

A picture showing a very typical Polish landscape. Flat, with plently of small fields of grain. The village can be seen in the distance, and even that symbol of the Polish country-side, a stork, is seen a black smudge over the tree-line.

Hugging crystals

We have a new scanning electron microscope at work. This is an image of two interleaved crystals of hopeite on a zinc surface.

Jazz na Starówce

One of the good things about Warsaw in summer is all the jazz. There is the Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, where Herbie Hancock is playing next week, and Jazz na Starówce, a series of free open-air concerts in the old town. The photo is from the first concert this year and shows Toni Pujol, basist in the Spanish Xavier Dotras Trio.