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Ethanol rocket at Salters 2013 Chemistry Magic Show

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Thu, 09 May 2013 06:12:07 -0700

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Ethanol vapour combusting in a large water bottle - sounds like a whooshing rocket !

supernumerary rainbow

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:56:46 -0700

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Cork Monopoly launched today with some of my photos

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:34:12 -0700

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phone cam so not best of pics :-)

lycopodium dust fire

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Thu, 10 May 2012 02:15:58 -0700

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some of the biggest fires and explosions are caused by dust igniting and not chemicals burning per se themselves

"titanic" thunder storm in cobh 11-04-2012 :-)

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:09:18 -0700

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taken today in cobh, co. cork, ireland at the tribute there on the day of the 100 year anniversary of the last port of call of the titanic before she sank in the Atlantic 3 days later

fireball

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:30:15 -0700

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taken at the chemistry magic show during the uccplus+ chemistry summer camp 2011

Dr. Declan Kennedy of UCC setting light to a mixture of natural gas trapped in fairy liquid bubbles !

methanol vapour burning in a water cooler bottle

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:13:24 -0700

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taken at the chemistry magic show during the uccplus+ chemistry summer camp 2011

frozen carbon dioxide subliming from within warm water

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:46:52 -0700

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Taken @ the "Henkel sponsored" Chemistry Magic Show during Science Week in the Chemistry Dept at University College Cork, Ireland in Nov 2010

burning magnesium in air

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:52:31 -0700

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taken from the back of the lecture theatre with the long lens and a steady hand at the Royal Society of Chemistry Annual Lecture for Schools @ the Chemistry Dept University College Cork, Ireland, 18th May 2011

The lecture was titled “Chemistry and Light” and was given by Dr Peter Douglas and Dr Mike Garley, School of Chemistry, Swansea University.

It was a very interesting and also rather amusing lecture :-)

burning borane

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:54:38 -0700

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Taken @ the "Henkel sponsored" Chemistry Magic Show during Science Week in the Chemistry Dept at University College Cork, Ireland in Nov 2010

ucc campus airborne 14-11-2010

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:33:24 -0800

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The majority of University College Cork campus (where I work) from above :-)

taken during my first flying lesson around parts of co. cork, ireland on 14-11-2010 - an amazing surprise birthday present from my wonderful special wife and children

University College Cork is situated in south-west Ireland and was founded as a Queen’s College in 1845. The university has 19,269 full-time students (2009/10).

The University has an enrolment of 12,578 undergraduate students and 3,663 at postgraduate level. There are 1,040 visiting students and 1,988 participating in Adult Education courses. UCC’s widely diverse student-body includes 2,400 international students representing 98 nationalities worldwide. 2,859 people work at UCC, of whom 1,665 are academic and research staff.

UCC is one of the leading research institutions in the State and its research income is consistently one of the highest in the country. The university offers a research-led curriculum that attracts the highest calibre of students. The university has over 120 degree and professional programmes given through some 60 departments.

lunar eclipse 21122010 Cork

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:43:09 -0800

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bitterly cold with the snow field persisting so taken firstly from inside the house through a window with the tripod :-)

UCC Quad airborne 14-11-2010

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:23:28 -0800

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University College Cork (where I work) from above :-)

taken during my first flying lesson around parts of co. cork, ireland on 14-11-2010 - an amazing surprise birthday present from my wonderful special wife and children

University College Cork is situated in south-west Ireland and was founded as a Queen’s College in 1845. The university has 19,269 full-time students (2009/10).

The University has an enrolment of 12,578 undergraduate students and 3,663 at postgraduate level. There are 1,040 visiting students and 1,988 participating in Adult Education courses. UCC’s widely diverse student-body includes 2,400 international students representing 98 nationalities worldwide. 2,859 people work at UCC, of whom 1,665 are academic and research staff.

UCC is one of the leading research institutions in the State and its research income is consistently one of the highest in the country. The university offers a research-led curriculum that attracts the highest calibre of students. The university has over 120 degree and professional programmes given through some 60 departments.

cork city centre - airborne 14-11-2010

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:07:04 -0800

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taken during my first flying lesson around parts of co. cork, ireland on 14-11-2010 - an amazing surprise birthday present from my wonderful special wife and children

feel free to tag buildings you know :-)

phosphorous burning in oxygen

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:26:48 -0800

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taken @ the Henkel sponsored Chemistry Magic Show in the Chemistry Dept at UCC as part of Science week 2010 on 12-11-2010 :-)

the white solid formed is phosphorus(V) oxide.

Chemical reaction is P4 + 5O2 ----> P4O10

kilcrea friary airborne 14-11-2010

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:14:00 -0800

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taken during my first flying lesson around parts of co. cork, ireland on 14-11-2010 - an amazing surprise birthday present from my wonderful special wife and children

not as pin sharp as I might have liked as we were doing a tight circle :-(

but i do love the shadows !

from wikipedia: Kilcrea Friary (also called Kilcrea Abbey) is located near Ovens in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the barony of Muskerry, a short distance west of Cork city. To the west of the friary stand the ruins of Kilcrea Castle which was also built by the friary's founder.

The name Kilcrea means the Church of Cré, a woman who founded a hermitage here before the time of the Franciscans. The name Kilcrea (Irish: Cill Chre) means the Cell of Cere, Cera or Cyra. Saint Cyra, lived in the 6th century, and is said to have founded a nunnery about a mile east of the friary in the parish of St Owen's, now called Ovens.

Founded in 1465 for the Observant Franciscans by Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, Lord of Muskerry, Kilcrea Friary is located on the site on an earlier monastery, and named after Saint Cyra. He is interred in the centre of the choir. The Friary was officially suppressed in 1542 but continued in use under MacCarthy patronage. It was sacked by English troops in 1584. In 1597, it was granted to Cormac MacDermot MacCarthy who leased it to Richard Hardinge.

In 1661, the friary was granted to the first lord of Clancarty. It was vested in the Commissioners of Public Works in 1892. However, as late as 1832, a small number of friars remained living on the site. A graveyard is situated within the ruins of the Abbey. This was the burials place of the MacCarthys of Muskerry from 1494 to 1616, commencing with Cormac MacCarthy. No trace of the MacCarthy tombs survive. The Friary has been used for general burial since the early 17th century. Art Ó Laoghaire is buried here.

landing on runway 17 cork ireland

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:22:16 -0800

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taken during my first flying lesson around parts of co. cork, ireland on 14-11-2010 - an amazing surprise birthday present from my wonderful special wife and children

From wikipedia : Cork Airport, (Irish: Aerfort Chorcaí) (IATA: ORK, ICAO: EICK) is one of the three principal international airports of Ireland, along with Dublin and Shannon. It is located 6.5 km (4.0 mi)south of Cork City in an area known as Farmers Cross. In 2009, Cork Airport handled 2.8 million passengers, remaining the Republic of Ireland's second busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers, after Dublin, and third busiest on the island of Ireland, after Dublin and Belfast International.

University College Cork (UCC) - the Quad

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:39:45 -0800

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CUMH and CUH airborne

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:57:30 -0800

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Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) and Cork University Hospital (CUH) from the air during my first flying lesson a couple of yrs back!

shimmer - airborne old head of kinsale 14-11-2010

nobody@flickr.com (silyld) — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:22:27 -0800

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taken during my first flying lesson around parts of co. cork, ireland on 14-11-2010 - an amazing surprise birthday present from my wonderful special wife and children