11 March 2005

More from the Third Citizen Science Conference Photo Album (Page 3)

The third annual Citizen Science Conference was held at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on 13-15 January 2005. The first two pages of a virtual photo album of the conference appeared in The Citizen Scientist issues of 11 February. and 25 February. Here we present page 3 of the virtual album. The photos are randomly selected. Watch for more photos from the conference virtual photo album in subsequent issues of The Citizen Scientist.
Dr. Shawn Carlson, Executive Director of the Society for Amateur Scientists, and Aleta Karstad, artist, writer and naturalist. Aleta is holding her latest commercial project, a superbly designed field notebook called "The Nature Journal. Click image to enlarge.
Robbin Turner and Lin Chambers. Dr. Chambers, who is from NASA's Langley Research Center, spoke on "Opportunities for Citizen Scientists to Investigate the Earth's Atmosphere." Click image to enlarge.
Forrest M. Mims III, recipient of the 2005 Benjamin Franklin Citizen Scientist Award, Dr. Paul MacCready, the 2005 Winfree Lecture presenter, and Mark Streitman, president of the New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Amateur Scientists. Click image to enlarge.
Heather Smith, Director of Program Development for LABRats. Heather spoke about LABRats and assisted with conference logistics. Click image to enlarge.
Ana Soto-Canino illustrated her talk on "Radical Botanicals: Disappearing Plants, Scientific Illustration, and the Need for an Ecological Vision" with her novel pointillism of a botanical specimen underlain by strips of gold leaf. Click image to enlarge.
Dr. Jonathan Price peppered his talk on "Geological Issues in Nevada and the West" with references to how amateur scientists can play a valuable role in investigating and reporting on geological features not yet studied by professional geologists. Click image to enlarge.
Cindy Lee Duckert shows a simple collection net during the poster session. Click image to enlarge.
Dina DiAngelino and Andrew Dow with their poster session project on "Fractal Dimension of Crystal Structures." Click image to enlarge.
John Heller of the Astronomical Society of Las Vegas concluded an afternoon session with a talk on "Amateur Astronomers in Las Vegas." Click image to enlarge.
Photographs by Forrest M. Mims III.
   
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