Dries Buytaert

Photos from May 2024

A solar panel being tested on a laundry room floor.
A solar panel being tested on the floor in our laundry room. Upon connecting it, it started charging a battery right away. It feels truly magical. Of course, it won't stay in the laundry room forever so stay tuned for more ...

· Miscellaneous

Sunset at Cannon Beach, Oregon, showing the towering, rugged Haystack Rock standing in the water, surrounded by smaller sea stacks, flying birds, and people on the sandy beach.
Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach in Oregon.

· Cannon Beach

Aurora borealis over the beach with campfires and people.
Over the years, I traveled to Iceland, Sweden and Norway to see the aurora borealis but never succeeded. Then, last night, I saw it for the first time in Oregon, of all places.

· Cannon Beach

View of rocky shoreline and sea stacks along the coast at Ecola State Park, Oregon.
Hiked 5 miles (8 kilometers) along the Oregon coast in Ecola State Park, famous for its "sea stacks", or rock formations in the ocean.

· Cannon Beach

A solar panel on a rooftop during sunset with a city skyline in the background.
My solar panel and Raspberry Pi Zero 2 are set up on our rooftop deck for testing.

· Miscellaneous