--- url: 'https://dri.es/photos/archive/2024/05' title: 'Photos from May 2024' author: name: 'Dries Buytaert' url: 'https://dri.es/about' date: '2026-07-24T01:40:16+00:00' license: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/' type: photo-stream count: 7 --- # Photos from May 2024 ![A solar panel being tested on a laundry room floor.](https://dri.es/files/cache/miscellaneous-2024/first-solar-panel-test-640w.jpg) *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 ...* ![People seated around a table playing a board game.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-portland-2024/board-game-2-640w.jpg) *Playing board games at the Skamania Lodge in Washington.* ![People seated around a table playing a board game.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-portland-2024/board-game-4-640w.jpg) *Playing board games at the Skamania Lodge in Washington.* ![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.](https://dri.es/files/cache/cannon-beach-2024/haystack-rock-640w.jpg) *Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach in Oregon.* ![Aurora borealis over the beach with campfires and people.](https://dri.es/files/cache/cannon-beach-2024/aurora-borealis-640w.jpg) *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.* ![View of rocky shoreline and sea stacks along the coast at Ecola State Park, Oregon.](https://dri.es/files/cache/cannon-beach-2024/ecola-state-park-640w.jpg) *Hiked 5 miles \(8 kilometers\) along the Oregon coast in Ecola State Park, famous for its "sea stacks", or rock formations in the ocean.* ![A solar panel on a rooftop during sunset with a city skyline in the background.](https://dri.es/files/cache/miscellaneous-2024/solar-panel-on-roofdeck-640w.jpg) *My solar panel and Raspberry Pi Zero 2 are set up on our rooftop deck for testing.*