The World of Frank Sanders
This web site is full of interesting stuff that’s been lifted from the life of Frank Sanders. Most of the pages are rich in photographs with some supporting text. Every photo has been taken by me, unless otherwise credited. Just for starters, there are pages for my photos of astronomical objects, auroras, paleontology, radars, honeybees, rainbows and clouds. There’s a page about how to sleep in the desert without needing a tent and there’s a page about a mysterious island in the northern Pacific that was home to a brilliant little sea otter and a beautiful girl who I loved and who loved me (all too briefly). There are pages where you can learn about fireballs in the sky and bees in their hives and how spy satellites work in space. There’s a page about my cat, Kiska, and there’s a page where you can download my fiction. I even reveal my iPod Favorites playlist on a page, embarrassing as some of them are. Basically, there are things on this site’s pages that even my family and closest friends haven’t known about until now, usually because I just never happened to mention them to anybody and sometimes because I had to wait for the statute of limitations to run out.
I am often asked whether I took all of the photos on this site. The answer is Yes, unless otherwise noted in any given photo caption, every photo on this site was taken by me. I don’t need to steal other people’s work; I do my own. See Using My Photos for more information.
All in a day’s work for me: Dressing in chain maille for a Weird Science Party, hunting dinosaurs in the American West, measuring high-power radar emissions, designing jewelry, and much more. Explore this web site to learn more about the world of Frank Sanders.
Prepare to be amazed (or scared)
Menu for the World of Frank Sanders
This web site is organized around major aspects of my life, major types of work that I have done, some of my better photographs, and other creative work that I’ve done. I dare say that there are things about me on this web site that none of my own family members have previously known about me. Here’s the menu of the links to the individual pages:
Click here to either sign in as a guest, post a public note or question, or send me a private e-mail. Public postings, including sign-ins, comments, and questions and answers, are on my Visitors’ Comments page.
Frankster’s Blog will give you the most recent entries in my blog.
Frank’s Blog Archive is the complete set of my blog entries.
Ground Zero is a set of photographs that I took of the World Trade Center Ground Zero site in December 2001 while doing some radio work on a nearby skyscraper rooftop. It’s the only sad page on the site.
...or go to Astrophotography for a set of my best astronomy pictures, including comets, our Milky Way galaxy, star fields, the sun and the moon.
Fireballs is my page that describes the physics of fireballs and meteorites. It includes cool downloadable PDF versions of my work on fireball physics.
Meteorite Recovery describes the amazing recovery of three meteorites in Colorado from a fireball, the recovery work having been based on my original fireball research.
Adak is my tribute to a magical island and a very special little sea otter, a love story with a very nice girl, and a near brush that I had with death, told in words and pictures.
Bees & Wasps explains the differences in appearance between bees and wasps, with some diagnostic pictures I’ve shot.
Dark Age is my musing on the ends of civilizations and shows my own Dark Age ensemble, including a suit of combat-grade stainless steel chain maille.
Paleontology describes my work in paleontology and shows paleontology pictures from Southwestern U.S. desert field locations. My paleontology bibliography and professional vita are included.
Desert Sleeping tells how to get the best night’s sleep you’ve ever had in the wilderness, and it doesn’t involve using a tent.
My Radar Life is my set of pictures from my career of radar measurements, a description of my radar work over the years, and some reflections on how my radar work has fit into the rest of my life.
Radar & UFO Stories tells some fun stories from my years of radar measurements at locations in the field, including several first-hand accounts of UFO-debunking that I’ve done.
My RSMS History briefly tells the story of the U.S. government’s official Radio Spectrum Measurement System (and my involvement with it) in words and pictures.
International Radio is a set of pictures from my fifteen years of work in radio engineering and regulation for the U.S. government in the International Telecommunications Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) in Geneva.
Orbital Surveillance is the place to go to download my papers on the physics of reconnaissance satellites and the minimum needs of strategic deterrent forces.
My Cat is the story of how my cat Kiska found me and moved in, plus pictures of her that include guard duty on a “U-235” sphere for my mock fission device.
Missile Furniture is about a little project I’ve started to make some patio furniture from a couple of salvaged Nike Hercules missile parts, plus my on-and-off involvement with Nike sites over the years.
PLUS:
Playlist is my set of favorite (and sometimes awful) songs and sound bites as lifted from my iPod.
Fiction is the place to download stories that I’ve written.
Poetry is a page with some poetry I’ve written.
And finally, the Bibliography page lists all of my publications and provides on-line links to many of my works.
