Breaking news from the inimitable Cloud Appreciation Society: Noctilucents spotted south of Iceland, from an aircraft, at 41,000 feet. These are the highest clouds in the earth's atmosphere. From Bill Valentine:
Category Archives: the land
where I am today…in the middle of San Francisco bay….
On Angel Island with my family, camping out…something one couldn't do not so long ago. Where is Angel Island? In San Francisco Bay…a lovely, wooded island, with a few buildings from a century ago, and a few new campsites. Will report soon. Here's a woodcut print from the inimitable Tom Killion, from a perspective atopContinue reading “where I am today…in the middle of San Francisco bay….”
Heroic Steelhead Climbs Notoriously Difficult Fish Ladder, Survives
True story, written for the Ventura County Star yesterday by me…find it here. And here's a pic of the heroic fish. Almost asked the biologist, Steve Howard, who is holding the 28-inch fish, if they thought of giving him a name…but that would be too cute. Gotta be a hardened journo.
The Winter Skies of Southern California
…seem to me wilder and more beautiful than at any other time of the year (save perhaps fire season, which is scary as heck but also spectacular as all get out, let's be honest). But back to winter…here's an example from last week, between storms…
Red Sky at Morning…
From a favorite blog by a Los Angeles writer…sunrise on Monday, from Veronique de Turenne's wonderfully visual Here in Malibu.
Venus, the Moon, and the Stars too…
Thanks to Deborah Byrd's great EarthSky science site, it's easy to look out at the night sky and understand what you see…the beauty you'll have to find yourself…
An Unsurpassed Loveliness
This has been a day of unsurpassed loveliness for yours truly. For thirty years I have wondered, off and on, if I made the right career choice, and suspected perhaps I should have gone into journalism, despite its current woes, for personal reasons. Now it seems as if the universe is giving me a secondContinue reading “An Unsurpassed Loveliness”
Universe Says: I Told You So
Okay, so I've been whining…a bit. After now 14.43 inches of rain for the season, a trace of water has appeared in our local stream, aka Sisar Creek. I'm still not impressed with this past storm ("talking smack about the weather," as pal Ty puts it) but I must concede that the stream is notContinue reading “Universe Says: I Told You So”
Biggest Storm of the Season? That’s It? C’mon now…
If this weekend's rain, totaling less than two inches in wet Upper Ojai, is the "biggest storm of the season" according to the Los Angeles Times, then we have problems. The prediction was for between one and three inches of rain. Hardly an awesome figure for a weekend. To date in the mountains of VenturaContinue reading “Biggest Storm of the Season? That’s It? C’mon now…”
The Sweetness of the Rain
Our own left-out-in-the-rain gauge shows about how much precipitation we've had over the last four days…it's been lovely, smells sweet and fresh…now we wait for the stream…
Kit Stolz 