The weather was perfect for some local exploring today. Up near the top of the Santa Monica Mountain, south of Sandstone Peak, the Channel… [Read More]
March 15, 2019 Spring flowers in the Desert (Coachella and Joshua Tree)
This was another day on the road to photograph pretty desert scenery, with spring flowers! Many desert areas of Southern California experienced a “superbloom”… [Read More]
March 13, 2019 Taking off from San Nicolas Island
These images below (other than the first one) were taken just after leaving the airport at San Nicolas Island midday. The views are outside… [Read More]
March 10, 2019 Another Yellow Flower Bonanza on San Nicolas Island!
Winter rains were about double the average out here on San Nicolas Island, which set the stage for a great flowering of the Giant… [Read More]
March 5, 2019 Lightning on Santa Monica Bay from Malibu!
Today was VERY COOL! As you probably know, thunderstorms in the Los Angeles area are infrequent. And, thunderstorms that produce vivid lightning displays are… [Read More]
February 20-24, 2019 More Fun on San Nicolas Island
This entry is a bit of a mishmash of images from San Nicolas Island from late February. First up, a convective storm cell moves… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record, Part 4C 1911 to 1930 Heat Events
This is Part 4C, an in-depth investigation of the hottest periods in the Death Valley region during the first 20 years of the Greenland Ranch… [Read More]
February 18, 2019 Large Waves at Rock Crusher, San Nicolas Island
A decent-sized northwesterly swell was impacting the western side of San Nicolas Island today, so Andy and I made the 10-minute drive from Nicktown… [Read More]
February 16, 2019 The North Coast of San Nicolas Island
This Saturday was bright and sunny, but cool and breezy. I hiked down to the north coast of the island with my camera and… [Read More]
January 28, 2019 San Nicolas Island Corner Reflector
Andy and I had noticed a shiny object, all by itself, out in the distance to the west of Nicktown on San Nicolas Island…. [Read More]
January 26, 2019 Animal Day on San Nicolas Island
Andy and I had some free time on this lovely afternoon on the island, so we headed to the east end, where the pier… [Read More]
January 14, 2019 San Nicolas Island East-end Shower
The visibility was very good on this early afternoon. A cold front had passed through earlier, and low-level westerly flow and island topography were… [Read More]
January 14, 2019 San Nicolas Island Airport
January 12, 2019 San Nicolas Island Puny Shower and Nice Views
I found myself atop San Nicolas Island midday, with beautiful vistas over the ocean in all directions. This was shortly after a rain event…. [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Record, Part 2 Early Greenland Ranch Data Reliability
PART ONE is here PART THREE is here PART FOUR is here PART FIVE is here PART SIX is here August 2016 update —-… [Read More]
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