The best thing about Saline Valley is its nothingness. Well, that’s not really true—this basin has everything a large desert basin should have. It has… [Read More]
March 12, 2010 Sierra Nevada Lenticular Clouds
When strong westerly winds at mid and high levels flow through the middle of California, they are forced up and over the massive Sierra Nevada…. [Read More]
March 12, 2010 Searles and Panamint valleys
On this Friday I met up with Brian and Nancy Morganti for a weekend to be filled with spectacular desert scenery and photography fun. We… [Read More]
March 8, 2010 Southern Death Valley
My friends Brian and Nancy drove from their home in Pennsylvania to California — to vacation in the desert! I had been pestering Brian for… [Read More]
January 21-23, 2010 Planes and Storms and Fog
I had a few shifts at both LAX and VNY airports during a stormy week in Southern California. Many California stations recorded their all-time record… [Read More]
2009 Storm Chase Season Summary
I enjoyed relatively good success chasing in 2009. I was the tour director for Tempest Tours for six tours, with a 5-day break in early… [Read More]
December 16, 2009 Eureka Dunes
It had been perhaps a dozen years since I had visited the Eureka Valley in eastern California. I have been here a few times in… [Read More]
December 16, 2009 Stars above the Inyos
I lugged my Celestron 8-inch telescope to the dark skies of eastern California on this moonless week. I wanted to see what my my Canon… [Read More]
December 15 and 16, 2009 Owens Valley and vicinity
I elected to do a two-day road trip from L.A. to the Owens Valley region in mid-December. Anytime is a good time to visit the… [Read More]
December 3, 2009 Amboy Under the Milky Way
Amboy, California, is a tiny town buried in the middle of the eastern Mojave Desert. It is on old U.S. 66, but when Interstate 40… [Read More]
December 2, 2009 Las Vegas at night
No, not Las Vegas, New Mexico…Las Vegas, Nevada. I drove to this fine city to store some of my 100-dollar bills inside of the Black… [Read More]
December 2, 2009 The Mighty Mojave
The Mojave Desert is photography dreamland, if you are into simple, bleak, stark, barren and empty. And, the impact of man adds a few intriguing… [Read More]
November 30, 2009 Trees Trees Trees Yeah
Tomorrow is the first of December, and that means it’s Happy Tree Color Time! A nearby line of deciduous trees turns a healthy yellow this… [Read More]
November 17, 2009 Web Site Update
I haven’t done much photography lately, but I have been hard at work posting chase accounts and award-winning images from spring 2009 for web surfers… [Read More]
October 27, 2009 Neenach, CA Wind Chase
A rare full day off from work + windstorm forecast = local chase to the desert. A strong NW jet stream was moving over SoCal… [Read More]
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