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Spring Wildflowers in Southern California

To help you pick places to go for wildflowers, and best times to go there, I've created an album with 150+ wildflower images from Southern… Read More »Spring Wildflowers in Southern California

Whoo Whoo?  Marc Briggs!

Google tells me it's his birthday, so I'm going to make a belated #SelflessSunday  share of the most recent photo posted by +Marc Briggs.  This… Read More »Whoo Whoo?  Marc Briggs!

Happy New Year… Year of the Snake!

We love animals, so it'll be happiest if we get to make friends with lots of snakes this year!  Around here we end up helping… Read More »Happy New Year… Year of the Snake!

Asteroid 2012 DA14 Safely Missed Earth Today

There's a live +YouTube / +Google+ hangout featuring +Philip Plait live now to discuss Asteroid 2012 DA14 which just passed by the earth:Asteroid 2012 DA14 Nearmissapalooza If you… Read More »Asteroid 2012 DA14 Safely Missed Earth Today

Lightning on Luther Pass

We don't get a lot of lightning in much of California, so this is one of my first lightning images, captured back in August 2006.… Read More »Lightning on Luther Pass

Moon Set Behind The Minarets

What were your camera settings? Back in the film camera days, this question made sense.  Each individual exposure was relatively expensive, and you had little… Read More »Moon Set Behind The Minarets

Pre-dawn Reflection at Convict Lake

This was taken so far before sunrise there are still a few stars barely visible in the sky! Convict Lake Sunrise Reflection October 2010 Google+:… Read More »Pre-dawn Reflection at Convict Lake

Hot Air Fishing

Yes, there are several types of craft which people fish from at Prosser Reservoir near Truckee, California, and some are lighter than air!   This… Read More »Hot Air Fishing

Moon Rise Over the Truckee River

My kids and I are visiting Grandma in Truckee this morning, so here's a moon rise I captured here back in 2006. Truckee, California December… Read More »Moon Rise Over the Truckee River