Happy new year! My all sky camera imaged the sky every 15 seconds and this picture shows what happened in the sky in 2025. It shows the length of the night and day with the hourglass shape, the monthly lunar cycle with the diagonal bands, the elevation of the Sun at local noon, and lots of clouds.

⚒️ 🧪 A M6.5 earthquake struck near Acapulco, Mexico today, triggering warning systems and causing tall buildings in Mexico City to sway. How does this event fit into the larger tectonic picture - and what kinds of earthquakes might we expect here? earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m65-subduc...

“Engineering and Risk Research—A Strategic Vision for Extending USGS Earthquake Science to Risk Assessment and Mitigation” (2025) by Jaiswal, K. et al. is a free & openly available USGS publication - pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1555/ci...

#EarthquakeReport for M 6.5 #Earthquake #Sismo #Terremoto en #Mexico near #Acapulco Thrust (compressional) earthquake mechanism and depth suggest this is a megathrust subduction zone earthquake Tectonic setting in '20 report earthjay.com?p=9563 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthquakeReport for 2025 Annual Year in #Earthquakes and #Tsunami See summaries and interpretive posters for 13 earthquakes from 2025 See cumulative energy release plots for M≥6.5 earthquakes from 2017-2025 earthjay.com?page_id=12459

It’s #EarthquakeReport Day! The M8.8 Kamchatka #earthquake was HUGE, as you can see in the cumulative energy‑release plot but no one died because it struck such a remote area. The deadliest events were the M7.7 Myanmar, M6.0 Afghanistan, and M7.1 Tibet quakes, which caused around 8,000 deaths. ⚒️🧪

The forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement | I discussed my book w/ @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, #ScienceUnderSiege, with @ethanelkind.bsky.social of @npr.org / @kalwradio.bsky.social #YourCall radio: www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

On this World Tsunami Awareness Day, we look back at the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake and tsunami and reflect on the lessons learned and scientific advances made in tsunami warning. #TsunamiDay Watch: The Science Behind the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman Earthquake & Tsunami 📽️ https://loom.ly/nvoYSSA

JAMSTEC R/V Kaimei is livestreaming from Mariana's NW Rota-1 volcano right now... www.youtube.com/live/hIb3QTz...

I finally got around to editing the footage from this whole encounter, definitely the most beautiful moment of the year in nature for me. Video taken across a 12 minute period, sunset lit water fans will REALLY like this one! Uncompressed: youtu.be/VwQTwF8WlI0 🦑

California Geotour is an index of field trip information for people interested in visiting California's world-famous geologic features. This site contains geologic information, photographs, maps & directions for interesting geologic locations across the state. www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/californ...

Enjoy! youtube.com/watch?v=IUZE...

On this day in 1808, Ludwig van Beethoven conducted and performed the premier of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy. A biographer of Beethoven called the four-hour concert the most remarkable performance of the composer’s career. #MusicSky #History #OTD

why would you watch the yule log loop video when you could watch this

For all of you Kīlauea watchers, the USGS v3 camera is back and now is a good time to check it out www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyK...

Who’s ready for the holidays? Chip! 🌲

The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is senseless & dangerous. It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe. We urge that this plan be abandoned. Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA

Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪 #AGU25 #climate

Marine Weather Statement issued December 12 at 9:02PM PST by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA Additional Details Here.

A spirited auroral arc writhing over the zenith of Yellowknife, NWT in Canada. Watch live: go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

It is a postulated fault that runs (under ice fields and thus not easily seen) between the Totschunda fault to the north and the Fairweather fault to the south. GPS shows evidence of right-lateral shear across that area. See Fig. 6 and 11: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

M 7.0 earthquake in Alaska - link to USGS info - earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

#EarthquakeReport for M 7.0 #Earthquake in #Yukon #Alaska Oblique right-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism Associated with Fairweather fault 17 July '14 M6.0 similar mechanism See 2017 report for tectonic setting earthjay.com?p=5345 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

M6.9 Yakutat #earthquake is located very close to the border of the USA and Canada. Preliminary results from GFZ Potsdam indicate relatively high non double couple component with oblique mechanism. ⚒️🧪

Did you make sure to keep the camera away from the volcano like we discussed? Yeah, about that…

PSA: Kīlauea here in Hawaiʻi is doing its thing and you want to see it.

USGS reports triple fountains at Kīlauea right now! 🌋

“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.” The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida. It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID. Free link ⤵️ www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Such an ironic message on the hat in this photo - no more b.s.? really? - theconversation.com/maga-explain...

For the future of the USA, everyone ought to read this, consider the implications, and then vote their conscience accordingly to help rectify the current situation - please vote & help actually make America rational again! - NYT gift link - www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...

Frank Gehry, an innovator / NYT gift link - www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

Gemini GEL, 1978. Gehry turning a wood frame building inside out.

Frank Gehry, 1929-2025. He died today at home in LA.

Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.

If you’re looking for great holiday gifts, check out the Huntington Store at Huntington Library & Gardens — thehuntingtonstore.org

“Iconic Stahl House, a Midcentury Modern stunner, up for sale” Los Angeles Times article - www.latimes.com/travel/story...

I love to write stories about seemingly common and boring things that actually have magical qualities. All in California, of course californiacurated.com/2025/02/24/c...

🌟 Happy Holiday Season @sfgov.sf.gov 🎄

One of your favorite architectural historians got to opine about the Stahl House for a good long time on yesterday’s BBC Newshour. My spot starts at the 39:40 mark. Take a listen! www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...

‘An idealized version of LA’: fabled mid-century Stahl house on sale for first time

A world to be thankful for:

⚒️ 🧪 A M6.6 earthquake just struck the subduction zone offshore Sumatra, causing some damage and injuries on Simeulue Island. How does this event fit into the mosaic of large earthquakes that have occurred on this fault over the last few decades? earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m66-earthq...

Pop Culture Friday: San Andreas (2015) 🎬 Let’s see what the movie got …shakingly right and wrong 👇

Kīlauea is erupting! 🌋 Here’s a link to one of the three @USGS live cams - enjoy! www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...

#Kīlauea Volcano continues to slowly build towards its next eruptive episode, although a short period of deflation over the weekend has delayed the expected onset high lava fountaining at the summit. New models forecast episode 37 to occur between November 25 and November 28.” #HVNP

Ok one more video. the most beautiful fluke I've seen. edited for EXTRA BEAUTY!!!

Periodic overflows continue at the #Kīlauea summit vents, as the ongoing eruption within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park builds to the next episode of high lava fountaining at the caldera. Episode 37 will most likely occur sometime between today and Tuesday, November 25.

OTD in 1859, Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species was published. He’d been working on a long treatise titled “Natural Selection,” but learning that Alfred Russel Wallace had developed a similar theory, he shifted toward a shorter “abstract.” 🌱🐋🧪 #histSTM #evobio