' Good example of a 'marine incursion' this morning... '

' Sherman Island looking pretty good this morning...

Nice little reminder that -- no matter how much you think you know.... what you do not know, is infinite. www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Bodega just << on >> today....

' Beautiful day for the annual "headwaters-to-headwaters" hike at Sugarloaf Ridge yesterday. '

Apropos nothing, really -- 'cept it's the time of year when some birds fly north... Was trying to approach a pretty large flock of Snow geese one evening. Being as quiet as I knew how to be... Then stepped on a stick. oops. freesound.org/people/aguas...

Valley of gold....

Sunset at Eureka Dunes...

Death Valley is happening right now...

' This morning's lunar eclipse. Nice.

' Largest sunspot of the current cycle, #4366 -- taken with a consumer grade camera. With a pair of eclipse glasses can probably see it yourself!

' Nice day on the water....

: Sunrise at Dante's View, December 22nd, 2025....

Weather was just _wild_ on the eastern Sierra the other day... 40-50 knots from the left one minute... Drive down the road a couple hundred meters -- 40-50 knots from the right! Some "mini-waterspout" action on Topaz Lake, for example.

: Death Valley, 22nd of December, 2025.

Mono Lake in rare form Sunday, the 21st...

For #caturday

'' The clicks made by a White-beaked dolphin, recorded near Iceland, in "wavelet space". ''

` Bodega yesterday -- before the fog rolled in, and I ended up sailing under IFR conditions... 🙃

I can not tell you how many times the wind shows up at this place on days with a full moon.... but grateful that the pattern continues...

A fairly mild thunderstorm in the High Sierra. Best with a good sub-woofer... freesound.org/people/aguas...

` The song of a Wood Thrush -- in 'wavelet space'. `

The 'boing' made by a Minke whale in the north Pacific -- as seen in 'wavelet space'.

` The eerie, haunting whistle of a Weddell seal, in 'wavelet space'.

An image of the clicks made by a Baird's beaked whale, recorded in the SCORE ( the Southern California Offshore Range ) by a DTAG. In wavelet space, of course.

An image of the sounds made by an Atlantic Spotted Dolphin -- in 'wavelet space'...

- Read somewhere that we are on the earth, not of it. Which would make << all >> of us immigrants. There -- problem solved. -

Lassen Peak smelowskia...

Mount Shasta, 73 miles away, from Lassen Peak. Notice the windmills about halfway there...

Why we love the national parks.... photos.app.goo.gl/bT5RCK6rX4J2...

Wildflowers in the High Sierra...

Wildflowers in the High Sierra...

Wildflowers in the High Sierra...

Wildflowers in the High Sierra...

Hiking the Miter Basin.... photos.app.goo.gl/vcbpNjpoC5YG...

Why we love the National Parks... photos.app.goo.gl/zyX79xZ8rnKU...

Early season Nevada Falls....

Iridescent Lake, almost frozen....

Yosemite Falls, at sunrise...

Vernal Falls, firing on all cylinders...

The Mist Trail, living up to its name....

Lake below Crabtree Pass -- frozen solid, day before the Solstice....

An image of the song of Cassin's Sparrow....

Photos from my tour of 'The Geysers' -- the world's largest geo-thermal facility... photos.app.goo.gl/xNf3ez8kA8Ff...

Happy Easter!

An image of the song of a Carolina Wren.

Photos from yesterday's "Head-to-Head"... photos.app.goo.gl/5H9PPHBFSHoL...

Out on a hike, about this time of year, couple years ago. Those eyes!

Out on a hike, about this time of year, couple years ago - almost missed these two....

The day a pod of Short-finned Pilot whales approached close enough to touch. During a trip in the Golfo de California, near Isla San Jose...