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| Image courtesy CIMSS/SSCC & MODIS & NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory. |
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| Image courtesy NOAA GOES-WEST captured at 8:30 a.m. PST this morning |
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| Another NOAA GOES-WEST image from a short time after the one preceding it. |
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Colby Fire From Space
Here are orbital images captured today of the Colby Fire in Los Angeles County and at least one image also showing the Soda Fire in Kern County.
Important Colby Fire Links
Here is the short list of important links relating to the Colby Fire in Glendora:
Inciweb page: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3766/
Twitter thread: #ColbyFire
http://wlfhotlist.com/threads/
Live scanner feeds:
http://www.myfoxla.com/
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/
http://ktla.com/live/
September In January In SoCal
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| This was the scene in Glendora, CA, this morning as the Colby Fire raged in the foothills above town. This area has consumed over 1,700 acres and at least two homes. This area has not burned since 1968. Photo by Kyle Rusk (all rights reserved). |
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| This image of the Colby Fire earlier this morning is not a SoCal scene that is typical for mid-January. The flames fronts look somewhat like lava flows.Thanks goes to Kyle Rusk for use of these images he captured. Photo by Kyle Rusk (all rights reserved). |
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
If He May Say So Himself
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| This business card is presently making the rounds on the internet causing not a few smirks. This Chinese businessman clearly does not suffer from low self-esteem nor is he shy about invoking a bit of self-aggrandizing Orwellian hyperbole to shamelessly enhance his image. |
Jason Brown Ices a Memorable Performance
I saw this video on a friend's Facebook Wall and watched it and found myself awed by the awesomeness of this performance. I prefer watching the ladies' figure skating but Jason Brown's memorable performance here was well worth my time watching. Despite not being a connoseur of this sport it is my own observation that this is the most memorable male figure skating performance I have ever watched. It is also remarkable that it did not win Jason the gold at this competition but rather the silver.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Picture of the Day - L.A. Red In The Morning...
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| This spectacular image captured from the Hollywood Hills by an unidentified (to me) photographer. The view is eastward and features the famed Griffith Observatory at left. Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Pictures (all rights reserved). |
Monday, January 13, 2014
What REALLY Killed Off the Dinosaurs
Here is a rather humorous smartass alternative theory to what extincted the dinosaurs 65 million years ago from a retired scientist (and fellow member of an online geology forum) who goes by the online handle "Eman":
"I see it is again time to step up and correct some of the misconceptions as to dinosaur extinction --which are collective and manifold but the major cause has nothing to do with impacts but with orbital/Newtonian physics! Let me "s'plain"
We know owing to tidal friction which slowed the moon's rotation, the moon is slowing in orbit and to maintain orbit is continuously moving away from the earth. We know that the moon is much farther away today than in the past. Working back from where it is today, we know it was once incredibly close to Earth causing Lunar "months" to be scant hours if not minutes in duration.
In fact taking the calculations back a wee bit further, we see that the moon got incredibly close to the earth's surface!
And THAT is what killed off the dinosaurs---- the tall ones, anyway......" ;-)
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