Month: August 2019
Belaboring the obvious
Scarier and scarier
What’s next? Trump’s ideas are getting scarier and scarier. Remember this? Over time these characteristics [Trump’s] will only become worse, either because Mr. Trump will succeed in gaining more power and more grandiosity with less grasp on reality, or because he will engender more criticism producing more paranoia, more lies, and more enraged destruction. That … Continue reading Scarier and scarier
Alarmist? You betcha!
Alarmist? Since the ’60s I’ve heard that the Amazon rain forest is “the earth’s lungs” and supplies about 20% of the world’s oxygen. Yet all these years later, the Brazilians are burning it down like there’s no tomorrow. Which there won’t be at the rate they’re going. Perhaps the indigenous people aren’t educated enough to … Continue reading Alarmist? You betcha!
‘Rise,’ another great photo of Longs Peak
From Nate Zeman’s website: Like a ship in the fog, Longs Peak reveals itself after being hidden in thick storm clouds. Just after the sun had dipped below the horizon for the day, the massive mountain emerged. It was a quick show. Moments later, the thick clouds veiled the mountain once again. Longs Peak is … Continue reading ‘Rise,’ another great photo of Longs Peak
TundraCam website gets major redesign
One of the webcams I’ve enjoyed for many years, the TundraCam on Niwot Ridge near Nederland, Colo., is now hosted on a handsome new website. The live webcam is a part of a high altitude (11,600 ft) research station used by several organizations and is fully controllable by visitors, who can pan and zoom to … Continue reading TundraCam website gets major redesign