Earth pyramids
Ever hear of earth pyramids? I hadn’t. I thought it was some sort of spoof when I first saw these photos. Maybe an old April Fools’ prank? But they are real: At many places across South Tyrol, in northern Italy, … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Nature
The pup and the bird of prey
Here’s a story about a dog snatched by an eagle: Felipe Rodriguez says he thought he was hallucinating when an eagle snatched his sister’s little white dog from her yard, flapped its massive wings and disappeared over the trees. Did … Continue reading →
Let it snow
Well, we don’t have much choice, do we? It’s snowing, the wind is blowing (but not, I think, at blizzard level), and I have no reason to go out today. As for great blizzards of the past, I well remember … Continue reading →
How to write attention-getting headlines about the weather
CNN seems to have it down: “Winter ‘bomb cyclone’ threatens East Coast, bringing temps colder than Mars.” In the following excerpt, I’ve highlighted the most fear-mongering words: A massive “bombogenesis” — an area of rapidly declining low pressure — will … Continue reading →
Pocket’s got my number: the reluctant patriot
When I updated to the new Firefox, a bunch of things came with it. On my home page there was a sampler of websites I’d recently visited, and searches I’d done. I got rid of that almost immediately; I don’t … Continue reading →
Two elephants…
…walk into a bar: Not really very funny to be there, though, as a human. I think the elephants came for the salted peanuts. Which for some reason reminds me of: A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into … Continue reading →
Irma: the 7th worst US hurricane
I have no doubt that a lot of people are sad that Irma ranks only 7th on this chart of destructive hurricanes to hit the US, behind the 1935 Labor Day storm, 1969’s Camille, 2005’s Katrina, 1992’s Andrew, and a … Continue reading →
This is where I was recently
Not bad, eh? I was also here: Note the piece of rainbow.
Continue reading →Eclipse, August 21: to feel the always coming on…
On Monday, August 21, 2017, America will witness one of nature’s grandest spectacles. The “Great American Eclipse,” as it is being called, will be the first total solar eclipse visible from the continental United States since 1979, when a massive … Continue reading →
Here comes (or goes) the sun
Trump the evildoer: Democrat lawmakers and climate change scientists warn that Trump’s disastrous environmental policies will culminate in the destruction of the Sun on August 21, 2017. Since taking office, Donald Trump has been rolling back Obama-era policies that curbed … Continue reading →
Don’t ever call these guys dumb bunnies
They are very resourceful rabbits indeed: Three wild rabbits managed to escape rising floodwaters in New Zealand by clambering aboard a flock of sheep and surfing to safety on their woolly backs. The visuals:
Continue reading →Free-climbing El Capitan
Yes, you read that right: someone climbed the monolith El Capitan in Yosemite without ropes, in what’s called a “free solo” ascent. That means crawling up the vertical rock face with only your hands, feet, muscles, and steely (some would … Continue reading →