Location Taken: Chicago, Illinois Time Taken: January 2008 There was a large solar flare a couple days ago. It included a coronal mass ejection that’s heading straight towards Earth. It will hit us only a couple hours after I post … Continue reading
Category Archives: Landscapes
Location Taken: Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois Time Taken: April 2008 What does it say about me that the one time I visited Navy Pier, the fancy tourist shopping-and-rides place in Chicago, I just walked through and left? I barely even … Continue reading
Location Taken: near Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Time Taken: June 2010 The area near Kamloops is really quite lovely. It’s a near-desert in western Canada, with so much moisture pulled out of the air going over the Canadian Cascade mountains … Continue reading
Location Taken: Ontario, Canada Time Taken: June 2010 Random waterfalls are the best waterfalls. If you’re going to a waterfall deliberately, you obviously have a clue what to expect. Otherwise, well, you wouldn’t be going there. It might be larger … Continue reading
Location Taken: Niagara Falls, New York Time Taken: December 2009 Just the other day, a friend randomly mentioned that she didn’t fully know why it continues to get colder after the winter solstice. I gave her a basic description (it … Continue reading