CaliforniaHaikuWhite Mountains Ancient Bristlecone Haiku Ancient Bristlecone Persisting through the Eons You must be so bored Bristlecone pine displays its…
CaliforniaSan Diego Torrey Pines State Reserve and Broken Hill Sunrise This is a great time of year to get out along the coast of San…
CaliforniaCarlsbadDesertSan DiegoThe American SouthwestWildflowers Sorry but No, 2019 Was Not a #Superbloom It's official: 2019 was not a wildflower #superbloom. Huh? But Internet said? In spite of…
CaliforniaUnderwater Photography SCUBA Diving the Southern California Oil Rigs I've recently made a few more dives underneath the oil rigs (platforms) off Southern California.…
Blue WhaleCaliforniaUnderwater Photography A Few New Blue Whale Photos A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this underwater photograph. The blue…
CaliforniaNational ParksSierra NevadaYosemite Yosemite Valley in Spring, May 2018 I try to get into Yosemite Valley each Spring, usually in May since that is…
CatalinaUnderwater Photography Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas, in the California Kelp Forest Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs,…
AlaskaAntarcticaBald EagleCaliforniaFijiHawaiiMexicoOcean SunfishPenguinSurfUnderwater Photography Seven of my Favorite Images #challengeonnaturephotography In December a Facebook "challenge" was making the rounds named #challengeonnaturephotography. One of my favorite…
Astrophotography and Night ScapesCaliforniaJoshua TreeThe American Southwest Blood Red Moon Madness! A Tetrad of Total Lunar Eclipses Lunar eclipse sequence, showing total eclipse (left) through full moon (right). While the moon lies…
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Astrophotography and Night ScapesCaliforniaDesertJoshua TreeThe American Southwest Perseid Meteor Shower over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park, 2015 The Perseid meteor shower occurs each August, peaking on the evenings of August 12 and…
Aerial PhotographyCaliforniaPanoramasSan Diego Aerial Panoramic Photo of Sunset Cliffs, San Diego, California This past spring my daughters and I took a couple flights over San Diego to…
CaliforniaUnderwater Photography Underwater Photos of Southern California Oil Rigs Recently I did some diving underneath three of Southern California's offshore oil rigs: oil rig…
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CaliforniaSan Diego San Diego County Fair at Night, Del Mar, California The Del Mar Fair -- or, for noobs, the "San Diego County Fair" -- has…
CaliforniaUnderwater Photography Underwater Photos of Marine Algae in Southern California and Baja California I dive in Southern California and Baja California, and one of the most appealing things…
Aerial PhotographyCaliforniaPanoramasSan Diego Aerial Panorama of Point Loma, Cabrillo Monument and San Diego Bay This is a highly detailed aerial panoramic photo of the southern end of Point Loma,…
Aerial PhotographyCaliforniaPanoramasSan Diego Aerial Panorama of the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge One of the images I wanted to add to my collection of San Diego aerial…
Aerial PhotographyCaliforniaLa JollaPanoramasSan Diego Aerial Panoramic Photo of La Jolla Cove and Scripps Park, San Diego Panoramic aerial photograph of La Jolla Cove and Scripps Parks (center), with La Jolla's Mount…
Aerial PhotographyCaliforniaLa JollaPanoramas Aerial Panorama of Bird Rock and the La Jolla Coastline Aerial Panorama of La Jolla's Bird Rock, with surfers in the water at lower right.…
Aerial PhotographyCaliforniaSan Diego Aerial Photographic Survey of San Diego Marine Protected Areas for Lighthawk I recently made a special flight with my pilot friend Steve Parker in collaboration with…
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CaliforniaDesertThe American Southwest Moonflowers – Desert Wildflowers at Night "Moonflowers" - with a nod to my favorite rock band, and the best guitarist of…
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San Diego Paradise in February: San Diego President's Weekend was nice here. The rest of the country is freezing, yup that's pretty…
BirdsPelicansSan Diego The Original Wind Surfers: Pelicans, Waves and Surf Wikipedia describes the origins of wind surfing in the 1940s and 1950s. It couldn't be…
Marine LifeSea Lion Killer Whales (Orca) attacking California Sea Lion I saw Wild Kingdom in action yesterday: killer whales preying upon California sea lions. Classified…
BirdsLa Jolla La Jolla Birds La Jolla birds as of this morning. I had until 8:45 before catching the end…
Birds Ring-Billed Gull, Larus Delawarensis, La Jolla Once in a while I will photograph seagulls. I really should spend more time on…
Birds Heermann’s Gull, Larus heermanni The Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni), photographed when I am out and about in La Jolla…
