Hawthorne flowers blooming in a December heat wave.
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Sun halo spotted a few weeks ago.
Wildfire season is year round in California these days.
Is it the shoes?
Is it the shoes?
“Gotham needs you.” View of the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco on a recent trip.
Photo taken at: San Francisco Marriott Marquis
“Gotham needs you.” View of the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco on a recent trip.
Reverse sunset
Reverse sunset. The day was remarkably clear, the Santa Ana winds having swept all the smog out to sea, but at the end of the day you can see the dust coming in from the desert. Tomorrow will still be hot and dry, but it won’t be as clear.
Slippery when wet. (Honestly, it seems kind of redundant.)
Slippery when wet. (Honestly, it seems kind of redundant.) Summer storms are unheard of in this part of California (outside the mountains, anyway), but after a day of Florida-style humidity to go with the heat, I shouldn’t have been surprised when the sky opened up in the afternoon.
Breaking through
Breaking through.
Late afternoon sunlight breaking through the clouds last Thursday.
Backlit clouds casting shadows on the sky.
Zoo map
Zoo map
The tipuana trees are are finally blooming, looking a lot like yellow jacarandas. But the actual jacarandas next to them are pretty much done for the year, only a handful of purple flowers hanging on as the summer leaves take over.
The tipuana trees are are finally blooming, looking a lot like yellow jacarandas. But the actual jacarandas next to them are pretty much done for the year, only a handful of purple flowers hanging on as the summer leaves take over.
Rainy day
Rainy day
eighteenbelow says:
I hope the rain isn’t too intense down there! I’d heard you were expecting a lot of heavy rain and wind today.
Thanks. It was intense in a lot of places, but our neighborhood did about as well as the last big storm. Northern California has been having it really bad, though. It’s weird to go from 6 years of drought to catastrophic flooding.
Sun halo. At ground level it was in the low 70s, but up in the sky it was cold enough for ice crystals. It’s hard to be sure, but I think there’s a bit of a circumscribed halo just outside the main curve of the circular halo.
Sun halo. At ground level it was in the low 70s, but up in the sky it was cold enough for ice crystals. It’s hard to be sure, but I think there’s a bit of a circumscribed halo just outside the main curve of the circular halo.
Venus is surprisingly high in the sky right now.
Venus is surprisingly high in the sky right now.
Up is down.
There’s never been such a day…
Photo taken at: Kenneth Hahn Park
There’s never been such a day… #losangeles #skyline #snowymountains #christmaseve #whitechristmas (the intro, anyway)
Downtown Los Angeles skyline after Sunday’s storm. Zoom photo from the LAX area
Downtown Los Angeles skyline after Sunday’s storm. Zoom photo from the LAX area.
Moon halo
Moon halo
Voting accomplished
Voting accomplished. Waited 45 minutes, in the shade, so that wasn’t too bad. Stopped for coffee afterward. maybe should’ve gotten decaf…
Sundog and palm tree
#Sundog and palm tree