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“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.)

Banana peel on wet ground.

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

Late afternoon sunlight breaking through the clouds last Thursday.

Breaking through.

Late afternoon sunlight breaking through the clouds last Thursday.

#sunlight #clouds #california

Backlit clouds casting shadows on the sky.

Backlit clouds casting shadows on the sky. #clouds #shadows #sky

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

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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.

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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.

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