Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses[a]) is a national park in Maranhão state in northeastern Brazil, just east of the Baía de São José. Protected on June 2, 1981, the 155,000 ha (380,000-acre) park includes 70 km (43 mi) of coastline, and an interior composed of rolling sand dunes. During the rainy season, the valleys among the dunes fill with freshwater lagoons, …
Satisfaction.
Better than some years.
Snowpack update for the Western US. Blue is well above normal, green and yellow are near to below normal, and red is well below normal. An early look at the potential for this year’s monsoon. Long-range prognostication issued 3/20/25 by the climate prediction center shows a 30-50% chance of above normal precipitation for July-August_September. Let’s …
Screwing with the ocean
What if one of the solutions for climate change was to boost the storage capacity of the ocean? That’s what a new area of science called ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) promises. Could the ocean have a climate solution in store? Yikes, now they are talking about screwing with the ocean. When the ocean is screwed we are, …
Flaco Lives
The exhibition takes up half of a long, narrow space that could more accurately be called “a hallway.” But it tells Flaco’s story in satisfying detail. Flaco escaped from the Central Park Zoo when an unknown vandal cut open the mesh of his enclosure. Though zoo employees initially made several attempts to recapture Flaco, mostly …
Future Shock
A squirrel-inspired robot that can leap from limb to limb Yeah, I never thought I would see this stuff. A gun added will be next.
A Great Grouse Pic
Ruffed Grouse taken with my R7 and 200-800 mm. I read a lot of people knocking this combo. I love it! This photo was taken in a forest, with sun light filtering through. The in body stabilization as well as the lens stabilization was awesome. The detail is amazing. I love the sun glare in …
Spring Light
Spring Light acrylic painting by Philip Huckin (born in 1952; British artist) Spring Light was what I thought on seeing it, too.
NB Turks
No shortage of Turkeys in northern Maine. A flock of Turkeys roosting in a New Sweden swamp. -Katie Rick N Katie Michaud I saw this and was WTF they are up in Aroostook Co, Maine which is way up there. If they can handle that, they can handle here. 70000 in Maine. Turkeys in New …
The Season, Kenny Morgan books
Turkey season is on, at least, in parts of the range and while I have not hunted them I have seen a few and read much about it. Friends from here used to go to Maine for them. They are making there way here but I may not see it in my lifetime. The Season, …