A New World Record Set in Oman for the Highest 24-Hour Low Temperature - 108.7 Degrees

It's hot in the Middle East right now: https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Minimum-Temperature-426-C-1087-F-Oman-June-26-2018-New-World-Record.

Wonderful Image of South America's Altiplano from the International Space Station

I subscribe to a service where images from the International Space Station are shared with the public. This one came across my desk this morning. It shows Bolivia's capital. La Paz, situated at the edge of a larger feature known as the Altiplano or high plain. The average elevation of the Altiplano is about 13,000 feet! Smoke from fires fill valley's, highlighting their courses on their way to the main branch, the Amazon River. You can read about this image here, as well as see annotations on certain features. 

A Pale Blue Dot

Could we ever get tired of hearing the enduring message of our unimportance from Carl Sagan. Enjoy!

A Fantastic Weather Graphic That Will Blow Your Mind

A friend sent me this link recently from the Capital Weather Gang. It is a time lapse movie of the northern hemisphere weather from August 1 to November 1. It shows how the atmosphere moves by imaging smoke from western fires in Montana and British Columbia (white), dust from the Sahara Desert (brown), and salt spray picked up from wind over the oceans (blue).


Wow!

The Piper Has Come for His Payment in Colorado City, AZ

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mormons-genes-idUSN0727298120070614.

Those Holding Strict Young Earth Creationist Views Slip to 30 Year Low Among Americans

http://www.gallup.com/poll/210956/belief-creationist-view-humans-new-low.aspx

Meet Southwest Photographer Jack Dykinga

A feature article in the Tucson Weekly about the famed Tucson photographer: https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/a-voice-in-the-wilderness/Content?oid=9969523.

I was a co-author on one of Dykinga's books about the Grand Canyon: https://www.amazon.com/Images-Jack-Dykingas-Grand-Canyon/dp/1932082875/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499088478&sr=1-7&keywords=jack+dykinga

http://www.shoparizonahighways.com/images-jack-dykingas-grand-canyon.