The Pale Blue Dot Revisited

On Valentine's Day, 1990 the Voyager space craft. some 3 billion miles from Earth, snapped a picture of our planet. NASA has updated the photo and the complete story is here.

Yep. As Carl Sagan wrote of this image: "That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.”

The "here" is the tiny blue dot inside the sunbeam that runs up and down the photo.

Speed Record in Grand Canyon Remains Intact

A group of eight persons rowed through the Grand Canyon in just under 38 hours, missing the speed record by a few hours. My wife Helen hiked down to Phantom Ranch to see them pass Bright Angel Creek. Read about it here.

Tim Means, Legendary Baja California Conservationist, Passes

Tim Means, who saved Isla Espiritu Santo from commercial development, passed away recently. He began Baja Expeditions in 1974. Read about it here.

Ladybug Swarm in California!

No, it wasn't rain or hail on June 4 of this year - it was a mass migration of ladybugs over the Mojave Desert. Read about it here.

May, 2019 was a strange Month for Weather In Northern Arizona

The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has released this unusual report for weather in May in northern Arizona. Believe me, I was aware of these conditions completing two Grand Canyon river trips during the month.

Late Spring Snow Storms at Grand Canyon

Wow! Read about it here.

How the Moon Formed

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing (July 20) renewed interest in studying samples brought back by Apollo astronauts has commenced. Read about that here.

Who knew anorthosite could be so instructive!