' Oh right, Had almost forgotten about this. A North Atlantic Minke whale "pulse-train", in 'wavelet space', rendered for showing on the dome at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco... vimeo.com/78798330

Aguasonic Minke Pulse Train Preview

A genuine AGUASONIC® 'full-dome' animation of the "pulse-train" made by a Minke whale, /Balaenoptera acutorostrata/, recorded in the north Atlantic. This is a 'sneak preview' -- stay tuned for the res...

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' Sunset on top of Bald Mountain -- next up, fireworks in every direction... '

' Happy Tau Day.... Can celebrate by having << two >> pies. 🙃 www.tauday.com/tau-manifesto

No, really, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto

For millennia, the circle has been considered the most perfect of shapes, and the circle constant π captured the geometry of the circle in a single number. But π is wrong, and it’s time to set things ...

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' Nice conditions on the river couple days ago. '

' 《 Was 》going to give Shasta a spin -- but two days of thunderstorms put a wrench in those plans. Still, nice time to visit, spent some time with the local flora. Maybe next time. 🙃

Mount Shasta · Sep 21, 2025 – Jun 21, 2026 📸

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' Seventy kilometers in, on a road with no intersections, were this tree just a couple meters taller, it would have marked the beginning of an adventure in alternate plans. '

' Sun doing that thing it does when you add a little fog.... '

' Mount Shasta, from the northwest. '

' Heading in to the Sonoma Coast State Park....

' Good example of a 'marine incursion' this morning... '

' Sherman Island looking pretty good this morning...

Nice little reminder that -- no matter how much you think you know.... what you do not know, is infinite. www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

“That innocent question hit me like a lightning bolt." Scientist's two-year-old son inspires discovery of new type of worker honeybee | Discover Wildlife

Secrets of the hive unlocked thanks to child’s question.

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Bodega just << on >> today....

' Beautiful day for the annual "headwaters-to-headwaters" hike at Sugarloaf Ridge yesterday. '

Apropos nothing, really -- 'cept it's the time of year when some birds fly north... Was trying to approach a pretty large flock of Snow geese one evening. Being as quiet as I knew how to be... Then stepped on a stick. oops. freesound.org/people/aguas...

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A genuine AGUASONIC® recording of Snow Geese launching on Sherman Island, California. Recorded February 17th, 2010, just after sunset.

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Valley of gold....

Sunset at Eureka Dunes...

Death Valley is happening right now...

' This morning's lunar eclipse. Nice.

' Largest sunspot of the current cycle, #4366 -- taken with a consumer grade camera. With a pair of eclipse glasses can probably see it yourself!

' Nice day on the water....

: Sunrise at Dante's View, December 22nd, 2025....

Weather was just _wild_ on the eastern Sierra the other day... 40-50 knots from the left one minute... Drive down the road a couple hundred meters -- 40-50 knots from the right! Some "mini-waterspout" action on Topaz Lake, for example.

: Death Valley, 22nd of December, 2025.

Mono Lake in rare form Sunday, the 21st...

For #caturday

'' The clicks made by a White-beaked dolphin, recorded near Iceland, in "wavelet space". ''

` Bodega yesterday -- before the fog rolled in, and I ended up sailing under IFR conditions... 🙃

I can not tell you how many times the wind shows up at this place on days with a full moon.... but grateful that the pattern continues...

A fairly mild thunderstorm in the High Sierra. Best with a good sub-woofer... freesound.org/people/aguas...

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Recording of a gentle thunderstorm at Wallace Lake in the High Sierra. Best with a good sub-woofer.

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