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Sundog above juniper trees.
This stood out starkly when viewed through my polarized sunglasses late Friday afternoon, but disappeared completely into the glare without them. I had to put my sunglasses in front of my phone to get...
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Slated for Destruction
Next weekend, construction crews will tear out this old railroad bridge across Century Blvd near LAX to make way for a Metro station on the future Crenshaw Line. They’ve dubbed the road closure the...
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Aftermath: Century Crunch
I was looking forward to checking out the aftermath of last weekend’s “Century Crunch” bridge demolition (see the before photo), but for various reasons I didn’t get a chance to really look at it until...
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After the Crunch: Rubble and…Ewoks?
Since I work near the Century/Aviation intersection where Metro is planning to build a light rail station, I’ve been watching the demolition of the old bridge with some interest. The northern rise is...
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Radiant Sunsets
Last Tuesday I stayed late at the office. As I was leaving the parking structure, I looked to the left for oncoming cars and saw this. I was stunned. Instead of getting on the road immediately, I...
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Exploring the Creek (Two Photos)
It was a late-summer heat wave, and while the picnic itself was spread out in the shade beneath some trees, it was over 100 degrees. Still, a preschooler can’t be terribly interested in his parents’...
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Working Around a Solar Eclipse (Oct 2014)
I literally found out yesterday about today’s partial solar eclipse. Unlike the last one visible from Southern California in 2012, which was conveniently on a weekend, this ended up being right in the...
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Backlit Tree in Fog (Photo)
One of those rare instances when Kelvin makes a photo better. The post Backlit Tree in Fog (Photo) appeared first on K-Squared Ramblings.
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Grinning Jack-O-Lantern
A photo from last year’s Halloween. The post Grinning Jack-O-Lantern appeared first on K-Squared Ramblings.
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A Teal Pumpkin for Halloween
The idea behind the Teal Pumpkin Project is to offer alternate Halloween treats that aren’t candy, so that kids with severe food allergies can still go Trick-or-Treating. It started last year in...
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Hanging around the beach after a Halloween storm
Late Halloween night, the first rainstorm of the season blew through town. By morning, it had mostly passed over us, but there were enough clouds around to make things look interesting after I dropped...
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Sundog, Saddleback, Clouds and Dust
Seen from near LAX through an office window. The Santa Ana winds have cleared away the smog, making the view unusually clear (until the dust takes its place). The sundog near the top of the frame was...
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Restaurant Crossover
Though their signature drink is a mean Flat White, Two Guns Espresso in Manhattan Beach has the perfect mocha: just the right balance of coffee and chocolate and not too sweet. If they were open in...
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Look up in the sky!
You may never seen a halo around the sun or a sundog next to it, but they’re actually quite common. You just have to look up. (Just don’t stare at the sun!) I usually keep an eye out for sun halos...
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Flashback: Happy Holidays & Season’s Greetings
I found this old Mervyn’s box from the 80s in with the Christmas ornaments when we set up our tree. Yes, we actually managed to get a tree set up this year! The post Flashback: Happy Holidays &...
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Saddleback Snow, New Year’s Eve
I was expecting to see more snow on the San Gabriel mountains after yesterday’s storm, but was kind of disappointed…until it became clear that the bulk of the snow was on another mountain range....
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Reflecting into Shadow
Late afternoon sun reflecting off a decorated window into the shadow of an umbrella. We went out for frozen yogurt yesterday to celebrate finally putting all the Christmas decorations away, only to...
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Venus and Mercury Above the Trees
I walked out of the office building this evening and just stopped. There, framed by the treetops along the street and the awning and wall of the next building over, was clearly Venus, which I hadn’t...
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Venus and Mercury, Sitting in a Tree
I’ve been watching Venus and Mercury move toward and away from each other over the past week and a half as I leave the office, when I’ve had a clear view anyway. Tonight I caught a different view of...
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Venus and Mars are all right tonight
My tripod, on the other hand, seems not to have been as steady as I thought. Or I jostled it a tiny bit, enough to register on Venus but not the much dimmer satellite dish. Speaking of dimmer,...
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