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animation spans satellite images from june 23 through the 27th. includes the fires in northern california, meltwater along the nw coast (and possibly a phytoplankton bloom?), the puget sound and vancouver, bc.
Images courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC

This is the daily update as of Thursday, June 26th at 9PM, from the Northern California Joint Information Center.
Current Situation:  State and Federal firefighters continue to battle hundreds of
wildfires throughout northern California and are preparing for light to moderate
dry thunderstorm activity beginning tonight through the weekend.  Fires are
activity burning and continuing to spread.  High [...]

Seven victims, aged 15 to 30, were stabbed Sunday morning (June 22, 2008) at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, with one victim requiring a life flight evacuation for a wound to the upper torso, in yet another tragic episode of ‘why drugs are bad’. I called the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital to find out [...]

if you need a card, they’re on the racks behind my dad. the polaroid got a little smudged on his hat and shirt. sorry dad.

NPR might think they can corner the market on science with their paltry, particle-deficient Science Friday’s, so it’s time to heat up the particle-accelerator and collide their sham…with a new one! We’re taking it to the next level: the very next day. Introducing Science Saturdays. Get your subatomic particles off on that, NPR! I’m also [...]

Heroes for Ghosts, a show featuring new paintings, drawings, screen prints and sculptures from Michael Sieben opens this Thursday at FIFTY24SF.
What did they get you to trade?