Now this is plasma, baby! My friends who are into the backyard sun watching thing can't believe this week's pictures of solar plasma, shooting up above the surface of the sun. I mean, look at this thing. It's a huge wall of plasma and apparently it's either one of the biggest or the very … [Read more...]
Peak Fall Colors Starting Now For Oregon, Washington
I love it when our Oregon and Washington trees have more bright orange and red than a pumpkin patch!  And this last week of October 2011 a lot of them do.   The pictures are rolling in to KOIN Local 6: news@koin.com  Bud & Kathy LeDoux sent the photos I'm using in this post. … [Read more...]
Northern Lights Spotted Near Portland, Oregon
The Northern Lights exploded into skies across the United States and the many places around the world on Monday night October 24, 2011. Some of the weakest displays were in Oregon and Washington. But it's a miracle anyone here saw them at all because most of us living here never … [Read more...]
Perseid Meteor Photographed From Space
If your job has you working on the International Space Station, you'll miss out on some things. Blackberry milkshakes. Going for a walk on a warm summer night. Or taking a trip to the beach. But you also get to do an experience things almost no one else ever will. And this picture fits … [Read more...]
Sun Spots So Big, They Could Swallow The Earth
At first glance, they look like crop circles. Or maybe part of a bright painting in a museum somewhere. But no, what you see here is double sun spot #1263 as seen on August 2, 2011. NASA says each part of the 'double' is big enough to swallow the earth. So I added the mini-earths to this … [Read more...]
Awesome Clouds Fill Northwest Skies During Warm Summer Weekend
Some of the clouds were downright huge! This top photo took Darlisa Black a full five shots with her cell phone - then she stitched the photos together to create this awesome picture. She saw this lenticular cloud from her summer weekend vantage point in the Columbia River Gorge in White … [Read more...]
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