For more info visit: Keep Our Beaches Free: Vote No on Prop D. Of course, there are more important reasons vote than that. If you live in San Diego County you can check your voter registration status online. And if you’re not sure how much time you have left to register you can check with Google Maps (doesn’t matter where you live, just enter your address).
“It’s horrible to see smoke pouring from wounds in your own country from such a fantastic vantage point. The dichotomy of being on a spacecraft dedicated to improving life on the earth and watching life being destroyed by such willful, terrible acts is jolting to the psyche, no matter who you are.”
- Frank L. Culbertson, Commander of the ISS on September 11, 2001
From: North Park, San Diego, CA
When: August 16, 2008 @ 9:30pm PDT
Camera: Canon A530 set to automatic mode
Telescope: Orion SkyQuest XT6 with 25mm Plossl eyepiece
From: North Park, San Diego, CA
When: August 9, 2008 @ 9:00pm PDT
Camera: Canon A530 set to movie mode (multiple images combined using Keith’s Image Stacker)
Telescope: Orion SkyQuest XT6 with 10mm Plossl and 1.25″ Shorty Barlow eyepieces
Just felt my first major earthquake: a 5.6 near Los Angeles (Chino Hills to be exact). I work across the street from an air base and a truck yard so I’m used to the building rumbling when a low flying fighter jet or heavy semi truck goes by but this was a good 10-15 seconds of the building undulating. Weird!!! My coworker in Pasadena said a bunch of stuff fell off the walls/shelves in his office as he bolted out the door; at least he’s OK!