Hoodoo

December 20, 2024

From 2006, taken from a balloon adrift over Cappadocia, in central Turkey. The terrain in Cappadocia is spectacular and craggy, featuring “fairy chimneys,” hoodoo spires, cliffs, hidden valleys, and signs of habitation going back thousands of years. The closest analog I’ve seen to this country are parts of the Colorado Plateau, like the Cedar Breaks— […]

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Ironclad

December 16, 2024

Here I am in 1987 taking command of HMS Warrior, Britain’s first ironclad warship. Henry VIII’s galleon Mary Rose had just been put on display, and of course HMS Victory is there in all its glory. My gaming group had been intensely playing my Privateers & Gentlemen roleplaying game, and I plundered the gift shop […]

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Moonrise at Sunset

December 15, 2024

Moonrise at the Bernardo Refuge. Just tonight. And a little closeup of Earth’s satellite.

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Adrift

December 13, 2024

Waiting for pickup in the Philippine Sea. Palau, 2015.

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Wee Crabby

December 11, 2024

A tiny crab snuggles into its home in an anemone. I never owned a camera capable of taking this kind of picture, so I suspect this was taken by Atti, one of our group. Sulawesi, 2013.

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Meridian

December 10, 2024

From 1995, a picture of Kathy at the Royal Observatory, at Greenwich. She’s standing on the prime meridian, but the scanner’s cut off her feet so you can’t see it. The photo may have been taken by Sue Casper or Gardner Dozois, who joined us on the excursion. We were zigzagging our way to the […]

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Lepidoptery of the Mind

December 8, 2024

When we were in New York State in October, we spent half a day cruising around Ithaca, viewing Kathy’s alma mater of Cornell. We didn’t see much, because pouring rain pretty much confined us to our car. But there was one exhibit I really wanted to see, which was for some reason stuck in a […]

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Horizon

December 5, 2024

The moon and Venus near the horizon. Earlier tonight.

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Latomia

December 3, 2024

This modest bit of Sicilian landscape has an infamous history. This is the Latomia dei Cappuccini, an ancient stone quarry on the north side of the city of Syracuse. In 413 BCE, the Athenian attempt to capture Syracuse collapsed, and the entire Athenian army, its allies, and 200 ships were forced to surrender. The captives […]

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The Green Hamster Plague

November 29, 2024

No doubt you all remember my Nebula-winning story, “The Green Leopard Plague,” which revolves around a contagious virus which allows people to take energy direct from the sun. Well, guess what? I’ve scored another hit on the WJW Predict-O-Meter! According to this video, “scientists” (as they are always called in these presentations) have worked out […]

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