By Lockheed Martin
Taken on: March 29, 2013
Location: Edwards Air Force Base, California
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Tag Archives: California
Algae Blooming Near Ravenswood Slough
By Adam Fritzler
Taken on: September 10, 2006
Description: Taken from a Cessna 172 just after takeoff from Palo Alto. Natural colours.
Endeavour
The space shuttle Endeavour,fresh from the STS-126 mission and mounted atop its modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, flies over California’s Mojave Desert on a three-day trip back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday Dec. 10, 2008.
California’s King Fire
The King Fire started about five days ago, in a California canyon 60 miles east of Sacramento, and has since burned an estimated 70,000 acres of steep forested terrain. The wildfire is one of nearly a dozen major blazes being fought across the state right now, driven in part by the ongoing severe drought conditions. The King Fire continues to grow (as of now, it is only 5 percent contained) and has prompted the evacuation of 2,000 residents so far. Firefighters plan to strengthen their control lines and protect as many of the 1,600 nearby homes as they can over the coming days.
An air tanker drops Foscheck fire retardant on a hillside ahead of the King Fire on September 17, 2014 in Pollock Pines, California.
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Sublime
Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood,
In which the burden of the mystery
In which the heavy and weary weight
Of all this unintelligible world,
Is lightened
Photo by: DMMDesign
Location: Sunset – College Cove, Trinidad, California, USA
Portion of poem by: William Wordsworth
Poem provided by: CZ
Reflecting Upon Dreams
The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. Only if we know that the thing which truly matters is the infinite can we avoid fixing our interests upon futilities, and upon all kinds of goals which are not of real importance. Thus we demand that the world grant us recognition for qualities which we regard as personal possessions: our talent or our beauty. The more a man lays stress on false possessions, and the less sensitivity he has for what is essential, the less satisfying is his life. He feels limited because he has limited aims, and the result is envy and jealousy. If we understand and feel that here in this life we already have a link with the infinite, desires and attitudes change.
Photo by: Jordan Roberts
Location: San Diego, California
Quote by: C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Quote provided by: CZ
Peaches
By Cenevols
Location: Napa, California
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