Embenchime River 9:35 p.m. Siberia 9:35 a.m. EST 74°F High 46°F Low Sunny Dr. Ranson reports: Today we chugged down the river. We’re heading towards the junction of the Embenchime and the Kochechum Rivers. Just before we get there, we have a series of plots we really want to measure. That confluence is still a […]
Congratulations to Yiannis Raftopoulos for being the first to correctly identify that our second satellite puzzler was a view of Dudinka, a port city along the Yenisei River in northern Siberia. Raftopoulos submitted his answer just 15 hours and 51 minutes after we posted the image—not quite as fast as Alexandre Manthieu was at solving our […]
Embenchime River 9:30 p.m. Siberia, 9:30 a.m. EDT 65°F High 54°F low Rain Dr. Ranson reports: We’re at the end of another long journey on the Embenchime. We’ve covered 38 kilometers in a straight line – with the twists and turns, of the river, multiply that by about 1 ½ – so it’s more like […]
Embenchime River 10:45 p.m. Siberia 10:45 a.m. EDT 71°F High 42°F Low Steady rain. Dr. Ranson reports Tonight I’m calling from my tent. I’m in my sleeping bag already too. I like it here, because it’s dry. Outside, it is raining, and everything is wet. I hear rain dripping on the tent, and all around. […]
Embenchime River 66° 2 min N 97° 49 min E 11:30 p.m. Siberia 11:30 a.m. EDT 71°F High 44°F low Sunny Dr. Ranson reports: We fought the river again today, but in the end, we have been successful. We’re now tucked away in camps – the one we wanted to reach yesterday. Again, our trip […]
Embenchime River 66.15 N 97.57 E 73°F High 40°F Low Periods of rain and strong wind 11:50 p.m. Siberia 11:50 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time From Dr. Ranson: It is near midnight, and we just got off the river. I helped get us situated and safe, but then left the others so I could check in. […]
Steven Chan Jet Propulsion Laboratory As an avid photographer, I totally agree with what Diane Arbus said, “I really believe there are things that nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.” So here in this blog I’m taking a more photojournalistic approach. Enjoy! My work in SMAPVEX12 primarily consisted of two tasks: Vegetation sampling […]
One of the first things that caught my eye when I started checking for interesting satellite imagery yesterday was this: an enormous “V” of smoke draped over northern Canada, as seen by the MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite. The plume was caused by numerous wildfires burning in the Caribou Mountains of northern Alberta. At first […]
Embenchime River 66 N 97 E 9:15 a.m. local, 9:15 p.m. EDT 72°F high 54°F low Dr. Ranson reports: It’s been been a very physical day, with a lot of walking and a lot of work, but we’re doing great and gathering a lot of high quality data. The weather was perfect for a day […]
Embenchime River 66 N 97 E 9:15 a.m. local, 9:15 p.m. EDT 70°F high 53°F low rainy with gusting wind Dr. Ranson Reports: This evening I have to admit – I am tired. I was out of my tent and working around camp by 7:30 this morning. We reached our field sites about 11, and […]
