Satellite view of Mount St. Helens on August 23, 2010.
Satellite view of Mount St. Helens on August 23, 2010.
The free Natural Earth data are a great resource for map-making.
Karsnoyarsk 56.2° N 92.5°E 9:10 p.m. Local Siberia; 9:10 a.m. next day EST High 69F Low 42F Rain We are back to where we started – in comfortable rooms at the Hotel for Scientists in Krasnoyarsk. We drove through the night and arrived here about 6:15 this morning. Even at that early hour, we were graciously greeted us and […]
Marinsk, 56.22 N 87.75 E 12:00 midnight Local Siberia; 12:00 Noon next day EST High 74 F Low 69 F Rain Today has been one long day of travel – and our day is not over yet. I’m calling from a little café in Marinsk, which is a town about 200 km east of Tomsk. […]
Two NASA Earth scientists have traded in their air-conditioned offices for the uncomfortably arid fields of central Turkey. Toiling nine or more hours per day, seven days a week, they walk up to 10 miles a day searching ancient Turkey archaeological grounds for bone fragments, pottery and tombs. But they aren’t using shovels, picks, and […]
Tomsk Oblast 58.55 N 85.68 E 11:00 p.m. Local Siberia; 11:00 a.m. next day EST High 79 F Low 62 F Clear We’ve been on the move today. Last night we looked at our data, and realized that we are done with last night’s site. We still need a day’s worth of different data, so that’s what […]
Stepanova, Siberia 58.67 N 86.76 E 11:05 pm Siberia local; 12:05 pm next day EST High 74 F Low 52 F Scattered Rain Once again I’ve had to spend a day in camp. I have gotten so frustrated and disgusted with being sick, that I’ve gone to the medical kit and started taking amoxicillin. I’ve […]
3 high-resolution images of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Stepanova, Siberia 58.67 N 86.76 E 10:35 pm Siberia local; 11:35 pm next day EST High 74 F Low 52 F Scattered rain It has been another day in camp for me. I am feelin a little better, but my head is still stopped up and that makes it hard to exert myself. I don’t […]
Stepanova, Siberia 58.67 N 86.76 E 10:35 pm Siberia local; 11:35 pm next day EST High: 58 F Low: 47 F Scattered rain This has been a hard day for me. I have been a little sick with a cold for several days, but today I am just exhausted, with no energy at all. I had […]