My California

Just got back from a blissful few days with Greg along the Central California coast. The Monterey/Carmel/Big Sur area is a special place for me. It's where my father would take us if he really wanted to splurge to make my mother happy (she loves the ocean), and Greg and I have had some amazing trips there. It's also the region that most represents California for me. I'm a California native, and whereas some people think of Hollywood and traffic as best describing my home state, the following images are of regions that evoke it best for me. Hope you enjoy.

Pt. Lobos



Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park





Pfieffer Beach

A New Place

I've decided to make this site my blog for now. Oh, trust me, there'll still be plenty of space images. It is me, after all.

X-ray vision

Before the boom - Comet Tempel 1, from Chandra

Misfit

Not very well-rounded - Saturn's moon, Mimas, from Cassini

Flash!

Quite a bang - heat generated by contact, from Deep Impact

Fireworks

Hitting a comet causes quite the show - aftermath of Deep Impact, from Hubble

So close

...yet so far - Europe meets Africa, from Terra

Defrost

Defrosting carbon dioxide leaves dark spots behind - south polar sand dunes, from Mars Global Surveyor

Grand

Part of the real "Grand Canyon"- Coprates Chasma and Coprates Catena, from Mars Express