The Last Missing WASP of WWII
I have been interested in this story for many years. At long last we were able to put together a team to search for Gertrude “Tommy” Tompkins and her P-51D […]
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The Last Missing WASP of WWII
On October 26, 1944 WASP pilot Gertrude (Tommy) V. Tompkins Silver took off from Mines Field (LAX) in a North American P-51D and was never seen again. An eye-witness had seen three […]
2012 Photos of the Year
We’re sitting on over a thousand new digital photographs taken just this year. Below are a few 2012 favorites. (If you click on one the site will pull up a […]
Beauty in the Backyard
It may seem counterintuitive to take sabbatical time to explore our own neighborhood, but we couldn’t resist the siren call of Southern Utah. Eight days of roaming in places we’d […]
Late Summer in Northern Arizona
Because I’m truly weather-obsessed, here are some recent photos of Northern Arizona really killing it with the weather beauty. My dear friend PD was in town recently and we ran […]
3D Coral Reef Modeling
What: Validate Autodesk 123D Catch as a tool for coral reef monitoring research Where: Key West & Key Largo, Florida, USA When: February-June 2012 Who: Autodesk, Scripps Institution of Oceanography […]
Rock Gardens on Easter Island
One of the most interesting discoveries made during the Easter Island project has to do with rock gardens. Sonia Haoa has proven that what were believed to arbitrary fields of stones were […]
International Folk Art Market, Santa Fe
Maasai bead necklaces from Africa Schools of Kenya More than 1600 people in Santa Fe volunteer for the Folk Art Market every year — an incredible way for a community […]
