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Category: Nature

  • Las Conchas wildfire outside of Los Alamos, NM

    Earlier today a fire broke out 12 miles southwest of Los Alamos. The wife, the Cat and I are okay but we’re prepared to evacuate if necessary. Links to info about the fire are listed at the bottom of the post.

    View of the Las Conchas Fire from a residential street in Los Alamos, CA.
    View of the Las Conchas Fire from the corner of Diamond Drive and University Drive. Los Alamos, NM.
    Local emergency crews from Los Alamos en route to help with the Las Conchas fire.
    The sun breaks through the fire plume of the Las Conchas Fire.
    The Las Conchas Fire seen from NM state road 4 near Bandelier National Monument.
    The Las Conchas Fire seen from NM state road 4 near Bandelier National Monument.
    View of the Las Conchas Fire from Pajarito Ski resort outside of Los Alamos, NM.
    View of the Las Conchas Fire from Pajarito Ski resort outside of Los Alamos, NM.
    View of the Las Conchas Fire from Pajarito Ski resort outside of Los Alamos, NM.
    A plume of smoke from the Las Conchas Fire extends over Los Alamos County.
    View of the Las Conchas Fire from an area burned by the Cerro Grande Fire of 2000. Los Alamos, NM.

    Links regarding the Las Conchas Fire:

    NM Fire Info

    KRQE News

    Los Alamos Monitor

    If you need to get a hold of me, text me at 310.425.5090 or email me at szapien@gmail.com (I’ll be checking both regularly). I’ll also be posting updates to the twitter and the facebook.

    -sz

  • One last visit to the Poppy Reserve

    Wrapping up my time in LA, I wanted to take one more look at the Poppy Reserve outside of Lancaster, CA. It was really windy so there wasn’t much of a display but it was still worth getting up at 5:00 in the morning.

  • San Diego in flowers

    While in SD, I kept an eye out for interesting flora. San Diego didn’t disappoint.

  • Yosemite

    For the first time in my life, I visited Yosemite National Park this past weekend. It was just a day trip but damn was the experience moving. I can’t wait to go back and camp there.

  • Random trees within a hundred yard radius

    From December.