a blog about ratiocinations out of thin air and elsewhere
THE CASCADES are a range of mountains that cut a wild and wide slash through the state of Washington from top to bottom. That part of the state between the Pacific Ocean and those mountains is Western Washington; that part between the mountains and the rest of the United States is Eastern Washington. READ MORE
IF YOU KNOW NOTHING about astronomy and galactic formation and nebulae, you still probably know about the Horsehead Nebula. The gorgeous image of that mass of dirt and debris above was taken by Ken Crawford in 2011. He took this photo from his backyard observatory in Rancho Del Sol Camino, the image taking twenty hours of exposure and seven different filters! READ MORE