Black Ice (Scot Harvath #20) by Brad Thor

2/5

 

The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman

4/5

 

The Girl Who Lived Twice (Millennium, #6) by David Lagercrantz

3/5

 

Falling by T.J. Newman

3/5

 

The Last Watch (The Divide, #1) by J.S. Dewes

3/5

 

White by Bret Easton Ellis

4/5

 

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Catfood WebCamSaver 3.25 is available for download. This release includes the latest webcam list.

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Time lapse of stars and the milky way over Redding, California. Nice to have got the milky way as there is still a fair bit of light pollution in this area. Shot over three nights in July 2021. Shot on a Sony A7C with 20mm f1.8 G lens. Post processed in Lightroom, LRTimelapse, Resolve and Filmstro Pro.

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Easy and spectacular hike around the perimeter road of Angel Island. Around five and half miles, although gets a bit longer if you add a detour or two, and there is something interesting around every corner. Just make sure you don't miss the last ferry back.

(Previously: Mt. Livermore on Angel Island)

Hike starts at: 37.869421, -122.433996. View in Google Earth.

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A 4.5 mile out and back hike to Echo Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Start at the Summit Lake Ranger Station, take the short trail to Summit Lake and then follow signs to Echo Lake.

Hike starts at: 40.498228, -121.42711. View in Google Earth.

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SONY ILCE-7C 20mm f1.8 1/30s ISO2500

Just inside the mouth of Skull Cave at Lava Beds National Monument in Northern California.

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SONY DSC-RX10M4 9mm f16.0 1/125s ISO100

SONY DSC-RX10M4 58mm f11.0 1/200s ISO100

SONY DSC-RX10M4 9mm f11.0 1/160s ISO100

The Sundial Bridge in Redding, California crosses the Sacramento River while also providing the correct time one day a year (the Summer Solstice) assuming it's a sunny day (a pretty safe assumption for Redding).

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The New York Times: Opinion | America Needs to Break Up Its Biggest States

I'd rather get rid of the electoral college and have a national, ranked choice vote but this is interesting.

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A four mile, 1,400 foot hike into the Santa Cruz Mountains from just above Woodside. The trail is almost entirely under canopy but with a lot of variety and the occasional snatch of a view of the bay as you climb. The Bear Gulch section is very steep in places, if I did this route again I'd try Marker 3 to Marker 11 to see if the descent is more forgiving. Oh, and make sure you have a map or a downloaded route, there are a lot of trails with multiple entrances so it would be pretty easy to get lost here.

Hike starts at: 37.424658, -122.281739. View in Google Earth.

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Catfood Earth has been missing a detailed guide since I shut down the Catfood Software web site. That has been fixed with this somewhat epic post which covers every feature of the Windows and Android versions.

Two new timelapses: stars over Columbia State Historic Park and another sunset. I also started working on a longer term project, it will be a few weeks until I get to see if it's going to work.

Hike posts have been upgraded with route maps and a chart showing elevation profile.

Also, some egrets and a ship.

Previously:

• 2020: Visualizing Coronavirus Cases and Deaths by Country and US County
• 2019: Bay View and Shoreline Trails at China Camp State Park
• 2018: Animation of a year of Global Cloud Cover

Links for June 2021

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