December 22, 2012
My friend Robert saw this Orca pod near Anacapa Island today.

My friend Robert saw this Orca pod near Anacapa Island today.

8:30pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-YkmxZy2G0Z
(Notes: 19)
  
Filed under: Orca whales Pacific Los Angeles Killer Whale ocean sealife 
July 31, 2012
John Nelson handsomely visualized the Ring of Fire in this map of global earthquakes since 1898. This is the polar projection of a more common image floating around the Internet.(I tried, but I simply could not discover when the term “Ring of Fire” was first used to describe seismic activity around the Pacific Ocean.)

John Nelson handsomely visualized the Ring of Fire in this map of global earthquakes since 1898. This is the polar projection of a more common image floating around the Internet.

(I tried, but I simply could not discover when the term “Ring of Fire” was first used to describe seismic activity around the Pacific Ocean.)

5:23pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-YkmxQUsbXR
(Notes: 2)
  
Filed under: Ring Of Fire John Nelson earthquakes volcano Pacific maps globe visualization 
July 30, 2012
Illustration from an advertisement, 1938

Illustration from an advertisement, 1938

3:12pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-YkmxQPvEXB
(Notes: 9)
  
Filed under: 1930s Pacific advertisment airplane illustration sea plane sailors 
May 30, 2012
Aogashima Island, Japan (more photos of the island by Izuyan)

Aogashima Island, Japan

(more photos of the island by Izuyan)

12:27am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-YkmxMPI3b_
(Notes: 28)
  
Filed under: Aogashima Japan Pacific Volcano caldera paradise 青ヶ島