Portfolio - The Counter-Earth, the one some of us see    - Trey Ratcliff - Picasa Web Albums
Not of this Earth These are the bubbling sulfur pools of geothermal Iceland.- Trey Ratcliff
To Another World There are no short days at Disney!  They are all long escapades, filled with happiness, crying, sticky fingers, strollers hitting you in the achilles tendons, and scary people that should not really be allowed to the buffet area. - Trey Ratcliff Read the rest here at stuckincustoms.com.
The Violent Volcano I thought this mountain and cloud formation was too perfect to ignore.  Clouds always do strange things when they pass over mountains, but this one seemed particularly violent and unexpected.This is not actually a volcano.  it's just a regular old mountain in the Andes that had a nice little volcanic shape.  I skirted around it for a while (skirting is quite a trek at this radius), until the angle seemed about right... although I had to skirt fast before the clouds changed.  I have always wanted to take a photo of a volcano that is erupting.  I climbed up part of a volcano that was erupting in Costa Rica, and you could see the red rocks, but I got absolutely zero good shots.  Oh well... some day!- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Surf in LA as Night Passes There's this moment in California when the sun hits the horizon that I am quite sure most of the natives take for granted.  The gradation of sky from the burning sun to the deep blues can only be really appreciated if you swing your head around and purge your short-term memory.  The effect is not dissimilar to the optical illusion of the giant full moon on some evenings, seemingly magnified by our inability to establish a frame of reference.  I think something along those lines happens with color as the sun dips.  You can see this from space, as the sudden band from light to dark rips around the earth -- that same viewing cone can be seen from anywhere on the surface, and it can be best noticed in places like LA, with the nearly infinite horizon.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Portfolio - The Counter-Earth, the one some of us see - Trey Ratcliff - Picasa Web Albums
Portfolio - The Counter-Earth, the one some of us see    - Trey Ratcliff - Picasa Web Albums
Portfolio - The Counter-Earth, the one some of us see - Trey Ratcliff - Picasa Web Albums
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