tags: Santa Barbara beach, nature, image of the day
Two surfers enter the water near Santa Barbara, California. If you view large, two of the area's offshore oil rigs are visible. 2006.
Image: James Neeley, Grand Teton Imaging [larger view].
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(This post first appeared on December 23, 2009, but has been reproduced, edited, and improved for 2011.)
Tis the season of Santa Claus, and my neighborhood is full of these awful blow up Santa dioramas. The grinch in me hopes that some other grinch comes along with a sharp scissors and pokes a hole in all this inflatable lawn plastic.
David Ng at The World's Fair asks what kind of scientist Santa Claus might be.
089:32:50 Mattingly: Apollo 8, Houston. [No answer.]
089:33:38 Mattingly: Apollo 8, Houston.
089:34:16 Lovell: Houston, Apollo 8, over.
Hm. That actually looks like it might be the mouth of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh. I was there for the sunset last night, and it looked quite a bit like this.