Transparent kayaks reveal the depths of Tahoe
It’s 10 p.m. on a clear, calm Tahoe night and a motley crew of Tahoe locals is standing on a dock in the Tahoe...
Exploring Tahoe’s night sky
While Tahoe’s blue skies are enchanting during the day, once night falls, the scattered light of stars and planets against the black sky can...
Planets of Gas and Ice
Billions of years ago in an outer region of a solar nebula, the one we now call the solar system, gravity formed two large...
An Eclipse Story
I’ve been married to a wonderful woman, “Jackie,” for 45 years this September. She is not the geeky one in the family, I hold...
Explore the Milky Way
The Milky Way in August as seen from the northern shores of Lake Tahoe is spectacular to behold on a moonless evening. Breaching as...
Balloons to live stream eclipse
On Aug. 21, millions of people along a 70-mile wide path of totality in the United States stretching from coast to coast will experience...
Our Place in the Milky Way Galaxy
Our view of the cosmos is hidden by the light scattering of the Sun during the daylight hours causing the illusion of a blue...
The moons of Jupiter
Jules Verne (1828-1905) wrote adventure stories about a trip “From the Earth to the Moon” and a visit to “The Mysterious Island;” only two...
Kayaking under the light of the moon
The sun is setting. Waves are crashing over the bow of the kayak as Jani Osborne of Alpenglow Cleaners and I paddle out for...
The majesty of meteor showers
Meteor showers provide a magnificent show in the late-night Tahoe sky. A few years back, I hiked Mount Judah Loop at 1 a.m. to...
