ON THE OUTSKIRTS of the northern California town of Grass Valley, a massive concrete silo looms over the weeds and crumbling pavement. Nearby, unseen, a mine shaft drops 3,400 feet into the earth. These are the remains of Grass Valley’s Idaho-Maryland Mine, a relic from the town’s gold mining past. Numerous mines like this one once […]
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE travel to California’s redwood forests every year to marvel at the few remaining stands of old-growth trees. Sequoia sempervirens, or the coast redwood, thrives in the damp climate along the Pacific Ocean. Some are more than 2,000 years old, and the tallest can reach 380 feet. The state is also home to a second […]
Near the northern border of California, straddling an ancient redwood forest and the wild and windswept Pacific coast, Humboldt County is one of the most uniquely beautiful places in the world. (Lonely Planet)
Thousands of underground mines across the state linger in toxic anonymity. In April 2006, 32-year-old Jason Chellew was relaxing in his Alta, California home when the ground opened up beneath him, swallowing him and most of his living room. (Earth Island Journal)
Twenty-four kids and a handful of parents stand on a rocky island on the ambling Yuba River. One of the adults reaches into the chilly water and pulls out a very large, very dead fish. He holds it up with both hands. Eyes widen. Noses wrinkle. (Sacramento Parent)
Nikola Tesla was a lot of things. He was an inventor, a futurist, and a genius. Also he really liked pigeons. And until recently, everyone agreed he probably didn’t invent a death ray. Except that he kind of did. (Grunge.com)
There’s something universally attractive about “forbidden” things, whether it’s the cake your mom told you not to sample or an entire city full of ancient artifacts, mysterious artwork, and cats. (Grunge.com)
Sometimes, when I see pictures of people in hazmat suits, I feel jealous. I don’t fear Ebola or anything, and I’m not a survivalist and I don’t think I’ll ever need to protect myself from chemical spills or germ warfare. On the contrary, I want a hazmat suit for the next time one of my […]
I take photos of everything. Landscapes, buildings, bugs, patterns, you name it. But my favorite images by far are the ones I take of kids. And why not? Kids are cute. Kids are genuine. They’re not trying to be something they aren’t – except of course when they’re trying to be dinosaurs or pirates. […]
