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 Photos usually have more information in them than you might expect... This is a photo of the SkyTree in Tokyo, Japan.  (That is, 東京スカイツリー, Tōkyō Sukaitsurī) It's the tallest tower in the world--taller than the Canton Tower (which w...

The parrotfish were plentiful... Diving with a few friends at the Salt Pier... and the weather very fine on Bonaire this past week.  But in my post that told you I was here, I presented two small mysteries about these next photos.&n...

 Floods come in all sizes...  But this week we're interested in the biggest floods that have reshaped the land at large.  What can we learn about such events?  Here's the Challenge from 2 weeks ago:1. Can you find the 3 la...

 It's been a long, lovely week... Diving with a few friends at the Salt Pier... while vacationing in Bonaire, the home to parrotfish (see our previous discussion of parrotfish in SRS) and many other wonderful things to investigate.  I'm ...

 As you might have noticed, I'm fascinated by floods. Flooding in Texas, 2021.  P/C NSFWe've investigated floods before in this blog.  See SRS in 2016 when we asked "what's common between these floods?"  or this SRS from 2020 w...

 This tree is beautiful, but sheds like crazy...  The canopy of the mighty oakReminder of last week's Challenge:   This is what the yard looks like up close:   You can see a few leaves, an acorn, the cap of an ac...

That tree... The canopy of the mighty oak...in the back yard is, I was told by the arborist, a black oak.  It’s certainly an oak—it rains acorns in the fall, loses all of its oak-shaped leaves, and is tall and massive—it’s a lovely parad...

  Picking up from last time...There's so much to say on this topic! Here's my thought about the answer to the second part of our Challenge... 2.  What's the best advice you could give someone who is searching for great, high-qu...

 What's news to you... .. is usually information that's timely.  Unlike this post, which is woefully late. I meant to have it out last Wednesday (on schedule), but this is a complex topic that's difficult to write about comprehensively, ...

 As you might have seen yesterday... ... this week we're thinking about how to do SearchResearch for News / Late-breaking information.  Finding credible news information is an incredibly important skill to have--especially these day...

 How to find News and Late Breaking Information (part 1)  Foreword:  This is part one of our chapter on finding news (and late-breaking information).  We've divided it up into pieces because posting one giant post is a bit too much...

 It's true... ... I really was looking at a sunflower when I had this insight--the deep connections between the sunflower, the skeleton of a snake, and the Hawaiian archipelago.  My initial thought process was roughly this:&nbs...

 While looking at a sunflower the other day... ... I had an insight... and thought I'd share this with you.  I realized that there is a deep, underlying, common property that connects the sunflower to the skeleton of a snake to the Hawai...

Trying to find answers is easy... ... sometimes.  This week's Challenge is a great mix of straightforward and complex.  Let's dive right in. The Challenges were: 1. "Slagbaai" is the name of a large park on Bonaire.  ...

The Caribbean is a wonderful place... This is sunset from the tiny beach on the south side of Kralendijk (how to pronounce), the capital city of Bonaire.  Yes, the sunsets really do look like that.  I've visited many times, and stil...