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Air Show2431 viewsTaken 9/30/05
"Air Show" is how the Firemen refer to the Air Tankers. This retardant drop is on the Burbank Fire which started yesterday, 9/29/05.
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Comet Holmes2426 viewsComet Holmes, normally only visible with the aid of telescopes has suddenly become brighter after emitting a large dust cloud. Now usually somewhat visible with the naked eye, it is definitely visible with binoculars.

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Griffith Park 32425 viewsIt's hard to imagine the skill and bravery of these pilots.
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Griffith Park 22424 viewsThis is one of Los Angeles County Fire's new BlackHawk Helicopters. They can carry 1,000 Gallons of water and provide subtantially more fire fighting power than the older Helicopters.
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Survivor2424 viewsTaken 4/7/06
I believe this is a Yellow Canary. No fancy names. At any rate, he has survived the wrath of the Mongoose on Hawai'i. I really enjoyed all the different animals and birds that I saw on this trip. The warm weather wasn’t bad either.
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Fly By2416 viewsTaken 1/1/05
To start off the 2005 Rose Parade, there was a beautiful flyby of the B-2A Bomber, accompanied by an F-15E Strike Eagle and an F-16C Fighting Falcon. In this view, as they depart into the sun, the F-15E is on the left and the F-16C is on the right. They flew along the parade route from West to East.
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Geminids 12-14-062416 viewsAs mentioned in the earlier photo, I had the WebCam set up to capture an image every minute. This is the second Geminid Meteor I captured. This one was in the early morning hours and the radiant had risen high in the sky and the metoer is going almost straight down in the middle of the image.

These images also appear in the WeatherCam Favorites section.

Click on the medium size image above to view a 1024x768 version.
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Lowe Fire 42415 viewsA small fixed wing aircraft makes a Phoscheck drop.
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Minotaur 42413 viewsSeptember 22, 2005 marked the first Vandenberg AFB dusk launch in nearly three years. The Minotaur booster Lifted off from south Vandenberg just after 19:24 PDT, the start of a 16-minute launch window.
This fourth photo gives you some perspective and an idea of how much this filled the sky. It was awesome. The Pasadena Courthouse and a large tree are visible in the foreground. Venus can still be seen about 10-15 degrees above the horizon.
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Griffith Park Fire 12410 viewsThe Griffith Park Fire, 5/8/07, burned approximately 60% of the Park's land. The Observatory, along with the Zoo and Carousel were saved.
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Sago Palm2408 viewsCycas revoluta. Members of the Cycad Family, Sago Palms are known to be among the oldest plants on earth. This photo is looking straight down into the cone on one of our plants.
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