Oregon Hikers

Michael,

I do see what you are saying about this 'object' being a bloom artifact. That is a much simpler explanation and Occam's Razor cuts through again. Thanks for your bloom comment as this allowed me to learn about CCD overload.

Yours,

BurnsideBob

it's usually something larger than that, solar panels, cars, etc. Maybe the mystery object is the sun glare coming off a moving aerial drone? Houston, we have a theory! Here's my take, based on limited exposure to orthophotos when I worked for the USFS 45 years ago and on internet searches today. O...

Another Sat imaging artifact? Yeah, whatever it is, it isn't on the ground. Either a weird artifact or something that was flying below the camera. (We say "satellite" photos, but imagery of this resolution only comes from aircraft.) I concur. Here are two views of the same location from Google Maps...

????? along the Colorado River upstream from Moab, Utah. The bare area left of road is a parking area for a trailhead. This is at maximum zoom in AcmeMapper's current sat imaging dataset--coordinates visible in box bottom right. Unidentified Object In Satellite View2.jpg Another Sat imaging artifact...

Leanin Tree Update 9 March 2024.

Gusty South winds today. Tree going, going, going . . . . . . .


BurnsideBob

does any of this threaten your house? or anything else you don't want washed away? There is this downstream of the threatened tree, but not on my property. IMG_7639.JPG The creek is actively excavating the bank at 2,000 cu ft /sec* flows and ultimately could threaten my lot. The adjoining lot will ...

Look at all the happy creatures dancin' on the lawn.


Update 3 March Out My Back Door: Tree is still standing, but there are cracks in the bank.

BurnsideBob

Drama out my back door. The winter of 2022/2023 my creek undercut a tree, causing it to fall into the creek last Spring. This winter the highest high water flow, just over 2,000 cubic feet/second, moved the fallen tree downstream, allowing us to see how undercut the next tree is. IMG_7616v2.jpg The ...

Maybe our Burnside Bob?

Nope. But thanks for the thought!!!

Happy Valentines, BTW.
Burnside Bob

Thanks from me, too, Robin. For me your report was bittersweet, for, you see, I backpacked your route the third week of September, 1969 with two college friends. I have almost no memories of our trip--the hiking part anyhow. So your photos of the route were all new with a twinge of deja vu!! I do re...