Daily Postcard: Sunset Tints Clouds Vivid Pink
Daily Postcard: The sunset tints clouds a vivid pink color viewed from a home Aug. 29 in White Rock. The color was so vibrant that it shined through the window of the home causing the homeowner to step outside and snap this beautiful shot. ‘It was amazing.’ Photo by Paulette Woodall Read More
Caldera Slideshow And Talk By Don Usner Saturday Sept. 9
The Valle Toledo. Courtesy/Caldera Action
Caldera Action News:
Caldera Action and the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) present a slideshow, book-singing and talk about the Valles Caldera by noted author and photographer Don Usner, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at the SALA Events Center in Los Alamos.
Usner published Valles Caldera, a New Vision for New Mexico’s Preserve with Bill DeBuys in 2021. The book, published by Museum of New Mexico Press, delves into the history and wonder of the Preserve with the eloquence and humor these two noted authors are known for. Usner will be signing copies Read More
Modification Request To Add Treatment Process At TA 50 Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the Electronic Reading Room.
The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory:
- Replacement Form for Class 1 Permit Modification Request to Add Treatment Process at Technical Area 50, Building 69Members of the public may view these documents and many others at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Room.
Fresh Corn At Los Alamos Farmers Market Thursday
Community Iris Swap At Unitarian Church Saturday Sept. 9
Daily Postcard: Geese Waddle Over To Woman At Pond
Amateur Naturalist: Ponderosa Pine Tree Bark
Picture 1: The bark of a ponderosa pine tree grows into plates as the trunk grows taller and wider. Photo by Bob Dryja
Picture 2: Sections of older grey, lumpy textured bark on the left and right while layers of orange colored younger bark layers are in between. A drop of sap can be seen on the section of orange colored bark. Photo by Bob Dryja
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
A ponderosa Pine Tree can immediately stand out due to its various kinds of dimensions. Some may reach 230 feet in height and be over 6 feet in diameter. They may live for up to 600 years but one tree has been found to be 935 years old. This means Read More
City Of Albuquerque And Consolidated Builders Of New Mexico, LLC Cited For Exposing Workers To Asbestos At Gateway Center
NMED News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Friday, the New Mexico Environment Department’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (OHSB) cited the City of Albuquerque and Consolidated Builders of New Mexico, LLC for workplace safety issues related to asbestos exposures at the Women’s Shelter within the Gateway Center.
The OHSB investigation concluded that the City of Albuquerque and Consolidated Builders violated the New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Act by demonstrating plain indifference for the safety and health of employees and exposed employees to asbestos between April 11, 2022 and March Read More
Daily Postcard: Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay Snacks On Peanuts
Red River Grant To Enhance Beautification, Reduce Litter
The Town of Red River has been awarded a grant of $7,355.44 from the Clean and Beautiful Grant Program, an initiative of the New Mexico Tourism Department. Courtesy/Town of Red River
Red River News:
RED RIVER — The Town of Red River has announced that it has been awarded a grant of $7,355.44 from the Clean and Beautiful Grant Program, an initiative of the New Mexico Tourism Department.
This grant will significantly contribute to this Northern New Mexico town’s ongoing efforts to enhance beautification and reduce litter within its community.
Mayor Linda Calhoun expressed appreciation for the Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory News Compilation: SW New Mexico Ruins Revealing Ancient Macaw Breeding Site
Science: Southwest New Mexico ruins reveal ancient macaw breeding site
‘A scarlet macaw grave at the Old Town Ruin at the ancient Mimbres site in Southwest New Mexico. As the tight beam of the scanning electron microscope focused on a tiny fragment of an ancient eggshell, I immediately saw that one of the inner shell’s layers had been partially reabsorbed. This exciting news, which I shared with my research team, meant the egg was fertilized and developing its potential chick, a young scarlet macaw, some 900 years ago. But this discovery led to a pressing question: How did this happen, given that Read More
Prairie Rattler Spotted On Bayo Bench Trail
A prairie rattler spotted Thursday on the Bayo Bench Trail. The Bayo Canyon Trailhead at the San Ildefonso roundabout is centrally located on the Los Alamos Trail Network. Trails lead in all directions. To the east are the Bayo Benches and Bayo Canyon. Source: Los Alamos County (link). Photo by Wayne Martinez Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunset Colors Clouds, Highlights Horizon
Daily Postcard: The setting sun colors clouds and highlights portions of the horizon recently viewed from overlook at Canyon Road in Los Alamos. Photo by Seth Manning Read More
Roadrunner Drinks From Birdbath In Albuquerque
A roadrunner was spotted drinking from a bird bath recently at an Albuquerque residence. Photo by Laurie Waters
The roadrunner stops drinking for a moment to scan the area recently outside an Albuquerque residence. Photo by Laurie Waters Read More
Daily Postcard: Rainbow Strikes Across Stormy Sky
Daily Postcard: A rainbow forms across the stormy sky beyond Buckman Mesa viewed recently from Overlook in White Rock. Photo by Rowena Macdonald Read More
Rincon Prescribed Burn To Start As Early As Sept. 14
Map of the 2,227-acre Rincon prescribed fire on French Mesa, off Forest Road 8, on the Coyote Ranger District to start as early as Sept. 14, 2023. Courtesy photo
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are tentatively planning the 2,227-acre Rincon prescribed burn on French Mesa, off Forest Road 8, on the Coyote Ranger District starting as early as Sept. 14, 2023.
The project area is approximately seven miles north of the community of Gallina. The Rincon prescribed fire is part of the Rio Chama Collaborative Landscape Restoration Project that encompasses 3.8 Read More
Daily Postcard: Fawns Forage In White Rock Garden
Daily Postcard: A pair of fawns forage in the garden of a residence as their mother keeps a watchful eye nearby Thursday in White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
A pair of fawns grazing in the garden of a residence Thursday in White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Monthly Notification Of Groundwater Data Reviewed In August 2023 Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.
All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.
For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room:
- Notification to the New Mexico Environment Department Hazardous Waste Bureau of Erroneous R-35a Data in IntellusNM Database (Link)
- Monthly Notification of Groundwater
Scenes Of Blue Moon Above Los Alamos & White Rock
View of Wednesday night’s Blue Moon above Overlook Park obscured by an interesting cloud formation that produced some nice crepuscular rays. According to solarsystem.nasa.gov, the Blue Moon appeared opposite the Sun (in Earth-based longitude) at 9:36 p.m. EDT Wednesday. The planet Saturn appeared near the Moon. Publications use different thresholds for deciding which Moons qualify as ‘super’, but all agree that in 2023 the two full Moons in August qualify. It is called a Blue Moon by the newer definition introduced by Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946. The older definition of Blue Moon, Read More
Blue Moon Shines Over Pajarito Acres
The Blue Moon put on quite a show around the world Wednesday night including over Pajarito Acres in White Rock. The full moon was a special one, too, the unification of a supermoon and a Blue Moon, a ‘Super Blue Moon’. The moon didn’t appear particularly blue at this time, however. The term ‘Blue Moon has nothing to do with color, instead referring to either two moons occurring in the same calendar month (as in this case), or the third full moon in a season that has four full moons. A supermoon, meanwhile, refers to a full moon that occurs when the moon is closer to Earth in its orbit, resulting in a slightly Read More
