NASA have now made their amazing montage of city lights across the Earth at night available as a layer on Google Earth.
To switch it on, go to Layers > Featured Content > NASA > Earth City Lights, but before you do that, for maximum impact, navigate to an area you know well, like Scotland, and [...]
Posted on Sunday 22nd July 2007 in Blog, Science tagged Computers, energy, environmental, landscapes, mapping, Photos, Science, space, technology, with no comments.
We walked up Ben Loyal, near Tongue in the north of Scotland, last weekend. It was another great walk, although the visibility was not great, and it was very windy! We were expecting to be blown off the summit tor, instead of which we found it to be a sheltered zone with the wind whipping [...]
Posted on Wednesday 6th June 2007 in Outdoors tagged landscapes, mountains, Photos, Scotland, video, walking, with no comments.
Posted on Saturday 24th June 2006 in Blog, Photos tagged landscapes, Photos, roots, trees, with no comments.
Some photos from my walk yesterday from Loch Arkaig, up Druim a Chuirn/Sgurr Càs na Breach-laoidh, then over An Eag, and Sgurr Beag, before going up Sgurr Mór. (Map)
It was pretty tricky going, with few paths, but the scenery was magnificent, and the weather pretty much ideal, if a little windy.
Looking west of south-west from [...]
Posted on Sunday 7th May 2006 in Blog tagged books, landscapes, mountains, Photos, with no comments.
Spring is finally here, and some photos to prove it.
Posted on Sunday 30th April 2006 in Blog tagged environmental, landscapes, Photos, with no comments.
