Thick fog shrouds the islands flanking Mt. Desert Island, Maine, off Bar Harbor, in July 2011. Photo by Gary Robbins
Friends catch the setting sun from the Del Mar bluffs on July 4, 2001. Photo by Gary Robbins
A paraglider slow skims along the cliffs at Torrey Pines, California, moving about 8 mph. The pilot was about 330 feet above the beach at the time. Photo taken on July 1, 2011 by Gary Robbins.
Clear skies on the evening of July 2, 2011 made for ideal conditions to photograph the Del Mar Fair in San Diego County. Photo by Gary Robbins.
Memorial Day 2011, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California
Launched in March 2009, NASA’s IceBridge mission is the world’s largest airborne survey of polar ice. The mission is aimed at filling the gap between the end of the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite ...
NASA says, "After the Sun sets on a summer evening and the sky fades to black, you may be lucky enough to see thin, wavy clouds illuminating the night, such as these seen over Billund, Denmark, on...
Gary is the science and defense writer at the San Diego Union Tribune. He lives in San Diego with his wife, UT business editor Diana McCabe, and their cat, Sweet Pea.
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