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  1. Going through old photos I forgot to tag (ten years ago).

    This photo is from late Sept 2015 and I can see I took a photo because I couldn't believe I was seeing a billboard like this in the Central Valley.

    They no longer have that URL, but it's moved to valleyair.org/hal

    #California #Smog #ClimateEmergency #Pollution #CentralValley

  2. Going through old photos I forgot to tag (ten years ago).

    This photo is from late Sept 2015 and I can see I took a photo because I couldn't believe I was seeing a billboard like this in the Central Valley.

    They no longer have that URL, but it's moved to valleyair.org/hal

    #California #Smog #ClimateEmergency #Pollution #CentralValley

  3. #California’s first #solar-covered canal is now fully online

    The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over #waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.

    By Maria Gallucci
    10 September 2025

    "A novel solar power project just went online in California’s #CentralValley, with panels that span across canals in the vast agricultural region.

    "The 1.6-megawatt installation, called #ProjectNexus, was fully completed late last month. The $20 million state-funded pilot has turned stretches of the Turlock Irrigation District’s canals into hubs of clean electricity generation in a remote area where cotton, tomatoes, almonds, and hundreds of other crops are grown.

    "Project Nexus is only the second canal-based solar array to operate in the United States — and one of just a handful in the world. America’s first #SolarCanal project started producing power in October 2024 for the #Pima and #Maricopa tribes, known together as the #GilaRiverIndianCommunity, on their reservation near #PhoenixAZ. Two more canal-top arrays are already in the works there.

    "In California, the solar-canal system was built in two phases, with a 20-foot-wide stretch completed in March and a roughly 110-foot-wide portion finished at the end of August. Researchers will study the project’s performance over time, while a new initiative led by California universities and the company #SolarAquagrid will push to fast-track the deployment of solar canals across the state.

    "Proponents of this emerging approach say it can provide overlapping benefits.

    "Early research suggests that, along with producing power in land-constrained areas, putting solar arrays above water can help keep panels cool, in turn improving their efficiency and electricity output. Shade from the panels can also prevent water loss through evaporation in drought-prone regions and can limit algae growth in waterways.

    "Plus, solar canals could offer a faster path to clean energy development than utility-scale solar farms, especially in rural parts of the U.S. where big renewables projects increasingly face community opposition. Placing solar panels atop existing infrastructure doesn’t require altering the landscape, and the relatively small installations can be plugged into nearby distribution lines, avoiding the cumbersome process of connecting to the higher-voltage wires required for bigger undertakings."

    Read more:
    canarymedia.com/articles/solar

    #SolarPunkSunday #SolarPower #DroughtProtection #WaterIsLife #PreventingWaterLoss #WaterConservation #SolarPanels

  4. #California’s first #solar-covered canal is now fully online

    The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over #waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.

    By Maria Gallucci
    10 September 2025

    "A novel solar power project just went online in California’s #CentralValley, with panels that span across canals in the vast agricultural region.

    "The 1.6-megawatt installation, called #ProjectNexus, was fully completed late last month. The $20 million state-funded pilot has turned stretches of the Turlock Irrigation District’s canals into hubs of clean electricity generation in a remote area where cotton, tomatoes, almonds, and hundreds of other crops are grown.

    "Project Nexus is only the second canal-based solar array to operate in the United States — and one of just a handful in the world. America’s first #SolarCanal project started producing power in October 2024 for the #Pima and #Maricopa tribes, known together as the #GilaRiverIndianCommunity, on their reservation near #PhoenixAZ. Two more canal-top arrays are already in the works there.

    "In California, the solar-canal system was built in two phases, with a 20-foot-wide stretch completed in March and a roughly 110-foot-wide portion finished at the end of August. Researchers will study the project’s performance over time, while a new initiative led by California universities and the company #SolarAquagrid will push to fast-track the deployment of solar canals across the state.

    "Proponents of this emerging approach say it can provide overlapping benefits.

    "Early research suggests that, along with producing power in land-constrained areas, putting solar arrays above water can help keep panels cool, in turn improving their efficiency and electricity output. Shade from the panels can also prevent water loss through evaporation in drought-prone regions and can limit algae growth in waterways.

    "Plus, solar canals could offer a faster path to clean energy development than utility-scale solar farms, especially in rural parts of the U.S. where big renewables projects increasingly face community opposition. Placing solar panels atop existing infrastructure doesn’t require altering the landscape, and the relatively small installations can be plugged into nearby distribution lines, avoiding the cumbersome process of connecting to the higher-voltage wires required for bigger undertakings."

    Read more:
    canarymedia.com/articles/solar

    #SolarPunkSunday #SolarPower #DroughtProtection #WaterIsLife #PreventingWaterLoss #WaterConservation #SolarPanels

  5. @ascentale @grammasaurus @bikenite

    #ChicoCA Coolest summer of my 12 years in the #CentralValley! Mostly low-mid-90s with only a couple 100F high fives.

    My hot season bike tip: Get used to it, hydrate, and keep pedaling. It's the coolest summer of the rest of your life.

  6. @ascentale @grammasaurus @bikenite

    #ChicoCA Coolest summer of my 12 years in the #CentralValley! Mostly low-mid-90s with only a couple 100F high fives.

    My hot season bike tip: Get used to it, hydrate, and keep pedaling. It's the coolest summer of the rest of your life.

  7. Gas prices surge to highest levels since start of Iran war, squeezing Central Valley businesses

    FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Gas prices have climbed to their highest levels since the start of the war…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #19046835 #breakingnews #businesses #centralvalley #GasPrices #highestlevels #Iran #iranwar #squeezing #surge #timely
    newsbeep.com/522493/

  8. After corporate malfeasance leaves Calif. #CentralValley farmers high & dry, US fed govt tax dollars last resort to provide million$ in aid to help remove 420,000 abandoned #peach trees after #DelMonte #bankruptcy and #Modesto cannery closure

    sfgate.com/centralcoast/articl

  9. Four Tornadoes Hit California's Central Valley in a Single Day

    📰 Original title: Rare Central Valley tornado outbreak: four twisters strike in five hours

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/four-tornadoes

    #environment #tornado #centralvalley #california

  10. Four Tornadoes Hit California's Central Valley in a Single Day

    📰 Original title: Rare Central Valley tornado outbreak: four twisters strike in five hours

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/four-tornadoes

    #environment #tornado #centralvalley #california

  11. Monterey Regional KMRY → San Francisco International KSFO

    Because it was so much fun the day before, this time I went again with the Pilatus PC-12. From the Pacific coast, I headed inland, flying along the western edge of the Central Valley. On the way to San Francisco, I passed over the Bay and the Salt Ponds, which still shimmer in stunning colors.

    #FlightSim #MSFS #California #Monterey #SanFrancisco #CentralValley #Bay #Pilatus #PC12

  12. Monterey Regional KMRY → San Francisco International KSFO

    Because it was so much fun the day before, this time I went again with the Pilatus PC-12. From the Pacific coast, I headed inland, flying along the western edge of the Central Valley. On the way to San Francisco, I passed over the Bay and the Salt Ponds, which still shimmer in stunning colors.

    #FlightSim #MSFS #California #Monterey #SanFrancisco #CentralValley #Bay #Pilatus #PC12

  13. “Wetland Island and Fog” — Tule fog mutes the wetland landscape beyond reed-covered islands.

    Fog can make photography wonderful… or difficult when I photograph migratory birds in California’s Central Valley. There are practical issues, such as driving on roads that are dangerously obscured, or not being able to see the birds in the murk. It is cold and damp. But I love the atmosphere that tule fog brings to this landscape, and that’s why I keep going back…more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/04/03/we

    #fog #centralvalley #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature

  14. “Wetland Island and Fog” — Tule fog mutes the wetland landscape beyond reed-covered islands.

    Fog can make photography wonderful… or difficult when I photograph migratory birds in California’s Central Valley. There are practical issues, such as driving on roads that are dangerously obscured, or not being able to see the birds in the murk. It is cold and damp. But I love the atmosphere that tule fog brings to this landscape, and that’s why I keep going back…more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/04/03/we

    #fog #centralvalley #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature

  15. Hype for the future 148L: Central Valley Defined

    Overview Within the State of California, the Central Valley refers largely to the Counties of Sutter, Yolo, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced, from north to south. The county seats are Yuba City, Woodland, Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, and Merced, with each county seat also representing a major city within the State, though the particular City of Yuba City is also located within extremely close proximity to the Yuba County community and county seat at Marysville to the […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  16. Hype for the future 148L: Central Valley Defined

    Overview Within the State of California, the Central Valley refers largely to the Counties of Sutter, Yolo, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced, from north to south. The county seats are Yuba City, Woodland, Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, and Merced, with each county seat also representing a major city within the State, though the particular City of Yuba City is also located within extremely close proximity to the Yuba County community and county seat at Marysville to the […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  17. Hype for the future 148L: Central Valley Defined

    Overview Within the State of California, the Central Valley refers largely to the Counties of Sutter, Yolo, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced, from north to south. The county seats are Yuba City, Woodland, Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, and Merced, with each county seat also representing a major city within the State, though the particular City of Yuba City is also located within extremely close proximity to the Yuba County community and county seat at Marysville to the […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  18. Hype for the future 148L: Central Valley Defined

    Overview Within the State of California, the Central Valley refers largely to the Counties of Sutter, Yolo, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced, from north to south. The county seats are Yuba City, Woodland, Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, and Merced, with each county seat also representing a major city within the State, though the particular City of Yuba City is also located within extremely close proximity to the Yuba County community and county seat at Marysville to the […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  19. Hype for the future 148L: Central Valley Defined

    Overview Within the State of California, the Central Valley refers largely to the Counties of Sutter, Yolo, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced, from north to south. The county seats are Yuba City, Woodland, Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, and Merced, with each county seat also representing a major city within the State, though the particular City of Yuba City is also located within extremely close proximity to the Yuba County community and county seat at Marysville to the […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  20. Hype for the Future 146C: Kings County, California

    Overview Within the San Joaquin Valley in the State of California, otherwise known as the Central Valley, is the site of Kings County, California. While the City of Hanford serves as the county seat and is firmly located in the fertile valley, the City of Avenal is located to the southwest in a more semi-arid region of the State of California. Interstate 5 also passes through the limits of Kings County throughout the central portion of the State.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  21. Hype for the Future 146C: Kings County, California

    Overview Within the San Joaquin Valley in the State of California, otherwise known as the Central Valley, is the site of Kings County, California. While the City of Hanford serves as the county seat and is firmly located in the fertile valley, the City of Avenal is located to the southwest in a more semi-arid region of the State of California. Interstate 5 also passes through the limits of Kings County throughout the central portion of the State.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  22. Hype for the Future 146C: Kings County, California

    Overview Within the San Joaquin Valley in the State of California, otherwise known as the Central Valley, is the site of Kings County, California. While the City of Hanford serves as the county seat and is firmly located in the fertile valley, the City of Avenal is located to the southwest in a more semi-arid region of the State of California. Interstate 5 also passes through the limits of Kings County throughout the central portion of the State.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  23. Hype for the Future 146C: Kings County, California

    Overview Within the San Joaquin Valley in the State of California, otherwise known as the Central Valley, is the site of Kings County, California. While the City of Hanford serves as the county seat and is firmly located in the fertile valley, the City of Avenal is located to the southwest in a more semi-arid region of the State of California. Interstate 5 also passes through the limits of Kings County throughout the central portion of the State.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  24. Hype for the Future 146C: Kings County, California

    Overview Within the San Joaquin Valley in the State of California, otherwise known as the Central Valley, is the site of Kings County, California. While the City of Hanford serves as the county seat and is firmly located in the fertile valley, the City of Avenal is located to the southwest in a more semi-arid region of the State of California. Interstate 5 also passes through the limits of Kings County throughout the central portion of the State.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  25. Hype for the Future 135G: State of California Explained At-Large

    Introduction The State of California is located along the West Coast of the United States of America and is the most populous state in the nation though containing a smaller land area than the States of Alaska and Texas. By population density, the state is toward the higher end, albeit not nearly as densely populated overall as the State of New Jersey or even the Southern New England states. Other states with higher densities than California include Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  26. Hype for the Future 135G: State of California Explained At-Large

    Introduction The State of California is located along the West Coast of the United States of America and is the most populous state in the nation though containing a smaller land area than the States of Alaska and Texas. By population density, the state is toward the higher end, albeit not nearly as densely populated overall as the State of New Jersey or even the Southern New England states. Other states with higher densities than California include Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  27. “Islands, Fog” — Two reed-covered wetlands islands in winter tule fog.

    At times I like to make photographs that contain as little detail as possible, photographs that might suggest more than they tell. The most distinct feature in this scene is the darker island at the left. Beyond that we see (barely) one more island and then nothing. Any further detail is masked by the thick Central Valley tule fog…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2026/01/28/is

    #fog #islands #centralvalley #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography

  28. “Islands, Fog” — Two reed-covered wetlands islands in winter tule fog.

    At times I like to make photographs that contain as little detail as possible, photographs that might suggest more than they tell. The most distinct feature in this scene is the darker island at the left. Beyond that we see (barely) one more island and then nothing. Any further detail is masked by the thick Central Valley tule fog…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2026/01/28/is

    #fog #islands #centralvalley #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography

  29. “Wetland Plants” — Slender plants growing in a quiet wetland pond.

    This is another “adapt and try something else” photograph from my early December visit to California wetlands — a visit originally intended to focus on migratory birds and tule fog, neither of which turned up in abundance when I arrived. So I looked for alternatives that didn’t require birds and which still worked under a thick, gray overcast. The result was a series of photographs of wetlands plants…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/12/17/we

    #plant #nature #wetlands #highkey #centralvalley #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #photo

  30. “Wetland Plants” — Slender plants growing in a quiet wetland pond.

    This is another “adapt and try something else” photograph from my early December visit to California wetlands — a visit originally intended to focus on migratory birds and tule fog, neither of which turned up in abundance when I arrived. So I looked for alternatives that didn’t require birds and which still worked under a thick, gray overcast. The result was a series of photographs of wetlands plants…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/12/17/we

    #plant #nature #wetlands #highkey #centralvalley #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #photo

  31. From the archive:

    “Sandhill Cranes and Tree, Tule Fog” — A flock of lesser sandhill cranes in a wetland pond in front of a solitary tree in winter tule fog. (gdanmitchell.com/2020/12/31/sa)

    #wildlife #nature #birds #fog #centralvalley #photography #photo #winter

  32. From the archive:

    “Sandhill Cranes and Tree, Tule Fog” — A flock of lesser sandhill cranes in a wetland pond in front of a solitary tree in winter tule fog. (gdanmitchell.com/2020/12/31/sa)

    #wildlife #nature #birds #fog #centralvalley #photography #photo #winter

  33. rom the archive:
    “The Cranes Return” — Sandhill cranes fly over full moon in twilight and return San Joaquin Valley wetlands.

    #wildlife #nature #night #moon #birds #centralvalley #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #photo

  34. rom the archive:
    “The Cranes Return” — Sandhill cranes fly over full moon in twilight and return San Joaquin Valley wetlands.

    #wildlife #nature #night #moon #birds #centralvalley #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #photo

  35. From the archive:
    “Feedlot” — A series of shelters over a feedlot on a foggy Central Valley winter morning. (gdanmitchell.com/2022/01/15/fe)

    From one of my winter forays into the foggy California Central Valley.

    #fog #agriculture #centralvalley #structures #photography #photo #winter