#pacificocean — Public Fediverse posts

I've cursed LA a lot lately, but looking back on that fateful first visit, I'm struck by how there's no feeling quite like discovering that yes, every flicker onto the silver screen that defined your childhood is *real*. Even if only in lonesome glimpses of atmosphere...

Captured by me one February, looking northwestward from Santa Monica: "Malibu Fading".

#art #photography #sky #skyscape #sunset #twilight #California #landscape #AmericanWest #WestCoast #PacificCoast #PacificOcean

California homeowners evacuate as monster waves batter Long Beach homes

California homeowners were forced to flee their properties Monday as powerful waves from Tropical Storm Marie battered the…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #California #Evacuations #extremeweather #Floods #hurricanes #longbeach #Metro #PacificOcean #tropicalstorm #UnitedStates #Us #USNews #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/724567/

Geopolitics: Challenge to Pacific influence | Featured Columnists

The Asia Pacific region’s geopolitical tensions were on display last week at the convening of the Pacific Islands…
#Politics #australia #China #geopolitics #globalpolitics #internationalrelations #PacificIslandsForum #pacificocean #Palau #politicalstatusoftaiwan #UnitedStates
https://www.europesays.com/3239490/

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday #pacificocean #ThrowbackThursday (early) #oregoncoast #holga #analogphotography #2012CE #september #neahkahniemountain #wayfindingpoint #viewpoint #EvergreenTrees #nogenerativeai

2012 View from Neahkahnie Mountain Wayfinding Point

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

Surfing Before School

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#NoGenAi #AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #LA #USA #US #Surfing #Surfer #Pacific #Sport #Sports #People #Surf #LeftCoast #WaterSports #PacificOcean #HermosaBeach #WaterSport #WaterSports #CamelCase #BNW #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome

"To Look Out to the Beach, and Call it Home", I call this one. So often we make the ocean the subject of our photos, heedless of the also pleasant expanse to the back of us. I often wonder what it would be like to live in such a place, where the lush things grow, and the air pairs so well with a glass of wine and a roaring fire in the hearth...must be nice...

#art #photography #Cascadia #beach #shore #coast #PacificOcean #PacificNorthwest #WashingtonState #landscape #house #AmericanWest #forest

"To Look Out to the Beach, and Call it Home", I call this one. So often we make the ocean the subject of our photos, heedless of the also pleasant expanse to the back of us. I often wonder what it would be like to live in such a place, where the lush things grow, and the air pairs so well with a glass of wine and a roaring fire in the hearth...must be nice...

#art #photography #Cascadia #beach #shore #coast #PacificOcean #PacificNorthwest #WashingtonState #landscape #house #AmericanWest #forest

"To Look Out to the Beach, and Call it Home", I call this one. So often we make the ocean the subject of our photos, heedless of the also pleasant expanse to the back of us. I often wonder what it would be like to live in such a place, where the lush things grow, and the air pairs so well with a glass of wine and a roaring fire in the hearth...must be nice...

#art #photography #Cascadia #beach #shore #coast #PacificOcean #PacificNorthwest #WashingtonState #landscape #house #AmericanWest #forest

"To Look Out to the Beach, and Call it Home", I call this one. So often we make the ocean the subject of our photos, heedless of the also pleasant expanse to the back of us. I often wonder what it would be like to live in such a place, where the lush things grow, and the air pairs so well with a glass of wine and a roaring fire in the hearth...must be nice...

#art #photography #Cascadia #beach #shore #coast #PacificOcean #PacificNorthwest #WashingtonState #landscape #house #AmericanWest #forest

"To Look Out to the Beach, and Call it Home", I call this one. So often we make the ocean the subject of our photos, heedless of the also pleasant expanse to the back of us. I often wonder what it would be like to live in such a place, where the lush things grow, and the air pairs so well with a glass of wine and a roaring fire in the hearth...must be nice...

#art #photography #Cascadia #beach #shore #coast #PacificOcean #PacificNorthwest #WashingtonState #landscape #house #AmericanWest #forest

Scrambled Egg Nudibranch, aka Ele’ele ‘ula, at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #photooftheday

Prints available - DM me. #yolk #slug #Sunday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #photography #scuba #discover #underwater #art #critter #AIFreePhoto

swishing back and forth
undulating
pushed by waves
strands of bull kelp
simulating serpents

#poetry #gogyohka #mpy #5lines #BullKelp #PacificOcean #waves

'Schönster Augenblick' #FotoVorschlag

'Most beautiful moment' #PhotoSuggestion

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#AltText #NoGenAi #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #LA #USA #US #Pacific #People #LeftCoast #PacificOcean #Fishing #Fisherman #Angling #Angler #SportsFishing #SportsFisherman #Sunset #Dusk #RedondoBeach #Redondo #Silhouette #CamelCase #Boat #Boats #SailBoats #SailBoat #Sailing

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday #pacificocean #analogphotography #holga #throwback #cloudy #moody #overcast #redsand #beach #lincolncity #oregon #2007CE #nogenerativeai

Lincoln City Oregon, April 2007

US Navy destroyer broke down for four days in the Pacific

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Navy destroyer with about 300 sailors aboard suffered a major breakdown in the…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AbrahamLincoln #APTopNews #DonaldTrump #Generalnews #GeorgeWashington #Iran #iranwar #MatthewComer #Militaryanddefense #PacificOcean #RobertSmalls #U.S.DepartmentofDefense #U.S.Navy #UnitedStates #Us #USA #Warandunrest #Washingtonnews #Worldnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/696977/

What To Watch On YouTube Right Now – Part 151

Welcome back my readers, YouTube viewers and all others who followed this series of articles focused on YouTube videos worth watching.

Have you been searching for something fun or interesting to watch on YouTube? Do you feel bored right now and you crave for something to see on the world’s most popular online video destination?

I recommend you check out the following videos I found.

#1 Ashleigh Burton reacts to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb – When it comes to movies about the Cold War and the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb stood out with its very unique presentation backed with memorable performances by Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. The film was a satire about the Cold War tensions between America and Russia, and it gave moviegoers a unique look as to what could have happened behind the secured government offices and how each nation communicated with each other over the hotline. Kubrick’s film is so significant, it got featured in many movie reaction videos on YouTube and I had fun watching Ashleigh Burton’s reaction video. Go watch it now!

https://youtu.be/0UvpfBk4Kmw?si=FxiDWW7e-nuh0uXa

#2 Behind the Scenes Making of Resident Evil (1996) – It has been over thirty years since Resident Evil was first released and today it has grown into a multimedia entertainment franchise still driven by video game productions. Although many video game publications published a lot of articles about the original game from 1996, none of them captured the behind-the-scenes making at Capcom which the YouTube video below features. Even if you are not a Resident Evil fan, I still encourage you to watch it as you can learn a lot about the process, the hard work done by the Japanese and insight shared by Shinji Mikami.

https://youtu.be/fAL9T9U2xTE?si=8Ubd690wH15EmiVK

#3 The Multi-million Dollar Theft With Fake Coupons – Over a decade ago, someone in the state of Arizona started an illegal operation using fake coupons which grew so dramatically, it became a shadow enterprise and two more people got involved. The operation of multiple fake shopping coupons robbed corporations several millions of Dollars and the one who started it got so rich she even bought herself many luxury vehicles. To find out the details about this true crime story, watch the video below and pay close attention.

https://youtu.be/Aggc-E0T2ak?si=Xk1F8CtTkaQV8TZ1

#4 Austria Fought Back Against Islam – Massive immigration that includes Islamists who are obsessed with conquering new nations is very clearly dangerous and even toxic. With so many illegal aliens/immigrants and Muslims in Europe, it is clear that the future of the Europeans is looking more uncertain as time passes. Among them is Austria which boldly made changes to prioritize its own people and preserve its rich culture by pushing back hard against Islamists. Already there were Islamic scandals that were uncovered there in Austria. Watch and learn from the Fall of Nations video below.

https://youtu.be/n5MVM52exGs?si=uH6a53eb4aE5fxWJ

#5 The Fall of BuzzFeed – Remember how popular BuzzFeed was? Even though a lot of people got lured by them, I never trusted BuzzFeed and I was never interested with their videos and other online gimmicks. BuzzFeed was also a very questionable participant in journalism no matter what they did to gain credibility. Fortunately for the world, BuzzFeed collapsed and deservedly so. To find out why, watch MAGAmark’s video below.

https://youtu.be/SikAZ0zaQ7g?si=BVVNDGBR0BgVg8-6

#6 Record-breaking Rainfall Hits Chiba Prefecture in Japan – Apart from being vulnerable to earthquakes which is connected with being located within the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan also has its share of struggles with immense rainfall and flooding. Recently, record-breaking rainfall hit Chiba Prefecture causing a lot of flood and hardship for the Japanese. If you were a constant visitor to Japan, was there ever a time when you got caught in heavy rain and flooding there? Watch and learn from the Nippon TV video below.

https://youtu.be/5Su4DzVfZkk?si=r66FP6RNdsfHH-Vr

#7 Role-playing Games About 1990s Anime – Believe it or not, there are indeed role-playing games (RPGs) based on anime properties that were popular in the 1990s. Of course, a lot of those anime-based RPGs were released only in Japan and some of them became playable with English translations through digital patches, emulation and fan-made translations. If you are into retro gaming, anime, RPGs and the 1990s, watch the Gaming Broductions video below.

https://youtu.be/cK2Gp-mosxo?si=laqA-8XHec40S9zc

#8 Assorted Pacific Rim Reaction Videos – When Pacific Rim was released in cinemas worldwide in 2013, I never bothered to watch it in the local cinema. Here in the Philippines, there was a lot of pre-release buzz that Manila would appear in the movie and so many local film buffs got excited. The movie eventually grossed over $400 million worldwide through theaters and a lot of people enjoyed its high-quality visuals, intense battles and the special attention to detail invested on the size and scale of the locations. The movie has been featured in several reaction videos and posted below are the entertaining ones to watch.

https://youtu.be/k9jIe3pN6Dk?si=WM6NvAh-8gvx_Jow

https://youtu.be/uVEqUuGtrd4?si=J8kt1MeCAXL5yIhr

https://youtu.be/uoNPvcreM8s?si=UVW8q4m2a7ov9fLI

#9 Ranting for Vengeance Slams Video Essay Slop on YouTube – It is not a secret that YouTube is filled not only with artificial intelligence (AI) slop but also video essays made by individuals who arrogantly think of themselves as experts and wise creators. In his recent video, Ranting for Vengeance slammed the video essay slop on YouTube and explained in detail what kind of people created those videos, what their agenda and why people should not allow themselves to be influenced by them. I encourage you to watch the video below now.

https://youtu.be/r8hhXBuXNb4?si=z_nZ3U4n_QGwNaFC

#10 Shallow Focus is a Disease in Movies – There is a new trend that has influence the production of movies in Hollywood (AKA Commiewood) for many years now and it has literally become a disease which made the viewing of movies undesirable. The disease is shallow focus which occurs when the area of sharpness in front of a camera lens is very narrow which results in blurry backgrounds. Shallow focus is being abused in modern-day filmmaking and it is only getting worse. That said, I encourage you all to watch Rowan J Coleman’s video below and share it to as many film buffs as possible.

https://youtu.be/2I4X14L5WsA?si=cSdYmBW4QTsqR6hH

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We've added another new blog post for you: "Summer Storm"
https://www.wolfnowl.com/2026/08/summer-storm/

#BC #BullKelp #DallasRoadShoreline #DallasRoadWalkway #JamesBay #notAI #ocean #PacificOcean #photo #photography #StansBeach #SummerStorm #Victoria #water #waves #YYJ

We've added another new blog post for you: "Summer Storm"
https://www.wolfnowl.com/2026/08/summer-storm/

#BC #BullKelp #DallasRoadShoreline #DallasRoadWalkway #JamesBay #notAI #ocean #PacificOcean #photo #photography #StansBeach #SummerStorm #Victoria #water #waves #YYJ

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

Surfing Before School

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#NoGenAi #AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #LA #USA #US #Surfing #Surfer #Pacific #Sport #Sports #People #Surf #LeftCoast #WaterSports #PacificOcean #HermosaBeach #WaterSport #WaterSports #CamelCase #BNW #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #Woman #Female

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

Catching Some Rays

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #LA #USA #US #Pacific #People #LeftCoast #PacificOcean #Fishing #Fisherman #Angling #Angler #SportsFishing #SportsFisherman #Sunset #Dusk #RedondoBeach #Redondo #Silhouette #CamelCase

coastal break, part three by manyfires

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjiM6mNSi00

#pnw #pacificnorthwest #pacificocean #ocean #shore #shoreline #coast #coastline #sea #seascape #tide #waves #oregon #oregoncoast #film #analog #landscape #innova6x9pinhole #pinhole #lensless #cannonbeach #haystackrock #sunset #flickr #thingsdavidlikes

coastal break, part three by manyfires

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjiM6mNSi00

#pnw #pacificnorthwest #pacificocean #ocean #shore #shoreline #coast #coastline #sea #seascape #tide #waves #oregon #oregoncoast #film #analog #landscape #innova6x9pinhole #pinhole #lensless #cannonbeach #haystackrock #sunset #flickr #thingsdavidlikes

coastal break, part three by manyfires

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjiM6mNSi00

#pnw #pacificnorthwest #pacificocean #ocean #shore #shoreline #coast #coastline #sea #seascape #tide #waves #oregon #oregoncoast #film #analog #landscape #innova6x9pinhole #pinhole #lensless #cannonbeach #haystackrock #sunset #flickr #thingsdavidlikes

#digitalphotography #photomanipulation #ontheroad #doubleexposure #photomontage #surreal #boat #motorboat #waves #fence #marinedrive #portland #deadgrass #portlandairport #deadgrass #grassfire #pacificocean #columbiariver #trailer #nogenerativeai

Marine Driving

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

California Surfing

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #LA #USA #US #Surfing #Surfer #Pacific #Sport #Sports #People #Surf #LeftCoast #WaterSports #PacificOcean #HermosaBeach #WaterSport #WaterSports #CamelCase

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

Where We'd All Like To Be Today

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #US #USA #Pacific #PacificOcean #CamelCase #Surf #Surfing #Surfer #Sport #Sports #Watersport #Watersports #Street #StreetPhotography #People #Seascape #BNW #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #OrangeCounty #OC #Ship #Ships #ShipsOfMastodon #Schiff #Schiffs

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

The San Pedro Channel

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #US #USA #Pacific #LeftCoast #PacificOcean #CamelCase #Boat #Boats #Ferry #Ferries #SantaCatalina #Catalina #CatalinaExpress #Ship #Ships #ShipsOfMastodon #Nautical #Maritime #CatalinaIsland #FastFerry #SeaCat

A trust fund set up to help a South Pacific nation gravely threatened by climate change has invested in coal mining, gas exploration and the world's largest crude oil refinery, an investigation has revealed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/28/asia-pacific/fund-climate-tuvalu-pacific-fossil-fuels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #tuvalu #pacificocean #climatechange #fossilfuels

Hype for the Future 182M: Oregon’s Pacific Coast Explained

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/hype-for-the-future-182m-oregons-pacific-coast-explained/

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, Pacific coast of Oregon. The sun finally breaks through as I get my first glimpse of the Pacific Ocean on that hike. March 1984.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #nature #Oregon #sanddunes #ocean #PacificOcean #seacoast #spring #springtime

Splashdown of Artemis II astronauts concludes 10-day moon mission

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2026/04/11/311895/splashdown-artemis-ii-astronauts-concludes-10-day-moon-mission/

#SilentSunday

#photo #photography #yyj #victoria #bc #BritishColumbia #JamesBay #notAI #OgdenPoint #Breakwater #water #ocean #Pacificocean #waves #JuandeFucaStrait #CaptureOnePro

#Trump Calls His Enemies Terrorists. Does That Mean He Can Just Kill Them?

From boat strikes to killings in the streets of Minnesota to NSPM-7, the White House leans on the word “terror” to justify its violence.

Nick Turse, February 2 2026

" ' #Terrorist ' is the word that the Trump administration employs to describe the victims of its most egregious acts of #StateViolence.

"President Donald Trump has used the word 'terrorist' to justify the #ExtrajudicialKillings of civilians in the #CaribbeanSea and #PacificOcean. And his deputies used it to explain away the killings of #AlexPretti and #ReneeGood in Minneapolis by federal agents.

" 'Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua #NarcoTerrorists,' Trump wrote following the initial boat strike on September 2, 2025. He said the attack 'occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters.'

"Secretary of Homeland Security #KristiNoem said that Good and Pretti were guilty of '#DomesticTerrorism.' And top White House adviser #StephenMiller used similar language to describe both.

"These killings were conducted thousands of miles apart by different agencies in very different contexts. But the connection between them could be more than semantic."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/02/trump-nspm-7-domestic-terrorist-minneapolis-alex-pretti/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7VepO#

#USPol #ICESucks #DomesticTerrorist #CriminalizingDissent #TrumpSucks #MurderPatrol #BorderPatrol #DefundICE #DefundDHS #Resistance
#DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

#SeaWednesday #PugetSound #tacoma #washingtonstate #ferry #pacificnorthwest #pacificocean #Inlet #vashonisland

One of my fave isolated #beaches to have a fire & hang out, watching the #ocean 😊 I love rock hunting here too. I've found lots of interesting rocks here before.
It's a 45 minute drive from our home to get to this spot. I saw no one else there, on my last visit.

#Tsouke #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #rockhounds #WestCoast #seaside #PacificOcean #Sooke #nature #ChillSpots #serenity #landscape #driftwood #scenic #evergreen #BritishColumbia #Canada #FavePlaces #coastal

#Landfill Dumped In Early #EisenhowerEra Through Swinging #SanFrancisco 60s And Supposedly Sealed Off In 7😀's is Leaching Into The #PacificOcean

The site buried under bulldozed boulders at Mussel Rock Beach along the #SanMateo #Seashore gurgles up #garbage including easily read old newspapers from the early 1960s.

The dreaded #CaliforniaCoastalCommission could hit #DalyCity resident #taxpayers with huge fines, but current denizens of this working class enclave object to being blamed for poor planning by bureaucratic buffoons in decades past, putting #toxic heavy metals and ammonia into ground water as well as the sea itself..

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/26/old-landfill-that-closed-47-years-ago-continues-to-leak-trash-into-pacific-ocean/?share=uthrdriocammrpe2uowc

#BayArea #StupidHumans #GiftLink #SharedLink #PaywallLift

#bullkelp afloat by a rocky beach.

#Lekwungen #Songhees #CoastSalish #SalishSea #tidal #marine #nature #CoastalBC #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #landscape #photography #kelp #barnacles #seaweed #seashore #PacificOcean

I love the wild #Westcoast on the island. Once you pass Sooke township area, there are tons of wilderness access trails into/through forests & access to several isolated beaches. This is a few kms past French Beach area.

*Flip phone sideways for full view*

#VancouverIsland #nature #wilderness #GetOutside #photography #Trees #ocean #BeachAccess #ecosystems #ecological #environment #JuanDeFucaTrail #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Cascadia #VanIsle #GreatOutdoors #biodiversity #WildBC #WorldInMyEyes #hiking #BritishColumbia #Canada #BCCoast #CoastalBC #CoastSalish #PacificOcean #VanIsleLife

Shooting fake film stills beside the #PacificOcean, in #EastSooke Park, on a gray, foggy & cloud covered day. Using one #HMILight on stand, anchored down on rocks with 3 sandbags.

#Photography #lighting #setup #Tsouke #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Photographers #MonochromeMonday #BWphoto #BehindTheScenes

#PacificOcean peekaboo.

#ocean #hiking #VancouverIsland #JuanDeFucaTrail #PacificNorthwest #forest #nature #VanIsle #Cascadia #PNW #ProtectNature #foggy #OceanMist #photography #BeachAccess #JuanDeFucaDistrict #PacheedahtTerritory #CoastalBC #Westcoast #Lightchasing

#ThrowbackThursday
2021.
Jordan River surfboard sign - Respect the locals.

#VancouverIsland #VanIsle #surfboard #PacificOcean #oceanside #oceanfront #Cascadia #JuanDeFucaDistrict #Tsouke #Pacheedaht #JordanRiver #Westcoast #BCSurf #CoastalBC #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #Canada #PNW #TourismVanvouverIsland #TourismBC #sign

From 2007:

"Not Again": Yet Another #TEPCO Scandal

Citizens' Nuclear Information Center

"Over the years there have been all sorts of cases of data fabrication and falsification at #nuclear, thermal and hydroelectric power plants. Each time the power companies and plant makers apologize and say that they will lance the wound, but then they go and repeat the same behavior over and over again. When Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported yet another case of data falsification to the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (#METI) the headline in the Fukushima local newspaper the following day (1 February 2007) was 'Not Again!', sigh the local people and the Prefectural government '.

"The latest scandal began when Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported on 31 October 2006 that #Chugoku Electric Power Company had falsified data for #DoyoDam on the #MatanoRiver. People might assume that the reason for #ChugokuElectric's admission was simply that it had made a judgment that the problem could no longer be concealed once it was leaked to the newspaper. However, there was more behind the admission than meets the eye. Even before this, anti-dam activists had been pursuing TEPCO over suspicious data related to its dams. For example, it had recorded flow measurements that could not possibly have been taken, because the locations were inaccessible due to heavy snow falls. Chugoku Electric's admission should be seen against this background.

"METI and the Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport responded by demanding that all electric power companies check their records. The upshot was that it was discovered that Chugoku Electric was not alone. In fact, it became apparent that all power companies had falsified and fabricated data in relation to such things as subsidence of dam embankments, and alterations to facilities without prior approval.

"The next major development came on November 15th, when it was revealed that Chugoku Electric had falsified data in relation to releases of hot wastewater at its #Shimonoseki thermal power plant. This led to similar revelations for nuclear power plants owned by TEPCO, #Kansai Electric Power Company (#KEPCO), Tohoku Electric Power Company and Japan Atomic Power Company (#JAPCO). On 10 January 2007 TEPCO submitted a report to METI entitled 'Causes of and measures to prevent a repetition of falsification of sea temperature data at the condenser outlets of #KashiwazakiKariwa Nuclear Power Plant, Reactors 1 and 4'.

"The report said, 'An investigation of power plants was instigated, because the Shimonoseki thermal power plant case reminded a worker that corrections had been made to sea temperature data.' As a result, falsification (referred to by TEPCO as "corrections") was discovered at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors 1 & 4 and #Fukushima I reactors 1, 4 & 5.

"The hot wastewater referred to here is seawater, which has been used to cool and condense the steam used to drive the turbines of thermal and nuclear power plants. When the steam from the turbine condenses, its heat is transferred to the coolant, which in this case is seawater. The temperature of the seawater is raised in the process. If the seawater released is too hot, it can affect the ecosystem. Therefore, the temperature at both the intake and outlet points is measured and monitored to ensure that the temperature difference is not too great. At some power plants computers were programmed to record a higher than actual intake temperature, while at others they were programmed to record a lower outlet temperature. The readings were thus falsified to show a lower temperature difference than was really the case.

"On 31 January 2007 TEPCO released details of data falsification at its nuclear power plants. It admitted to a total of about 200 irregularities. A few examples are discussed below.

1. During a periodic inspection in May 1992 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor number 1 (K-K-1), the day before it was to be tested it was discovered that, due to a fault with the electric motor, the residual heat removal pump (part of the Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS)) was not working. TEPCO staff made some adjustments to make it appear from the central control room that the pump was working. In this way, they were able to trick the METI inspector into awarding a pass for the inspection.

2. Again at K-K (the reactors are not specified), from around 1995 to 1997, measurements of the concentration of radioactive iodine released from the exhaust stack were made to appear lower than they really were by taking the measurements on the reverse side of the filter. In May 1995 the concentration of radioactivity from rare gases emitted from the exhaust stack of reactor 4 was also falsified.

3. From 1979 to 1998, in order to pass inspections, internal pressure readings for steam pipes connecting the reactor to the turbines at Fukushima I reactor 1 were falsified to match the specifications in the inspection guidelines. It was said that the specifications were inappropriate and that they were later amended so that falsification ceased to be necessary.

"There were many instances of malpractice besides these, in relation to periodic inspections and also in other areas. Fabrication and falsification had indeed become standard practice. Investigations are still proceeding and one cannot help feeling that the most serious and dangerous cases are still to come."

[And indeed it would come, 4 years later!]

http://www.cnic.jp/english/newsletter/nit117/nit117articles/nit117tepco.html

#CitizensNuclearInformatioNcenter #NoNukes #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #IAEAHides #TEPCOLies #FukushimaIsntOver #NoDumping #NuclearPowerPlants #RadioactiveWater #RethinkNotRestart #PacificOcean #DataFalsification

Two ways to light up the night.

#photo #photography #YYJ #Victoria #BC #DallasRoadShoreline #HollandPoint #moon #FullMoon #JuandeFucaStrait #OgdenPoint #CruiseShip #water #ocean #PacificOcean #HDR #panorama #notAI

8 seconds of the #PacificOcean tide, rolling out over rocky beach in #EastSookePark.

#CRDparks #Tsouke #Sooke #nature #waves #ocean #VancouverIsland #saltwater #water #PNW

Mysterious Unknown #DeepSeaCreatures Discovered on Abyssal Expedition

By University of Gothenburg June 9, 2024

"Transparent #SeaCucumbers, pink sea pigs, and bowl-shaped sponges are some of the fascinating animals discovered during a deep-sea expedition to the #AbyssalPlains in the #PacificOcean.

"A 45-day research expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone between Mexico and Hawaii in the eastern Pacific Ocean ended in March. One of the scientists on board the British research vessel James Cook was Thomas Dahlgren, a marine ecologist from the University of Gothenburg and the NORCE research institute.

[...]

"Threatened by #Mining

"The aim of the expedition was to map the biodiversity of the area, where #DeepSeaMining of rare metals used in solar panels, electric car batteries, and other green technologies is planned. Several countries and companies are waiting for authorization to extract these metals bound to mineral #nodules lying on the ocean floor. The scientists want to find out more about how mining could affect the #ecosystem, register existing species, and find out how the ecosystem is organized.

“We need to know more about this environment to be able to protect the species living here. Today, 30% of these marine areas in consideration are protected, and we need to know whether this is enough to ensure that these species aren’t at risk of extinction,” says Dahlgren."

https://scitechdaily.com/mysterious-unknown-deep-sea-creatures-discovered-on-abyssal-expedition/

#DeepGreen #NoDeepSeaMining #GerardBarron #DeepSeaLife #WaterIsLife #WaterIsLife
#LawOfTheSeaConvention
#LawOfTheSea #OceansAreLife

Strandbefestigung am Kunigami Strand #okinawa #japan im April 2024 zum #meermittwoch
#fotografie #schwarzweissfotografie #PazifischerOzean #meeresspiegelanstieg

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beach reinforcement at Kunigami beach, Okinawa, Japan, April 2024 concerning #oceanwednesday
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #pacific_ocean #pacificocean #rising_sealevel

Die Surfer von Yoshihama #japan zum #meermittwoch , im April 2024
#fotografie #schwarzweissfotografie #PazifischerOzean #surfer #seelandschaft

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Surfers on Yoshihama Beach, Japan, April 2024
#oceanwednesday #photography #blackandwhitephotography #bmw #pacific_ocean #pacificocean #seascape

8 hospitalized in #Ventura, #CoastGuard #Helicopter
forced to perform #lifesaving rescue in #Pacifica as dumbasses continue to dumbass and challenge #PacificOcean #ElNino #Storm ...

#Waves Up To 40 Ft Smash #California #coast swamping curious onlookers, fishermen and #surfers who get to close for comfort and dragged deep by the #swells...

#CoastalFlooding brings #Driftwood and #Debris choking roads, damaging piers and homes as wet #weather expected to last throughout weekend

https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/massive-waves-flood-california-coast-evacuations