California’s wildflower bloom can be seen on satellite imagery

This is the best year for wildflowers in the 15 years I have lived in California. If you live in San Francisco or the Silicon Valley area, now is a great time to go to parks like Edgewood. Especially if you are not usually a hiker but are interested in checking it out sometime - now is a great sometime.<p>My recommendation if you live in SF but never really hike too much: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bahiker.com&#x2F;southbayhikes&#x2F;edgewood.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bahiker.com&#x2F;southbayhikes&#x2F;edgewood.html</a>

This is from 3 days ago. I wish the camera could capture what my eyes could see.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;yJ6oD" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;yJ6oD</a>

The article says it is an El Niño year, but that&#x27;s wrong. Last year was, but this year has been extremely weird, in that we had more rain than we&#x27;ve ever gotten in a recorded El Niño year despite normal water temps in the tropical Eastern Pacific. Which is great, but makes me wonder what our climate models make of things!

I went on a local trail run in LA this week and was surprised by how many thick patches of wildflower there were. Swarmed with bees, snakes crossing the trail under my foot. Best spring in some time

I just got back from the Carrizo Plain, it&#x27;s good but starting to fade but still pretty amazing:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mcvoy.com&#x2F;lm&#x2F;2017-carrizo-plain" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mcvoy.com&#x2F;lm&#x2F;2017-carrizo-plain</a><p>We made down and back in a day from the Santa Cruz mountains.

If you have a camera with a lens anything bigger than 1x1m are visible from space.<p>Writing &quot;visible from Orbit&quot; implies with the human eye.