Simple Tricks and Nonsense

Courtesy of Scalzi's AOL Journal, here's a lovely true-color photo of our little corner of the universe. It's a mosaic assembled from multiple satellite images. I've seen pictures similar to this before, but they never fail to take my breath away. I especially like the glint of sunlight over Baja. That's a detail that all those Star Trek episodes seemed to miss. Click on the picture to see it larger, click here for other (and even larger) images...