These pictures were taken outside a small, California fire station on the outskirts of a small town. Today, Thursday, it became a place where many people came to take photos and remember.

On August 16, 2008 the full moon crossed through the shadow of the earth that extends into space on the earth's side opposite the sun. This composite photograph was taken in Athens, Greece by Anthony Ayiomamitis. He also provided the commentary.



The image and information was obtained from a NASA website for the pleasure of Tahoetopia viewers. See: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080820.html

My "job" was to encourage participating athletes to think about the environment and to try to make a positive impact in their communities around the world. My main event was a talk hosted by Coca Cola at the Village Green Pin Trading Center in the heart of the Olympic Village.

Construction of the wall's 25-foot high and 12-foot wide walls was begun during the 3rd century and mostly completed by 1644 during the Ming Dynasty. Just like some of the Olympic events I've been watching, the wall is a powerful statement.

This route presents a near-continuous panoply of changing vistas over Lake Tahoe, Fallen Leaf Lake, Emerald Bay, and Desolation Wilderness, all leading to a grand finale atop the summit. Mile for mile, it's one of the Sierra's most magnificent trails and arguably the premier hike of the Tahoe region.

Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh beat Cuba and men's favorites Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won and move on into the round of 16. During the fun I watched Dutch fans drink an inordinate amount of beer. A can of Bud costs $10 a pop and one Dutch guy returned to his seat with 20 beers. These are wealthy beer drinkers!

China has one of the world's oldest peoples and continuous civilizations consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia.

It's a land that has given the world such inventions as paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. The fourth largest country in the world, it has a population, give or take, of 1,330,044,606 people, spread over 9,596,960 kilometers divided into 23 provinces.

The attempt is designed to raise awareness and funding for U.S. Service members injured in Iraq and Afghanistan and members suffering from traumatic brain injury, combat stress, and other war-related injuries.

Stoup is going to Beijing as a guest of the Olympic Organizing Committee. In March he traveled to Greece to help start the Olympic Torch Relay and to plant trees in honor of the forests burned in last year's gigantic fires in Olympia, Greece.

In April of 2008 Stoup ran as a participant in the London, England Olympic Torch Relay. Subsequently, the following month, he skied with the Olympic Torch to the geographic North Pole.