Typhoon Man-Yi, as seen from downstairs. This is looking out onto my carport. Filmed at around 9:00 on July 13, 2007. Look carefully and you'll see one of the bushes by my carport was already turning brown due to the salt spray.

Poor turtle was on its back for quite awhile. But it finally turned itself over...to solve its problem, all it had to do was use its head! ;-) Filmed at Okinawa World, Okinawa, Japan, 6 Sept 2008

Cobra and handler, getting up close and personal, during the Habu Museum's snake show. Filmed at Okinawa World, Okinawa, Japan, 6 Sept. 2008. The narration is by the handler and all in Japanese (sorry, no, I can't translate it!)

Filmed during the mass performance at the beginning of the festival. Check out the little guy (four years old!) on the drum! Kokusai Street, Naha, Okinawa, 3 August 2008.

360 film from the summit of Jubilee Mountain in southern Death Valley Nat'l Park. Begins/ends looking northwest toward the Panamint Mountains. Sorry about the shaky camera work but it was very windy and I had only a tiny camera. Filmed Dec. 11, 2007.

A short sample from a traditional performance at Okinawa's 10,000 Eisa Festival. Filmed on Kokusai Street in Naha, Okinawa, Japan on 3 August 2008.

The beginning of the mass performance that opens the 10,000 Eisa festival. Typical crazy Okinawa weather: sunny but raining! Filmed on Kokusai Street in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 3 August 2008

Dinky is still wowin' the crowds at Stuart's Well Roadhouse in the Aussie Outback! I caught the golden-throated canine in performance on 31 May, 2008. "Have you never played with a dingo on your piano before!?"

Typhoon Man-Yi, Okinawa, Japan. Filmed from upstairs at about 9:00 AM on 13 July, 2007. On the other side of the trees is a large street and then the bay (I'm on the east coast).

Typhoon on Okinawa, Japan. Filmed around 9:00AM, 13 July, 2007. Be sure to turn up your speakers!