We had a visit from Hurricane turned Tropical Storm Beryl. She was only here a short time but she cause some serious havoc in the city of Santo Domingo. She brought with her widespread flooding and a little bit of damage. No lives were lost but some homes were. I took this video in Villa […]
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Pictures of the Day – Red Moon Lunar Eclipse
The glowing reddish orange “blood” moon (“That red light shining onto the moon is sunlight that has skimmed and bent through Earth’s atmosphere: that is, from all the sunrises and sunsets that ring the world at any given moment,” said Alan MacRobert of Sky and Telescope magazine.) was spectacular early this Saturday morning over the […]
Picture of the Day – View of the Caribbean From Above
The spectacular view from high atop the Tower of Homage/ Torre del Homenaje located inside the Fortaleza Ozama, one of the oldest forts in the Americas. This UNESCO World Heritage site is the first fort build in the Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic because of its vantage point. You can see the Caribbean Sea at the […]
The Pelicans of Playita Montecino
The pelicans sometimes get really lucky when there is a large school of fish swimming by. They have a pelican party.