{"id":33,"date":"2008-11-20T14:21:05","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T21:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/?p=33"},"modified":"2008-11-20T15:06:29","modified_gmt":"2008-11-20T22:06:29","slug":"from-expedition-to-commute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/20\/from-expedition-to-commute\/","title":{"rendered":"From Expedition to Commute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: From Expedition to Commute\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=From%20Expedition%20to%20Commute&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2F20%2Ffrom-expedition-to-commute%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeFrom Expedition to Commute\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2F20%2Ffrom-expedition-to-commute%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2F20%2Ffrom-expedition-to-commute%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: From Expedition to Commute\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/20\/from-expedition-to-commute\/&media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&description=From Expedition to Commute\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: From Expedition to Commute\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/20\/from-expedition-to-commute\/\" title=\"From Expedition to Commute\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"33\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"f52c706aaf\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\" \/><\/div><div id=\"attachment_47\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47\" title=\"Northern California.  San Francisco Bay to Lake Tahoe. True color MODIS-Aqua image, acquired July 3, 2007, 2:40 pm PDT.\" src=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/modis_california_2007_07_12_aqua3.jpg\" alt=\"Northern California.  San Francisco Bay to Lake Tahoe.. True color MODIS-Aqua image, acquired July 3, 2007, 2:40 pm PDT.\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/modis_california_2007_07_12_aqua3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/modis_california_2007_07_12_aqua3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-47\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern California.  San Francisco Bay to Lake Tahoe. True color MODIS-Aqua image, acquired July 3, 2007, 2:40 pm PDT.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today, our travels to Lake Tahoe are not as carefree or adventurous as they once were.\u00a0 Bay Area suburbia stretches to Fairfield with few breaks in the urban landscape.\u00a0 Vacaville, Dixon, and Davis have all grown up to be commuter communities strategically situated between the Bay Area and Sacramento.\u00a0 Sacramento\u2019s outlying bedroom communities with their big-box stores and mega-churches stretch well into the Sierra foothills.\u00a0 Auburn, Grass Valley, and Nevada City are slowly coming together.\u00a0 Truckee has taken advantage of Tahoe\u2019s development restrictions and has become a destination unto itself.\u00a0 (Northstar is officially part of Truckee.\u00a0 Who knew?)\u00a0 Congestion in the Bay Area, Napa, Sacramento, and Stockton, require those driving to and from the Sierra to implore deft scheduling.\u00a0 With the 24-hour news cycle, the Internet, cell phones, SUVs, and DVD players, the trip has become safer, yet also more insular.\u00a0 As we carry more of our world with us, we become less discerning of the new environs we find ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>In 1844, John C. Fremont took a little over two weeks to travel from Carson Pass to Sutter\u2019s Fort in Sacramento.\u00a0 Today it\u2019s a two-hour drive.\u00a0 Time travel has arrived; distance is relative.\u00a0 How much do we miss the in-between?\u00a0 Is it so hard to imagine that air pollution from the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento area is adversely affecting the water quality of remote Sierra lakes?<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Todd Steissberg, PhD.\u00a0 Civil and Environmental Engineering.\u00a0 University of California, Davis.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/pacrim.terc.ucdavis.edu\/people\/tsteissberg<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image processing source code courtesy of:<br \/>\nLiam Gumley, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison<br \/>\nJacques Descloitres and Jeffrey Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Source code, sample data, and a tutorial are available at:<br \/>\nftp:\/\/ftp.ssec.wisc.edu\/pub\/IMAPP\/MODIS\/TrueColor\/<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: From Expedition to Commute\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=From%20Expedition%20to%20Commute&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2F20%2Ffrom-expedition-to-commute%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeFrom Expedition to Commute\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2F20%2Ffrom-expedition-to-commute%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2F20%2Ffrom-expedition-to-commute%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: From Expedition to Commute\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/20\/from-expedition-to-commute\/&#038;media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&#038;description=From Expedition to Commute\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: From Expedition to Commute\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/20\/from-expedition-to-commute\/\" title=\"From Expedition to Commute\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"33\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"f52c706aaf\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Today, our travels to Lake Tahoe are not as carefree or adventurous as they once were.\u00a0 Bay Area suburbia stretches to Fairfield with few breaks in the urban landscape.\u00a0 Vacaville, Dixon, and Davis have all grown up to be commuter &hellip; 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