Mutate Now » photos http://www.mut8.org mutation = survival Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:21:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Racing [Photos] http://www.mut8.org/historics-reunion-photos/08/2010/ http://www.mut8.org/historics-reunion-photos/08/2010/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:51:38 +0000 Molli Fire http://www.mut8.org/?p=1195 Laguna Seca became a wonderland over the last two weekends as the racetrack filled with rare and beautiful specimens of classic racecars. Race teams & passionate individuals all set up shop around the California circuit to participate/practice for the Pre-Reunion and Reunion races. Here’s photos from the 2 events plus a few from the weeks of preparation leading up to the 4-day Reunion August 12-15th 2010:

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classic 1940's hot rod 1940's hot rod built by Jay Itel blue interior of 1940's custom hot rod a sleek Bugatti sports car engine inside the Bugatti sports car Jay Leno looking at a classic car Jay Leno looks under the hood of a classic car Jay Leno looking at tail of a classic car shiny silver, bare metal vintage race car vintage race cars lined up under tent Red Lobster race car and more under the VP tent tail of Red Lobster race car a 6-wheeled formula 1 car Formula 1 car with 6 wheels built for the Tyrell racing team rear engine on a car driven by Dan Gurney race car driven by Dan Gurney detail of a vintage racing engine a white open-wheeled race car on display at Monterey Historics detail of a racing engine close up of decals and safety wire on vintage race car white open-wheeled race car Dan Gurney Cars At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Dan Gurney Cars At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Dan Gurney Cars At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Dan Gurney Cars At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Dan Gurney Cars At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Dan Gurney Cars At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Dan Gurney Cars At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Bobby Unser Car At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Bobby Unser Car At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Bobby Unser Car At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Bobby Unser Car At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Bobby Unser Car At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion close-up of names painted on race car 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Bobby Unser Car At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Bobby Unser Car At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion Bobby Unser Car At 2010 Monterey Historics Reunion blue open-wheel Formula Ford car dark blue number 48 painted on light blue Formula Ford race car blue open-wheel Formula Ford race car blue Formula Ford car on display in front of a photo of it in action on the track mechanic working on race engine vintage Formula 1 performance engine Driver Autograph on Williams Saudia F1 Car close up of engine in an historic formula 1 car black and gold F1 car with racing slicks sign with info about March 741 and Hans-Joachim Stuck Jr. info about the March 741 F1 car, driven by Hans Stuck Historic March 741 Jagermeister F1 Car pix of Stuck and Brambilla on an info sign info sign about the March 741 F1 car photo collection of vintage F1 drivers' wives black and red race car with Tom Pryce's name painted on it black and gold John Player Special car black and gold John Player Special car Lotus 77 info poster white and green Formula 1 car 2 vintage white and green F1 cars info poster about the Williams FW08C cars and drivers info poster about the Lotus 79 black and gold Renault JPS car black and gold John Player Special race car close-up of a Cosworth engine green and white Williams Saudia cars black and gold Renault JPS car black and gold Renault race car green open-wheeled formula junior car green formula junior car suspension on green formula junior car green open wheeled formula junior race car red F1 Ferrari detail of Ferrari engine in an F1 car Amon and Rodriguez names painted on F1 Ferrari detail of exhaust pipes coming out of F1 Ferrari engine driver's seat in a Formula 1 Ferrari close up of Cosworth engine close up of AN hardware on racing engine race car with engine visible a white and a yellow Osella race car trying to pass each other vintage orange F1 car with racing slicks and wings cockpit of vintage McLaren F1 car a blue and an orange vintage F1 car on display nose of McLaren in foreground, March in background vintage F1 cars on display in between races vintage F1 cars lined up on grid before race 1970 McLaren M14 plus team members getting ready to race info poster for 1970 March 701 F1 car info poster for the 1970 McLaren M14 vintage F1 car info poster for the 1974 March vintage F1 car sponsored by Jagermeister Vintage F1 March 701 Vintage F1 Tom Pryce Car vintage race cars line up on grid a vintage race car with number 87 on door a vintage race car with number 111 on the door red race car with number 211 on the door blue race car with number 17 on the door white race car with number 41 on the door Vintage Race Cars At Laguna Seca Vintage Race Cars At Laguna Seca Vintage Race Cars At Laguna Seca Vintage Race Cars At Laguna Seca Vintage Race Cars At Laguna Seca gold Bertone logo on white car

More to come, still uploading!!

]]> http://www.mut8.org/historics-reunion-photos/08/2010/feed/ 2 Snowed In At Kirkwood – Winter/Spring 2010 Photos http://www.mut8.org/kirkwood-2010-photos/03/2010/ http://www.mut8.org/kirkwood-2010-photos/03/2010/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:58:50 +0000 Molli Fire http://www.mut8.org/?p=408 The 2009/2010 snowboard season @ Kirkwood has been stellar!! Here’s a slice of life from the RV Lot at Chair 7/Timber Creek aka Winter Home of di Green Team bus:

wind blown snow along the ridge trees with snow at Timber Creek, Kirkwood Mt. California snowboard sliding out door into snow Bluebird school bus in deep snow Bluebird school bus in deep snow Bluebird Bus in deep snow trees with snow on Kirkwood Mt. CA trees with snow on Kirkwood Mt. CA the horizon beyond The Wave at Kirkwood, CA a snowboarder riding along the ridge on a bluebird day a snowboarder & blue skies at Kirkwood Mt. Resort snowboarder & blue skies along The Wave at Kirkwood, CA ]]> http://www.mut8.org/kirkwood-2010-photos/03/2010/feed/ 0 Love Thy Nuclear Neighbors http://www.mut8.org/nuclear-neighborhood/04/2009/ http://www.mut8.org/nuclear-neighborhood/04/2009/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 04:57:56 +0000 Molli Fire http://www.mut8.org/?p=261 I love the Bayview/Hunter’s Point area of San Francisco. It’s a mix of industrial warehouses, residential neighborhoods, waterfront property, a shipyard and a naval base. Oh yeah, and a totally toxic, seismically-active superfund site. Assembly members Ammiano and Ma along with Senator Yee, wrote a letter to SF Mayor Gavin Newsome, encouraging him to demand that the Navy properly clean the site before returning it to the city. The letter describes it as, “a hazardous and radioactive waste landfill adjacent to a state park along the bay, in a high liquefaction zone with rising sea levels … [with] toxins and radioactive waste in this very unstable geology.” Why does the U.S. government always dump the nastiest stuff on active fault lines?!?! (Look up Yucca Mountain if you don’t know.)

Waterfront Wildlife at Hunter's Point An Iron Mushroom In Hunter's Point Waterfront Wildlife at Hunter's Point

Legend has it that the navy has been irresponsibly dumping all kinds of nasty into the ground there, including sandblast run-off and a few ships that were accidentally exposed to extreme amounts of radioactive material during a failed nuclear experiment. Not exactly an ideal place to raise kids, but definitely a great place to get mutated. And I’m ALL about mutation!

Sure, I say that tongue-in-cheek. Yet, I’m irresistibly drawn to this strange place. I love urban waterfront areas, so that’s def part of it. But there must be more to it, coz a whole community of artists live and work in the area. Something about this place is so inspiring that people consciously move there and go on to create some of the most incredible and unusual forms of art I’ve seen in the whole Bay Area. Sure, it’s not the birthplace of anything as well known as hyphy or house music. But it’s a great birthplace for mutating modern art. The Hunter’s Point artist community is having Open Studios this weekend, so I’ll see what’s new and report back next week with pix. In the meantime, enjoy these lovely photos I took of the waterfront wildlife yesterday.

Bay Trail sign along Hunter's Point waterfront Waterfront Wildflower At Hunter's Point Waterfront Wildflower At Hunter's Point

Also, if you’re interested in the toxic history of the land, the SF Bay Guardian newspaper just published a great article about what our politicians are doing about it and whether the Navy is going to return the land as is or if they’re going to clean it up first. As it stands now, there’s plans to turn the naval base into a park, toxic turf and all…

Navy Nukes and War Waste – Hunter’s Point Makes Headlines in SF Guardian

]]> http://www.mut8.org/nuclear-neighborhood/04/2009/feed/ 0 Photos Of Kirkwood Ski Resort – Spring 2008 http://www.mut8.org/kirkwood-photos-spring-08/12/2008/ http://www.mut8.org/kirkwood-photos-spring-08/12/2008/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:06:55 +0000 Molli Fire http://www.mut8.org/?p=12 I fell in love with Kirkwood last season and I can’t wait until they open again this season!  Since this is my first post in the Snow section of the new website, I thought I’d just share some photos I took on the mountain early Spring 2008:

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rocks jut out of snow at Kirkwood Mt. Resort rocky mountain ridge with snow and trees snowy path at Kirkwood Mt. Resort snow and trees along ridge in Kirkwood California horizon in winter at Kirkwood California Caution sign on snowy ridge Caution Cliff Area sign rocky peak at Kirkwood California rocky peak trees and blue skies at Kirkwood California snowy peak with trees snowy path to rocky peak at Kirkwood snowy peak with trees boarders atop snowy ridge snowy path, mountains in the horizon mountains on the horizon in winter treeline to peak ski trail at Kirkwood coniferous treetop statuesque rocky peak

The photos can also be viewed on my flickr page here:

Kirkwood photos by Molli Fire

I plan to take a LOT of photos this year to see if I’d make a good snowboarding photographer or not. So check back or subscribe to the RSS if you want to see more!

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