Happy New Year!
The new year is off to a blazing start as the tiny Caribbean island of Soledad Miria was beset by an inferno caused by a faulty gas cooker. The island is 700 feet long and has 1,014 inhabitants. 348 of them were injured in the blaze but none died, thankfully.
The Bad Astronomer has posted his picks for the Top Ten Astronomy Images of 2006.
A great collection of photos from the great blizzard of 1913 in Denver, Colorado.