Wednesday, May 28, 2025

The Coming Gigantic Crater in Arizona: The Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Destruction of Sacred Lands

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Sometimes issues keep coming up. I hadn't heard of updates of the Oak Flat Controversy in a couple of years, but with the new administra...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens at 45 years: Why it Still Matters and Why Science Matters

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It is the 45th anniversary of the eruption of the St. Helens volcano and as I think of those days, I realize that even though a majority...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Do You Think You Know the Highest Waterfall in Yosemite Valley? You Could Be Wrong!

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Quick quiz: What is the name of this waterfall? What is the highest waterfall in Yosemite Valley? Depending on the parameters one can use to...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

The Most Extraordinary Landscape on Planet Earth: Geotripping on the Colorado Plateau, June 3-17, 2025

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Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River NOTE: This is an updated and revised version of a post from December 28, 2024   So...about that bucket ...
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Friday, March 14, 2025

The First Lunar Eclipse of 2025

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Interesting skies once again! Tonight was a lunar eclipse. The timing was great, with totality being reached before midnight here in the Pac...
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Thursday, February 20, 2025

An "Extinct" Fish Finds Life Again in a Parched Desert: The Saga of the Shoshone Pupfish

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The pupfish habitat at the springs in Shoshone, east of Death Valley National Park Of all the things one might look for while exploring inte...
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Monday, December 30, 2024

Strange Doings in the Sky Today. What the Heck is a Circumzenithal Arc?

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We live our lives never truly knowing when the day comes that something remarkable happens. I was doing totally normal errands today in the ...