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Showing posts with label Sierra Nevada Mother Lode. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Sierra Nevada Mother Lode. Show all posts

Sunday, October 22, 2017

How Does a Pristine Cavern Look? Black Chasm Provides a Clue

Some things can only be experienced once. The discovery of a new plant or animal that no one has ever seen, a new mineral, a new planet in...

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Spring is Coming, and Flowers are Awakening in the Sierra Nevada Mother Lode

It's still a bit early to see the awesomeness to come, but the spring wildflowers are beginning to make a splash of color in the Sierr...

Saturday, December 1, 2012

What To Do on a Rainy Day? Explore the Mother Lode Underground!

So what does one do when an atmospheric river storm is barreling towards your region, with an expected 10"-20" of rain in some p...

Sunday, October 21, 2012

The Sierra Nevada Underground: Into the Black Chasm

California is full of delightful geological surprises. Mention "caverns" and most Americans will think of places like Mammoth Ca...

Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Sierra Underground: Wild Caves, a precious and easily damaged environment

I spent the day in the Sierra Nevada foothills checking out a couple of wild caves with a few students. The Sierra is justly famous for spec...

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Garry Hayes: I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.

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