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Sunday, March 8, 2020

The Islands of Interior California: There's a Reason I Don't Hug Ducks

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There are islands in the interior of California . They aren't islands in the normal sense of the word, and are actually pretty much ex...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

So You Were in Death Valley During Bombogenesis...Did You Get Any Rain?

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Explosive cyclogenesis (also referred to as a weather bomb, meteorological bomb, explosive development, or bombogenesis ) refers in a str...
Monday, April 25, 2016

What's Your Favorite Stereotype of a Desert? The 2% Answer? The Dunes at Death Valley

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Think of the word "desert". What''s the first picture that pops into your mind? Is it Saguaro Cacti, like an old western...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Weather a Bit Less Strange? Death Valley in the Last Two Days: Hot!

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There is, of course, hardly such a thing as "average" weather, just like there is no "average" precipitation. I'm...
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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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