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Showing posts with label moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moon. Show all posts
Sunday, July 15, 2018

Conjunction of Inanna and Theia's Child Tonight

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There was quite the spectacle in the heavens tonight, the conjunction of Inanna and Theia's child. Obviously some explanation is need...
Friday, December 29, 2017

Moon over (former) Magma...Pictures from the Road

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 Who knew that it rains all the time in the Pacific Northwest?? We're most of the way home from our travels from central California ...
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Finding Peace in the Nation's Most Crowded Park: A Walk Through Yosemite Valley

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If you've read my previous couple of posts, you know I was in Yosemite Valley over the weekend. I was guiding my students on a field t...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Second Week of Class, Wherein I Get Distracted by a Picture of the Earth

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Earthrise from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter I can't help it. I get to the end of another lecture, one I've done dozens of t...
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Monday, January 21, 2013

Moon and Jupiter in Conjunction: Last chance until 2026!

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Courtesy of " Science is Awesome " over at Facebook, here is a list of some of the most impressive astronomical events of 2013, ...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

Geo-Picture-a-Day Week: Moon, Sky and Rock

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It's day six of Geo-Picture-a-Day Week and today we go to basics: stone, sky and cosmos. It is an unusual framing of a familiar arch at ...
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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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