Thursday, November 22, 2012

Giving Thanks for Beautiful Things: Dawson Lake

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It's a strange feeling...NOT traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday. But it didn't keep us from taking a little excursion the othe...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Inside the Pinnacles Volcano: the Talus Caves of Bear Gulch

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How does a cave originate? Most often, solution of limestone or marble is a cause, and lava flows will sometimes develop lava tubes. Coast...
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Pinnacles National Monument: A Strange Landscape in California's Coast Ranges

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It was our last field studies trip of the year. After our explorations of the San Andreas and Calaveras faults in the Hollister region of...
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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Do Real Estate Agents Have to Tell You About This Kind of Thing? California Has Her Faults

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It was the third weekend in November, and thus time for our last field studies excursion of the year. We headed into the Coast Ranges of C...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Arrests Made in Robbery of Gold at California State Mineral Museum in Mariposa

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Arrests have been made in the robbery of gold specimens and other minerals from the California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa...

Rage Against the Dying of the Light? Maybe not...

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"Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light....
Monday, November 12, 2012

Yosemite Valley: Winter and Acorn Woodpeckers

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It's such a beautiful place. Yosemite Valley has so many moods that seem to change daily. On Saturday, we had a glorious time explorin...