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Monday, November 11, 2013

Where the Sierra Nevada Rises from the Sea: Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

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Where the Sierra Nevada rises from the sea ... in our last post , we found out how the Santa Lucia Range of the Big Sur Coast can be thoug...
Saturday, November 9, 2013

"Another Earth" showing at the State Theatre, Modesto on Nov. 10

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What happens if you meet yourself? What would you have to say? To all of my Modesto area readers: I want to let you know about a g...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Where the Sierra Nevada Rises from the Sea: The Big Sur Coast

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Sierra : "A rugged range of mountains having an irregular or jagged profile, like a saw blade" Sierra Nevada : A mountain rang...
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Monday, November 4, 2013

Seeking Geology Along the Most Beautiful Shoreline in the World: the Central California Coast

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Oh, I know that the title of this post is a bit of hyperbole...there are many beautiful coastlines in the world, and you are free to argue...
Saturday, November 2, 2013

The Way it Was Today: Yosemite Valley in November

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What a wonderful week! I had the privilege of visiting the most beautiful place in the world twice in the space of a few days. It's tr...
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

You Think Your Halloween Monsters are Scary? Imagine What Your Ancestors Thought About These Terrifyingly Real Beasts...

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(Modified from my post of June 8, 2011 ) Happy or scary All Saint's Eve or Halloween, whatever your pleasure might be. As you cheer ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

That Volcano is Dead Right? There's No More Hot Magma? Bumpass Hell at Lassen Volcanic National Park

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"Now, I don't know,  I don't know where I'm a gonna go, when the volcano blow" Jimmy Buffett Mt. Tehama is long g...
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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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