Wednesday, February 3, 2016

You CAN See Half Dome from the Central Valley. But You Have to be in the Right Spot

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A field in the Central Valley! Living in California's Great Valley has moments. Some good, some bad. It's really flat, and that ...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Time for the Topographer's Challenge! What Peak is this in Yosemite National Park?

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Actually, I want your help here. I don't know the peak with the vertical flank on the right side of the picture above. I took this sho...
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Monday, February 1, 2016

Green and White in California...There's a drought here? Why yes...yes there is

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What a sight for sore (and dry) eyes. Deep emerald fields of growing grass, and snow-capped peaks in the distance. Tropical palm trees. Sp...
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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Dreams of Summer: Going Underground on New Mexico's Continental Divide

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When one thinks of the Continental Divide, one might imagine high peaks of the Rocky Mountains, piercing the sky with glacially carved ri...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Late to the Party, but here's the 7.1 Magnitude Alaska Earthquake as Recorded from Central California

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An earthquake, large by California standards, but almost moderate by Alaska standards, hit on Sunday, January 24 southwest of Anchorage...
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Monday, January 25, 2016

A Modesto Junior College Field Studies Opportunity: Geology and Archaeology of the Hawaiian Islands, June 1-13, 2016

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This might be of interest only to my Modesto area readers, but anyone who is interested in learning about the natural and human history ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

The Rains Come and the Snow Falls: Normal in California Doesn't Feel Normal

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Normal just doesn't feel normal. In 2014, researchers were declaring the California drought the worst in 1,000 years . And then we h...
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