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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

The Eclipse of the Blood Flower Supermoon

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The Moon passed through the shadow of the Earth very early this morning. There hasn't been an eclipse like this in two years, and it was...
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

What was the Greatest Adventure You Ever Had? Dreams, Hopes, and Memories in Pandemic Times

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  The first moment of the greatest adventure of my life What's the greatest adventure you've ever had? And as you consider your futu...
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Sunday, May 23, 2021

California's Rarest Ecosystems: The Serpentine Soils of the Red Hills (Part Two of a Two-part Miniseries)

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  Imagine a world turned upside down and inside out. A place where the underworld realm is exposed to view, where all is out of equilibrium....
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

41st Anniversary of the Eruption of Mt. St. Helens: It Still Matters and So Does Science

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It is the 41st anniversary of the eruption of the St. Helens volcano and as I think of those days, I realize that even though a majority...
Monday, May 17, 2021

Yosemite Valley This Week: A Moment of Spring Richness and an Uncertain Future

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  I admit it. I fear what lies ahead. That's not the usual opening statement in a photo-essay of Yosemite Valley at its best moments. Bu...
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Friday, May 7, 2021

Went Looking for Rocks and Birds, Came Back With Flowers and Butterflies

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Oh boy, do I ever have a blind spot for learning. I can't learn flowers or butterflies. I'd blame it on age, but I've managed to...
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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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