Monday, July 18, 2022

What Makes a Canyon Grand? And How Deep is Deep? Exploring Kings Canyon, One of the Deepest Canyons in North America

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Well, let's jump right into it. The picture above is Spanish Peak in the Sierra Nevada, which looms above the canyon of the Kings River....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Fan of Columnar Jointing? Here's a Real Gem for You in the Sierra Nevada, and it's Not Devil's Postpile

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Tucked away in a small corner of an unheralded canyon of the Sierra Nevada is a real gem of a geological locality. It is a marvelous example...
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Monday, May 16, 2022

How it Was: Lunar Eclipse of May 2022

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This evening's lunar eclipse was visible all across North America, and it was spectacular! I hope you were able to see it, but if you di...
Monday, May 2, 2022

Are You Sure That Enclosure Will Be Enough? New Dinosaur at MJC's Great Valley Museum!

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I couldn't help but recall a certain famous movie opening: guys in hardhats unloading a dinosaur at a new park named after a geological ...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Red Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Couldn't the Bureaucrats Just Call it a Preserve?): Spring Update

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Welcome to one of the most unique ecosystems and habitats in California's wealth of incredible places. It was ignored initially by miner...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

Those Things We Scientists Never Talk About...

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I am often asked if I have run across strange phenomena in my travels. My journeys take me to many different places and environments, and fr...
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