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The Brutality of Nature
Not just humans experience stress. Animals, by just existing, are exposed to predators, or dangerous situations. Watch this sheep and her lamb.
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When it Rains in Southern California
This is what happens when we get heavy rains in Southern California. Debris Slide in Camarillo Springs, California. AP Photo. Click here for hundreds more pictures.
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The World’s Tallest Tree
Over six years ago I wrote this book review of The Wild Trees by Richard Preston. It is a wonderful story about tall trees and the nature lovers who study them. The foremost expert is Steve Sillett....
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Book Review: The World Without Us – by Alan Weisman
Imagine all the people in the world disappeared today. Gone. I recognize this is a hypothetical scenario, one that has a low likelihood of happening, but — it could happen. An Ebola-like plague could...
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The Crazy World of Birds
Birds are dinosaurs. Imagine a naked chicken and make it 20 times bigger, and you have a velociraptor. Make it 50 times bigger, and you have a T.Rex. Now we know what dinosaur would have tasted like:...
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Lunar Eclipse
Last night we set the alarm to 3:30am and were up until 5. Here is the lunar eclipse from our balcony. Awesome Photo by Trisha
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The Fascinating Age we Live in
[Photocredit: NASA] This picture shows the tiny Saturn moon Epimetheus (116 km) and giant Titan (5,150 km) together with the A and F rings of Saturn. I remember when I was about ten years old, I had a...
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Dinosaurs are Alive
Looking at this picture of a baby Blue Heron illustrates for me that birds are closely related to and descendants of dinosaurs. [picture credit: imgur]
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Introducing Wild Mustard – the Super Weed
I was at the market shopping for a steamed vegetable meal. I bought potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, zucchini, yellow squash, a couple of red onions and some red cabbage....
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Convergent Evolution and Humanoid Aliens
Stop picturing little green men in your mind whenever you talk about aliens because, according to Simon Conway Morris, a leading evolutionary biologist from the University of Cambridge, if aliens exist...
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Brilliant View of Yosemite Valley
Yesterday I had a brilliant, clear view of Yosemite Valley from the plane: Yosemite Valley [click to enlarge]
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When it Rains in Southern California
This happened in Tehachapi last Thursday. Click here for more images. Click here for the original poster’s comments on Reddit.
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New Painting: Elephant
Inspired by a photograph Trisha brought back from her Safari in Botswana in 2014.
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The Beautiful Words for Butterfly
Today during a walk it occurred to me that the word for butterfly is seemingly beautiful in all the languages, at least the ones I know: Butterfly – English Papillon – French Schmetterling – German...
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Keeping Your Eyes on the Target – An American Kestrel
http://i.imgur.com/kAEwAmI.mp4 When I was in the service, I once saw a demonstration of a tank speeding across a bumpy field at 30 miles an hour, jumping up and down, while the barrel of the gun was...
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But What If We Are Wrong?
The Religious Argument I have been fortunate that I was able to cast off the shackles and blinders of religion very early in life. I am not religious or spiritual in any way. I have always called...
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New Palm Grove 2010 – 2017
After hiking Palm Canyon in the Anza Borrego Desert almost every year right after New Years, and skipping 2015 and 2016, today I went again on Jan 1, 2017. Starting out, on January 3, 2010, I noticed a...
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Ocean Majesty
In Hawaii, the ocean is never far away. Life is dominated by the ocean. Its power, its grace, its eternity is overwhelming. Recently a friend (WI) sent me this poem about the ocean by Lord Byron (1788...
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There’s a Bird on it – Missouri
I noticed that my license plate on my Missouri rental car had a bird on it. That reminded me of Bernie Sanders. Then, as I sat in my car, I looked outside, and there it was, looking right at me: As I...
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