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What’s In The Clouds?
Read More: What’s In The Clouds?No, this post isn’t about that virtual hard drive in the internet cloud where you can access Photoshop and other programs and files. This is a science lesson about the clouds we actually see in the sky. Ever wonder what type of cloud is overhead dropping buckets of H2O? No. Maybe you want to know…
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So You Want To Go To “The Wave”
Read More: So You Want To Go To “The Wave”The online lottery process that chooses 10 fortunates per day may have up to 1,000 losers. Yes, I met 2 guys from North Carolina at The Wave who said they were 2 of 880 applicants for that one day. The in-person lottery has better odds but you have to show up in Kanab, Utah at…
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Images from White Pocket in Northern Arizona
Read More: Images from White Pocket in Northern ArizonaLast week I drove about 25 miles off of the nearest paved highway to reach White Pocket. Unlike the Coyote Buttes and The Wave, you don’t need a permit to visit White Pocket. You do need 4-wheel drive with good clearance, a good map and an ability to NOT run over the cows that graze…
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Photo of the Week or What is The State Insect of Nevada?
Read More: Photo of the Week or What is The State Insect of Nevada?It’s a damselfly called a vivid dancer. I captured this slick looking bug at Yellowstone National Park. That look on his face reminds me of those old clown face photos that would scare the hell out of me when I was a kid. Damselflies are like dragonflies except for the creepy looking faces.
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Why Yellowstone is the best of the National Parks.
Read More: Why Yellowstone is the best of the National Parks.Just because you’re first doesn’t necessarily mean you’re the best. But there is a reason why Yellowstone was named the first national park on March 1, 1872 by President Ulysses Grant. Its biodiversity and geologic wonders are what grabbed the attention of Congress through the photos and paintings of Jackson and Moran respectively during the…