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Sunday, 08 May 2016

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Yosemite's Dance of the Seven Veils: The Valley on a Rainy Day 

Geotripper [2016-05-08 03:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (157 visits) info

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She freed and floated on the air her arms Above dim veils that hid her bosom's charms... The veils fell round her like thin coiling mists Shot through by topaz suns and amethysts  "The Daughter of Herodias" by Arthur O'Shaughnessy It goes without saying, but when the rain falls, Yosemite is a different place.  When storms are moving up the western slope of the Sierra Nevada,

Vagabonding on Dangerous Ground: Our Tour of the Greatest National Park I Never Once Set Foot In. 

Geotripper [2015-08-30 06:42:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (805 visits) info

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The western slope of the Cascades Range is green. Very green. There are trees, shrubs, mosses, grasses, just about every kind photosynthesizing plant there is. This is due of course to the mountains themselves. They provide a barrier to incoming Pacific storms, causing the moist masses of air to rise and condense, with copious amounts of rain and snow falling to the ground. We were still in

Radio Interview with KVNF - Colorado Public Radio 

Earthly Musings [2014-12-09 20:31:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (176 visits) info

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At the Great Unconformity in Blacktail Canyon, Grand CanyonI had the honor recently to sit down with JT Thomas of Colorado Public Radio and its local affiliate KVNF, which broadcasts to a wide area on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains (Paonia, Ridgway, Montrose, Ouray, Lake City and the Grand Valley). JT is a nimble and accomplished interviewer and this was one of the most satisfying I have conducted.You can list to the full interview here. Thanks to JT, Ridgway, and Brad Wallis who [...]

The Copper Creek area – the next mining venture and controversy 

Wry Heat [2013-02-25 18:33:37]  recommend  recommend this post  (64 visits) info

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Copper Creek is an old mining district located on the east bank of the San Pedro River and on the western slope of the Galiuro Mountains about 75 miles northeast of Tucson, see location map below. According to a story in the Arizona Daily Star, the property has been acquired by Redhawk Resources, a Canadian

Far Western Section Field Guide for the Sonora Pass Region available at Sunbelt Publishing! 

Teaching the Earth Sciences [2012-10-27 04:07:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (108 visits) info

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(Cross-posted from Geotripper)Our field guide to the geology of the Sonora Pass region and the eastern Sierra Nevada region is now available for sale at Sunbelt Publishing for $24.95 (here is the link)! This was the roadguide for our recent meeting of the Far Western Section of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. There are quite a few geological road guides out there for the eastern Sierra Nevada, especially around the Mono Lake area, but there have been fewer guides for the area [...]

No Meteors, So Some Pictures of a Sunset Instead 

Geotripper [2012-08-14 07:14:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (48 visits) info
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The Great Valley is great sometimes, but not if you want to see astronomical phenomena. We have some of the worst air pollution in the nation, along with considerable light pollution. So most years when the Perseids Meteor Shower comes along, we try to find our way up the western slope of the Sierra Nevada for some really dark skies. Besides, it hit 106 degrees yesterday, and it just HAD to
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