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Autumn in the Togiak Refuge, Alaska
Autumn at the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.) Click for full size.
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Expedition 33 Crew Launches to ISS
Three new members of Expedition 33 launches aboard a Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan, October 23rd, 2012. (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Click for full size. For coverage of Expedition 33 aboard the ISS, read here.
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ISS Astronauts Get Pre-launch Blessing
Expedition 33 crew members Kevin Ford, Oleg Novitskiy, and Evegny Tarelkin (left to right) receive the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest before launch to the International Space...
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Elk, Horse, and Snow
Elk (Cervus canadensis) congregate on the Camp Creek Feed Ground in northwestern Wyoming USGS/Paul Cross
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Monotropa uniflora
We’ve had a lot of rain recently, and I found these popping up in my backyard last week. While not quite rare, these “ghost plants” or “Indian pipes” (Monotropa uniflora) are sufficiently uncommon to...
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Hyla versicolor
We found this tiny fellow sitting on the bricks next to the basement stairwell a few nights ago; a young Hyla versicolor, or Gray Treefrog. Certainly one of the smallest frogs I’ver ever seen in...
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Sand Dunes on Mars
Gotta hand it to J. J. Abrams, arranging a publicity stunt on Mars… Sand dunes on Mars as imaged by the Mars Reconaissance Orbiter. Click for full size. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona)
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Antheraea polyphemus
Antheraea polyphemus We found this fellow outside, and my children wasted no time settling him into their “butterfly house”. Close enough… We were especially impressed with his size. The children...
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