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The grotto just by itself is amazing, but still there are plenty more to see down stream from the grotto. Onwards we went! To Impress Lady Birds, Male Sparrows Sing Their Songs on Shuffle Scientists Can Spot Shrimp Eggs From Space Early Humans Placed the Hearth at the Optimal Location in Their Cave 170,000 Years…
Finally in this post, we make it to the grotto :-). And we are not disappointed with the wonders! Evidence of Europe’s first Homo sapiens found in French cave Underwater Photographer of the Year 2022 results gallery Chimpanzees Observed Applying Insects to Wounds – A Potential Case of Medication? Keep looking! The more you know,…
As we work our way nearer to the grotto, we were drawn towards the ledges. So we have to go up, but only to the undersides of the ledges. These Super Rare Butterflies Thrive on Army Bases. The U.S. Military is Helping Them. These Teeny, Tiny Turtle Hatchlings Fit in the Palm of Your Hand…
We slowly were making our way to reach the grotto. There was no hurry and of course there were treasures! This fossilized fish skull is filled with feces Researchers Now Know Where the Ancient Maya Planted Their Sacred Cacao Groves Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see,…
First we had to go further away from the grotto in order to get down to the grotto itself. So we were a few hundred feet down stream from the grotto at this point. The slug and the Venus Fly Trap! Satellite images show biggest methane leaks com from Russia and US Keep looking! The…
February 1st was a great day to make a return trip to the Dixon Water Foundation. The high temp for that day was 69. Sounds perfect and it was! ‘ Watch thousands of ‘vinegar eels’ swarm through a water droplet in amazing new video Thanks Judy! New research could be the first step to hydrogen…
Enough of the snowy weather, but it was so pretty. The snow is mostly gone. Our temperatures ranged from a low of 13 to 47 today. So the Jan 24th outing took us five or so hours before we headed home. As you could tell from the previous posts and this post, many treasures were…
The sunshine is back! So naturally, I took some photos of the ice and snow in the sunshine. Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are on the rise. But why? Percy Julian the trailblazer Premieres WED FEB 9 at 9/8c on PBS: SECRETS IN THE SCAT Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see…
We had it all last night and today with about 3/8 inch of ice and one inch of snow here! At our house the temperature has started to drop again and was 17.7 degrees at 5:47pm. The high was 24.9 degrees at midnight. So most of the day it hovered around 20 to 22 degrees….
From the easy to spot to the hard to see. It is all there waiting for us at the Garnett Preserve! How 1.8-billion-year-old stones from Wisconsin ended up in a late Jurassic rock formation in Wyoming Gas Stoves Are Worse for Climate and Health Than Previously Thought Keep looking! The more you know, the more…