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Death Valley Storm

DeathValleyStormBW2005|03|28: Storm. Death Valley National Park. March 28, 2005. Copyright Dan Mitchell.
Storm. Death Valley National Park. March 28, 2005. © Photo copyright Dan Mitchell.
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July 1, 2005 Posted by | Uncategorized | Comments Off on Death Valley Storm

New Almaden Quicksilver County Park Association

On this morning’s quick Almaden Quicksilver hike up and down the Deep Gulch Trail (training for summer pack trips) I ran into a group from the New Almaden Quicksilver County Park Association. They were comparing old photographs of the English Camp area with the current landscape.

The old pictures were fascinating. Not only did they show some striking changes in the vegetation (now that it is no longer being used for mining operations) but there were a lot of structures on the hillside near English Camp.

You can find out more from the NAQCPA web site. (Well, actually you can’t. I just discovered that they apparently do not maintain the site. Instead, try a Google search on “New Almaden Mining Museum”. ;-)
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July 1, 2005 Posted by | News | Comments Off on New Almaden Quicksilver County Park Association

March of the Penguins

March of the Penguins: “Life in Antarctica can get pretty grim. But don’t tell that to these driven birds.” SFGate:

Director Luc Jacquet and his team have done an incredible job gaining the trust of these penguins and recording their tortuous migration. Some of the shots — such as a mother tenderly passing her unhatched egg to her mate to keep it warm before she goes for food, and the undersea shots of feeding taken from a small submersible — are jaw-dropping.

Just as poetic are the sweeping vistas of ice, with long lines of penguins in the distance inching forward, looking like ants. “March of the Penguins” is in a way an epic adventure film with a cast of thousands — and narrated, as if he were the voice of God, by Morgan Freeman (and let me be the first to lobby for legislation that Freeman narrate all documentaries from now on; I’m phoning my congressman today).

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July 1, 2005 Posted by | Events | Comments Off on March of the Penguins