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The Bradford Pear Tree: An Escaped Cultivar
Bradford pear trees are beautiful in the Spring but they have escaped cultivation. The state of Missouri considers Bradford pear trees, like these, to be invasive.
Monday, April 23, 2018
A Clear View of Scottish Highlands | NASA Earth
Looking out from a window on the International Space Station, an astronaut captured this rare photograph of the Scottish Highlands. Cloud-covered skies are common for the region and typically prevent landscape photography from space, especially during the winter months (when this image was taken).
The topography of the Scottish Highlands is the result of geological processes spanning billions of years. The snow-capped mountains north of Glen Mor include some of the oldest rocks in Europe, and they were subsequently rearranged by tectonic forces hundreds of millions of years ago. The rocky landscape also shows signs of reshaping by flowing glaciers during the most recent Ice Ages.
Also known as the “Great Valley” or “Great Glen,” Glen Mor is a fault zone marked by numerous elongated lakes (or lochs), one of which is the famous Loch Ness. In the early 2000s, locals built a pathway through the area—the Great Glen Way—for walkers and cyclists.
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Spring Arrives | Blue Ridge Parkway
Reports from the Road: " Spring is popping up here in Ridge, especially around James River. We have bloodroot, trillium, mayapple, serviceberry, and redbuds out in show right now at the lower elevations and it is moving up the ridges quickly." - Ranger Peter Ridge District Interpretive Ranger Milepost 0 - 106 in Virginia.
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Happy Birthday, John Muir | Yosemite National Park
It's John Muir's 180th birthday! What's your favorite John Muir quote?
Here's one of our favorites:
"Another glorious Sierra day in which one seems to be dissolved and absorbed and sent pulsing onward we know not where. Life seems neither long nor short, and we take no more heed to save time or make haste than do the trees and stars. This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality."
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