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Archive for March, 2006

Life Without Light

Posted: Wednesday, March 15th, 2006 @ 3:00 pm in Geology | Comments Off

It’s a truism that living organisms require light to survive, yet you’ll find exceptions to the rule if you look in the right places. Deep within a cave, without the faintest glimmer of light, life goes on. But it is life with a difference. Our first experiences underground took place in Mitchel Caverns beneath the [...]

Desert Wildflowers

Posted: Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 @ 2:46 pm in Flowers | Comments Off

Early rains came to the desert again this year, and with any luck we’ll meet April in the midst of fields of wildflowers. Wildflowers on the desert? A most unlikely place. Too many RVers experience the desert only during the heat of summer. They seek to escape, hurrying through on their way to somewhere cooler. [...]

 
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