A Fun-Loving Guide to the Natural World for Kids and Adults
All animals on the planet, including humans, tend to have their perceptions limited by such things as our size, the perceptual range of our senses, and the ecosystems in which we can survive {…}
Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Kenton and Rebecca
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The Leonids are coming, and it sounds like it’s going to be a big one this year {…}
Posted on November 16th, 2009 by Kenton and Rebecca
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Hopefully you’re not covered in clouds like we are, because if our experience of a couple days past is any indication, the Orionids could give us quite a display this year. While coming home very late (after midnight) a few nights ago, the sky was suddenly illuminated by {…}
Posted on October 21st, 2009 by Kenton and Rebecca
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Not too far from our home is an unusual geologic feature. It turns out that during the last glacial period (about 10,000 years ago), what is now called the St. Croix River {…}
Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Kenton and Rebecca
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This is one of the biggies, and tonight and tomorrow night are peak viewing times, the only ‘downer’ being the gibbous moon that will shed a little too much light on the subject {…}
Posted on August 11th, 2009 by Rebecca Whitman
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If you haven’t already, it’s time to go out and see the Delta Aquarids. They peak at the end of the month, but they’re active now — last evening we saw some great ones. You’re fine going out any time that the sky is clear, but if you’re serious about things, go out in the [...]
Posted on July 24th, 2009 by Rebecca Whitman
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The other day we were visiting someone’s home when we looked up in the sky and said ‘Sundog!’. There was a huge {…}
Posted on June 20th, 2009 by Kenton and Rebecca
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While visiting my brother in Madison, Wisconsin recently, we had the pleasure of watching a variety of creatures taking advantage of the maple tree in his front yard. You see, it was dripping sap, and it seemed like everyone wanted {…}
Posted on May 1st, 2009 by Kenton Whitman
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If you’re lucky enough to live in a place where you can see the stars, you know that once in a while, you’ll see something very special – the bright mark of a falling star flashing across the sky {…}
Posted on April 15th, 2009 by Kenton and Rebecca
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Spring is approaching, and that means the end of snow. This year we had some amazing snows in Wisconsin, not because we had a whole lot, but because of the snowflakes.
Sometimes it seems like there are only a few times a year when you can walk out into the winter world and discover {. . .}
Posted on March 11th, 2009 by Rebecca Whitman
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