Walk back in time from Modern Seoul, Korea.

Walk from modern Seoul through the palaces and gardens of an earlier time.

 

Located in northern Seoul, South Korea - Gyeongbokgung Palace was the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty built in 1395.
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The gardens are beautiful, and have surprises in the water!

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Flying Foxes in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia
Catch a View and Catch a Pike, Squanga Lake, Yukon, Canada 

Before Breakfast - Lamoille Canyon , Nevada

Lamoille Canyon, Nevada - Sunrise

Thomas Canyon Campground

The sun takes a while to get down to warm the chilly campers.  

 At 7600 feet the Thomas Canyon Campgrounds
is a world away from the Nevada desert floor.

 

Walk with me before breakfast:

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The Voices of a River - Lamoille Canyon, NV

Busy Beavers in Nevada?

California Misses the Rain -Take an Autumn Walk in New York's Central Park

In Southern California we are in the middle of a record drought.

This October we visited New York City's iconic

Central Park and took a walk on a wet and beautiful fall day.

Join us on our rainy day stroll through the park! 

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The Voices of a River - Lamoille Creek, Nevada

River water flows across rocks and through narrow turns,
speaking to all who will listen.

Take a minute to hear Lamoille Creek's voice
sing from different throats along it's course.

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Lamoille Creek is one of the largest 

in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada.

From Elko, Nevada follow State Route 227 to

Lamoille Canyon.

The stream flowed through a wonderful campground at Thomas Canyon.  And further up Lamoille Canyon beaver had created habitat for wildlife. 

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Sounds of San Francisco - Hyde Street Pier

Sounds of San Francisco

Hyde Street Pier, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
 San Francisco, CA

Not only are the sights fascinating, but when you listen closely... the sounds are as well...

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Alcatraz island

Yellowstone Bison Jam

Yellowstone National Park is ever-changing.

Every time we visit, the landscape, trees, geothermal sites and the wildlife have undergone dramatic transitions.

This year we were caught in several "Bison Jams" as the traffic through the park came to a complete stop to allow the real inhabitants of the land to take back the streets.

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Our 6 month old puppy, Bodie got to witness the huge bison as they crossed within a few feet of us!

Don't Bark, Bodie!!

 

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See the Mendenhall Glacier, Southeast Alaska

Just a few miles from Juneau, Alaska has one of the most visited glaciers in the world.

Also one of the most beautiful streams. 

Where does all this water come from?




Visiting Mendenhall glacier recently, I was surprised how much it had retreated just since my last visit in 1990.
The huge waterfall you see below was just at the front of the glacier then.

Keri was shocked.

 

In 1968 the photo taken from this perspective would have been of the front face of the glacier. Now the face is well over a mile up the channel from the waterfall.

Mendenhall glacier was also much broader and thicker only a few years ago.

656 feet were lost on its east side in 2004 and 269 feet lost on its west side in 2005. 
And this doesn't take into account the loss of the ice height!

This important video below plays at the Mendenhall glacier visitor center. Constantly.

350 Days of a Retreating Glacier

The next time you hear someone say there is no rapid climate change...  send them here.


See a video of the Mendenhall Glacier Retreat from 1958 to 2012 from GlacierChange.org


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Floating the Outlet Stream - Squanga Lake, Yukon Canada

Floating down the outlet stream of Yukon's Squanga Lake

is very quiet.

 

Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) 

are in the outlet stream. 

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Located about an hour and a half from Whitehorse, Yukon's capital and largest city, Squanga Lake is a great place to camp, boat, fish and bird watch.

 Now with a new bat box - Bat watch, too!!

 

 

Catch a View and Catch a Pike on Squanga Lake, Yukon Canada!

Squanga Lake, Yukon, Canada has some of the most idyllic scenery. Glassy lake conditions at night are beautiful.

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The northern pike here are often in the reeds!! 

Look for the bald eagle landing in a tree at the end of the video!

Squanga is a First Nations word for the whitefish that swim on the muddy bottom.

Longest Day of the Year - Sunset at Glacier Bay, Southeast Alaska

Sunsets last a long time up in Alaska.

The weather was stunning in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

The Glacier Bay Lodge at Bartlett Cove is just a short bus ride from the Gustavus Airport. 

We took photos directly from our room and then an hour and a half walk as the sun painted the sky.

Watch for the ripples of the little fish at the end of the video!

Wind Across Western Mongolia

The wind can howl whisper to you in Mongolia.

Listen to an intimate recording of the dust and grit blowing from the mountains across the plains and valleys.

Put on headphones, if you have them... 

The roads within Mongolia become dirt tracks across the landscape. Here there is little to stop the wind.

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This is all one highway down the valley.
In Mongolia, like in the old Western US, you wouldn't want to ride horseback on a trail directly behind someone else and eat their dust! 

Most of the plant and animal life stays down within an inch or two of the rocky soil. 

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Flying Foxes in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia

See flying foxes with an over 2 foot wingspan in
Cairns, North Queensland, Australia!

 These very large fruit-eating bats Pteropus sp. roost downtown in Cairns in giant ficus and eucalyptus trees. 

 You can hear them chattering and fanning themselves to keep cool from several blocks away.

Here's more information on the bats!

http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/41675/FlyingFox_Fact_Sheet.pdf

Listen to The Earth Minute in an Antique Clock Shop - Pacific Grove, California

Time to listen carefully...  to a minute from an earlier age.

 
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Listen to the Sounds as The Earth Minute visits the Antique Clock Shop in Pacific Grove, CA. 

Hundreds of clocks are ticking away and being wound for the day. 
It was a great pleasure to be among such craftsmanship. Many of these clocks are hundreds of years old.

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See a Whale's Tail! Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

Dozens of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) were around us as we took a trip into the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

Humpbacks migrate to Alaskan waters to feed during the summer months.