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A Journal of California Wanderings

The Elkhorn Otters, Back from the Brink

They Were Extinct, and Then They Weren’t

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Into the Mist on Sutter Buttes

Into the Mist on Sutter Buttes

Limited Exposures on a Geologic Oddity

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Fall on Film

Fall on Film

Colors Just Daring You to Take a Picture

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Cooling Into Columns: Devil’s Postpile

Cooling Into Columns: Devil’s Postpile

Geology Meets Geometry in Stone

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Columns of the Giants

Columns of the Giants

A Short Hike Through 100,000 Years of Geology

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  • The Elkhorn Otters, Back from the Brink
  • Into the Mist on Sutter Buttes
  • Fall on Film
  • Cooling Into Columns: Devil’s Postpile
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