Saturday, September 21, 2013

The science of appearance: phenology

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Phenology is the scientific study of periodic biological phenomena , such as leafing , flowering , fruiting , breeding , migration and mu...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Lassen Volcanic's Loomis Museum named for Mae Loomis, daughter of photographer Benjamin Franklin Loomis

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The historic Loomis Museum is located at the northwest entrance of the Lassen Volcanic National Park . It is also named Loomis Visitor Cen...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Lassen Volcanic's Kings Creek and its waterfalls named for the King family of Shasta County

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The Kings Creek cascades and waterfalls belong, like the geothermal Bumpass Hell area and the  Lassen Peak Summit , to the most popular...
Friday, September 6, 2013

Northern California's Lassen Peak named for Peter Lassen, a Danish blacksmith and pioneer

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Peter Lassen (1800-1859), a Danish blacksmith , came to California in 1840 just before before the onset of the gold rush [1-3]. Then, Ca...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

Lake Helen in Lassen Volcanic named after the first white woman who ascended Lassen Peak

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Lake Helen is an alpine tarn in the Lassen Volcanic National Park , California. This small lake is located northwest of the Lassen Park...

Bumpass Hell in Lassen Volcanic named after Kendall Vanhook Bumpass

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Bumpass Hell is a hydrothermal area in Lassen Volcanic , short for Lassen Volcanic National Park . This steaming, smelling, white-ye...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Eastern Brazil's muriquis nicknamed “charcoal monkeys”

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Like hunters, soldiers and artists, after artificially camouflaging their face with sooty charcoal, muriquis show similar looking facial f...