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End of the Trail

End of the Trail, May 2025

End of the Trail, May 2025

May 1, 2025

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive These beautiful, rare snow trilliums are smaller than you think. They stand 3-4 inches (8 cm) tall. The flower is about the diameter of a quarter, to a...

End of the Trail, March 2025: Comet

End of the Trail, March 2025: Comet

Mar 1, 2025

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS. Photo © Kevin Shank. Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS photographed in Rockingham County, Virginia, January 15, 2025,in full daylight four...

End of the Trail, February 2025: Comet

End of the Trail, February 2025: Comet

Feb 1, 2025

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This cliff is one kilometer high. Photo © ESA, Rosetta, NAVCAMProcessing: Stuart Arkinson

End of the Trail, January 2025: Snowflake

End of the Trail, January 2025: Snowflake

Jan 1, 2025

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Split crystal dendrite. Photo © Don Komarechka.This snowflake has been a favorite ever since I first saw it in Don Komarechka’s book, Sky Crystals. I am...

End of the Trail, July 2024: Northern Lights

End of the Trail, July 2024: Northern Lights

Jul 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Northern lights. Photo © Shawn Martin. Northern lights. Photo © Shawn Martin. On May 11, 2024, our family gathered outdoors as the sun disappeared out of...

End of the Trail, May 2024: Moon

End of the Trail, May 2024: Moon

May 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon in the Sea of Tranquility. The astronaut superimposed on the photo is standing where Neil Armstrong and...