View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine You’ve probably noticed that the Moon appears larger when it lies just above the horizon. This is just an optical illusion. However, the Moon actually...
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Measuring the Universe—How Astronomers Try
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Stellar parallax diagram. The claims that modern-day astronomers make about the size of the universe seem almost unbelievable. To better understand the...
Covers, September 2023
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Learn About Straight-line Light
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine When I was a boy, I enjoyed making tents. I liked to use covers to make cozy tents with rooms and doorways. So if you enjoy making tents too, you will...
Let’s Take a Hike, September 2023: Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
View the September 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest. Photo © Kevin Shank. We had barely finished photographing the nest featured in the August issue, when Cheryl spotted...
Caption This Penguin
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine King Penguin. Photo © Ben Goode|Dreamstime.com. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph of a King Penguin. The photograph will be used on...
Rock Wren Record
View the September 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Rock Wren. Photo © Zack Abbey / CC-BY-4.0. The parking lot was full. People milled around, all carrying binoculars, spotting scopes, or cameras. We...
Alphabet Trees Word Search
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From the Editor’s Quill, September 2023
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End of the Trail, September 2023: Lightning
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Learn how this photo of lightning over the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, was taken in the September Study Guide, "The Photo Focus." Photo © Adrian...
Invisibles, September 2023: Downy Woodpecker
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Anatomy of a Thunderstorm
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“Zzuss!”
View the September 2023 Nature Friend Magazine “Zzuss—zzuss…” The alarm call rings through the silent forest. A bird, startled, leaves his branch and watches from a new perch. “Zzuss, zzuss, zzuss!”...
Aquila
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Aquila, the Eagle, is a mid-sized constellation that lies right along the summer Milky Way. Aquila is always fairly easy to find, but locating it is...
Pictures & Poems, September 2023
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