2024

Eclipse Day

Eclipse Day

Jul 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The long-anticipated day had arrived! I woke up fifteen minutes before my alarm sounded. Today is the big day!After much planning and preparation,...

You Can Draw a Luna Moth

You Can Draw a Luna Moth

Jul 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Outside on a warm summer night in eastern United States, a large light green moth flutters softly past you in the moonlight. You have just encountered the...

Bog Slog, Part 2

Bog Slog, Part 2

Jul 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Ah, yes, we were on a bog slog! You may recall we were headed out of the bog and back to solid, dry ground. Of course, the Gulper was threateningly...

Caption This Fawn

Caption This Fawn

Jul 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive “Mama said to take the time to smell the roses. Is this a rose?” Photo © Mark McDonald. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph. The...

Auroras!

Auroras!

Jul 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The "Superstorm", May 10, 2024 Aurora borealis in Georgia on May 10, 2024. Photo © Morris Yoder. Hundreds of millions of people gawked at the night sky...

In Our Skies, July 2024

In Our Skies, July 2024

Jul 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive July 2 and 26 Pleiades will be very close to the Moon—less than .5°. July 22 Mercury will be at its greatest elongation east of the sun, meaning it will...

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...