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Focus Illustrated, February 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Steven Russell Smith As I became aware of what Kevin was preparing to do when it snowed, I also got inspired to try something new with my...
Favorite Focus, February 2025
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Where My Macro Photography Setup Met With Snowflakes
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive For a long time now, several years actually, I’ve been wishing to try a new approach to photographing snowflakes. Just how I’ve wished to try this...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, February 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Baked Beans My mom really liked this recipe when she was young. Now all of our family enjoy it! —Submitted by Gabriel Chupp, Pavillion, WY 1 (40-oz) can...
Starting Seeds Indoors
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive There are very few things in this world that I love more than flowers. Every year in late winter I get thoroughly excited about that year’s garden and...
Lepus and Columba
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Lepus and Columba are a pair of small constellations that lie straight south of Orion. Lepus lies immediately south of Orion, and Columba lies south of...
Study Guide Puzzles, February 2025
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End of the Trail, February 2025: Comet
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This cliff is one kilometer high. Photo © ESA, Rosetta, NAVCAMProcessing: Stuart Arkinson
A Close Look at a Comet’s Nucleus
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The size of this comet is approximately 2.7 x 2.5 miles (4.3 km x 4.1 km). Photo © CC BY-SA 4.0 The photo above is is a true-color photograph of the...
In Anticipation of Spring
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive American Goldfinch. Photo © Cheryl Shank It is easy to enjoy winter when frosty clusters drifting from the sky turn the world into a snow globe. But when...
The Resplendent Quetzal
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Male Resplendent Quetzal. Photo © Martin Pelanek|Dreamstime. Silhouetted against the setting sun, a tall pine snag pierced the misty Guatemalan cloud...
Covers, February 2025
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Pictures & Poems, February 2025
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