View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Black-crowned Night Heron. Photo © Allen Shank. As the sun dips below the horizon and most birds settle in for the night, another shift of hunters emerges...
2025, 03 March
Frog City
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Have you ever gone frog-spotting? Come along with me in your imagination! Even better, give frog-spotting a try at your nearby frog pond. It is one of the...
Focus Illustrated, March 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Frozen soap bubble. Photo © Steven Russell Smith.In the December 2024 issue, there was a lesson on photographing freezing soap bubbles. My friend, Steven...
Favorite Focus, March 2025
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Where My Macro Photography Setup Met With Snowflakes—Part 2
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Kevin Shank. No sooner had the February magazine gone to the printer than we had snow again, probably that very night. One of my goals after last...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, March 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Marinade for Beef Roast —Submitted by Rachel Burkholder, Lowville, NY 3 lb beef roast 2 c water ½ c vinegar 1 T salt ½ T garlic powder ½ T onion powder 2...
Luscious Lettuce
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Distinctivedesign/Dreamstime.com. I toss a mass of succulent green leaves onto a cutting board, lift a sturdy chef’s knife, and chop those leaves...
Puppis
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive By the time March comes around in the Northern Hemisphere, Leo is high in the east and Arcturus is rising around dark—both sure signs that spring is...
Study Guide Puzzles, March 2025
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End of the Trail, March 2025: Comet
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...
Bird Clue Puzzles
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Atmospheric Optics
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive www.atoptics.co.uk Not everything that looks like a rainbow is called a rainbow. Colorful arcs close to the Sun are in the not-a-rainbow category. You can...
In Our Skies, March & April 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive March 7 Mars will be <2° S of the Moon. March 8 Mercury will be at its greatest eastern elongation, meaning you can see it just after sunset. March 14...
Caption This Raccoon
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive “HELP! I got between a rock and a hard place.” Photo © Keith Szafranski/iStockPhoto.com. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph. The...
Covers, March 2025
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