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Lighting for Lightning

Lighting for Lightning

Sep 1, 2023

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Lightning flickered in the west. Invisible waves of wind rocked the treetops. Would it rain? The dry ground could use it.“If there is a storm tonight,...

Aquila

Aquila

Sep 1, 2023

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...

Weeds—How to Manage Them

Weeds—How to Manage Them

Aug 24, 2023

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Mankind’s struggle with weeds is almost as old as life on earth. Since the very first man, almost all of those who have been involved in producing food...

Hummingbirds on the Wing

Hummingbirds on the Wing

Aug 1, 2023

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo © Kevin Shank. When my wife and I moved into our home in the foothills of the Shenandoah Mountains, Ruby-throated...

Blooming Beauty

Blooming Beauty

Aug 1, 2023

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Sunflowers. Photo © Erin Cogswell/Dreamstime.com. One amazing aspect of God’s creation is the system he designed for the reproduction of plants. For...

2023 Annular Solar Eclipse Viewing

2023 Annular Solar Eclipse Viewing

Aug 1, 2023

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide When?Saturday, October 14, 2023. Annularity reaches Oregon’s Pacific coast at about 9:13 a.m. PDT, and moves southeast, exiting into the Gulf of Mexico...

Hercules

Hercules

Jul 1, 2023

View the July 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide M13. Photo © Reinhold Wittich/Dreamstime.com. Hercules, the Strongman, is a large constellation that lies straight east of Bootes, the constellation we...

Creating a Milky Way Panorama

Creating a Milky Way Panorama

Jul 1, 2023

View the July 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide There are few things more beautiful than a breathtaking landscape or nightscape—especially one that includes the Lord’s incredible Milky Way! A panorama...