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Lighting for Lightning
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,...
Hummingbirds on the Wing
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...
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Creating a Milky Way Panorama
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...
Favorite Focus, July 2023
View the July 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Northern lights as seen in Kansas. Photo © Thaddeaus Magley. Fireflies. Photo © Steven Russell Smith. It looks to me like Steven Russel Smith’s creative...
Focus Illustrated, June 2023
View the June 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide I took this HDR panorama just after sundown at a field with a beautiful mixture of Indian paintbrushes and Texas Bluebonnets. I used six individual HDRs...
Favorite Focus, June 2023
View the June 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Bald Eagle nest. Photo © Melody Burkholder. Scott's Oriole. Photo © Katherine Hawk. A clouded sulphur butterfly visits a prairie verbena. Photo © Matthew...
Inspiration in a Gerbera Daisy
View the June 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Photo © Timothy Waldner. My sister is so sweet! She gave me a flower—one flower—but she had a special reason. In the summer, when I see a beautiful...
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Our Month of March
View the May 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide I probably laughed out loud when I saw this foot-in-the-mouth shot. I have no idea where the “foot” comes from. Is it part of the critter? Many of you are...
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