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Onward we march?https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_20170712_171103100.jpgIMG_20170712_171103100I also love the Belgian chocolate shops, like Bittersweet.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_20170710_205615156_hdr.jpgIMG_20170710_205615156_HDRBeautiful city2017-07-13T14:05:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2017/05/10/public-lands-make-america-great/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170428_162010207.jpgIMG_20170428_162010207https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc07732.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc07730.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc07728.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc07722.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc07734.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170506_113408353.jpgIMG_20170506_1134083532017-05-11T04:43:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2017/04/15/science-of-the-sommers-sisters/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2012.jpgIMG_2012https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2011.jpgIMG_2011https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2007.jpgIMG_2007https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2010.jpgIMG_2010The silly putty glacier flowed down the slope and fanned out at the bottom, much like the glaciers I work on in Antarctica.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2003.jpgIMG_20032017-04-15T22:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2017/03/07/condition-4-or-so-what-did-you-do-in-antarctica-on-the-weekend/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc07362.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc07361.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc07360.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc07359.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc07358.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc07351.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc07350.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc07346.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc07344.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc07343.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSC2017-03-08T05:53:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2016/12/10/naq-never-asked-questions-about-research-life-in-an-antarctic-field-camp/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gopr0443.jpgDCIM100GOPROGOPR0443.JPGDCIM100GOPROGOPR0443.JPGhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc06882.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc06871.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc07059.jpgSONY DSCRocket toilets! 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Behind me are the iconic tree ferns of New Zealand in Christchurch's botanic gardens. Listening to birdsong and being bathed in green light and bright blooming flowers helped me reset after about 30 hours of travel in buses and airplanes.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_20161020_214954268_hdr.jpgimg_20161020_214954268_hdrI was slightly concerned the evening before that not all my gear would fit in my bags, but it did!2016-10-23T20:35:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/blog/2016-10-22T04:16:34+00:00weekly0.6https://pacificasommers.com/2016/05/04/its-a-bird-its-a-plant-its-a-paramecium/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snap-125122-0047.jpgSNAP-125122-0047The structure on the left is a cyst-like structure of the rotifer (genus Philodina) pictured above. (The one on the right is another sort of rotifer, in genus Monostyla.)https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/phil20160504h.jpgPhil20160504hhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/phil20160504g.jpgPhil20160504ghttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bleph_20160504f.jpgBleph_20160504fhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bleph_20160504b.jpgBleph_20160504bhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snap-155359-0034.jpgSNAP-155359-0034Paramecium multinucleatum, a single-celled animalhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snap-155321-0030.jpgSNAP-155321-0030https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snap-154034-0042.jpgSNAP-154034-0042https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snap-153944-0041.jpgSNAP-153944-0041https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snap-153913-0038.jpgSNAP-153913-00382016-05-04T22:57:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2016/03/07/who-lives-in-cryoconite-holes/2016-03-07T19:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2015/12/03/status-update/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/announcement.jpgAnnouncementThe official College of Science flyer for my public talk.2015-12-03T23:10:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2015/10/26/the-importance-of-maintaining-perspective/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/neillpassarela.jpgNeillPassarelaNeill Prohaska with steel cables installed, in the process of adding metal platforms. Photo credit Ty Taylor.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/imag2407_1.jpgIMAG2407_1Dotted line shows where I had actually walked: in a neat little circle.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/imag2406_1.jpgIMAG2406_1Had I missed the tree and walked all the way to the next path? Dotted line shows where I thought I had gone.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/imag2405_1.jpgIMAG2405_1Diagram of the tree's location (not to scale). Dotted line shows my planned route.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/imag24071.jpgIMAG2407[1]https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/imag24061.jpgIMAG2406[1]https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/imag24051.jpgIMAG2405[1]Diagram of where I was going (not to scale). Dotted line is the route I planned to take.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/imag24041.jpgIMAG2404[1]Diagram of where I was going (not to scale).https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc06226.jpgSONY DSCThe Expert secured to sturdy forks nearly 50 meters off the ground.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc06223.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSC2015-11-02T18:47:41+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2015/09/14/what-is-lightning-position-anyway/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc06313.jpgSONY DSCThis is the kind of terrain I was in. Even though those hills look like they should draw lightning, the saguaros on the flat ground also do, it turns out.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc06311.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc06314.jpgSONY DSCA good place to see storms coming from, but not a good place to wait for them.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc06312.jpgSONY DSCTwo roads diverged in a saguaro wood and I... I took the one less survived by. I'm glad it made no difference.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc06384.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc06383.jpgSONY DSCWas this a lightning strike?https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc06382.jpgSONY DSCA closer viewhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc06386.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc06385.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSC2015-09-23T14:09:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2015/08/03/yes-young-scientist-your-field-experiment-is-doomed/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/imag2297.jpgIMAG2297I also learned a little about precipitation after one of my fluorescent-tracking experiments was destroyed by a monsoon rainstorm.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc06025.jpgSONY DSCA cache of seeds fluorescing under a UV flashlight where they are hidden in a dense bunch of invasive grass.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc06009.jpgSONY DSCThe first cache we foundhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/meteorgif.jpgMeteorGifI stole this from IFLS because it captures the nature of field research so perfectly.2015-08-03T13:58:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2015/07/20/the-social-and-ecological-footprint-of-a-carne-asada-taco/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc04077.jpgSONY DSCA neat view out my car window as I drove through Hermosillo last year.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc04023.jpgSONY DSCA heavily grazed area that is not planted with buffel grass.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc04082.jpgSONY DSCDriving in to Hermosillo for a visit last year, the view through my windshield at a traffic light.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc04038.jpgSONY DSCA cow standing in a converted buffel grass pasture. I took this photo while visiting Alberto last year, near one of his study sites outside Hermosillo.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc04036.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSC2016-12-09T04:22:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2015/06/07/luminous-footsteps-of-the-dancing-desert-mice/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc05845.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc05844.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc05840.jpgSONY DSCLooks like this tray got a visit! All the seeds are gone and there are scratch marks in the fluorescent powder, then tracks to the side of the tray...https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc05839.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc05834.jpgSONY DSCTrays of seeds and fluorescent yellow powder are placed at sunset with a game camera to record who tracks the powder around.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc05830.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc05814.jpgSONY DSCThe protocol: Trays of seeds and fluorescent yellow powder are placed at sunset with a game camera to record who tracks the powder around.2015-07-20T15:34:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2015/05/26/some-awkward-footage-of-an-interesting-animal/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc05806.jpgSONY DSCThe setup: a seed tray dusted with fluorescent powder and a game camera to find out who tracked it about.2015-05-26T16:43:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2015/04/26/a-scaly-problem/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc05527.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc05539.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc04226.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc04227.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc04228.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc04229.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc04159.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc04157.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc04156.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc04153.jpgSONY DSC2015-04-26T19:05:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2015/03/25/do-people-like-you-belong-in-the-backcountry/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1119207.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERABut it was a nice paddle once we were down.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1108970.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis photo casts serious doubt on whether I belong in the backcountry. (That's me doing "the walrus" up on to a redrock ledge in The Maze last January.)https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1109063.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAYou think we're going to climb down WHAT to get to that river?https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1119133.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA night camped on the Green River means pooping in bags and packing it out. Do you have what it takes?2015-03-29T00:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2015/03/12/energy-and-sexual-activity-the-data-says/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/preciprepro2.jpgPrecip&Repro2https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/preciprepro.jpgPrecip&Reprohttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/imag1348.jpgIMAG1348https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc05343.jpgSONY DSCOne last photo: a cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus) that was released and immediately climbed the fence supposed to keep the rodents larger than that out. Let's hope the kangaroo rats are less bold.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc05315.jpgSONY DSCA lot of grass grew in the San Simon Valley following heavy late summer rains, providing substantial seed resources this winter.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc05307.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc05306.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc05305.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc05295.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc05285.jpgSONY DSCBase camp for the long term project started by Jim Brown in 1977.2015-03-17T20:17:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2015/02/04/the-plural-of-anecdote-is-not-data/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc05284.jpgSONY DSCThe same students from Flowing Wells presenting graphs of their data at the Sky School Symposium. (They even have error bars on their graphs!)https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc05274.jpgSONY DSCStudents from Flowing Wells Jr High attending UA Science Sky School don't just make anecdotal observations: they take measurements in a variety of environments (leaf litter in burned and unburned sites).2015-02-04T20:02:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2015/01/19/energy-temperature-and-sex/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/imag1231.jpgIMAG1231It was still cold enough that this Merriam's kangaroo rat wanted to huddle next to a researcher to stay warm after being released.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/imag1184.jpgIMAG1184Snow on the ground and ice in the Colorado River! I typically am uninterested in food when exercising hard, but my fellow backpackers convinced me to pack more than 2600 calories per day, and it turned out that I needed all that to stay warm!2015-01-19T18:07:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/10/10/footage-of-the-mighty-hunter-onychomys-torridus/2014-10-13T20:35:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/09/29/i-have-heard-the-howling-of-the-grasshopper-mice/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag07521.jpgIMAG0752Racing quadrepedally through the grass.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0747.jpgIMAG0747https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0746.jpgIMAG0746https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0745.jpgIMAG0745https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0744.jpgIMAG0744Sad little guy pooped on himself in the trap.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0743.jpgIMAG0743The Portal site with the rodent exclosures in September.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0762.jpgIMAG0762https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0761.jpgIMAG0761https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0760.jpgIMAG0760https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0759.jpgIMAG07592014-09-30T05:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/09/21/the-amazon-in-arizona-and-a-great-big-jungle-gym/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/b2-at-night.pngB2 at nightPromotional photo from the flyer for Discovery Nights. It's a neat place to chill after dark, not going to lie. All the cool cockroaches will be there.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0718.jpgIMAG0718https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0717.jpgIMAG0717Doesn't it look climbable?https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0716.jpgIMAG0716https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0715.jpgIMAG0715https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0714.jpgIMAG0714https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0712.jpgIMAG0712https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0711.jpgIMAG0711https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0710.jpgIMAG0710https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imag0709.jpgIMAG07092014-09-21T21:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/07/26/from-arizona-to-the-amazon/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc04857.jpgSONY DSCGrad student Neill Prohaska shows the lab's newest member some equipment.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc04837.jpgSONY DSCAlejandro learning to climb an access line into a 40m high canopy.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc04822.jpgSONY DSCNeill at the top of the walk-up tower, looking out over the canopy of the Tapajos National Forest. I was surprised how diverse the canopy structure was.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc04821.jpgSONY DSCOne instrument tower has stairs for easy access.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc04815.jpgSONY DSCThe other tower, which measures the carbon flux of the forest, must be climbed like a ladder, wearing a harness.2014-07-26T18:52:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/07/12/what-does-wilderness-mean-to-you/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc02305.jpgSONY DSCWhere does the grassland end and the pinion-juniper forest begin? Looks simple from back here, but hike to the first juniper you find, and there is still an awful lot of grass....2014-07-12T19:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/07/06/summer-stress/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pacificawsagfruit1.jpgPacificaWSagFruitWhat I'm placing behind my ear is no tropical flower: that is the rind of a saguaro fruit, burst open to reveal the deliciousness inside! Behind me, most shrubs like the ocotillo are leafless. Thanks to Elena Martin for the photo.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pacificawsagfruit.jpgPacificaWSagFruit2014-07-08T04:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/06/23/what-is-hiking-in-arizona-like/2014-06-24T03:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/06/07/focus-on-the-sonoran-desert-fiddler-crabs/2014-06-07T22:36:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/05/14/surprise/2014-05-15T03:30:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/04/20/what-happens-in-the-dark-forest-while-you-sleep/2014-04-20T20:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/04/06/vicious-killer-stalking-our-picnic/2014-04-06T23:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/04/04/slimy-yet-satisfying/2014-04-04T18:57:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/03/16/have-you-seen-galileos-handwriting-and-other-old-books-not-at-the-tfob-but-that-are-at-the-uofa/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imag03661.jpgIMAG0366After the beautiful imprint came some dense data tables.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imag03681.jpgIMAG0368Gallileo Galilei allegedly hand fixed a typo in the first edition of Starry Messenger (1610). https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imag03671.jpgIMAG0367Like most texts at the time, it was written in Latin.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imag03691.jpgIMAG0369https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imag03881.jpgIMAG0388https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imag03871.jpgIMAG0387https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imag03851.jpgIMAG0385https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imag03841.jpgIMAG0384https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imag03831.jpgIMAG0383https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imag03821.jpgIMAG03822014-03-16T19:29:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/03/07/familiar-but-different/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1000510.jpgP1000510Photo by Dr. Alberto Burquez Montijohttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc04073.jpgSONY DSCWhat is that?!https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc04069.jpgSONY DSCThey LOOK tastyhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imgp7563.jpgIMGP7563Everything blooms. (Except the foothills paloverde and the saguaros, I guess... those come later!)https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imgp7557.jpgIMGP7557Also adds a nice flavor to water bottles when added.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imgp7552.jpgIMGP7552"What is that?" I remember thinking when I first visited Arizona.2014-05-29T06:17:59+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/01/20/time-scales-behavior-and-extreme-events-the-story-of-a-backyard-garden/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/venus-fly-trap-neill.jpgVenus Fly Trap NeillWinter senescence in a Venus fly trap. Photo credit: Neill Prohaska2014-01-20T21:48:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2014/01/01/how-technology-is-changing-field-biology/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/snake-convo1.jpgSnake ConvoPosting a picture online got me an ID from someone with expertise in minutes, while the snake was still in view! 'Course, it also garnered some smart alec comments (Moira!)....https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/snake-convo.jpgSnake ConvoPosting a picture online got me an ID from someone with expertise in minutes, while the snake was still in view!2014-01-17T22:47:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/12/05/getting-real/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc03791.jpgSONY DSCBasking in the glow of media interest and looking forward to future growth.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc03702.jpgSONY DSCUA Science Sky School Fellows, all graduate students, prepare to lead high school programs by sharing knowledge from our different areas of expertise.2013-12-05T19:41:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/11/15/booty-shaking-pocket-mice/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc03219.jpgSONY DSCMy camera setup2016-04-11T23:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/10/27/why-simon-singh-is-wrong-5-does-predate-6/2013-10-28T14:40:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/10/10/a-song-of-ice-and-fire/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc03794.jpgSONY DSCWe collected 3 types of rock to test the effects of freezing and fire: schist, quartzite, and granite.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc03785.jpgSONY DSCHigh in the Sky Islands, sunsets are epic and forest fires and freezes more common than on the basin floor in Tucson.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc03830.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc03823.jpgSONY DSCRocks were grilled on charcoal to simulate forest fires, and placed in the freezer to simulate winter.2013-10-10T23:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/10/04/the-gecko-was-still-alive/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/coleonyx_feast_sabino_sep2013_barker.jpgColeonyx_feast_Sabino_Sep2013_Barker2013-10-04T21:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/09/17/predation-pool/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc03689.jpgSONY DSCPredation pool, a tinaja in the Rincon Mountains. Julia posing next to the deer leg.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc03690.jpgSONY DSCThe victorious Lethocerus hauled its prey deeper and away from its conspecific competitor to feed.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc03686.jpgSONY DSCThe other fourth (?) instar Lethocerus individual was still perched at the surface, rear end in the air to breathe, ready to pounce on whatever fell next into the tinaja. 2013-09-18T16:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/08/31/rattlesnakes-without-the-rattle/2013-09-10T23:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/08/28/tortoise-attack/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tortoj.jpgTortojThe victor standing over his vanquished foe.2013-08-29T04:34:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/08/26/mouse-attack/2013-08-27T00:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/08/20/detours-including-gila-monsters/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/imag0610-1.jpgIMAG0610-1https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/imag0587-1.jpgIMAG0587-1https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/imag0611-1.jpgIMAG0611-1My crappy cell phone photo of Crotolus molossus in the Rincon Mountains a few weeks ago. 2013-08-22T03:44:05+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/06/29/tap-dancing-tamales/2013-06-30T02:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/06/13/physiological-tolerance/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/neillimagepuffy.jpgNeillImagePuffyhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/neillimageshell2.jpgNeillImageShell2All bundled up to withstand the radiation and coldhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/neillimagesnow.jpgNeillImageSnowOur lack of ability to withstand heat may have to do with a trade-off for performance in a wide range of temperatures, including environments with year-round snow.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/snp_site.jpgSNP_siteBlazing hot volcanic rock on a south facing slope on a clear June dayhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc00236.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pvseedsonroof.jpgPVseedsOnRoofDrying paloverde (Parkinsonia microphylla) seeds on my roof to kill bruchid beetles lurking inside2013-06-14T00:26:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/06/01/wildlife-safaris-of-arizona/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/funsagatthill.jpgFunSagAtTHill2013-06-02T01:53:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/05/26/something-missing/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/antart.jpgAntArt2013-05-26T19:36:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/05/26/strange-and-wonderful-things/2013-05-26T18:46:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/02/01/fun-examples-of-diverse-adaptations/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/funny_winter_sag_shapes.jpgSONY DSC2013-02-01T17:21:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/01/28/back-to-the-basics-what-we-dont-know-we-dont-know/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/imgp7515.jpgIMGP7515Ridiculous it may seem, but basic research can transform your perspective. This photo is looking down at clouds.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2006-06-09-12-54-13_0064.jpg2006-06-09 12-54-13_0064Basic research can look ridiculous...2013-01-29T01:17:58+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/01/15/ch-ch-ch-changes/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nalujan13.jpgNaluJan13My housemate's adorable puppy was fascinated with the ice on our run this morning! She is only about eight months old, so this is her first winter, and maybe the coldest she has ever been. 2013-01-15T22:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/01/09/mountains-and-microbes-mars/2013-01-10T01:02:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/01/07/biodiversity-theres-an-app-for-that-too/2013-01-07T18:03:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/01/06/quiz-what-does-the-green-rim-refer-to/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fireinsnow.jpgFireInSnowAs we ascended the Mogollon Rim toward the Colorado Plateau, the landscape became greener and whiter and colder!https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc02513.jpgSONY DSCBlue shadows in pink at sunset from the way our atmosphere scatters different wavelengthshttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc02509.jpgSONY DSCTucson area teachers get a look at Vega during the day on the Jamieson telescope. I hope their students soon can, too!https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc02508.jpgSONY DSCCool perspective of the people benefiting from Starizona's generous donation of eyepieces for use on the Jamieson telescope at the Mount Lemmon Sky Center. https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc02504.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc02515.jpgSONY DSCEveryone in Tucson seems to want to play in the snow! Tracking animals is much easier in snow, especially at certain times of day.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc02514.jpgSONY DSC2013-01-06T18:28:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2013/01/05/entering-the-whispers-of-trees/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/page9.pngPage9Poems by participants on an Inner City Outings hike with the Trekking Rattlers club.2013-01-05T18:56:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/11/02/mammals-among-the-joshua-trees/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2007-09-27-12-02-22_0029.jpg2007-09-27 12-02-22_0029After a burn in a Joshua tree forest in southern Nevada (2007)2012-11-02T19:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/10/31/sky-islands-and-students/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc02117.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc02116.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc02120.jpgSONY DSCEnjoying and exploring the Sky Island environmenthttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc02144.jpgSONY DSCCounting tree rings at Middle Bear with Maxhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc02150.jpgSONY DSCContemplating rock formations at Windy Point with fellow grad student Yue "Max" Lihttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc02191.jpgSONY DSCPeering through the Jamieson telescope, though eyepieces donated by Starizona2012-10-31T22:16:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/09/24/cactus-sprouts/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/imgp8557.jpgIMGP8557Researchers walk through a forest of saguaro cactus (Carnegea gigantea), with patches of invasive grass at their feet - hard to tell from the resolution if it is a native or invasive grass, as both are present in the area.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/imgp9441.jpgIMGP9441https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sagseedlings.jpgSagSeedlings1-3 day old saguaro seedlings, germinated from fruit collected in June around my study plots on Tumamoc Hill2012-09-24T18:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/08/21/victory-at-last/2012-09-12T02:34:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/07/17/another-two-snake-day/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/coachwhip.jpgCoachwhipPretty sure this is a coachwhip (Coluber flagellum)https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mysterysnaketry2.jpgMysterySnakeTry2A really terrible photo of a snake hanging out. Can you tell what it is? I'm still trying to ID it.2012-07-18T03:12:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/07/14/name-that-seedling-edition/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4176.jpgIMG_4176https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_3358.jpgIMG_3358https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_3287.jpgIMG_3287https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/splitcottumamocwleaf.jpgSplitCotTumamocWLeafThese two lobed cotyledons might be a distinctive clue?https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/manycemisdesstation.jpgManyCEMIsDesStationThese you should recognize from a previous post, if not otherwise.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc01595.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc01594.jpgSONY DSCThis one was from 2011https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc01593.jpgSONY DSC2012-07-30T22:04:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/07/10/palo-verde/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cemi_seedling.jpgCEMI_seedlingThese palo verde seedlings appear almost to glow in low light conditions like a rainstorm. I need to take my waterproof camera out with me soon to capture that!2012-07-10T16:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/07/01/green-glowing-scorpions/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc01314.jpgSONY DSCI photographed this scorpion at Organ Pipe National Monument's group campsite in late May, during the Ecology and Natural History field course. It's too large to be an Arizona bark scorpion (the most dangerous one in North America), but we did not identify what it was. Regardless, several people slept in cars that night. (I slept on the ground in my sleeping bag regardless.) Turns out that green glowing, caused the the black light we're shining on it, means it's detecting that light with its whole body!2012-07-01T22:02:47+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/06/28/the-hidden-world-of-animal-activity/2012-06-29T05:02:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/06/03/tide-pools-and/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc01362.jpgSONY DSCCEDO's visitor center in Rocky Point houses researchers, outreach staff, visiting groups like ourselves crashing on a wood deck, and events like their environmental contest that drew hundreds of people just yesterday.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc01361.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc01474.jpgSONY DSCCounting snails at first light in a hula-hoop sized area along four parallel lines leading into the surf.2012-06-03T19:06:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/05/25/a-brief-natural-history-of-the-new-ua-field-ecology-course/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc01195.jpgSONY DSCThe lesser goldfinches and pine siskins are far less picky, and less territorial than the hummingbirds, but they scare easy, especially when a hawk circles over head.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc01186.jpgSONY DSCThey will weigh several before choosing their favorite to take first.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc01181.jpgSONY DSCMexican jays eating peanuts from the "feeder."https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc01110.jpgSONY DSCLet's all stare at the sun.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00890.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00878.jpgSONY DSCVenomous? No. Gopher snake? Yes. Male? Yes. Do you want to know how I know? No.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc01046.jpgSONY DSCMmmm, delicious invasive species that we waded through a creek to collect.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00887.jpgSONY DSCWill it be fooled into thinking Kevin is a canid (dog or coyote) and squirt blood into his mouth? No.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc01204.jpgSONY DSCThe only way to eat leftover sloppy joe, clearly.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc01077.jpgSONY DSCK-rat (Merriam's? or Ord's? Haven't conclusively ID'd the species) tracks in the early morning light, with chapstick for scale.2012-05-26T13:44:06+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/05/15/field-course/2012-05-16T05:31:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/05/06/it-looks-different-from-up-there/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00767.jpgSONY DSCKnots to tie the throw back and a light cord to the actual static rope we'll be climbing in order to situate it on the right branchhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00758.jpgSONY DSCGetting the throw bag over a branch is only half the battle - next you have to get it back down. Ty demonstrates the whipping motion require to loose a weighted rope from rough bark and allow the bag to drop back to earth.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00753.jpgSONY DSCTurns out aiming that throw bag is tough! Ty finally gets a good toss.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00749.jpgSONY DSCHow do you get a rope over a high branch? Here, Loren prepares to fling a lead-filled throw bag. Apparently in the Amazon they take out a crossbow. I'm kind of jealous, but I understand why we shouldn't use that in a densely populated neighborhoodhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00789.jpgSONY DSCLoren gets the hang of the equipment right awayhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00787.jpgSONY DSCThe peanut galleryhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00785.jpgSONY DSCMarielle models the use of ascenders and grigrishttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00778.jpgSONY DSCTy shows us off his free-climbing https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00773.jpgSONY DSCThere are many ways to climb a tree! My other roommate, PJ, made this ladder Marielle is demonstrating from the scavenged boards of a dumped frat couch and a retired climbing rope. https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00769.jpgSONY DSCSecuring one end of the rope low on the trunk.2012-05-07T05:48:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/05/03/the-superhighway-in-my-front-yard/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00746.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00744.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00741.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00740.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00747.jpgSONY DSC2012-05-03T14:34:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/05/01/real-live-foxface-2/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc00698.jpgSONY DSCThe only tame and trained ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) in the world?!2012-05-01T14:13:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/04/28/another-reason-to-appreciate-the-sonoran-desert/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc00343.jpgSONY DSCIt's easier to see the greenish surface of the tree - and the little hummingbird in her nest! - without all those gorgeous flowers to distract you.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc00736.jpgSONY DSCThe view of my house with some palo verde in the way (see that nice climbing tree in the backyard? By the way, both my roommates are leaving for grad school...)https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc00733.jpgSONY DSCTiny little leaveshttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc00728.jpgSONY DSCSo many flowers!https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2008-03-29-12-11-03_0047.jpg2008-03-29 12-11-03_0047That is far more water or monument than the palo verdes have here in Tucson.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2008-03-29-12-03-04_0033.jpg2008-03-29 12-03-04_0033...along with the hordeshttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2008-03-29-11-40-51_0014.jpg2008-03-29 11-40-51_0014Exploring the cherry blossoms in 2008...2012-04-28T16:22:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/04/27/germi-nar/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/seedlingphototoday.jpgseedlingphototodayOkay, here's a picture of a seedling. El ha germinado.2012-04-27T14:50:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/04/23/sonorense/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc00713.jpgSONY DSC2012-04-24T05:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/04/16/teamwork/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc00590.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc00589.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc00584.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc00583.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc00517.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc00516.jpgSONY DSC2012-04-17T04:45:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2012/03/19/snow-birds/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_4444.jpgIMG_4444High density of annual plantshttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc00265.jpgSONY DSChttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc00264.jpgSONY DSCLupine in a wash2012-03-20T18:39:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/12/12/the-other-part-of-the-year/2011-12-12T21:31:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/11/21/for-the-curious-answers-only-lead-to-more-questions/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_3310.jpgSeedlingsThese are germinants in early July. The one on top with the yellow pin is probably buffelgrass. I think the other two are the same species, but the one on the right is older, having grown leaves and shed its cotyledons. Does anyone know what Arizona plants has such a shape?2011-11-21T18:30:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/11/10/and-the-answer-is/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_3174.jpgIMG_3174Sunset in Chaos Canyon, July 20112011-11-10T15:25:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/10/05/things-move-quickly-during-the-monsoon/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sag23.jpgsag2The same saguaro August 14, after an untypically fast decompositionhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sag1.jpgsag1A newly fallen saguaro August 4https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sag22.jpgsag2The same saguaro August 14, after an untypically fast decomposition.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sag21.jpgsag2https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sag2.jpgsag2https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/sag1.jpgsag1A saguaro that had been damaged in the freeze and rotting broke in half on August 4.2011-10-05T16:56:47+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/04/26/biosphere-2-at-20/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/imgp9042.jpgIMGP9042Here I am in March inside Biosphere 2's "human habitat" area near where the tour starts with some activities I created. Through the panes of glass behind me lie the mangrove swamp, ocean, and desert.2011-04-27T01:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/04/10/pasta-fail/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pasta2.jpgPasta2The second attempt resulted in misformed, thick lumps that developed warts with cooking. What went wrong?https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pasta1.jpgPasta1My first pasta making experience was successful. Emotionally I reacted as though I had just invented fire.2011-04-11T01:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/03/24/ecology-of-the-blue-devils-and-wildcats/2011-03-24T17:29:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/03/11/back-to-the-islands/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2006-03-29-06-09-08_0275.jpg2006-03-29 06-09-08_0275Spring break means islands, but human visitors to islands have brought new animals that have caused widespread extinctions of endemic island birds. This finch in the Galapagos, however, seems to be doing just fine.2011-03-11T15:26:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/02/25/how-can-i-help-you/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/imgp8446.jpgIMGP8446Saguaro cactus (Carnegeii gigantea) are rarely seen in the middle of wide open space. Instead, in the Pinnacate lava flows where this photo was taken, plants cluster, growing up under an adult which shelters delicate seedlings.2011-02-26T05:24:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/02/18/194/2011-02-18T23:34:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/02/10/this-i-believe/2011-02-12T19:13:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/01/27/give-me-fever/2011-01-28T05:46:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/01/20/more-bedbugs-are-they-here-to-stay/2011-01-20T18:56:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2011/01/13/why-i-hate-long-walks-on-the-beach/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/imgp8690.jpgIMGP8690Trails from swimming snails and tiny green worms.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/imgp8699.jpgIMGP8699A fiddler crab about to enter its burrow. I know, I know: I need a better zoom on my camera. However, it is waterproof and relatively indestructible, which is better than a fancy zoom.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/img_0974.jpgIMG_0974My sister and I on a long walk on the beach. I am clearly miserable.2011-01-14T02:56:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/12/28/most-mysterious/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mumandeasternwhitepine.jpgMumAndEasternWhitePineMy mother posing with a larger sapling we suspect is Eastern white pine2010-12-29T03:31:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/12/26/more-on-space-travel/2010-12-26T20:01:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/12/15/166/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/copy-of-2006-03-31-05-48-12_0056.jpgCopy of 2006-03-31 05-48-12_0056Lonsesome George is the last Galapagos tortoise from his island. He now lives a cushy life at the Charles Darwin Research Center on San Cristobal, where he meets a lot of lovely lady tortoises, but he doesn't seem to want to make babies with any of them.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2006-03-30-03-42-13_0008.jpg2006-03-30 03-42-13_0008To get to an island, like in the Galapagos, plants and animals have to fly or float or swim or hitchhike. How would new plants or animals get to an island on Mars?https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2006-03-29-05-11-32_0221.jpg2006-03-29 05-11-32_0221Mars? No, this is a beach in the Galapagos. A permanent outpost on Mars might look like Biosphere 2, which we can imagine as an island.2010-12-16T00:42:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/12/09/see-you-saturday/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/biosphere2treehugger.jpgBiosphere2Treehugger2010-12-09T14:56:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/12/02/160/2010-12-02T20:54:36+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/11/12/ecologys-next-top-model/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/imgp8446.jpgIMGP8446https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/imgp8473.jpgIMGP8473Anemones competing for space on a rock.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/imgp8483.jpgIMGP8483Sunstars were once top predators in this system. They all but disappeared in the 1990s, and no one knows why, but they are coming back now.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/imgp8482.jpgIMGP8482https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/imgp84711.jpgIMGP8471A two-spotted octopus (Octopus bimaculatus) that squirted ink right into the lead instructor's face.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/imgp8471.jpgIMGP8471A two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculatus) that squirted ink right in the lead instructor's face.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/imgp8535.jpgIMGP8535Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) eating a mourning dove under the stairs to BioSciences West building on UA campus in November.2010-11-30T04:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/11/02/private-eye-for-hire/2010-11-02T19:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/10/20/battle-royale-part-ii/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/imgp7766.jpgIMGP7766Erodium cicutarium, the non-native plant in the experiment. The other was Astragalus nutallanius, a native.2010-10-20T16:31:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/10/16/battle-royale/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/battle1.jpgWho will win?Who do you think will win?https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/battle2.jpgThe battlefieldThe battlefield: calla lily vs. mystery colonizer2010-10-17T00:15:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/10/07/it%e2%80%99s-about-time-you-two/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/imgp8325.jpgbaby stridersThe kiddie pool.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/imgp8334.jpgMating stridersMaking more water striders2010-10-08T05:40:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/10/01/mixer/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/imgp82971.jpgNear peakThe top of Mount Lemmon is dominated by Douglas fir and quaking aspen.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/imgp8297.jpgNear peakThe top of Mount Lemmon is dominated by Douglas fir and quaking aspen.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/imgp8298.jpgNear peakhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/imgp8286.jpgCoring at Middle BearA few miles further, you get into oak-pine forest. Students are removing a straw-sized core from the tree to count its rings and tell its age. The tree will plug the hole within hours using sap.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/imgp8282.jpgMolino BasinCompare this to the Sonoran Desert shot above. This is only a couple miles up Mount Lemmon's Sky Highway.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/imgp8280.jpgIMGP8280https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/imgp7811.jpgPortal, Arizona May 2010Chihuahuan Deserthttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/imgp6981.jpgSonoran Highlands Fall 2009Sonoran Deserthttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/116_1641.jpgMojave Research Station Fall 2005Mojave Desert2010-10-01T16:49:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/09/26/invasion/2010-09-26T23:51:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/09/15/step-1-to-being-americas-next-top-biologist/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/journal4.jpgJournal4https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/journal3.jpgJournal3https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/journal21.jpgJournal2https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/journal2.jpgJournal2More notes from my field journal.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/fieldjournal1.jpgFieldJournal1Excerpt from my field journal.2011-01-27T17:27:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/09/09/biological-warfare-is-it-for-you/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/imgp8250.jpgCrotalus cerberusAn Arizona black rattlesnake (Crotalus cerberus) hanging out on the side of the train in the morning.2010-09-11T18:51:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/09/02/what-bike-crashes-and-tarantulas-have-in-common/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/imgp7664.jpgSaguarohttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/imgp7383.jpgPreppingForNightLap24HoursInOldPuebloHere I am prepping for a night lap in a 24 hour race in February with my great big headlight. It's important to be a responsible mountain biker: stay on trails, don't ride them if they're wet and you will destroy them, brake for wildlife. Biking can have a negative impact on the environment, though nowhere near the impact motorized vehicles have off-road.2010-09-03T03:08:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/08/25/how-to-take-candy-and-favors-from-your-family-and-coworkers/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/imgp7776.jpgIMGP7776The kind of plant that might wait underground for moisture to grow and reproducehttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/imgp76411.jpgIMGP7641The kind of bedrock pool insects might lay their eggs inhttps://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/imgp7641.jpgIMGP7641https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jensensinequalitygame.jpgJensensInequalityGame2010-09-03T02:33:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/08/12/thats-it/2010-08-31T00:41:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/07/27/garden-envy/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/imgp8062.jpgIMGP8062Snow pockets provide wet conditions, favoring species who compete well with plenty of moisture.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/imgp8058.jpgIMGP8058Hiking in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, I observed spatial variation in environmental conditions and levels of competition.https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/imag0021-1.jpgIMAG0021The fruits of my labor, or lack thereof, in my Tucson yard.2010-08-10T02:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.com/2010/07/12/hello-world/https://pacificasommers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/imag0007.jpgCorner in Barrio AnitaCorner in Barrio Anita2010-07-13T00:56:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pacificasommers.comdaily1.02026-03-02T01:27:49+00:00