Nature
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Lincoln Marsh 2016: February 20, Early Spring Bust-Out Saturday Joy
One of a series of posts documenting the seasonal changes of a prairie marsh in 2016. Sometimes I am able to convince-slash-force my offspring to accompany me in the collection of photos for this series. This was one of those times. I’m sure part of the reason is because the temperature were the 50s and it was…
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Lincoln Marsh 2016: February 13, Dark Blue Dusk
One of a series of posts documenting the seasonal changes of a prairie marsh in 2016. This is when I became deeply impressed with a log on ice. Dropping, hanging on, soon bottom silt. This pic shows the in-between time of cold and warm. The metallic cold railings over the marsh that’s thawing from the…
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Lincoln Marsh 2016: February 7, Still Frozen, Red Ribbon Sunset
One of a series of posts documenting the seasonal changes of a prairie marsh in 2016. Yesterday, Super Bowl Sunday, I popped over to Lincoln Marsh and took some new pics. The weather was very El Niño— warm and sunny and bright. I got there slightly later than I wanted to, so the sun was lower…
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Lincoln Marsh at Christmas
On Sunday I went into Lincoln Marsh. The sun was bright and there was a light cover of crisp snow. I knew that cover would be soon gone when the sun got to wherever it could in the sky, so I figured I better get in there. I liked the snow-table aspect of the signage:
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Lincoln Marsh, Early November: Wet Full-Spectrum Color Field
On Saturday I returned to the marsh to find it in full color and full flush. The expected Fall colors were present: