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Mountain Curios 2020

Wait, a face carved in stone at the New River Gorge? Tweetsie Railroad had three lives? And West Virginia’s Cheat Mountain four? Get details about these riddles and more in our annual collection of the strange but true.
Sharp Drop: The falloff from the mountains of South Carolina’s Caesars Head (foreground) and Table Rock (on the horizon)state parks onto the Piedmont is starkly illustrative of the unique character of the Blue Ridge Escarpment.

The Heavy-duty Science Curio: New Eye For The Blue Ridge Escarpment

We got a note awhile back about a new scientific study looking at “the electrical conductivity of Earth’s crust and mantle below the mountain chain.” We wanted to understand it better, so we contacted the study’s lead author. Here's what he shared.
Founding Troop #217 was Lora Callahan's first big project.

For the Love of Night Skies

Former Girl Scout Lora Callahan spent 120 hours leading an effort to make James River State Park Virginia’s second International Dark Sky Park. It became such last spring.
Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica, looking directly at you (macro, isolated, 12MP camera).

Creature Feature: Frozen Frogs

Hardy Wood Frogs Can Even Lose Heartbeat for a Time.
"Monarch Butterflies in various flying, basking and standing positions."

From The Editor: Channeling Elizabeth Hunter – Time Flies, Monarchs Should Too

Our former columnist’s lifelong love of the magical migrating butterflies is, well, an inspiration.
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