During my frequent entomlogical trips to Algodones Dunes, my attention was always drawn by picturesque chocolate-colored mountains on the left side of the road at Salton Sea. Researching I found out that these mountains appropriately called Chocolate Mountains with Black Butte as its highest point (1374 m). However, on Caltopo maps, they named ( Read more... )

I have chased the green flash since I had read about it in a popular magazine about 30 years ago. Finally, I have caught it at Zuma Beach in Malibu on October 07, 2017. This flash is a kind of Mock Mirage (M-Mir) green flash.

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California has one of the richest flora on the Earth. Here in California, you can find many unusual, rare, and enigmatic plants. Until recently, I had thought that the most interesting plants of California were either snow plant (Sarcodes sanguinea) or California ground-cone (Kopsiopsis strobilacea). Until just month ago... When I encountered her. ( Read more... )