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FIELD GUIDES
Guides to the places and things on the road. 10 to 15 chapters each. Read, answer, learn something you didn't know you didn't know.
San Juan Mountains, Colorado
MARMOTS
You saw one on the trail. It whistled and disappeared. Here's what it actually is, how it hibernates for 8 months without eating, and why it may age only half as fast as the calendar suggests.
13 chapters · biology · ecology · climate
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Southwestern Colorado
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
You're standing on the remains of the largest volcanic eruption Earth has seen in 440 million years. The geology, the rivers, the wildlife, and the history of who named what and why.
14 chapters · geology · history · ecology
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Silverton, Colorado
BONITA PEAK
In August 2015, the Animas River turned orange. What happened, what was already happening long before anyone noticed, and what it means if you're here today.
13 chapters · environment · water · mining
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Technology
SOLAR PANELS
You've seen them on rooftops and in fields. Here's what's actually happening inside them — the physics, the economics, and the things that surprise almost everyone.
12 chapters · physics · economics · energy
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