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Field Notes

  • Three views of the Whirlpool Galaxy: Parson's 1848 sketch; the author's view from Old Town Eureka (using "stacking" photo technique); a Hubble telescope view via NASA/ESA.

    Island Universes, Part 2

    By Barry Evans | Jul 28, 2022

  • Located west of Dublin, Ireland, the Birr Leviathan was the world's largest telescope from 1845 to 1917. Its designer, William Parsons (standing by the eyepiece) made the first observation of "spirality" in a nebula in April 1848, thus giving birth to cosmology as an empirical science.
    Image Via The National Library Of Ireland

    Island Universes, Part 1

    By Barry Evans | Jul 21, 2022

  • An 1807 Russian Hydrographic Department chart showing Trinidad and PE3AHOBA (Rezanov) Bay.
    Public Domain

    Finding Humboldt Bay 1

    By Barry Evans | Jul 7, 2022

  • Midsummer Puzzle Answers
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    Midsummer Puzzle Answers

    By Barry Evans | Jun 30, 2022

  • Midsummer Puzzles
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    Midsummer Puzzles

    By Barry Evans | Jun 23, 2022

  • Two small, mutually unintelligible, branches of the ancient Algic language are found in Humboldt County.
    Image By Noahedits, Courtesy Of Creative Commons, North Coast Journal

    The Mystery of the Wiyot and Yurok Languages

    By Barry Evans | Jun 9, 2022

  • Cuevas de las Manos in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. About 96 percent of the unambiguous prints are stencils of left hands, meaning the right hand was used to hold the spray pipe.
    Photo By Mariano, Gnu Free Documentation License

    A Paean to Lefties

    By Barry Evans | May 26, 2022

  • The Madaket's former incarnation as the Nellie C.
    Courtesy Of The Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum

    M/V Madaket: 112 Years Young

    By Barry Evans | May 12, 2022

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