Mike Goad on March 6th, 2008

Today: Rain likely, mixing with snow after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 40. North northeast wind between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tonight: Rain and snow likely before 9pm, then occasional snow . Low around 31. North northeast wind around [...]

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Mike Goad on March 6th, 2008

Redbreasted Nuthatch
March 4, 2008 at 1.07pm CST
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

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Mike Goad on March 4th, 2008

Twelve and one-half inches
More than we normally get in several years combined
March 4, 2008 at 8.25am CST
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.011 sec (1/90)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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Mike Goad on March 2nd, 2008

A Very Trying Time.
Caption: “Dust Over Dakota.” A forlorn farmer leans into a dust storm. In: “To Hold This Soil”, Russell Lord, 1938. Miscellaneous Publication No. 321, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Image ID: wea01403, NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Great Plains, United States
Photo Date: 1935 Circa

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Early Color Image by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin Gorskii
Using emerging technological advances in color photography, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) made numerous photographic trips to systematically document the Russian Empire. He conducted most of his visual surveys between 1909 and 1915, although some of his work dates as early as 1905. Library of Congress

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