User contributions for Jinkim

4 December 2008

• 04:2004:20, 4 December 2008 diff hist +691‎ N File:Slippery Loess.jpg ‎ Kim reenacts her near wipe out by re-jumping over the small channel with water flowing through it. The problem with jumping in loess is twofold. First, if you get near the edge of the channel and you start sinking in the saturated soil. This will get your
• 04:1904:19, 4 December 2008 diff hist +413‎ N File:Channel Cuts.jpg ‎ This is about where the family was exploring the channel. The loess is the sediment that the water is cutting through to create the channel. Loess is a fine silt made from glacial activity grinding up rocks. The loess in this form is firm and acts like
• 04:1804:18, 4 December 2008 diff hist +442‎ N File:Topography.jpg ‎ This is an overhead shot of the loess. Loess is clay-like when it dries out a bit. This design has been eroded into the sedimentation by the water. You would have to poke or scratch at the loess to change this design. Walking on it might only flatten so
• 04:1604:16, 4 December 2008 diff hist +462‎ N File:Rocks Meet Loess.jpg ‎ This is the eastern bast of Bird Point. The loess seems to come right up to the rocky shore. I wonder just how deep the loess layer is in Turnagain Arm. I also wonder what the erosion process on this area might be like when Alaska dries up. Will it end up

24 November 2008

• 03:2103:21, 24 November 2008 diff hist +201‎ N File:315937081 89288c6515 o.jpg ‎ Rugged ridge in the Loess Hills of Western Iowa

22 October 2008

• 14:5614:56, 22 October 2008 diff hist 0‎ File:John macarthur.jpg ‎ uploaded a new version of "Image:John macarthur.jpg": john macarthur current
• 14:5414:54, 22 October 2008 diff hist +129‎ N File:John macarthur.jpg ‎ john macarthur

17 June 2008

• 15:2615:26, 17 June 2008 diff hist +786‎ N File:Larix lyallii.jpg ‎ I love how this larch turns yellow in the fall. It is found above 1700 meters (5600 feet) elevation, and you can really see this in fall when these trees turn yellow in the mountains. This is a very short walk from Slate Peak, perhaps 1 km. It is the hig
• 15:2315:23, 17 June 2008 diff hist +316‎ N File:Larix Occidentalis2.jpg ‎ A late October snowfall and golden larches (Larix occidentalis) add color to Clear Creek canyon near the crest of the Cascade Range in Wenatchee National Forest.
• 15:1815:18, 17 June 2008 diff hist +210‎ N File:Larix occidentalis.jpg ‎ NW Montana: Thick bearded Bryoria on Larix occidentalis
• 15:1515:15, 17 June 2008 diff hist +249‎ N File:Siberian Larch.jpg ‎ Siberian larch (Larix sibirica) in fall. This photo was taken in Siilinjärvi, Central Finland
• 07:5107:51, 17 June 2008 diff hist +216‎ N File:Larch house.jpg ‎ The front or is it the back? 200mm larch post holding up roof
• 07:4307:43, 17 June 2008 diff hist +273‎ N File:Larch ecology.jpg ‎ Mt Richardson 3086, Pika Peak 3053, (un-named peak) & Ptarmigan Peak 3035 from the Larch area. Powder Bowls on L.
• 07:3607:36, 17 June 2008 diff hist +188‎ N File:Tamarack cones.jpg ‎ Tamarack cones. Mahtomedi MN, May 28 2007
• 07:3107:31, 17 June 2008 diff hist +173‎ N File:Larch needles.jpg ‎ Emerging tamarack needles
• 07:2407:24, 17 June 2008 diff hist 0‎ File:Larix decidua 2.jpg ‎ uploaded a new version of "Image:Larix decidua 2.jpg": European larches (Larix decidua Mill.) outside the hälsocentral (healthcare center). I saw the squirrel to the right the same moment I took the photo.
• 07:2207:22, 17 June 2008 diff hist +303‎ N File:Larix decidua 2.jpg ‎ European larches (Larix decidua Mill.) outside the hälsocentral (healthcare center). I saw the squirrel to the right the same moment I took the photo.
• 07:1807:18, 17 June 2008 diff hist 0‎ File:Larix decidua.jpg ‎ uploaded a new version of "Image:Larix decidua.jpg": This may be Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) or European Larch (Larix decidua) - I'm not sure. Taken at Hardcastle Crags
• 05:3605:36, 17 June 2008 diff hist +274‎ N File:Larix decidua.jpg ‎ This may be Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) or European Larch (Larix decidua) - I'm not sure. Taken at Hardcastle Crags
• 05:3105:31, 17 June 2008 diff hist +274‎ N File:2481649821 6c17a07b00 b.jpg ‎ This may be Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) or European Larch (Larix decidua) - I'm not sure. Taken at Hardcastle Crags current

15 June 2008

• 05:0505:05, 15 June 2008 diff hist +215‎ N File:Larch Tree.jpg ‎ Larch tree in Autumn in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada

28 May 2008

• 06:2606:26, 28 May 2008 diff hist +172‎ N File:Spring Snowflake.jpg ‎ Spring Snowflake
• 06:2406:24, 28 May 2008 diff hist +179‎ N File:Broad-leaved willowherb.jpg ‎ Broad-leaved willowherb

14 May 2008

• 23:0823:08, 14 May 2008 diff hist +180‎ N File:39867154 0bba49f652 b.jpg ‎ Trifolium incarnatum
• 22:2822:28, 14 May 2008 diff hist +169‎ N File:2462449035 0858c93f9c b.jpg ‎ T. diffusum
• 22:2022:20, 14 May 2008 diff hist +279‎ N File:19438696 f103861437 b.jpg ‎ A large water drop on a clover leave. It almost seems to hover above. Lot's of interesting detail in the larger size.
• 22:1522:15, 14 May 2008 diff hist +351‎ N File:12448264 af874bd6c0 b.jpg ‎ Commonly called: The magenta one: Trifolium hirtum, the rose clover. The yellow one: T. campestre, Low Hop Clover, Hop Clover or Field Clover. Fort Ord Public Lands, Monterey County, California
• 04:3704:37, 14 May 2008 diff hist +175‎ N File:423160935 781868bf39 b.jpg ‎ four-leaf clover
• 04:3004:30, 14 May 2008 diff hist +337‎ N File:30572532 8d5b8ebc00 o.jpg ‎ a genuine four-leaved clover. Species: White Clover(Trifolium repens) found in the grass close by Bundang St.John's Catholic Church Seungnam, Korea. Taken on June 28, 2003.

17 March 2008

• 14:1714:17, 17 March 2008 diff hist 0‎ File:62062316 ab2bb253fb b.jpg ‎ uploaded a new version of "Image:62062316 ab2bb253fb b.jpg": skunk skull
• 14:1614:16, 17 March 2008 diff hist +168‎ N File:62062316 ab2bb253fb b.jpg ‎ Skunk Skull
• 14:1214:12, 17 March 2008 diff hist +171‎ N File:132664365 7045fffa78 b.jpg ‎ Dead skunk

13 March 2008

• 18:5018:50, 13 March 2008 diff hist +194‎ N File:555844696 acf9a0c085 b.jpg ‎ Skunk(Mephitis mephitis) at Big Bend NP
• 16:4716:47, 13 March 2008 diff hist +528‎ N File:399981176 a8e6822d60 o.jpg ‎ These guys become very active in late winter as their mating season gets started. They are primarily nocturnal animals, but I have been smelling them just about every morning for over a week now, and occasionally catching sight of one during the day. This
• 04:3304:33, 13 March 2008 diff hist +180‎ N File:226647253 8a4a60c3e3 b.jpg ‎ Squirrel Dinner for a Skunk
• 04:2304:23, 13 March 2008 diff hist +161‎ N File:185598708 25e45a30ec.jpg ‎ skunk
• 04:1804:18, 13 March 2008 diff hist +183‎ N File:156173962 8525eebc95 b.jpg ‎ releasing the spotted skunk
• 04:1004:10, 13 March 2008 diff hist +651‎ N File:582448847 73b905880f.jpg ‎ Four baby skunks become separated from their mother (10 feet to camera right) and scurry around the parking lot of Berman Creekside Park, Moscow Idaho. 30 min later two gunshots were heard in the park and a man with a rifle was spotted. The police were

10 March 2008

• 15:5615:56, 10 March 2008 diff hist +171‎ N File:20536092 76f41f3237 o.jpg ‎ skunk is running

4 January 2008

• 05:4005:40, 4 January 2008 diff hist +174‎ N File:400186691 d74022fcc1.jpg ‎ Mutant Foot

3 January 2008

• 02:4102:41, 3 January 2008 diff hist +369‎ N File:394559013 2f04146717.jpg ‎ California Giant Salamander - Dicamptodon ensatus If you find one, look but don't touch. Oils, salts, soaps, perfumes, etc. on our hands can be toxic to salamanders because they absorb materials through their skin.

2 January 2008

• 21:3721:37, 2 January 2008 diff hist +403‎ N File:40137719 afcc5c7e1f.jpg ‎ The Cope's Giant is native only to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, and the coastal area down to the very northern tip of Oregon. They are found in small, cold, fast moving streams, the same habitat where we get torrent salamanders and tailed frogs

31 December 2007

• 20:4420:44, 31 December 2007 diff hist +211‎ N File:400186694 5426db29a1.jpg ‎ California Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus)
• 20:0520:05, 31 December 2007 diff hist +171‎ N File:262426029 e7d9945d2c.jpg ‎ pacific giant salamander
• 20:0420:04, 31 December 2007 diff hist 0‎ File:2039892748 24ef9b225c.jpg ‎ uploaded a new version of "Image:2039892748 24ef9b225c.jpg": Pacific Giant Salamander, Aquatic Larva Nov 1st, may be the same one from October 3rd.
• 20:0220:02, 31 December 2007 diff hist 0‎ File:2039892748 24ef9b225c.jpg ‎ uploaded a new version of "Image:2039892748 24ef9b225c.jpg": Pacific Giant Salamander, Aquatic Larva Nov 1st, may be the same one from October 3rd.
• 20:0020:00, 31 December 2007 diff hist +248‎ N File:2039892748 24ef9b225c.jpg ‎ Pacific Giant Salamander, Aquatic Larva Nov 1st, may be the same one from October 3rd.
• 19:5819:58, 31 December 2007 diff hist 0‎ File:2039892192 9aba559be0.jpg ‎ uploaded a new version of "Image:2039892192 9aba559be0.jpg": Pacific Giant Salamander, Aquatic Larva October 3rd
• 19:5519:55, 31 December 2007 diff hist +213‎ N File:2039892192 9aba559be0.jpg ‎ Pacific Giant Salamander, Aquatic Larva October 3rd

10 December 2007

• 07:0307:03, 10 December 2007 diff hist +797‎ N File:800px-Blubber Jellyfish 3.jpg ‎ Description Blubber Jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus, order Rhizostomae), Monterey Bay Aquarium, California. Source Photo taken and uploaded by user Date 2006 December 25 Author Fred Hsu (Wikipedia:User:Fredhsu on en.wikipedia) Permission (Reusing t