Decumanus

Through rifts in the nearer ranges there are glimpses of pine-clothed peaks, which, towards twilight, pass through every shade of purple and violet. The sky and the earth combine to form a Wonderland every evening—such rich, velvety coloring in crimson and violet; such an orange, green, and vermilion sky; such scarlet and emerald clouds; such an extraordinary dryness and purity of atmosphere, and then the glorious afterglow which seems to blend earth and heaven! --Isabella Bird, A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879)

(active 2004-2006, admin 2004-2014) (articles started) (graphic images and maps created and uploaded) (photos created and uploaded)

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former assoc. adjunct. prof of physics at St. John's University (New York City).

Some articles I've contributed

• Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge
• Marine life of New York Harbor
• Great Falls of the Passaic
• Prescott National Forest
• Arizona Territory (CSA)
• Prospect New Town
• Sacramento Delta
• Fryingpan River