46th annual Santa Cruz Fungus FairCome to Santa Cruz and explore the facinating world of Fungi. Learn interesting and fun facts about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Area. Fungi will be beautifully displayed in a re-created woodland habitat. This unique Santa Cruz tradition features ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $10 General, $5 Seniors, under 12 Free
Exploring the DunesAntioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge is home to three endangered species: two gorgeous flowering plants (Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose and Contra Costa Wallflower) and a delicate butterfly found nowhere else on the planet - Lange’s Metalmark butterfly! Generally, this refuge is closed to the public to protect them. However, once ...
Where: AntiochCost: Free
King Tides bird walk on Cerrito CreekJoin Golden Gate Audubon and Friends of Five Creeks on a conservation-themed bird walk along tidally-influenced Cerrito Creek just north of Albany Hill. We'll look for waterbirds and winter songbirds and talk about restoration and what sea-level rise may mean for habitat and the flood-prone adjacent neighborhood. Cameras welcome; photos ...
Where: AlbanyCost:
A Royal Walk with the King TideJoin Exploratorium and Port of San Francisco staff on San Francisco's waterfront for a stroll along the waterfront to observe, photograph, and discuss the King Tide. Learn about what causes the tides, why we have King Tides this time of year, and the Port's Waterfront Resilience Program and related sea-level ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger or docent on a guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 - 2000.
Over the centuries, storytellers have written tales of flights to the Moon. Mr. Garfinkle will discuss these fantasy flights in a PowerPoint-enhanced presentation. The presentation will include illustrations from the old books the stories were, in most cases, first published in. The images show the various methods the space travelers ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
My top 10 stories of 2019 in meteor astronomyAn informal re-telling of ten stories I worked on and were published in 2019:- Tunguska eye witness accounts, injuries and casualties-Saricicek meteorite traced back to Vesta crater Antonia- The Alpha Monocerotid outburst- Phoenicids from the breakup of comet Blanpain- Search for the meteoroids from asteroid Bennu- June epsilon Ophiuchids from ...