26 June 2018 Just Let Me Have My Moment

So it really hit me today. Standing on the top of a hill in Toolik working on phenology plots, thinking about the overall greenness of the ledum in a plot 42, and it struck me. I'm doing science. Real science. I'm playing a part in understanding climate change and its affects on an ecosystem. I'm contributing to the greater good. It's overwhelming and wonderful.

This is the moment I realized the profound signifigance in the simple routine.

On A Lighter Note...

We edited the time lapse of a pheno cam from the Imnavait Creek that was focused on a pedicularis. Not only did it show the blooms and that they appear to be heliotropic (follow the path of the sun, like a sunflower), but also the culprit who ate the flowers!

Here's the guilty party. An Arctic ground squirrel decided to munch on the pedicularis.