by Audrey Benedict | Sep 24, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #102: In Darwin’s Footsteps: Pan del Indio ePostcard #102: In Darwin’s Footsteps: Pan del Indio Darwin’s famous fungus, ‘Pan del Indio’ (Indian Bread) in Spanish, belongs to a highly evolved group of parasitic fungi that grow...
by Audrey Benedict | Sep 21, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #101: Exploring Magellanic Temperate Rainforests ePostcard #101: Exploring Magellanic Temperate Rainforests Tierra del Fuego is a land of striking contrasts—cool-temperate rainforests, miniature bryophyte forests, elegant orchids, the snow-capped Andes,...
by Audrey Benedict | Sep 13, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #100: Celebrating Magellanic Clouds ePostcard #100: Celebrating Magellanic Clouds #1. Photo Credit and Caption: Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO. The VISTA (the acronym for Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) is the most famous telescope at the Paranal...
by Audrey Benedict | Sep 12, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #99: Strait Through: Magellan’s Voyage (Part V) ePostcard #99: Strait Through: Magellan’s Voyage (Part V) By Magellan’s calculations, the expedition was months behind schedule. They should have found the strait by now and been on their way to...
by Audrey Benedict | Sep 3, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #98: There Be Giants: Magellan’s Voyage (Part IV) ePostcard #98: There Be Giants: Magellan’s Voyage (Part IV) We rejoin Magellan’s Armada de Molucca in late February as it continues south along the coast of Argentina in search of the elusive...
by Audrey Benedict | Sep 1, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #97: False Passage: Magellan’s Voyage (Part III) ePostcard #97: False Passage: Magellan’s Voyage (Part III) Magellan wasn’t bluffing when he told Spain’s King Charles that he absolutely knew where to find the strait. Although his plans were...
