Happy Autumnal Equinox 🍁🍂⁣
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Today is one of two days of the year where the sun is directly about the equator - which in regular people terms, means that the length of daytime and nighttime are equal!⁣
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As we in the northern hemisphere get out our sweaters and hats in anticipation of cooler weather, those in the Southern Hemisphere start to prepare for spring! ...

"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg ...

At 14,411 ft Tahoma/Tacoma, or what you may know as Mount Rainier, is the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Washington and the Cascade Range. ⁣
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In addition, it’s also the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States and the tallest in the Cascade Volcanic Arc in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.⁣
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Tahoma has 26 major glaciers and 36 sq. miles of permanent snowfields and glaciers, making it is the most heavily glaciated peak in the lower 48 states. ⁣
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The summit is topped by two volcanic craters, each more than 1,000 ft in diameter, with the larger east crater overlapping the west crater. ...

While the term “Spider web” is typically used to refer to a web that appears still in use, whereas the term "cobweb" refers to abandoned or unused webs.⁣
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The word "cobweb,” as pictured above, is also used by biologists to describe the tangled three-dimensional web.⁣
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Cobwebs are built by the family of spiders called Theridiidae and are used to trap ants and other ground dwelling insects. ⁣
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Using elastic and sticky silk trap lines leading to the soil surface the webs remain in place for extended periods and are expanded and repaired, but no regular pattern of web replacement has been observed. ...

Happy Weekend! ☀️⁣⁣
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You made it! ⁣⁣
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Now, where are ya headed?⁣
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Perhaps, a casual waterfall or two? ...

This is called an “Orb Web” 🕸⁣
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They are primarily associated with their namesake, the family Araneidae, or the “Orb-weaver” spiders!⁣
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Orb webs have allowed spiders to fully enter vertical space. ⁣
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It’s speculated that orb webs came into being with the evolution of flying insects more than 100 million years ago.⁣
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Crafting such a web is a highly cognitive endeavor, requiring a spider to size up a space, pick out anchor points and assess how much silk it has available. ⁣
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Orb weavers often redo their webs daily and have a memory for spaces they’ve used before. ...

Running away from the heat like... Byeeeeee 🏃🏻‍♂️🐕☀️ ...

August marks the beginning of peak fire season in California and the Pacific Northwest.⁣
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While wild fires can happen any time of the year, the peak of the wildfire season usually occurs between August and November when hot, dry winds are most frequent.⁣
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Wildfires are most prevalent in summer. In the early 1950s, wildfire season was typically five months long. As time has gone on and climate change has intensified, our current wildfire season has grown to seven months.⁣
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Although wildfires may have a beneficial impact on ecological resources, wildfires also may have a devastating impact, especially for those communities affected by wildfire activity.⁣
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The fire pictured is a wild fire from Summer 2019 - located west of Insterstate 5 near Medford, Oregon. ...

When was the last time you watched a sunset?⁣ ☀️
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Ever wondered why they turn red?⁣
The colors of the sunset result from a phenomenon called “scattering.”⁣
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Scattering affects the color of light coming from the sky, but the details are determined by the wavelength of the light and the size of the particle. ⁣
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The short-wavelength blue and violet are scattered by molecules in the air much more than other colors of the spectrum.⁣
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When the sun is low on the horizon, sunlight passes through more air at sunset and sunrise than during the day. ⁣
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More atmosphere means more molecules to scatter the violet and blue light away from your eyes. If the path is long enough, all of the blue and violet light scatters out of your line of sight. ⁣
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The other colors continue on their way to your eyes. This is why sunsets are often yellow, orange, and red. ...

10 of out 10 Paws⁣
🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾⁣
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Our down blankets are:⁣
✅ Water Resistant⁣
✅ Odor Resistant⁣
✅ Hair Resistant⁣
✅ Washable ...

Pop Quiz: What is the name of the moon phase shown above?⁣
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Answer: A Waxing Crescent! 🌒⁣
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The waxing crescent phase is the moon's first step toward fullness. However, the moon is considered a crescent only when less than one half of it is visible. ⁣
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Once the more than half of the moon is visible, it’s then called a “Waxing Gibbous.” 🌔 ...

What does it look like when you take your #trekblanket on an adventure?⁣
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Do you use it while camping? laying in a hammock? a day at the beach? ⁣
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Let us know!
Snap a photo and tag @horizon_hound⁣
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📸 by @bam_bam2375 ...

Ever seen one of these?⁣
They are called Survey Markers! 📍⁣
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Sometimes also called survey marks, survey monuments, survey benchmarks or geodetic marks - they are objects placed to mark key survey points on the Earth's surface.⁣
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While something similar to the picture is what you’re most likely to run into today,
all sorts of different objects, ranging from the familiar brass disks to liquor bottles, clay pots, and rock cairns, have been used over the years as survey markers. ⁣
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The most common geodetic survey marks are cast metal disks with stamped legends on their face set in rock ledges, embedded in the tops of concrete pillars, or affixed to the tops of pipes that have been sunk into the ground. ⁣
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While it might seem tempting, these marks are intended to be permanent, and disturbing them is generally prohibited by federal and state law (and for the enjoyment of others!)⁣
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[Source: mountainmonkeycompany.com]⁣
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TFW you and your humans just did 15 miles of hiking in Colorado and they bring you YOUR OWN personal #TrekBlanket to snuggle up in...⁣
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But they are also cooking something tasty on the fire 👀⁣
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Everyone say Hi to Stella 🐾⁣
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📸: @mikehawkins ...

Who am I?⁣
The Western Swordfern. ⁣
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It’s an evergreen fern native to western North America, where it is one of the most abundant ferns. ⁣
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It occurs along the Pacific coast from southeastern Alaska to southern California.
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The preferred habitat of this fern is the understory of moist coniferous woodlands at low elevations. ⁣
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It grows best in well-drained acidic soil of rich humus and small stones. ⁣
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It is very resilient and survives occasional droughts, but flourishes only with consistent moisture and light sunlight, and it prefers cool weather.⁣
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[Source: Wikipedia.com] ...