Nature’s Depths

Walking through nature with John Palka, a neuroscientist who loves plants and ponders big questions

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Here, find a listing of all previous posts on Nature’s Depths.

The Wondrous World of Dragons and Damsels

The Inner Lives of Animals

February 18, 2024

Nature Is Rising

Bumblebee on aster

The Brush Dances, the Light Sings, and the Bumblebees Play

November 13, 2022

The Egret, the Photographer, and the Universe

The Return of the Light

December 27, 2021

Sandhill Cranes Flying

Magnetic Migration

October 24, 2021

Young goslings snuggle with parent Canada geese

Life’s Renewal Manifests

Trumpeter Swan Pair

Nature Is Risen, She Is Risen Indeed

Icicle Creek - Dry Rock Lichens

Life Within Life

February 6, 2021

Winter Solstice

December 13, 2020

Monarch Wing Edge

The Dynamic Control of Colors

November 22, 2020

Connected with Planet Earth

September 13, 2020

Hummingbird Moth on Monarda

A Banquet for Butterflies and Bumblebees

August 30, 2020

Widow Skimmer Male

The Dragons and Damsels of Elm Creek

Autumn Forest - Yvonne Palka

Beauty and Love

November 24, 2019

Visiting bumblebee

The Intimate Life of a Hollyhock Flower

September 1, 2019

The Wonder That a Feather Is

Luminary Loppet ice xylophone

A World of Molecules

Nature and Culture in Slovakia

Personal Roots

December 2, 2018

Milkweed seed pod opening, Prairie Oaks Institute

In the Autumn of the Year

November 4, 2018

Bald eagle eye close up

Seeing with Different Eyes

October 7, 2018

Petrified Wonders

New Life on Our Doorstep

Mississippi Sunset

Valuing Nature

Magnolia buds in Seattle

The Buds of Spring

Drops of sap forming, Eastman Nature Center

The Sap Is Rising

LeConte Iceberg, Alaska

Water and the Dynamic Life of Molecules

Taken from NASA's web site. If you darken the image or increase the contrast, the Pale Blue Dot becomes more visible, but for posting I preferred to maintain the original image.

The Pale Blue Dot

December 31, 2017

Stem-side leaf scar, Alder, fresh

When the Leaf Falls

December 2, 2017

Trees through the Seasons

November 5, 2017

Come Walk with Me

October 1, 2017

Intertidal

September 2, 2017

Ebey's Landing salal flowers

Uncovering Kinship

Red admiral, top view

The Magic of Butterfly Wings

Flamingo pair, Galapagos Islands

What Darwin Taught Us

Hoh River nurse log

Nurse Logs

Walking in Nature's sculpture garden

Is Earth Alive?

Orbweaver spinning

Wondrous Webs

January 15, 2017

Autumn red oak, Minnesota

Flaming Forests

December 11, 2016

John Palka Olympic Panorama

Our First Anniversary!

November 20, 2016

Driftwood on Rialto Beach, Olympic Peninsula

Root Lessons from Nature’s Sculpture Garden

November 6, 2016

Earth from space

The Earth System

October 23, 2016

Bursting lupine, Hart's Pass.

Mountain Meadow Tales – From Roots to Flowers

October 9, 2016

Pearly everlasting and fritillary, Olympic Mountains

Mountain Meadow Tales – Vibrant Flowers

September 25, 2016

Experiencing the Wilderness

Cemetery Woods Indian Pipe Cluster

Indian Pipe and the Forest Underground

Shi-Shi Falcon W/Z

The Secret Life of W/Z

Alder Reflection - Earth Sanctuary

Growing Upward – B

Marjoram Horizontal

Growing Upward – A

Marchantia gemmae B

What Is Life?

Ebey's Landing Nootka Rose

Flower Forms

Swamp Lantern Portrait

Lanterns of the Western Woods

Friendship in Science

Blood Moon over Langley

Blue Skies and Red Sunsets

Layers of Life

Water Rising

February 21, 2016

In the Cold Midwinter

February 7, 2016

The Breath of the Forest

January 24, 2016

The Trees and I

January 10, 2016

How Green Is My Forest

December 27, 2015

Seeing Colors

December 13, 2015

Our Brightly Colored World

November 29, 2015

Forest Forms Most Beautiful

November 15, 2015

John Palka Olympic Panorama

To See a World in a Grain of Sand

November 15, 2015