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Brad Marston

bradmarston@mountains.social

<p>Hiker and trail worker; also climate and quantum physicist. Rhode Island and California. Mostly <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hiking</span></a>, <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/wilderness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wilderness</span></a>, <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>meditation</span></a>, and <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>outdoors</span></a> (and occasionally some related politics). Long distance hiking is a form of meditation. For science follow me at <a href="https://fediscience.org/@bradmarston" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://

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    Fire is now part of nearly every step along the #BigfootTrail https://www.bigfoottrail.org/2026/01/fire-on-the-bigfoot-trail/?mc_cid=1f275f3325&amp;amp;mc_eid=ec18b05454

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    View from Arthur’s Seat, a volcanic core next to Edinburgh. Wind was so strong I couldn’t record at the very top and still stand.

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    View of Mt. San Gorgonio from the Cougar Crest Trail.

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    Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve has more than just California poppies.

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    Hole-in-the-Wall and Banshee canyon.

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    Views from Mojave National Preserve: Kelso Sand Dunes, moon rising above Joshua trees before lunar eclipse, dusk, and Kelso depot.

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    Cima Dome, Teutonia Peak, and a mine shaft. Most of the dense Joshua tree forest was killed by 2020 Dome wildfire that spread over 43k acres due in part to invasive cheat grass and probably climate change as well. Only a few trees had new growth.

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    Zzyzx aka the Desert Studies Center.

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    The Mojave River surfaces in Afton Canyon.

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    Cactus gardens in the Mojave that remind me of the Superstition Wilderness in Arizona.

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    California chorus frogs (I think) along the Mojave river. Sound up!

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    Miners lettuce, a red tail hawk eating a snake, and Mt. San Antonio (Baldy) and Big Dalton Dam as seen from the Coulter Pine trail.

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    Rhode Island’s Great Swamp.