Dispatches from the Wild: Springtime and all

explorebigsky.com

Dispatches from the Wild: Springtime and all

Welcoming back the sun in the Northern Rockies By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST After the vernal equinox in March, the earth’s axial tilt is such that the sun extends beyond the celestial equator above northern latitudes like Montana. The days grow longer and the nights shorter. The hush of winter is replaced with birdsong