Since my position at Tonto National Monument is assistant solar technician, and as someone who is also new to this subject, I think it is very important to make science accessible. For example, lets look at the word: Heliophysics Its a large word that is unfamiliar, but...
Hello everyone! As previously mentioned, first Friday in the town of Globe is coming up. Meaning I have been reading and learning a lot about the typical things people see when using a solar telescope. It's been a lot of solar flares, spots and the sun cycle....
Hi everyone, my name is Yajali and I'm here at Tonto National Monument! Driving from Illinois to Arizona was a long trip, but with the help of my dad and mom, we made it safely (Featured image: The view from the house)! When I finally arrived...
The sunset after our first big rain Monsoon season has started. We were greeted by our first rain on June 18th. I was out of town, planning to hike in the mountains of Pine, AZ. Thunderstorms get nasty out here, and when I stepped out of my...
We have a vegetable garden near the visitor center that grows corn, beans, squash, and amaranth. We water our plants daily and use an irrigation canal just like the ancestral people of Tonto Basin would have used. ...
Looking back at my first week at Tonto National Monument, it seems hard to believe a week can be so dense with new information yet fly by so fast. I started my week shadowing other rangers trying to soak up as much information as possible...
Looking back at my first week at Tonto National Monument, it seems hard to believe a week can be so dense with new information yet fly by so fast. I started my week shadowing other rangers trying to soak up as much information as possible...
Tonto National Monument located in Roosevelt, Arizona exists at the most Northeastern reaches of the Sonoran Desert, and as a result, is home to flora and fauna from both the mountains of the North and the deserts of the South. The monument was the seventh...