COVER ART AND DESIGN BY YAHYA RUSHDI
December 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 Minnehaha Falls Minneapolis, Minnesota Photo credit (left): Matt Porter Photo credit (right): Suzanne Graven New Year s Day 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Epiphany 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Martin Luther King Jr. s Birthday 26 27 28 29 30 31
January 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 February Top: Hole in the Wall Glacier Taku Inlet, Juneau Ice Field, Alaska Photo credits: Carrie Jennings March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Bottom: Lupine thrive on a recently rebounded sandur Taku Glacier, Southeast Alaska Photo credit: Carrie Jennings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Groundhog Day 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Lincoln s Birthday Valentine s Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 President s Day 23 24 25 26 27 28 Washington s Birthday
March February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Left: Donkey in front of marble in the Niğde Massif, Turkey CD-CAT project Photo credit: Côme Lefebvre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Daylight savings time begins Mardi Gras 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 St. Patrick s Day Spring Equinox 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Right: Mount Erciyes with red poppies in the foreground Central Anatolia, Turkey Photo credit: Christian Teyssier
April March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Grand Prismatic Spring Midway Geyser Basin Yellowstone National Park Photo credit: Stefanie Mayer May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 April Fool s Day 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Easter 27 28 29 30
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 May 27 28 29 30 June 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 Left: Right: Peña de Bernal monolith Live lava flows San Sebastián Bernal, Querétaro, Central Mexico Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Photo credit: Sharon Kressler Photo credit: Jim Stout 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Cinco De Mayo 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Mother s Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Memorial Day
May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 June 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 July 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pentecost 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Father s Day Summer Solstice 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Left: A limb of an anticline in the Triassic Dinwoody Formation Frying Pan Gulch, Montana Photo credit: Caitlin Castner Right: Paleosols and fossil remains Makoshika State Park, Montana Photo credit: Caitlin Castner
June 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 July August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Left: Lamoille Canyon, Nevada Photo credit: Adam Kubat Independence Day 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Top right: Lizard on schist Ruby Mountains, Nevada Photo credit: Michelle Chmura Bottom right: Lizard on sandstone Book Cliffs, Utah Photo credit: Brittany Wagner
July 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 August 27 28 29 30 31 September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Deformed tree in front of cross-bedded Navajo Sandstone Photo credit: Jake Bailey 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 September October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 Labor Day 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Patriot Day 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Fall Equinox 28 29 30 Punakaiki Pancake Rocks West Coast, Southern Island of New Zealand Photo credit: Matt Porter
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 October Right: Seismite outcrop Dead Sea Lisan Formation, Jordan Photo Credit: Emi Ito November 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 Left: Mudcracks Badlands National Park, South Dakota Photo credit: Caitlin Castner 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Columbus Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Halloween
October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 November 26 27 28 29 30 31 December 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Point Loma Tide Pools San Diego, California Photo credit: Suzanne Graven 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Daylight Savings Time Ends Election Day 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Veterans Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Thanksgiving
November 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 December January 2015 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Winter Solstice 28 29 30 31 Christmas Ice stalactites Erebus Ice Tongue, Antarctica Photo credit: Annika Taylor New Year s Eve
Watercolor of Pillsbury Hall - by Nicole Sabatier of Manurewa, New Zealand. The original artwork is on display in the departmental administrative offices of the N. H. Winchell School of Earth Sciences.