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Tumamoc Sketchbook

Art & Science on Tumamoc Hill, Tucson's sacred mountain.

Category: Paul’s Journal

July 2, 2022July 3, 2022

Silence on the mountain

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spalding plot 4, before and after the 2021 monsoon
November 20, 2021November 20, 2021

Measuring the Monsoon

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moths on ocotillo
September 28, 2021September 28, 2021

Creating Red Flowers, a Graphic Story

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fossilized ammonite shell
May 29, 2021September 20, 2021

What is the Golden Spiral? To find out, let’s draw one.

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scanned mesquite beans
August 15, 2020May 11, 2021

The unbearable lightness of beans

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A Pinacate beetle or stinkbug prepares to defend itself on the Tumamoc Road.
April 17, 2020April 18, 2020

All’s Quiet on the Mountain

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Student's field sketch from Saguaro class
April 2, 2020April 2, 2020

Saguaros: Portraits of Giants.

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trout_meriwether lewis explorer notebook
May 11, 2018August 29, 2019

Field Notebooks

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pencil sketch for a Sonoran Desert Panorama, by Paul Mirocha
March 28, 2018March 31, 2018

The Tumamoc Art & Science Course

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March 3, 2018August 29, 2019

Scientists who draw: part I

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iphone screen with tumamoc icon
September 27, 2017October 16, 2022

The Tumamoc Tour mobile phone app

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Sonoran Plant Garden #1, by Paul Mirocha
September 9, 2017

Sideways glances and hidden entanglements

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June 29, 2017June 29, 2017

Bambi sighted on Tumamoc Hill

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fallen saguaro sgp5 on Tuammoc Hill, photo by Paul Mirocha
November 1, 2016August 31, 2017

R.I.P. SGP5

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Leo's saguaro
October 28, 2016October 28, 2016

Tumamoc Sketchbook has a new design

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December 25, 2015July 7, 2019

Invisible Birds

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Rain storm from tumamoc hill, photo by Paul Mroha
October 20, 2015August 29, 2019

On Randomness

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Como Park lawns. photo by Paul Mirocha
August 7, 2014December 16, 2014

Vacation in Tlalocan

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May 27, 2013November 10, 2021

The Beauty of Dead Plants: Take 2

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snowstorm on tumamoc hill
February 21, 2013December 27, 2021

Chasing Rainbows

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freeze burn ? Paul Mirocha
January 21, 2013March 8, 2013

Freeze Burn

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January 12, 2013January 13, 2013

Contemplative Biology

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Nail used to mark boundary of plot 9
December 15, 2012December 19, 2012

Number Nine

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Clouds building over the Catalina Mountains, viewed from Tumamoc. Notice the green tint of the mountains.
October 7, 2012

Tlaloc’s Law: Part 2

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September 30, 2012September 30, 2012

Tlaloc’s Law: Part 1

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transit of venus
June 6, 2012October 16, 2022

Unrelated Things

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Solar eclipse from Tumamoc Hill, Sunday, May 20, 2012
May 22, 2012May 27, 2012

Solar Eclipse

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rainstorm over Tucson
May 8, 2012

Seeing

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Meredith drawing
December 11, 2011December 27, 2011

Drawing is Thinking

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November 13, 2011

Paul Martin Memorial

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rattlesnake pulse
October 24, 2011November 10, 2011

Rattlesnake Surgery

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ocotillos in fall color
October 14, 2011October 18, 2011

Is There Fall Color in the Desert?

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prickly pear fruit
July 15, 2011October 15, 2011

Rainy Moon

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Dinothrombium, the velvet mite that comes out after a monsoon rain.
July 6, 2011October 15, 2011

Nuptial Preditor

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view from summit of Tumamoc Hill
July 6, 2011October 15, 2011

“Ich bin ein Fu?g?nger”

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spiny lizard on window
June 25, 2011October 15, 2011

First Visitor

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Hill of the Horned Lizard
June 21, 2011October 2, 2011

First entry. It’s June 21, the Summer solstice.

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This site is maintained by Paul Mirocha, Artist-in-Residence at the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, which is owned by the University of Arizona. On the Hill, a small group of artists and invited creatives of all kinds create projects and collaborate with scientists to expand understanding and appreciation of the beauty of the Sonoran Desert region.

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