- Cleveland Shrub Steppe Natural Area Preserve (dnr.wa.gov)
This preserve includes high-quality examples of native shrub-grassland ecosystems, known as shrub-steppe, that were once abundant in central and eastern Washington. Located along the margin of the Columbia Basin and eastern Cascades, this 640 acre site also includes woodlands with Oregon white oak, aspen, juniper and ponderosa pine, as well as a spring and stream that provide habitat for an array of wildlife species.
- NGC 7662 (Wikipedia)
NGC 7662 is a planetary nebula located in the northern constellation Andromeda. It is known as the Blue Snowball Nebula, Snowball Nebula, and Caldwell 22. This nebula was discovered October 6, 1784 by the German-born English astronomer William Herschel. In the New General Catalogue it is described as a “magnificent planetary or annular nebula, very bright, pretty small in angular size, round, blue, variable nucleus”. The object has an apparent visual magnitude of 8.3 and spans an angular size of 32″ × 28″. Parallax measurements give a distance estimate of 5,730 ± 340 ly (1,757 ± 103 pc).