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- Shelton View Forest (wta.org)
Not far from the northern tip of Lake Washington, this pocket forest provides local residents and those in the Puget Sound area with a crucial link to the outdoors. The Shelton View Forest is more than 60 acres in size, plus two half-mile approach trails through additional acreage and varied habitat.
- Gamma Geminorum (Wikipedia)
Gamma Geminorum (γ Geminorum, abbreviated Gamma Gem, γ Gem), formally named Alhena /ælˈhiːnə/, is the third-brightest object in the constellation of Gemini. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 1.9, making it easily visible to the naked eye even in urban regions. Based upon parallax measurements with the Hipparcos satellite, it is located at a distance of roughly 109 light-years (33 parsecs) from the Sun.