Looking out across Westchester County, you’ll notice small mountains, wetlands, and meadows, along with the flora and fauna that go with them.  If we were to turn back the clock, though, and observe the area far enough in the past, we would see very different environments.  Over the past four billion years, southern New York has gone from the ocean floor of a young Earth, to part of an enormous mountain range near the equator, to the Hudson Valley that we see today.  Join us as we explore the landscapes that existed in our area and the plants and animals that called them home.

If the sky is clear, join us in the parking lot after the presentation to observe the sky with a telescope.  Due to the nature of weather, we will not know whether the sky will be clear until approximately the day before the event.

Nick Lombardo is a PhD candidate in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Yale University, where he studies the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.  He previously worked as an observational astronomer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and completed his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Mathematics at Central Connecticut State University.

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