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Citizen scientist: Since 1973, billy barr (he spells his name all-lowercase) has lived in the abandoned mining town of Gothic, Colorado. He’s the only year-round resident. The roads to the town are closed in the winter, which means he keeps a winter garden and must ski miles for essentials. Each day for almost a half-century, barr has recorded daily observations of his weather environment: temperatures; precipitation; snow depth, water content density; and when animals emerge, and disappear, a practice that has brought him national attention, Nat Geo reports. (Above, a portrait of barr by Nat Geo Explorer Elliot Ross that recently appeared on our Instagram page.)
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