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Mary Caperton Morton is a freelance science and travel writer with degrees in biology and geology and a master’s in science writing. A regular contributor to EARTH magazine, where her favorite beat is the Travels in Geology column, she has also written for High Country News, Climbing, Smithsonian and the anthology Best Women's Travel Writing 2010. Mary is currently working on a collection of stories about caretaking an off-the-grid solar Earthship in rural New Mexico. When she’s not at the computer she can usually be found outside, hiking, climbing mountains and taking photographs.