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DEEP DARK: Yosemite, Dark Valley & The Fingers

Print the treasure map and find all the “treasures” collected by the creatures of the deep dark in the story.

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Dark Valley and the Fingers

 

The character’s home is the Dark Valley, which is inspired by Yosemite. I think that I’m like most readers in that I enjoy going to places I’ve read about or seen in movies. I think it would be awesome to have children reading the book on their family trip to Yosemite and opening this page at the overlook for a photo. Please send me links to the photo posts if you do, I’d love to link to them.

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The Fingers
The Fingers are hot sea vents. These geological formations are formed by hot magma under the sea floor. The vents create a warm and towering home with hot mineral-rich water pouring from the top. The lights are thousands of bioluminescent creatures that live on the Fingers. Jelly Valley, at the base, is home to the jellyfish.

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I used photographs of my own hand for the Fingers. They are reaching up, like Michelangelo’s David.

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