A way out, at last, for Chile's 33 trapped miners

October 9, 2010 - 2:00pm

Sixty-six agonizing days after their gold and copper mine collapsed above them, 33 miners anxiously awaited a way out early Saturday as a drill carved into the last layers of rock above their underground pur...

The return of Yo and copiapoas

By Kevin G. Belmonte | October 7, 2006 - 12:00am

As many of our loyal readers will know, Johann Espiritu, that debonair high-flying lawyer and man-about-town, was this column’s photographer during the early years of Succulentophile. He is most probably...