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Welcome to send me to sleep. The place to find a good night's rest.

My name's Andrew and I'm so pleased to have joined me tonight and taken this time for yourself to ensure you get a peaceful night's sleep.

Tonight I'll be reading The Eosenity by John Muir, Part 9, Ancient Glaciers.

Discover the wondrous landscapes of California's glaciated Sierra mountains, glimpsing into the magnificent forces of nature that shaped the region.

If you haven't already, find a nice place to get cozy. Take a deep, relaxing breath and settle your body in whatever way feels most comfortable.

Now all you need to do is follow the sound of my voice.

So let your eyes fall heavy and your breath soften as we settle in for a peaceful night's sleep.

The ancient Eosenity Glaciers, how the valley was formed.

All California has been glaciated, the low plains and valleys as well as the mountains.

Traces of an ice sheet, thousands of feet in thickness beneath whose heavy faults the present landscapes have been molded may be found everywhere,

though glaciers now exist only among the peaks of the high Sierra.

No other mounting chain on this or any other of the continents that I have seen is so rich as the Sierra in bomb, striking well-preserved glacial monuments.

Indeed, every feature is more or less telling glacial.

Not a peak, rich, dome, canyon, Eosenity, lake basin, stream or forest will you see that does not in some way explain the past existence and modes of action of flowing, grinding, sculpting,

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