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  Green and Gold North of Ouray, CO #photo #FallFoliage #nature #trees #Colorado

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  Broom Snakeweed and Western Peppergrass Glenn Canyon National Recreation Area, UT #FlowersOnFriday #WildFlowers #ColoradoPlateau #PublicLands #Utah

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  Early Morning Light Valley of the Gods, UT Taken from my campsite earlier this month. Great trip. I've already posted some of the Colorado fall foliage photos, but there are more from both states to come. p.s., can you spot the Sprinter van? #SaturdayScenery #photo #landscape #redrock #geology #ItsAButte #PublicLands #Utah

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  Pre-Flight Day Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2026 #SaturdayScenery #photo #balloon #AIBF2026 #NewMexico

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  HooDoos Bryce Canyon National Park, UT #SilentSunday #photo #landscape #geology #NationalPark #Utah

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  Rocky Mountain Parnassian butterfly Cinnamon Pass Road, CO #SilentSunday #photo #Butterfly #nature #PublicLands #Colorado

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  Bursum Road Gila National Forest, NM For those who saw my Javelina photo yesterday, this is the habitat where he was roaming. Just a random gravel road in a New Mexico pine forest. #photo #landscape #NationalForest #NewMexico

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  Javelina (aka peccary) Gila National Forest, NM #WildlifeWednesday #photo #nature #mammal #NationalForest #NewMexico

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  Lower Butler Wash Road Bears Ears National Monument, UT #SilentSunday #photo #landscape #redrock #PublicLands #Utah

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  Everything you see here is currently on fire or has burned, best I can determine from the official maps. The Babylon fire is currently estimated at 103,633 acres and is 25% contained. Fire activity for the Babylon fire is expected to remain active. Cause has not be determined, but the extreme drought in the area cannot have helped. Dark Canyon Manti-La Sal National Forest, UT #SaturdayScenery #photo #wildfire #NationalForest #Utah #disaster

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  Path Across the Meadow San Juan National Forest, CO [tall photo] Are human feet required for #FootpathFriday ? I'm guessing this "game trail" is likely caused by elk as I saw a small herd in the area. #photo #nature #NationalForest #Colorado

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  Moki Dugway Bears Ears National Monument, UT I'd already driven part way down when I leaned out my window to take this photo. Valley of the Gods is just out of frame to the left. You can just see the edge of Monument Valley through the haze on the horizon to the right. There is so much hype and influencer scare mongering about this relatively easy and fairly wide gravel road. Yes, it clings to the cliff, and yes it's a long way down, but I've seen full sized RVs pulling...

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  Cinnamon Bear Uncompahgre National Forest, CO I was sitting in my camp chair with my long lens hoping for some pretty birds to pose for photos when I caught movement up the small valley. Very excited when this bear ambled by as I'd only ever gotten brief glimpses while driving. He wasn't very concerned about me, but did look over from time to time as he was foraging along the ground. I got lots of photos, but this was the most "artistic." Only later remembered I could have t...

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  @leepetersen@alaskan.social Nice! Always a bonus to find a darner perched!

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  @elliek@zeroes.ca Thanks!

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  @mo@icelandphotos.co.uk I was trying to be clever—too clever apparently, my horrible sense of humor—about looking away from the sun while taking sunrise and sunset photos so you don't miss a beautiful scene.

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  @NunavutBirder@mas.to You owe it to yourself to look at Affinity Studio 3. It is free (unless you want a few advanced AI features.) I tried a few PS alternatives after many, many years under the thumb. Didn't like any of them until I stumbled across Affinity Studio and like their RAW processing a lot. Takes a little to get used to their way of doing things, but not a terrible learning curve.

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  Mexican Hat Rock & San Juan River Mexican Hat, UT From an angle not seen by most as you have to climb (on foot or 4x4) up the far side of the adjoining hill; there is also a rough road that leads down to the river, but it so clogged by salt cedar you can't see the water. #photo #landscape #redrock #geology #PublicLands #Utah

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  "First Light" 😎 Got my smart telescope yesterday just in time for a week of clouds. But caught a bit of a break this morning. Hardly know what I'm doing even after reading the manual and watching videos. This is downloaded from the scope to my phone, uploaded onto my desktop and cropped in Affinity with only a little bit of brightness and contrast. First thing I learned is I need a chair or stool to sit on while I ponder the UI 😆 #Dwarf3 #astrodon

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  @jerzone Cool. Birdwatching with bonus vole!

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  Colorado River in Marble Canyon Kaibab National Forest, AZ [tall photo] No, not the Grand Canyon, but just upstream from there. Great views at the end of a long dusty road. #photo #landscape #canyon #ColoradoRiver #PublicLands #Arizona

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  White-throated Sparrow Alameda, NM #photo #nature #WildBirds #NewMexico

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  @londondreamtime Cute kid. You can tell them there were storytellers long before there were books and writing. That storytellers were the glue of civilization. (Well, I made that last one up, but kinda true. Amirite?)

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  @londondreamtime 😍

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  Coyote Petroglyph National Monument, NM Sort of a twist on #WildlifeWednesday if you will allow it. Not unusual to hear these tricksters engaging in song down in the bosque and on occasion they will sing a chorus or two in the yard. Last night they decided to stage an entire opera outside my bedroom at 2:30am. I finally had to get up to turn on the floodlights, which usually does the trick, but last night I had to pound on the glass to move the three of them along. Sigh. Never did get back t...

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  Along Cumberland Pass Road Gunnison National Forest, CO Yes, the trees were really this bright orange and yellow. I used a telephoto lens to focus in on this patch on a mountain side. #autumn #photo #landscape #nature #Colorado

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  @alexskunz Wow!

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  @angusm I sent the link to one of my friends who is an IT and software whiz. His reply: "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!" 😆 😉

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  @angusm I skimmed through the somewhat lengthy post, and though I didn’t check his cites, seems food for thought and not unlikely at all. (And naturally as a sane person didn’t look at the comments at all.)

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  North Window Monument Valley Tribal Park #SilentSunday #photo #landscape #travel #NavajoNation #Arizona #Utah