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Social Distancing along the back roads of Baker County Oregon
A beautiful Spring day exploring the back roads of Baker County Oregon . Some great wildlife and lots of wide open scenery.
Located at the intersection of three Oregon Scenic Byways Baker County is surrounded by spectacular scenery and wide open spaces. For more information about Baker County's back roads and scenic byways visit the Baker County Tourism website at www.travlebakercounty.com
Residental house in the seaside town of Primošten, by Adriatic coast, in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.
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He was not too impressed with us. I have never seen this type of turtle before. He was rather large and could use a bath!!
The Prudhoe Bay tour is given by the oil company, and thus the driver of the bus is also part of the security group of the oil company.
He is the only person who was willing to step into the Arctic Ocean water barefooted. The rest of us are happy to just step onto the snow/ice and say we are stepping on the Arctic Ocean!!! Ha ha..
Taken on Day 14, during the tour of Prudhoe Bay, before flying back to Anchorage.
Trees are a great way to measure erosion. When this seed sprouted, it was in some sort of "soil" and that's where the crown (basically, where the roots meet the trunk) of the tree is today. I'd have do core it to count the rings and get the age but it doesn't look all that old - 60 years, maybe?
Fifth and last in the Lybrook Badlands series.
A lone monkey on Mount Rinjani, the second highest volcano in Indonesia, as seen on the trekking route to Sembalun Crater Rim (2,639 m), on the island of Lombok.
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He told me that this cat showed up 19 years ago with a dead rattlesnake. He figured it would be a good idea to keep this cat around.
Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.
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The Stockade Museum and Carry Nation home are located in Medicine Lodge Kansas, along Highway 160. This vintage roadside attraction was opened in the 1960's.
2013 - Trang, Thailand
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Lense; Nikon 70-300mm 4.5-5.6
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Looking through old pictures tonight, updating my Google+ and Flickr pages, I stumbled across images taken after Hurricane Katrina. I was surprised at the visceral response they still elicit.
I didn't live here then — I was living in Tuscaloosa. But I remember that kicked in the stomach feeling of seeing the destruction. I came down for the national publications and wrote stories from Dauphin Island to Bay Saint Louis because I felt like no one understood what had happened to these places I loved.
The beach erosion on Dauphin Island has been devastating, not just because of Katrina but because of other storms and a host of man-made and environmental reasons too involved to get into here.
When I look back at images I've taken over the years, I can see the island's changes, and I feel blessed it is still here to enjoy.
These trees were likely killed during Katrina, but erosion has exposed the roots even more, creating an eerily beautiful, visual elegy to the impermanence of so many of the things we on the coast hold dear.
I'm so glad to be back. I wonder sometimes why I stayed away so long.
These old pictures remind me that there is a method to my madness, a purpose to my passion. These are the waters from which I sprang, the sands where I found my first footing.
That's worth saving.
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A tree's roots are exposed due to erosion on Dauphin Island, Alabama. (Photo by Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright)
Looks like Kim has caught the bug from her father...
She looks pretty good in that mask!!
Family, Friends and Friends of Family enjoying a sunny day
Taken at the Blue Lagoon near Huntsville Texas