White Oak, Quercus alba, leaf on Beaver pond with tree reflections in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Sun on the rippled water surface, and leaves on the river bottom, of the North Fork Skokomish River at Staircase in Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA, Olympic_Peninsula_Autumn-848

taken on 31/12/2011 using a fujifilm finepix S3200

Fallen Red Alder, Alnus rubra, in December, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA

Bubbles, created in winter by the photographer, rapidly form ice crystals on the inside surfaces, Michigan, USA,

Water drops and reflections on a car hood in Michigan, USA

King Penguin

(Aptenodytes patagonicus)

huge colony, brown birds are chicks

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

Lovely petunias in our garden ~ I might try and catch something for this week that hasn't been taken in the garden!!

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Ripples forming an intricate pattern when caught by the sun, Quinault River, Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA.

Northen Red Oak leaf casting shadow on snow in Mecosta County, Michigan, USA

Trees and shadows at sunset on a winter day in downtown Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Ropy Pahoehoe lave in fanciful forms in the Kalapana area of Puna District, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

Just some stuff from last month's archive that I never got around to uploading. If I don't do it now, they'll probably get forgotten...(=P

Cleaning gastropod fossil from Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve, Rockford, Iowa, USA

Ice cave interior where stream melts snow under a snowfield, near Hogsback Camp below Heliotrope Ridge on the slopes of Mount Baker, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

A view of a foggy night in New London through the interlacing patterns of the bare tree branches.

Ropy Pahoehoe lave in fanciful forms in the Kalapana area of Puna District, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

another stack of this attractively textured ground beetle made from 7 images.

Drainage patten along the muddy beach of Bristol Bay at low tide in Togiak, Alaska, USA, July, AK_Round_Island-1325

Forest reflections on a lake in spring, Michigan, USA

Oriental Bittersweet, Celastrus orbiculatus, an invasive vine twisting toward forest canopy, Woodland Park and Nature Preserve, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Summer snow field pocked with sun cups in July, Skyline Trail above Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA

taken on 31/12/2011 using a fujifilm finepix S3200

Ropy Pahoehoe lave in fanciful forms in the Kalapana area of Puna District, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

Water drops and reflections on a car hood in Michigan, USA

Swirling ice formations in winter along the South Coast of Iceland

Munising Ski Trails at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Munising, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, USA

Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) visually transformed by ripples on the surface of the Adams River, during the biggest Sockeye Run in 100 years, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, October, Adams_River_Sockeye_Salmon-959

Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) visually transformed by ripples on the surface of the Adams River, during the biggest Sockeye Run in 100 years, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, October, Adams_River_Sockeye_Salmon-967

Toes of Pahoehoe Lava looking a bit like human legs in the Kalapana area of Puna District, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

© Margret Maria Cordts 2007

Wind rippling the surface of Trap Lake along the Pacific Crest Trail, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

Painted Anemone, Urticina crassicornis, at Tongue Point in Salt Creek Recreation Area along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA

Cleaning a horn coral from Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve, Rockford, Iowa, USA