[Iris japonica]

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First light on the Navajo Sandstone formations of White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

First light on the Navajo Sandstone formations of White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Cispus River headwaters in Cispus Basin within the Goat Rocks Wilderness, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington State, USA

November 27, 2025

The Mill Pond

Rockport, Massachusetts

Cape Ann - USA

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Patterns of pancake ice on the nearshore saltwater off Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada

First light on the Navajo Sandstone formations of White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Sculptured and striated Navajo Sandstone formations of White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Sea ice near shore on a cove opening to the Atlantic Ocean in Newfoundland, Canada

Layered sandstone formations in White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Small waterfall along the Dungeness River in, near the Upper Dungeness Trail in Olympic National Forest, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA

Milkweed seeds emerge and blow away in late September at Marsh Creek State Park

Red Maple, Acer rubrum, leaves and samaras, awakening in April in central Michigan, USA

Ceiling collapsed on ice cave, created where stream melts snow under a snowfield, on Heliotrope Ridge on the slopes of Mount Baker, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

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Wind-blasted snow clinging to a Sugar Maple and other trees after a winter storm in Mecosta County, Michigan, USA

Sunflower 2. Things that I saw at the Norfolk, VA Zoo. Photography by Donna Corless.

Also known as Crested Iris [Iris japonica]

repetition of lines ..

with a Florida blue sky canvas ..

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Columnar basalt formations along Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach in Iceland

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First light on the Navajo Sandstone formations of White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Canadian Lakes, Michigan, USA

Still no snow, but the pond froze this morning. At this rate, we'll be skating before we're making snowmen. LOL!

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Patterns of pancake ice on the nearshore saltwater off Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada