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Fall color has arrived late this year in the southern Rockies, due likely to the warmer than average temperatures. However, arrived it has, particularly in the highest elevations, as seen here in these dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa) leaves at treeline (11,500’ / 3500 m) below Buchanan Pass in the Colorado Front Range. Dwarf birch is common to the floras of the alpine and Arctic of North America and Greenland, providing some of the most beautiful fall color imho.
In a Serviceberry Tree, Rocky Mountain Front Range, Colorado. This male house finch has the more rare presentation of yellow (vs. red) feathers; perhaps due to his diet.
It was such a beautiful morning I had to stop for a photo.
Daniels Park Road/Grigs Road, Douglas County, Colorado
Day two of the Colorado Balloon Classic....day one was cancelled because of high winds.
Very unusual for the winds to take the balloons north but that made for some nice backdrops.
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Balanced rock on a pedestal/base, March afternoon, Colorado.
Below is an explanation of how a center of gravity develops, then a large rock can balance on a "pedestal" over time. A large rock, such as a sedimentary rock, that erodes less than other types of rock, such as shale and mudstone, may remain in place. It then settles in as balanced on a surface beneath it.
"Large sedimentary rocks can appear to balance in rock formations due to differential erosion, where softer layers erode away, leaving behind more resistant layers that can support the larger rocks." - Source: AI
I found this amazing little male jumper, Euophrys monadnock, in a pine and oak woodland at Cheyenne Mountain State Park near Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 8, 2017.