One of the images for my Photography class final project - Patterns in Nature. I looked at different types of patterns, like migration, foot traffic, erosion, and in this case, how the Bison's back is shaped like the hill behind him.

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Ripples catching sunlight on the surface of Mitchell Creek, Clay Cliffs Nature Area in Big Rapids, Michigan, USA

Closeup of spectacular ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

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Ice formations on a cold late autumn morning along Lehman Creek in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

Cirrus clouds over Navajo Sandstone cracked and eroded into polygons, at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Any visit to Death Valley National park isn't complete until you go to Mesquite dunes. Even though walking on sand with all the gear is annoying (add to that strong winds blowing sands in your nose, ears), the patterns on the dunes make it really worth it.

In order to find a pristine spot, one has to walk a lot if starting from the parking lot area - since there are too many footsteps around the parking lot area. There is a trail-head (36.616285, -117.071825) ~2.5 miles from parking lot of mesquite sand dunes (towards Beatty Junction), from where such pristine spots can be found without walking too much on sand.

California Black Oak, Quercus kelloggii, leaves in autumn color in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Ice formed along the shore of the harbor in Ferryland, Newfoundland, Canada

Rock, probably a skarn showing metamorphic acitivity, in the high country between Melakwa Lake and Melakwa Pass, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA, Rock_Patterns-2

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

Natural sandstone patterns near Moon House Ruin on Cedar Mesa, once part of Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, USA

African Daisy taken on a foggy morning, Dew drops beading up on the edges and in the center of the flower.

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

Bute Park, Cardiff

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

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

Forest reflections on a pond in Canadian Lakes, Michigan, USA

Cirrus clouds over Navajo Sandstone cracked and eroded into polygons, at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Eriogonum fasciculatum, California Buckwheat

Frost on a windowpane during a cold December in Central Michigan, USA

Near Wyndham, The Kimberley WA.

Aerial view of one of many salt lakes found in Australia's remote regions. This one was spotted flying over The Kimberley in WA.

Lush mosses growing on recently melted out wet soil along the Cispus River in the Goat Rocks Wilderness, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington State, USA

Taken yesterday in the warm sunshine!

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Long exposure of Smith River and willows along the flooded river in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Redwood National Park, California, USA

Wind has blown snow into rhythmic patterns on the frozen surface of a fjord in the Westfjords region of Iceland

Winter snowfall at night in the forest of the Olympic Peninsula, Shelton, Washington State, USA, January, Winter_Night-24

Lush mosses growing on recently melted out wet soil along the Cispus River in the Goat Rocks Wilderness, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington State, USA

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

Paper Birches, Betula papyrifera, along a lake in Michigan, USA

Snails making patterns in sand, which is atop a smooth rock, at low tide in Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California, USA

Crack in thin ice over a harbour on Fogo Island in Newfoundland, Canada

Frost on a windowpane during a cold December in Central Michigan, USA

Patterns created by overnight freezing of ice on a March night in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Mitchell Creek with tree reflections in late autumn, Big Rapids, Central Michigan, USA

A bouquet of lovely alstroemerias that my wife brought home the other week!

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From the National Geographic Channel's Deadly Dozen III, portrait of a male ten-month-old leopard (Panthera pardus).

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Eriogonum fasciculatum, California Buckwheat