Itasca State Park

Park Rapids, Minnesota

when you are ready for a golden sunset and then a dry cool front comes through scouring away the clouds? Well, that can be good too!

Late summer pollinator still hard at work.

Taken with Nikon Z 6 and NIKKOR Z 70-200mm 2.8 VR S

To go from the shining white granite of Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra to the glowing red rocks of Utah is a bit of a culture shock, but one that I was really looking forward to on this trip. Finally got to visit @cedarbreaksnps and loved every second- especially the fact that Bristlecone Pines are growing along the rim of the amphitheater, putting two of my favorite elements of two of my favorite national parks in conversation with each other- the hoodoos of Bryce and the Bristlecones of Great Basin. Cedar Breaks is a gem.

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- In Cedar Breaks National Monument, you are on Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute), Pueblos, and Southern Paiute land. #FindYourPark

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Last night's storm (actual colors of the clouds)

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World Snow Sculpture Championship

"Daydreamer"

United States, Wisconsin, Team Sculptora Borealis

Annual competition along the banks of the [frozen] St Croix River

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Nikon Z 6 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S

Hard to believe that this area has been so devastated by wildfires. Hoping and praying that all of LA and the PCH makes a full recovery and we take steps to curb fires like these in the future.

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️ - in @santamonicamountainsnps and Malibu, California, you are on Chumash, Micqanaqa’n, and Tongva land. Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is one of the largest urban National Park units in the United States. It protects the mountains just north of Los Angeles and the pacific coast, along with a collection of State Parks and other Public Lands. #FindYourPark

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#Allpubliclandsmatter! Zion is celebrating an anniversary today and it wouldn’t be if it didn’t achieve National Monument status before it ever became a National Park. 116 years of grandeur, no matter what the designation is!

- In Zion, you are on Pueblos and Southern Paiute land. Zion’s native name is Mukuntuweap. Zion is the name given to the canyon by American explorers.

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Good morning, Flickr! This is probably one of my favorite pictures that I’ve ever taken. This is actually *NINE* images all stitched together and merged to create a realistic panorama of the Golden Gate Bridge. I spent an hour or two wandering The Presidio last week getting these images and soaking in the atmosphere (and the fog!) of San Francisco.

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Monument Valley isn’t just the iconic landscape of the American Southwest across history and pop culture, it is still a living and breathing and active community within the Navajo Nation- Tsé Bii’ Ndzisgaii, or Valley of Rocks.Traveling through this region is not akin to traveling through a National Park- you are often very close to homes and the patterns of everyday life in the Navajo Nation. Mindfulness of the privilege of being here is the way to go.

Across Utah and Arizona, you are in the Navajo Nation. In Navajo, sacred land is referred to as Diné Bikéyah. This land belongs to the people. Hopitutskwa, Pueblos, and Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute) land is also found across these two states and at archeological sites. It is an honor to see them.

Happy #worldphotographyday from one of the most strange and special places I’ve ever been: Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument’s Great Chamber. Officially part of a geological structure called Cutler Point, The Great Chamber is an open sandstone dome with a tall sand hill at its center, created by wind blasting away at the sandstone walls and carving the dome out of the mountain. The Great Chamber makes you work for the iconic shot- it’s a 25 mile drive from Kanab, Utah, mostly on backcountry roads that require a 4x4. And then, when you’re there, the trail from the road to the dome is steep but short- and all sand. Deep sand. And sandstone. But still, even as I emerged from the trail, exhausted, and having to sit down and rest before I even attempted to capture the beauty, I knew it was worth it. Those first few moments of just trying to catch my breath in The Great Chamber, even before I squeezed off a single shot, made me drink in the beauty of the place and be thankful that photography had gotten me to go to such a wild place.

Across Utah and Arizona, you are in the Navajo Nation. In Navajo, sacred land is referred to as Diné Bikéyah. This land belongs to the people. Hopitutskwa, Pueblos, and Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute) land is also found across these two states and at archeological sites and natural sites. It is an honor to see them.

Longfellow Garden - Minneapolis Minnesota

Heceta Head Lighthouse

What better image to encapsulate the grandeur and diversity of The Golden State than a desert Joshua Tree in Death Valley National Park with the snow capped mountains of the Sierra Nevada bordering Sequoia National Park looming in the background? This might be one of my favorite photographs that I've ever had the pleasure of capturing. I knew that Joshua Trees grew in Death Valley but I knew that they were rare. I knew that the part of the park where they grew was remote and had the Sierra Nevada Mountains looming over them. I hoped to get some sort of image combining the two. As we drove out of the park with a glowing and glowing sunset above us, I caught this glimpse of perfection, jumped out of the car, and got exactly what I was hoping for.

️- In Death Valley National Park, you are on Shoshone land. #FindYourPark

- shot on a #sonya7riv, #shotwithhoya’s polarizer with a 70-300 mm lens. Edited in #Lightroom. @lightroom

🎼 Like a poem said by a lady in red… 🎶 - @ladygaga

Mayhem Ball. Tonight. Miami. Can’t wait.

This part of Antelope Canyon X looks like a lady made out of stone with her hair, flowing behind her. One of the guides also called her the “mother of the canyon”. While she was easy to see last year in earlier morning light, this year, cloaked in the darkness of the afternoon, she was much more ethereal, evocative, and hard to see.

Traveling through a slot canyon is an exercise in light and texture. Most times, the light is muted and soft and ethereal, causing the whole environment to glow and be uniform. But other moments, where the walls either recede or extend in dramatic fashion, bend the light and throw perspective into sharp relief. That’s what you’re seeing here.

️- across Utah and Arizona, you are in the Navajo Nation. In Navajo, sacred land is referred to as Diné Bikéyah. This land belongs to the people. Hopitutskwa, Pueblos, and Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute) land is also found across these two states and at archeological sites and natural sites. It is an honor to see them.

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Traveling through a slot canyon is an exercise in light and texture. Most times, the light is muted and soft and ethereal, causing the whole environment to glow and be uniform. But other moments, where the walls either recede or extend in dramatic fashion, bend the light and throw perspective into sharp relief. That’s what you’re seeing here. Peekaboo Canyon is a delight.

Across Utah and Arizona, you are in the Navajo Nation. In Navajo, sacred land is referred to as Diné Bikéyah. This land belongs to the people. Hopitutskwa, Pueblos, and Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute) land is also found across these two states and at archeological sites and natural sites. It is an honor to see them.

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“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

Here we are, 21 years past a massive national tragedy, and in the midst of another tragedy. I was 10 when 9/11 happened. At the time, I thought the world was ending. As I grew older, I realized more and more that I had lived through an event that changed the world in ways subtle and obvious. I have that feeling again, now. Much as we were on that bright September day in 2001, our shortcomings and inadequacies are laid bare. May we rebuild stronger and better and kinder and wiser, as we have done before.

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- In New York you are on Lenape and Seneca land. #FindYourPark

- shot on a #sonya7riv, #shotwithhoya’s polarizer with a 24 mm lens. Edited in #Lightroom. 📍 #statueofliberty #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #worldtradecenter #freedomtower - #landscape #architecture #architecturephotography - #usinterior #nationalparkgeek #nationalparkwonders #flickr #flickrfeature #bestoftheusa_nationalparks #travelwithmoon #nationalparkservice #longexposure_shots #yes_busa #artofvisuals #agameoftones #photooftheday #travel #travelphotography #sonyalpha #bealpha : @sonyalpha @Lightroom @flickr @NationalParkService @USInterior @nationalparkgeek @bestoftheusa_nationalparks @national_park_photographer

This is one of the best sunsets I’ve ever seen. I was lucky enough to photograph it on my last night in the Smokies, last year, and was thrilled that I was able to capture the image. That said… the image in my camera didn’t line up totally with what my eye saw. This was no fault of my camera and no fault (hopefully) of the photographer- I just thought the sunset looked so much smoother and vibrant in person than it did on screen. Happily, though, I’m getting better and better at editing in Lightroom and now I feel that this picture finally reflects what I saw on that glorious night in the mountains.

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🌐 - In The Smokies, you are on S’atsoyaha (Yuchi) and ᏣᎳᎫᏪᏘᏱ Tsalaguwetiyi (Cherokee, East) land. #FindYourPark

- @sonyalpha #sonya7riv, #shotwithhoya’s polarizer on a 70-300mm. ISO 100, f22, 1/30. Edited in #lightroom. #lightroomphotography

Hillcrest Park, Thunder Bay Ontario

The dynamic diversity found in Everglades National Park is driven by the the sheer dynamism of the weather found in this environment- tropical and rainy, the Everglades can often be gloomy, grey, and wet. On the day that I took this picture, a blanket of clouds covered the entire park and boxed in the scenery. But then, as the sun began to sink towards the horizon and break through the clouds, a magic show began.

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In @evergladesnps, you are on Seminole and Tequesta land. #FindYourPark

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- shot on a #sonya7riv, #shotwithhoya’s polarizer with a 70-300 mm lens. ISO 100, f22, 1/100 secs. Edited in #Lightroom.

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The Nature Conservancy

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Nikon Z 6 NIKKOR 24-70mm f/4 S

Happy #NationalWildlifeDay! Celebrated on September 4th, National Wildlife Day is about we can do to protect endangered species and their habitats. This bear encounter in @sequoiakingsnps was one of the best wildlife encounters I’ve ever had and perfectly exemplifies how habitats and species are intertwined. The bear might not be overtly threatened but Sequoias and their environments are under constant threats from wildfires and global warming. We have to protect one to save the other. Getting to see this bear was a sublime experience; he paid no attention to us and was content to hunt for roots and berries in the middle of the meadow, about 100 yards from the trail. This gave me ample time and security to set up my tripod and document his work as the sun began to set lighting up the trees around us. It was a perfect moment. Swipe through the gallery to see the sunset, too. A bear and a sunset amongst Sequoias! Time stood still. It was a wonderful moment that’ll be with me for a long time.

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🌐 - In @sequoiakingsnps, you are on Western Mono land. #FindYourPark

- shot on a #sonya7riv, #shotwithhoya’s polarizer with a 70-300 mm lens. Edited in #Lightroom.

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A 410 acre educational working farm on beautiful Whaletail Lake in Minnetrista Minnesota

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Nikon Z 6 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S

Tumacácori National Historic Park. Unit no. 122 for me. Always sobering to see the remnants of colonialism and conversion.

️- tumacacori National Historic Park, as described by the NPS: Tumacácori sits at a cultural crossroads in the Santa Cruz River valley. Here O’odham, Yaqui, and Apache people met and mingled with European Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries, settlers, and soldiers, sometimes in conflict and sometimes in cooperation.

- shot on a sonyalpha A7R iv on a 22-70 mm lens with a #shotwithhoya polarizer. Edited in @lightroom. #madewithlightroom #sonyalpha #sonya7riv

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Egret overhead!

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Nikon Z 6 + NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR

Soft skies and spiky plants. The desert is a land of dichotomies.

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“The great concepts of oneness and of majestic order seem always to be born in the desert.” - John Steinbeck

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The shapes, shadows, hues, and gradients of White Sands at sunset are incredible. The light changes the sand, the mountains in the background change definition, and the sky becomes a kaleidoscope of color.

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️- In @whitesandsnps, and Alamogordo, New Mexico, you are on Mescalero Apache and Ndé Kónitsąąíí Gokíyaa (Lipan Apache) land.

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Black Damselfly

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Richfield, Minnesota

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Summer Wildflower Season

Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge

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Summer Wildflower Season

A very nice ride spotted in Stockholm, Wisconsin - but it's not really about the bike.

From July 2022:

One last day in this joyful place. I love wilderness. I love solitude. I love how these two wonderful qualities are found in abundance in National Parks. That said, sometimes, and especially in our oldest and more historic National Parks, there is a spot that everyone goes to and partakes in what I call "traditional tourist activities". That usually means seeing the most iconic or typical overview of the park they're in. Old Faithful is a great example of this. Mather Point, too. Here in Sequoia? It's the Sherman Tree. Seeing people pour into the Sequoia grove and marvel at the largest tree on Earth is joyful. There's electricity in the air. Happiness is found in spades. And there's a sense of solemn and noble purpose too; people have made the pilgrimage to this park, now it is time to act upon the place as generations before us have, too. That's usually executed in everyone gathering for a picture with the tree. But what stands out to me is the reaction immediately following or preceding the picture: pure awe that you're in the presence of something so ancient, so massive, and so pure, and so universal. Nearly everyone who has journeyed to Sequoia has done this. That sense of joy and awe and purpose is palpable. National Parks are landscapes of nature, yes, but also of emotion. This particular landscape is a landmark of joy. I'm going to miss Sequoia National Park very much. I didn't expect how much I would love it, but here we are. Joyous.

🌐- In Sequoia National Park, you are on Western Mono land. #FindYourPark

- shot on a #sonya7riv, #shotwithhoya’s polarizer with a 50 mm lens. Edited in #Lightroom.

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Happy 86th anniversary to Joshua Tree National Park, which was designated as a National Monument on this day by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on this day in 1936. Joshua Tree National Park really did a number on me. I’ve fallen in love with other parks upon my first visit before like Bryce, or Yellowstone, or Smoky, but Joshua Tree is so weird and surreal and captivating in a whole new way.

Joshua Tree feels like an alien world. It's not the same alien beauty of Yellowstone, which has its "traditional" wilderness beauty augmented by the bizarre sights of steam and colorful springs, where the ethereal motion of steam and water add a kinetic layer to the land. Joshua Tree isn’t the same as the alien beauty of Bryce, whose weird hoodoo shapes and forms become charming and enchanting as you make your way around or into the amphitheater. Instead, Joshua Tree’s essential strangeness comes in the downright stark and bleak beauty of sun-bleached rocks providing a backdrop to artfully the twisted and convoluted outlines of beautiful trees, each one with its own personality and a story to tell. Joshua Tree is a Dali painting come to life in stone and flora and fauna.

It's. Just. So. Different.

- In Joshua Tree, California, you are on Newe (Western Shoshone) and Yuhaviatam/Maarenga’yam (Serrano) land. #FindYourPark

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Enger Park, Duluth, Minnesota

Silver Bay, Minnesota

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Super excited about this one. Hawk Hill is one intense place to go shooting, especially at night, and especially when it’s foggy. What I love about this photograph is that you can actually see the fog moving above the Golden Gate Bridge but you can also see it floating right in front of the hills and catching the beams of light from passing cars. The whole experience was surreal and ethereal and otherworldly; you feel like you’re perched above San Francisco, with the whole of the city and The Bay spread before you while the very air and sky in front of you glows and undulates and flashes with streaks of shimmering iridescent vapor. And of course, there’s The Golden Gate Bridge, looming in front of you, overpowering all in its presence, and happily spanning the whole horizon and defining the space. San Francisco is magic.

In Golden Gate National Recreation Area, you are on Muwekma, Ohlone, and Ramaytush land. #FindYourPark

#sonyalpha #bealpha #sonya7riv, #shotwithhoya’s polarizer on a 70-300 mm. Edited in #lightroom.

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Summer Wildflower Season

Sometimes, the second you’re done traveling, and in the absence of all that motion and purpose and fun and discovery, you immediately miss it. You crave it. You could have just gotten off the plane. You could have just unpacked your bag. It doesn’t matter. You’ll get in the car, put on some music, start to drive, and realize you’re not doing to see something new. You’re not going to see something exciting or relaxing. This is just a regular old drive to run errands or pick up groceries. It’s not one of those special drives down a winding road laden with purpose and anticipation. It’s just a regular day. And on that regular day you begin to crave adventure again.

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- In Sequoia National Park, you are on Western Mono/Monache land. #FindYourPark

- shot on a #sonya7riv, #shotwithhoya’s polarizer with a 24 mm lens. Edited in #Lightroom.

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Bright Vignette Macro of Tea

“We have built no national temples but the Capitol; we consult no common oracle but the Constitution.” - Representative Rufus Choate, 1833

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#onthisday, September 17th, in 1787, the American experiment in enlightened government took a major step forward and a united government was formed. This new unified government simultaneously compounded and compromised the power of the 13 states that had once been colonies and had been separate governments. Although the constitution that was formed at that time had deep flaws in it, and supported existing power structures and social, racial, and gendered hegemony and unbalanced hierarchy, the crux of the idea behind the new United States was compromise and change. The Constitution was only ratified if it could be changed and amended leading to the unlimited potential for growth and betterment of the people that maintain the government. The fundamental principle is still with us today. And may it always be so. May we always grow and change to meet the times we are in.

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- On the National Mall, you are on Anacostan land. #FindYourPark

- shot on a #sonya7riv, #shotwithhoya’s polarizer with a 70-300 mm lens. ISO 100, f10, 5 secs. Edited in #Lightroom.

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St Paul Winter Carnival in Zero Degree Weather

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Nikon Z 6 + NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S

Munsinger / Clemons Garden

St Cloud, Minnesota

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Nikon Z 6 + NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S

Just wanted to say thanks for such a warm welcome back to Flickr. I've had this account for over 10 years but I've finally decided to start using it more religiously thanks to the internet not really having a dedicated forum for photography, these days. I'm overjoyed by the warm welcome and feedback I've gotten here. I've found my people!

Here's Yosemite on a cool summer night. This is a long exposure to get the light on the mountains and a short exposure to capture the sky, merged together in Lightroom.

- In Yosemite National Park, you are on Sierra Miwok land. #FindYourPark

- shot on a #sonya7riv, #shotwithhoya’s polarizer with a 50 mm lens. Edited in #Lightroom.

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#Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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As I went for my run, last night, there was a beautiful lightning storm happening over the Everglades. Summer is on her way. Can’t wait.

- In The Everglades, you are on Seminole and Miccosukee land. #FindYourPark

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In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth. - RACHEL CARSON

️- In Channel Islands National Park, California, you are on Chumash and Micqanaqa’n land.

Summer Wildflower Season

View large please!!

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Nikon Z 6 + NIKKOR Z 24-70 f/4 S

Really, is there anything better than taking in this view in Kings Canyon National Park? It feels like this boulder was meant to be sat upon and has a front row seat to all of that pure California wilderness.

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- In Kings Canyon, you are on Western Mono land. #FindYourPark

- shot on a #sonya7riv, #shotwithhoya’s polarizer with a 50 mm lens. Edited in #Lightroom. 📍#kingscanyonnationalpark #kingscanyon #sequoianationalpark #sequoia - #landscape #landscapephotography - #usinterior #experienceyouramerica #nationalparkgeek #nationalparkwonders #flickr #flickrfeature _nationalparks #national_park_photography #nationalpark #nationalparkservice _shots #yes_busa #tlpicks #artofvisuals #agameoftones _shot #lensbible #photooftheday #earthfocus #sonyalpha #bealpha : @sonyalpha @Lightroom @flickr @NationalParkService @USInterior @nationalparkgeek @bestoftheusa_nationalparks @national_park_photographer

It’s #nationaltakeahikeday and there’s nothing like a full day out on the trail, the sunset finishing up its show, and the treeline starting to thin as you make your way past the sequoias and back to the trailhead. This picture was snapped in The Giant Forest as we finished a hike through The House and Senate groves and the sunset coupled with the massive trees felt like an appropriate send off and finale to an amazing day. #takeahike #takeahikeday #nationaltakeahikeday

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- In @sequoiakingsnps, you are on Western Mono land.

#Find YourPark

shot on a #sonya7riv with #shotwithhoya's polarizer

on a 50 mm. Edited in #lightroom. Full version on @flickr.

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📍 #kingscanyonnationalpark #kingscanyon

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#national_park_photography

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#seekmorewilderness

#nationalpark

#wildcalifornia

#beautifuldestinations

#visitcalifornia #photography

#madewithlightroom #yes_busa #nationalparkgeek

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