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  Rocky Mountain Parnassian butterfly Cinnamon Pass Road, CO #SilentSunday #photo #Butterfly #nature #PublicLands #Colorado

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  Bursum Road Gila National Forest, NM For those who saw my Javelina photo yesterday, this is the habitat where he was roaming. Just a random gravel road in a New Mexico pine forest. #photo #landscape #NationalForest #NewMexico

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  Javelina (aka peccary) Gila National Forest, NM #WildlifeWednesday #photo #nature #mammal #NationalForest #NewMexico

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  Lower Butler Wash Road Bears Ears National Monument, UT #SilentSunday #photo #landscape #redrock #PublicLands #Utah

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  Everything you see here is currently on fire or has burned, best I can determine from the official maps. The Babylon fire is currently estimated at 103,633 acres and is 25% contained. Fire activity for the Babylon fire is expected to remain active. Cause has not be determined, but the extreme drought in the area cannot have helped. Dark Canyon Manti-La Sal National Forest, UT #SaturdayScenery #photo #wildfire #NationalForest #Utah #disaster

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  Path Across the Meadow San Juan National Forest, CO [tall photo] Are human feet required for #FootpathFriday ? I'm guessing this "game trail" is likely caused by elk as I saw a small herd in the area. #photo #nature #NationalForest #Colorado

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  Moki Dugway Bears Ears National Monument, UT I'd already driven part way down when I leaned out my window to take this photo. Valley of the Gods is just out of frame to the left. You can just see the edge of Monument Valley through the haze on the horizon to the right. There is so much hype and influencer scare mongering about this relatively easy and fairly wide gravel road. Yes, it clings to the cliff, and yes it's a long way down, but I've seen full sized RVs pulling...

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  Cinnamon Bear Uncompahgre National Forest, CO I was sitting in my camp chair with my long lens hoping for some pretty birds to pose for photos when I caught movement up the small valley. Very excited when this bear ambled by as I'd only ever gotten brief glimpses while driving. He wasn't very concerned about me, but did look over from time to time as he was foraging along the ground. I got lots of photos, but this was the most "artistic." Only later remembered I could have t...

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  Mexican Hat Rock & San Juan River Mexican Hat, UT From an angle not seen by most as you have to climb (on foot or 4x4) up the far side of the adjoining hill; there is also a rough road that leads down to the river, but it so clogged by salt cedar you can't see the water. #photo #landscape #redrock #geology #PublicLands #Utah

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  "First Light" 😎 Got my smart telescope yesterday just in time for a week of clouds. But caught a bit of a break this morning. Hardly know what I'm doing even after reading the manual and watching videos. This is downloaded from the scope to my phone, uploaded onto my desktop and cropped in Affinity with only a little bit of brightness and contrast. First thing I learned is I need a chair or stool to sit on while I ponder the UI 😆 #Dwarf3 #astrodon

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  Total Eclipse of the Sun August 21, 2017 There will be a total solar eclipse across a great swath of North America next April. I met with friends to camp in the middle of Wyoming to capture this photo using my long lens with special filtering film covering the objective. Look carefully at this color photo and you can see a couple solar prominences. I was amazed I was able capture the corona this well. #ThrowbackThursday #eclipse #photo #sun #astronomy

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  Black-tailed Jack Rabbit Petroglyphs National Park, NM [vertical photo] These critters usually run away quickly before I can get even remotely close. Here I got a view through the brush with my long lens. Love how the light illuminates the eye and shines through the ear. #WildlifeWednesday #rabbit #photo #nature #NationalPark #NewMexico

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  Colorado River in Marble Canyon Kaibab National Forest, AZ [tall photo] No, not the Grand Canyon, but just upstream from there. Great views at the end of a long dusty road. #photo #landscape #canyon #ColoradoRiver #PublicLands #Arizona

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  White-throated Sparrow Alameda, NM #photo #nature #WildBirds #NewMexico

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  Coyote Petroglyph National Monument, NM Sort of a twist on #WildlifeWednesday if you will allow it. Not unusual to hear these tricksters engaging in song down in the bosque and on occasion they will sing a chorus or two in the yard. Last night they decided to stage an entire opera outside my bedroom at 2:30am. I finally had to get up to turn on the floodlights, which usually does the trick, but last night I had to pound on the glass to move the three of them along. Sigh. Never did get back t...

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  Along Cumberland Pass Road Gunnison National Forest, CO Yes, the trees were really this bright orange and yellow. I used a telephoto lens to focus in on this patch on a mountain side. #autumn #photo #landscape #nature #Colorado

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  South Piñon Hills (Colorado) Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, NM Piñon Hills are part of the San Luis Hills mountain range in southern Colorado. Seen here from far northern New Mexico. #MountainMonday #photo #landscape #PublicLands #NewMexico #Colorado

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  North Window Monument Valley Tribal Park #SilentSunday #photo #landscape #travel #NavajoNation #Arizona #Utah

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  Variegated Meadowhawk Albuquerque, NM Last week riding on the levee trail an orangish dragonfly quickly crossed my path. The shape matches this species and based on historical record this species may be active in NM this early in the season. So this is my educated guess. #photo #nature #InsectSaturday #InsektenSamstag #odonata #NewMexico

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  At least the ground is perceptibly damp after yesterday's whopping 0.11" downpour here in the north valley. Here come da weeds. #NMwx #ABQwx

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  Rooster & Hen Beyond the Wash Valley of the Gods, UT #SilentSunday #photo #landscape #PublicLands #Utah

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  And the word of the day is: disingenuous /dĭs″ĭn-jĕn′yoo͞-əs/

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  Ouch! OK, I think we can expect price rises for general goods of 5% and maybe even 10% in these times. But the whey protein powder I use every morning has gone up in one month from $20 to $30.

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  Sunset over the Henry Mountains Bears Ears National Monument, UT #MountainMonday #photo #landscape #sunset #PublicLands #Utah

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  Costilla Creek, Valle Vidal Carson National Forest, NM A bonus #MountainMonday photo for you since you've been good. @enog got your fly rod? #photo #landscape #NewMexico

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  Look Beyond the Tree Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, UT East of Muley Point looking south toward the Monument Valley area. In case you are unfamiliar, those two light stripes are a double-track road—light due to wheels crushing the small rocks into dust. #TreeTuesday #photo #landscape #Utah

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  Hate it when I go to clean my glasses and they are clean. Stupid eyeballs!

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  Western Fence Lizard on Sandstone Bears Ears National Monument, UT #WildlifeWednesday #photo #nature #lizard #Utah

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  I need a "Paste and Match Style" key. Edit: OK I remapped Cntl-B, both because I don't recall ever using that combo and it's right next to Cntl-V (paste). 👍 Hope I remember it.

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  Entrance to Devil's Garden Arches National Park, UT #SilentSunday #photo #NationalPark #travel #landscape #redrock #Utah