Random Photos

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A random taste of photos:
A live cicada on my house. Rainbow at the base of Shoshone Falls (sometimes called the Nene, or Hawaiian goose. The official state bird. This one was very friendly and came close, looking for a handout.
Spigots against a red brick wall. A big carpenter bee diving into the morning glory. Closeup on an old dirty brown window.
California Academy of Sciences \ I believe this is a blue morpho butterfly, resting on gray concrete. His poor wings look a little ragged. The carcass of a large bird (species unknown) on the beach at Morro Bay, California.
A male seagull and some other birds, standing on a coastal boardwalk. An old decrepit abandoned building in the toxic dead tree zone near Mammoth Mountain. (It was probably an emergency snow cabin or something.) Natural CO2 outgassing from a magma body beneath Mammoth Mountain asphyxiated more than 100 acres of trees near Horseshoe Lake in the early 1990s. The gasses become concentrated to deadly levels in enclosed structures such as cabins. A dog\'s paw print in the wet beach sand.
Wildflowers brighten a grove of trees in Pacheco State Park, California. Rainbow at the base of Shoshone Falls (sometimes called the A green and red succulent plant that resembles an artichoke.
Tufa backed by snow-dotted mountains at Mono Lake. Wailua Falls. Rocky beach in Morro Bay.
Vegetation surrounds a mossy rock. Ancient stones and gnarled trees share a grassy hillside in Pacheco State Park, California. Koi fish in a pond of water.
Grand Canyon Supergroup - Hakatai Sandstone - 1,180 million year old rock. Tufa towers at Mono Lake. Dragon's Teeth, Kapalua, Maui.
A garden snail examines the rings on a wood post. Red roses. Yellow wildflowers (and some sort of flying insect) at Mono Lake.
A black and white spotted beetle on a morning glory leaf. (If you know the species, please let me know and I\'ll add the info!) Trees reaching for the sky. Colorful landscape surrounds a stagnant green river near the Environmental Education Center in Alviso, California.
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