Random Photos

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A random taste of photos:
Two Grevy\'s Zebras hang out on the \ Tufa towers in Mono Lake. Petrified wood in this desolate landscape has been fossilized and turned to stone.
An albino alligator resides at the California Academy of Sciences. Driftwood structure at the mouth of the Wailua River, where it meets the Pacific Ocean. A tadpole with legs in the shallow water of TJ Lake or Lake Barrett (not sure which).
Moss-covered stones in a grassy field in Pacheco State Park, California. Ground squirrel, standing on a post with a blurred background (portrait orientation). Broken rocks colored with lichen near a lake.
Shoshone Falls (sometimes called the Upside down jellyfish with blue tentacles. Wailua River.
Labyrinth near Dragon's Teeth, Kapalua, Maui. Salt beds form a strange landscape. 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 field of yellow coneflowers (I think) in a forest. This building reminded me of an old decrepit church. (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. Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. You can see a waterfall in the distance on the right.
Seabirds flying over the waves at Morro Bay, California. Hikina'akala Heiau. Remains of an ancient temple constructed from lava rocks. The mouth of the Wailua River, where it meets the Pacific Ocean. It felt sacred to me, a between-place, a place of transition and transformation.
Tufa backed by snow-dotted mountains at Mono Lake. Human shoeprints circle in the mud of a salt marsh. Beautiful green coastline near Nakalele Blowhole.
Marsh water curves through a colorful landscape. A male seagull, standing on a coastal cliff. The rugged green cliffs of the Nā Pali coast, seen from a helicopter.
Round skylights on the Living Roof atop the California Academy of Sciences. Macro of a bright yellow flower at the beach. Two people standing in the distance on a rocky coastal outcropping, looking at the ocean.
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Photos by artist Erin Metcalf of Eirewolf Creations.

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