Random Photos

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A random taste of photos:
A fallen tree sleeps among the hills in Pacheco State Park, California. Yellow roses. This is either a Sharp-shinned Hawk or a Cooper\'s Hawk, eating a smaller bird. I believe it is a juvenile (fledged some weeks ago). This hawk family lived in a eucalyptus tree on a golf course.
A vacant paper wasp nest held in the palm of my hand. The nest is constructed of open hexagonal cells in which the young develop. 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. Dried thistles against a pale brown background.
Strange lava formations near Dragon's Teeth, Kapalua, Maui. Inside a hut constructed of driftwood and seaweed on the beach. The shoreline of a murky green marsh.
Back of a yellow sunflower with ants. Wailua River. Tufa towers frame snow-dotted mountains at Mono Lake.
Soaptree yucca plant at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. Dried and cracked mud. Perrine Bridge over the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Giant yellow flower on a zucchini plant. Bright yellow-green leaves against a dark black background.
This is either Lake Mary or Lake George. They\'re very close to each other. Two people cast shadows onto shallow water at the Alviso salt marshes. Wailua River.
Hoodoos at Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in New Mexico. Petrified wood in this desolate landscape has been fossilized and turned to stone. A fence constructed of driftwood, seaweed, and wire on the beach.
Lovely marsh muck, ringed by beautiful colors on a curving bank. Grand Canyon Supergroup - Hakatai Sandstone - 1,180 million year old rock. Red rose.
Green landscape in Pacheco State Park, California. I believe the body of water shown is the San Luis Reservoir. Bright pink flowers gather around a fencepost. (If anyone knows the flower species, please let me know and I\'ll add the info!) High voltage tower reflected in the water of a pink salt marsh.
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