Random Photos

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A random taste of photos:
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. The rugged green cliffs of the Nā Pali coast, seen from a helicopter. 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.
This fellow looks like a bee, but may be a hoverfly, AKA flower fly. Any entomologists out there are most welcome to correct me! 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. Painted Desert within the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
A hut constructed of driftwood and seaweed on the beach. Seabirds flying over the waves at Morro Bay, California. A live cicada on my house.
A cyclist reflected in the water of a salt marsh rides across the horizon. A zig-zaggy boardwalk leads to the Environmental Education Center in Alviso, California. Lovely marsh muck.
Thorny branches and a blue sky. Petrified wood appears as colorful stone. Windmills on a hill along the skyline in Pacheco State Park, California.
Ground squirrel, sitting on a post. Natural CO2 emissions from a magma body beneath Mammoth Mountain asphyxiated more than 100 acres of trees near Horseshoe Lake in the early 1990s. The beautiful green hills of Pacheco State Park, California.
A tadpole with legs in the shallow water of TJ Lake or Lake Barrett (not sure which). Near Nakalele Blowhole. A seagull swims in the shallows near tufa at Mono Lake.
A large gray and silver koi fish in a shallow green pond. Lingcod fish skeleton. Nasty sharp point teeth. A cyclist reflected in the water of a salt marsh rides across the horizon.
Strange lava formations near Dragon's Teeth, Kapalua, Maui. Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in New Mexico. Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. You can see a waterfall in the distance on the right.
A black crow sits near the crown of a tall tree against a clear blue sky, overlooking the ocean in Laguna. (If you know what kind of tree this is, please let me know!) A garden snail examines the rings on a wood post. Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. You can see a waterfall in the distance on the right.
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Photos by artist Erin Metcalf of Eirewolf Creations.

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