Random Photos

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A random taste of photos:
White clouds in a brilliant blue sky over a hill in Pacheco State Park, California. Driftwood structure at the mouth of the Wailua River, where it meets the Pacific Ocean. Convict Lake near Mammoth Lakes, California.
Paw prints (probably raccoon) in dried mud. A bee hovering over a purple flower at the beach in Morro Bay, California. Bright yellow-green leaves against a dark black background.
A twisted fallen tree near Horseshoe Lake. Grand Canyon, Arizona A male seagull, closeup.
The scarlet pimpernel. 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 lavender daisy-like wildflower by a stream.
Hikina'akala Heiau. Remains of an ancient temple constructed from lava rocks. Tufa towers at Mono Lake. Grand Canyon, Arizona
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. Wonderful geology in the northern part of Yosemite National Park, from Hwy 120. A colorful train rolls through the Arizona landscape near the New Mexico border.
Ancient stones and gnarled trees share a grassy hillside in Pacheco State Park, California. A \ The shores of Horseshoe Lake.
Macro of a natural pink salt marsh. Lovely marsh muck. Upside down jellyfish with blue tentacles.
The beautiful green hills of Pacheco State Park, California. Painted Desert within the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Petrified wood in this desolate landscape has been fossilized and turned to stone.
Green succulent plants that resemble artichokes. Tufa along the shore at Mono Lake. Succulents grow in strangely textured earth left behind by a dry salt marsh.
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