Random Photos

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A random taste of photos:
A female seagull resting on one leg on a coastal cliff. A \ The stagnant green water of a salt marsh reflects the boardwalk bridge leading to a colorful bank. This photo was taken by Geneva Hudspeth and put in the Creative Commons with her permission.
Two Grevy\'s Zebras hang out on the \ Tall tufa tower at Mono Lake. Bright yellow green leaves against a dark black background.
A male seagull, standing. Green tree-dotted hills converge to form a small stream valley in Pacheco State Park, California. A log in the middle of a cracked boulder.
Yellow wildflowers lead to a pond in Pacheco State Park, California. A family of deer in a meadow. Yellow wildflowers at Mono Lake.
Giant yellow flower on a zucchini plant. Ground squirrel, in front of the hole he calls home. A mountain range near Mammoth Lakes, California.
Waimea Canyon, also known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. Trees traverse the hills in Pacheco State Park, California. A zig-zaggy boardwalk on the salt marshes.
A wall of \ A black and purple wasp-like creature with red legs and a long stinger or ovipositor (egg-laying organ). Possibly a female Ichneumon wasp -- Pimpla? If someone knows for sure, I\'d love to be enlightened! 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.
Closed buds on a flower stalk from a Heuchera plant, AKA Coral Bells. Two Grevy\'s Zebras hang out on the \ Pink salt marsh.
Round skylights on the Living Roof atop the California Academy of Sciences. A zig-zaggy boardwalk leads to the Environmental Education Center in Alviso, California. Colorful plants grow on the bank of the green waters of a salt marsh.
Closeup of red and yellow leaves or petals of a tropical plant. Seabirds taking off at Morro Bay, California. (If anyone knows the species, please let me know and I\'ll add the info!) A cyclist reflected in the water of a salt marsh rides across the horizon.
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Photos by artist Erin Metcalf of Eirewolf Creations.

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