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The Lumix Years - 2021 |
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It doesn't snow much in Arizona and it's even rarer when the snow lasts until sunset. |
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Fritillary butterflies spend their brief lives flitting from blossom to blossom and frittering away their time. |
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This moose cow has her hackles up to warn the photographer to back off. I did. |
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This odd shape is how life begins on bare sand, a community of algae and bacteria called crytogamic soil. |
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High in the Colorado Rockies, Chimney Rock gets enough snow to support moose and blue penstemons. |
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Cactus flowers, while showy, are so similar that botanists use the patterns of their spines for identification. |
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These owlets still have baby feathers in this shot but they had flown away just a week later. |
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In spring anemones often sprout right through the unmelted snow on the ground. |
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Some of Utah's sandstone began as sand dunes, which are revealed again by the erosion of the wind. |
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This Christmas-colored cactus has flat facets on its petals. |
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This evening at least the occupants of the nest in the tree have a bird's eye view of the sunset. |
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2021 included cancer surgery for me so I fell back on beautiful cactus flowers as easy subjects. |
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Boulders and bristlecone pines have a symbiotic relationship, helping each other resist the ceaseless wind. |
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This prairie wallflower was clinging to the edge of a cliff in Canyonlands National Park in Utah. |
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Sunset is often a bit bleak over the Nokhu Crags at the north end of Colorado's Never Summer Range. |
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