November 5, 2013
It’s a composite of 11 photographs to get the whole panoramic view — which just demonstrates that in photography it’s great to be lucky, but it usually takes great skill to get that amount of luck.
How much processing was involved, really?
Don’t worry, just check out the photo.
Double Moonbow, lava glow and fading Lunar Halo; 11-picture Panoramic taken on the rim of Kilauea’s Caldera On the Last Super Moon. Sean King, Atmospheric Phenomena
See the Facebook page for Hawaii Stargazing Adventures.
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Posted by Ed Darrell
October 18, 2013
Looks like snow to me. From the Department of Interior:
Fall colors have arrived at the Great Sand Dunes National Park. #nature #autumn #colorado pic.twitter.com/34RXSkuBLe
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October 4, 2013
Photograph posted on Facebook by the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association:
Planning a trip to Hawk Mountain this weekend? Arrive early to enjoy great views of low-hanging fog and to see the sun peek out over the valley. It’s a great way to start any day. — with Quelia Paulino at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association.
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September 27, 2013
White House photographer Pete Souza: @petesouza 24 Sep Pres Obama talks backstage with Pres Clinton as Hillary Clinton waits to be introduced at CGI [Clinton Global Initiative] event today [September 24, 2013] pic.twitter.com/TCYqyxMZa8
Pete Souza’s work as White House photographer continues to fascinate me. He’s got more opportunity than most of us have to get great shots — but he’s also got a keen eye for a good story-telling photo, and a good eye for great photo composition on the fly.
In this photo, Souza captures two presidents lost in conversation, bathed in blue stage lights, awaiting their time on the stage; but next up is Hillary Clinton, who will introduce them. Mrs. Clinton awaits her cue. The presidents met at the annual meetings for the Clinton Global Initiative.
Hold on to this photo; depending on events of 2016, it may yet have many more stories to tell.
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September 26, 2013
What’s the southernmost unit of the U.S. National Park System? That’s where this photo was taken.
Stunning southern night sky in Ofu Island in the National Park of American Samoa! They get a brighter, richer view of the Milky Way in the Southern Hemisphere due to the location on the globe. This is the only national park found in the Southern Hemisphere. Photo: National Park Service
Many Americans seem unaware of worldwide holdings of the U.S. in territories, thinking the last territory was closed when Oklahoma or Arizona entered the union, or maybe Alaska or Hawaii. U.S. territories today include the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam (from the Spanish American War), Puerto Rico (from the same war), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as organized territories. American Samoa is an “unorganized territory,” along with series of other islands in the Pacific: Baker Island, Howland Island, Palmyra Atoll, Johnson Atoll, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, the Midway Islands, and Wake Island; and in the Caribbean, Bajo Nuevo Bank, Navassa Island (also claimed by Haiti), and Serranilla Bank, also claimed by Colombia.
Most of these islands offer much better star-gazing than is ever possible in Dallas.
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September 26, 2013
Caption from Interior’s Tweet: Sometimes there are no words to describe America’s public lands. This photo @EvergladesNPS proves it. #Florida pic.twitter.com/3l7fnrcfsG
Everglades National Park, in Florida, is a great example of wild lands that belong to all Americans, that we almost let slip away.
I’m not sure a painter could do a more stunning version of this view.
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Location map: Everglades National Park in red. Wikipedia photo
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September 24, 2013
US Dept of Interior Photo @Interior: Rachel Carson NWR in #Maine is the perfect place to see the leaves change this time of year. #nature pic.twitter.com/5kL9EArPaA
While we’re talking about Rachel Carson’s legacy, gander at this gorgeous fall walk at the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, in Maine.
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September 19, 2013
US Dept of Interior @Interior 16 Sep Department of Interior Tweet: It doesn’t get much prettier than this. Abrams Falls in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. #Tennessee pic.twitter.com/S5dQgcffEZ
There’s great beauty in many of the units of the U.S. National Park Service. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the “crown jewels” of the Park System, has a few spots of beauty of its own.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Abrams Falls,
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September 11, 2013
Stunning photo of a snowy owl, taken by Frank K. Schleicher (who holds the copyright), and shared by the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association.
Most stunning in the photograph: Look behind the owl.
Photo of snowy owl, looking across New York Harbor, by Frank K. Schleicher
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August 14, 2013
With all the cameras around, if everybody just points their own camera to the skies and starts shooting, we’ll get some good shots.
Tonight the Texas Storm Chasers sent this one out:
Texas Storm Chasers @TxStormChasers 27m RT @TaylorKLynn: @TxStormChasers Took these from my phone of the storm heading into northern Lubbock! pic.twitter.com/5LQX1qBWsN #txwx
Looks like “Night on Storm Prairie” to me. (Where’s Disney when you need em?)
Shot with a camera phone, I’m guessing from inside a hotel (are those reflections in the window?). Not sure who shot it, so I’ve just credited “Texas Storm Chasers.”
Weather is cool. Photos of weather are cool, too.
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August 12, 2013
Normally I might just let this beautiful photo slide by without comment.
In this case, I find this particularly frustrating. See that creature? That’s the same goat that blocked my trail in Glacier National Park. I’m sure of it. I’d recognize those beady eyes and horns anywhere! (See the first story linked to in the “more’ section; maybe this goat stopped in Washington on the way to Alaska.)
He’s probably in Alaska now under the Federal Goat Protection Program.
Interior US Dept of Interior 6h Caption from the Department of Interior: That’s quite the hike to the top. Harding Icefield Trail @KenaiFjordsNPS. #alaska pic.twitter.com/yozsSLnrcD
He probably thinks he’s safe there at Kenai Fjords National Park. Ha! He’s farther away, but that just means I have farther to travel to find him!
I’m taking a longer telephoto, a wide angle, and a first aid kit, next time. I’ll be prepared!
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July 31, 2013
Either someone just spent a very cold night to get a photo, or they’re getting ready to spend a very cold night.
Which is it?
US Dept of Interior: If you haven’t seen Steens Mountain in #Oregon, you really should check out this stunning photo from @BLMOregon pic.twitter.com/H2eePMmfsX
Steens Mountain at sunrise is a very popular image for photographers — but very few get a shot from the mountain itself like this one.
Steens Mountain is a large fault-block mountain in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in Harney County, it stretches some 50 miles (80 km) long north to south, and rises from alongside the Alvord Desert at elevation of about 4,200 feet (1,300 m) to a summit elevation of 9,733 feet (2,967 m). It is sometimes confused with a mountain range, but is properly a single mountain.
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The Alvord Desert playa, looking southeast from Steens Mountain, southeast Oregon; Wikipedia image
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July 27, 2013
Photo by Craig Clyde, who explained:
Spent the night on the north end of Mount Timpanogos at 10,000 feet, by myself, taking it all in.
Flowers on the north end of Utah’s Mt. Timpanogos, about 10,000 feet up. Photo by Craig Clyde.
Photo from July 25, 2013. Flowers include “Blue-pod Lupine, Narrow Goldenrod, Giant Red Paintbrush and Mountain Bluebells.”
Contact him for prints for framing.
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July 19, 2013
Superior Fury – Lake Superior near Miner’s Beach in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore during a gale at sunrise. Photo: Steve Perry, via America’s Great Outdoors
Admit it: That’s not how you usually think of Lake Superior, is it?
Tip of the old scrub brush to America’s Great Outdoor on Tumblr.
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July 11, 2013
Nice photo from Texas Storm Chasers:
David Reimer’s great shot of lightning, about 10:00 p.m. in Norman, Oklahoma, July 11, 2013
Good luck, and keep ’em coming, David!
(Mark Twain observed: “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.” (Letter, August 28, 1908))
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Millard Fillmore's Bathtub 