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Content Published August 10, 2019

One Morning in Canaan Valley

A lone tree witnesses a heavy morning fog in the Allegheny Mountians.

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Content Published August 10, 2019

A Quiet Evening on the Blueridge

At sunset, it gets really quiet up on the Ridge. And you can hear what's really meant to be heard up there: the songbirds and the insects resume their chatter. And it becomes timeless, as it should be.

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Content Published August 10, 2019

Standing in Obscurity

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Content Published August 10, 2019

Mountain Brushlands, Shenandoah NP

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Content Published March 2, 2019

Hobbit Hole

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Content Published July 26, 2018

Sunset Grand Tetons

We can better see the light when we see things absent color.

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Content Published June 16, 2018

Dancing at the Edge of Shadows

Light sprinkles flowers that live in water

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Content Published May 22, 2018

Organized Chaos

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Content Published March 31, 2018

Grans Lap

A comforting place to sit and rest.

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Content Published March 18, 2018

In the Shade of a Waterfall

The spray and ozone in the air on this hot summer day made sitting awhile below Oessel Falls in Montana compulsory.

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Content Published February 27, 2018

Gothic Wasteland

Winter remnants of the fall harvest.

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Content Published November 14, 2016

Summer Walnut

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Content Published August 20, 2016

Summer Walnut

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Content Published July 3, 2016

Looking for Smaller Creatures

A young sycamore bends far out over the stream to see what's there.

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Content Published June 24, 2016

Exposed

Skeleton of small tree, standing apart from the protection of the forest.

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Content Published April 14, 2016

A Defensive Posture

As a wild animal might rear up and show claws and fangs against a predator, this fallen tree appears to warn the sea.

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Content Published April 10, 2016

Life in a Summer Pond

A time to sit and watch reflections and ripples under a spreading maple tree.

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Content Published April 9, 2016

Palmettos and Moss

Through all the shady spanish moss, a young palmetto tree takes root.

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Content Published April 9, 2016

Neverending

Reaching to the sky, the limbs of Angel Oak seem to go on forever.

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Content Published April 8, 2016

Fog in the Forest

Great oaks witness a veil of summer fog on the Virginia piedmont.

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