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Lois Elling
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I love to explore and take photographs along the way. Nature themes are my favorites.
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Mountain reflections in the morning at the Coal Train Beaver Ponds near Crested Butte, Colorado.
January 19, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Horsetail fern, Boulder Creek, CA. I always enjoy seeing these ancient plants.
A close-up vertical image of a green stalk in the center with green needles branching out every inch or so. There are white and pink "sleeves" just above where the needles branch from the stem.
January 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Frost aster wildflowers at Seven Islands State Birding Park near Knoxville, Tennessee.
A cluster of daisy-like flowers with many white petals and a yellow center, growing off two long stems that run from the upper left of the image to the lower right. The background is blurred.
January 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Morning reflections at Humboldt Lagoon State Park, California.
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Aspen trunks with a base of green ferns near Crested Butte, Colorado.
A verticle image of several white with black aspen tree trunks and a layer of green ferns at the bottom of the frame.
January 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Mushroom with debris at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, Alameda County, California.
A dark image of a single mushroom with a smooth cap and bright white stem. There is leaf debris on the ground and a few small bits on the mushroom cap.
January 13, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Cracked sign at a local shopping center. It originally read, "Private property, no loitering, city of San Leandro." These two pictures were taken two years apart. It's interesting to me to see how the decay has progressed.
January 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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Remnants of something in the South Umpqua River, Dillard, Oregon.
January 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Great egret in flight by the San Lorenzo Bay Trail, San Lorenzo, California.
A large white bird, great egret, in flight against a solid blue background of sky. The bird's wings are down with feathers spread, it's black legs and feet stick out straight behind it, and it has a yellow-orange beak. The bird is facing to the right of the image.
January 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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Wave splash on rocks at sunset on the beach at San Clemente, California.
A vertical image taken at sunset. The top third is bright orange with a solid white sun close to the horizon. Then center of the image shows the ocean, a wave, and a big splash of water against some dark rocks. The bottom third shows a rocky beach with some water and light reflected from the sky. There is a dark chunk of rock prominent near the bottom.
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Pale knautia wildflowers in a field on Fairmont Ridge, Anthony Chabot Regional Park, California.
January 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Vines and some red leaves on a wall of the aquarium at Hakone, Japan.
A white wall with a few vines on it that are mostly bare but have a few red leaves still hanging on in the upper left corner. The wall is a grid of large tiles.
January 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Cumberland Falls with boaters at Cumberland Falls State Park, Kentucky.
An image of a wide waterfall with brown rocks on the sides of the river, and green trees above the rocks. There are two long poles or dead trees across the bottom of the picture. The water below the falls is green and there is a small inflatable boat with about four people in it to help give size to the large waterfall.
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Reeds and Reflections, Crested Butte, Colorado.
I light-colored image of thin green reeds in the water and their reflections. They are mostly on the right two-thirds of the photo. There is one reed that is horizontal. There is also some unknown scum or plant mixed in with the reeds. The color of the water is light gray.
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Bumble bee on larkspur, Crested Butte, Colorado.
A gold and black bumble bee on a purple flower with several other flowers nearby. The background is out of focus green.
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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Dixie as a kitten at the bottom of the stairs.
A square image in black and white with a row of carpeted stairs and a mostly white kitten on a lower stair and looking up. There is a wall on the right.
January 2, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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Water ripple patterns on Lake Chabot, Anthony Chabot Regional Park, Alameda County, California.
An image of repeated ripple patterns on water with a few dark out-of-focus leaves on the sides.
January 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Fog over Livermore showing a few hills and trees in the foreground and Brushy Peak and windmills in the background. Alameda County, California.
December 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Two wet leaves on gravel. Chestnut Hill, Tennessee.
A close-up of wet gravel with a red leaf and a yellow leaf. The stem of the red leaf is leading to the left, and the yellow leaf, which is a bit smaller, is centered almost perfectly on top of the red leaf, but in the opposite direction. Everything is glossy because it's wet.
December 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Owl's claw among other wildflowers near Crested Butte, Colorado.
A cluster of orange wildflowers with parts of lupine flowers and leaves in the picture. The background is green.
December 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Two hares on the dirt road at Sacramento Pass BLM campground, Nevada.
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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White pelican trio of Del Valle Reservoir, Del Valle Regional Park, Livermore, California.
Three white pelicans with wings spread and showing the black edges of their wings in flight against a blue sky.
December 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Building reflections against a butterfly window decoration in downtown San Francisco, California.
A picture shot into a store window that has butterfly decorations. The buildings across the street are reflected in the window and more prominent than the butterfly decorations.
December 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Acorn woodpecker at Del Valle Reservoir, California.
A square image with half of it taken up by a rough-surfaced tree trunk or large limb. On the right side, partially upside down, is an acorn woodpecker with a white belly, black cape, and red cap on back of its head.
December 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Morning fog in the hills just south of Livermore, California.
An image of a brown sunlit hill with a few trees on the top. The angle of the hill rises from the lower left edge to the upper right edge of the picture. The ground and short grasses are sunlit with fog at the bottom of the image and behind the row of trees above. Behind the upper fog another row of rounded hills barely shows.
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM