Stellar sunset
Taken at a manmade lake near my place.
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Showing posts with label mountain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mountain. Show all posts
November 9, 2009
October 19, 2009
Rolling meadow as far as the eye could see
as long as you didn't look to the right.
Signs of civilizations are everywhere, even in the back country. Foo. Urban sprawl in Denver is a major problem. It's gotten to the point where towns in the mountains are actually growing at a significant rate, which is a fairly new trend.
I'm caught in between a rock and a hard place. I want to live somewhere where civilization isn't so obvious, yet still be close enough that I can eke out a living. I'm already starting to debate on whether to stay a few months or move again when my lease's up. Anyone have a suggestion on a location? I'd like to stay in the west, near the mountains.
I'm off to stare at a map.
August 2, 2009
July 25, 2009
On the highest road in the nation
I have a few more pictures, but these are all I had time to do this morning.
Note that one of the mooseelkdeer on the left has a radio collar
A young buck. The only one with this herd that I saw
One of my fave pics
Similar shot, different post-process (aka photoshop fixing).
Some bird...at one of the scenic outlooks we stopped at, there was a display picture of this bird, and a bunch of very excited people pointing this bird out. "Lookit! Same bird as the picture!"
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June 6, 2009
Pictures from the hike today
Last night I had trouble getting to sleep, and naturally overslept today. I didn't venture into the mountains...the general rule of thumb here is, if you can't get to the halfway point of your hike by noon or 1 PM, don't go. Given that I got up at 10 AM...Apollo and I went to the usual foothill park instead.
Sometimes a normally blah picture can be made interesting by using the background.
The smog over the city (beer factories yea) made this picture a little problematic to work with. I ended up with a 60s or 70s polaroid vintage feel to this picture. I don't love it, but it's interesting.
Below is a shot of the same mountain range as in the June's banner pic on the blog. Just a better weather day.
This picture in thumbnail isn't spectacular, but if you look at the large version (click on it), it becomes much more impressive in its simplicity.
The foothills here are bigger than the mountains back East. We've had so much rain that everything here is very green. It's quite a striking change. Usually by June, it starts to dry out and get brown. But I think it's good because we had such a late spring. The farmers here definitely needed the help because they had to delay their planting.
May 9, 2009
April 27, 2009
April 22, 2009
For most of the trip, we drove along Highway 40 - formerly the well-known Route 66. It was a popular highway a few decades ago and was even in a song.
I want to say this photo is in NM, but the date stamp indicates it was taken somewhere in western Oklahoma or in Texas Panhandle - more likely the latter; the soil is redder there.
Oh, and - The funky two-tone is due to my poor decision to photograph with my passenger window up. I don't know what the hell I was thinking. I will have to figure out how to fix it later. Read more...
April 21, 2009
My view
Ok, I lie. While I do have a view of the mountains, it's not very good - usually a distant blue blur behind a large town. But if I walk 50 feet, there's a better view of the foothills near me.
April 19, 2009
Red Rocks Park
Apollo and I ventured out there to check out the snow in the mountains. We were not disappointed. It's only 10 minutes from me, so I'm sure we'll be heading that way quite often.
February 21, 2009
More people, more scars upon the land
The bright spring green you see is the fragile plant life that is also at risk of being exterminated. People are strongly discouraged from walking on them, for fear that they are irreparably damaged. I did touch it with my hand and found that it felt like how it looked - as soft as puppy's fur or a newborn's blanket.
February 20, 2009
And he lost a friend but kept his memory
The REAL Pikachu. They are endangered.Pikachu and some other creatures and plants residing at the very tiptops of the mountains - and ONLY there - are threatened or endangered now. Their biology is so sensitive to any temperature changes that any changes in the norms has a devastating effect on them.
February 19, 2009
February 18, 2009
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