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Turoa Kiwi · Jul 3, 2019

Abufiera Portugal

Paul Lutes · Jul 3, 2019

Turoa Kiwi said:
Albufiera Portugal View attachment 76734

Nicely done, Sir/Madame!

slowrider · Jul 3, 2019

Turoa Kiwi · Jul 3, 2019

Paul Lutes said:
Nicely done, Sir/Madame!

Why thanks
We were on the sixth floor of our hotel and on a couple of evenings the seagulls just kept doing laps right outside our deck.
I had to hide on the deck so they wouldn't be spooked by me. Hence the closeness of the seagull in photo #1020
iphone 8
John

Dave Petersen · Jul 4, 2019

Breck July 3, 2019
(Unfortunately not my car)

Mothertucker · Jul 8, 2019

Hiked up to McCloud Lake after skiing Mammoth Saturday afternoon.

textrovert · Jul 13, 2019

My Hike ended at Diamond Peak today. Always fun to see how the areas we ski in winter look like in summer.

The Great Flume

Found some snow!!

Do groomers dream of electric snow?

Snowflake Lodge

Bad Bob · Jul 13, 2019

The grapes are coming on strong. They love the heat and sun and probably enjoy the morning sprinkler system time too.
The color is just starting to show, and damn there are a lot of them.

Lauren · Jul 15, 2019

Returned to reality after two unbelievable weeks in Alaska. With over 1,000 photos, it’s tough to narrow them down. Here’s 4 of my favorite wildlife photos taken (maybe I’ll narrow down landscape photos a bit later)....

TexasStout · Jul 15, 2019

Saint Mary Lake at Glacier Nat Park

TexasStout · Jul 15, 2019

Tetons from Homesteader's cabin at Jackson Hole

TexasStout · Jul 15, 2019

Southern entrance to Yellowstone

Doug Briggs · Jul 15, 2019

The Lobstah finally made an appearance.

Doug Briggs · Jul 15, 2019

More avy debris. This is up the valley from me in French Creek. There is a trail under all that debris.

This is an interesting article about the 'benefits' of all the avalanches.

Acres of destruction left by Colorado’s historic avalanche season are also delivering climate change evidence

James · Jul 16, 2019

Doug Briggs said:
More avy debris. This is up the valley from me in French Creek. There is a trail under all that debris.

This is an interesting article about the 'benefits' of all the avalanches.

Acres of destruction left by Colorado’s historic avalanche season are also delivering climate change evidence

Interesting. They’re taking advantage of the downed trees to cut slices. Easier and better than trying to get cores from a live tree.

“Extreme events can kill a tree. Elder said some of the trees downed this cycle are at least 250 years old, meaning the areas where they grew hadn’t seen a big avalanche in more than two centuries.

Even if the tree wasn’t killed by an avalanche, Elder says the force of a slide can cause it to develop a distinct ring, similar to scar tissue, that scientists can use to plot the time gap between avalanches.”