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Just a lone tree in Yellowstone’s remote Hayden Valley. Travelled quite a distance by snowmobile from Old Faithful to reach this famed valley, hoping to see some wolves. Did see one little guy waaaaaaay up on a hill curled up in a ball, trying to keep warm I’d guess, as the temps dipped 10 below zero that afternoon. […]

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Camera settings: 80mm, f/13, 1/200, ISO 200 Hoar frosted trees atop Two Top Mountain, West Yellowstone, Montana. There’s only one way to reach the top of this mountain, and that’s by snowmobile. Fun, exhilerating and yes, freezing cold…but very cool to see these strange contorted shapes created by snow!

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“Oh, the weather outside is frightful…(la la la)…let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…”  What’s Christmas without snow? Here’s hoping we get some of that white stuff by next week! I photographed this guy in Yellowstone National Park last Feb. Taking the boardwalk around Upper Geyser Basin where Old Faithful and many more geysers […]

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Ahhh…doesn’t this scene divert your attention from your busy day? Makes me stop for a second, and take a deep sigh… and that’s what I need right now, in the midst of the rat race and frentic pace approaching the holidays! I saw this peaceful scene steps away from a busy street in Beijing. Weeping willow trees […]

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