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Category: Nature

  • Los Alamos and environs, July 2012

    Sixteen of my favorite pictures taken during the month of July. Most can be seen at the Los Alamos Daily Post website but there are a few I took just for myself.

    Carey Grzadzinski serenades a baby and her mother during the monthly “Posse Lodge Pancake Breakfast”.

    Seton Castle, outside of Santa Fe, NM.

    Singing the Star Spangled Banner during the 4th of July Naturalization Ceremony at Bandelier National Monument.

    Joe King Carrasco shreds during a Friday night concert at Ashley Pond.

    2011 Los Alamos County Rodeo Queen Katelyn Littleton rides in the 2012 Los Alamos County Horse Show.

    Beneath a cottonwood tree at Las Golondrinas.

    A couple enjoys the music of Shinyribs during a Friday night concert at Ashley Pond.

    Playing Disc Golf at North Mesa Disc Golf Course.

    Concert goers mill about and chat after an opera performance at Fuller Lodge.

    Laura Swartz of the Santa Fe Raptor Center with a Mississippi Kite.

    Another couple dancing, this time to the Country music of The Derailers.

    Vanessa Espinoza gets splashed by her teammates after scoring a point during the High Mountain Mudfest Volleyball tournament.

    Julie Stewart of The Attitudes gets down.

    Twins have fun playing with magnets during the LANL Employee Picnic of 2012.

    Flamenco Dancers put on a show on Lincoln street during the Santa Fe Traditional Spanish Market.

    Inside the living museum of Las Golondrinas.

  • 2012 Annular Eclipse

    The Wife and I made our way to Overlook Park in White Rock to watch the Annular eclipse.

    The sky above White Rock was heavy with clouds as the eclipse began but we were lucky that sun poked through during totality.

    This man’s setup: a bird watching monocular projecting the sun onto a white background. Cardboard helped to shade the the image.

    The Sunspotter!

    Welding masks make for great filters.

    One of two homemade telescopes. This one projected the biggest image and was the crowd favorite.

    The second of two homemade telescopes. One looked through an eyepice at the sun.

    A homemade pinhole projector made from taping two poster tubes together.

    This woman used her binoculars to project the sun’s image onto a white piece of foamboard.

    A clever idea: making a solar filter from glass blackened by a candle.

    Totality!

    Totally? Totally!

    Good times.

  • Springtime in New Mexico

  • Chimney Rock

    Another visit to Ghost Ranch, this time took the 3 mile roundtrip hike at sunset to get pictures.

    Mule hanging out on the trail to Chimney Rock.
    El Perdenal off in the distance.
    Chimney Rock. The hike takes you to the top of the mesa to the right of Chimney Rock.
    Mesa with Sangres in the background.
    A turkey vulture glides through the sky near Chimney Rock.
    The sun sets behind Chimney Rock.
    View of Ghost Ranch from the Chimney Rock trail.
    Wildflowers grow near the trail to Chimney Rock.
    On top the mesa, looking down as the sun sets.
    Chimney Rock from behind.
    Chimney Rock with Abiquiu Lake in the background.
    Returning back to Ghost Ranch after the sun has set.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Ghost Ranch near Abiquiu, NM

    Another visit to Georgia O’Keeffe country with the Santa Fe Photographers Group.

    An american robin idles in the grass outside the visitor center at Ghost Ranch.
    A sign on the trail head points the way. We took the path to Box Canyon.
    Further along the trail, Kitchen Mesa can be seen in its entirety.
    Cacti bloom along the trail to Box Canyon.
    Evidence that Spring has arrived in northern New Mexico.
    Springtime in Box Canyon.
    A small stream adds to the life in Box Canyon.
    A grave marker in the Camposanto section of Ghost Ranch.
    A cactus towers above the trail to Box Canyon.
    Kitchen Mesa reflected in a shallow pond.

     

    I believe this is chamisa.
    Some star shaped desert brush. One day I will learn its name. For now he is Bob.
    Box Canyon, near the end of my hike.
    Trees, rock and sky.