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Naturally dried flowers at Canyonlands National Park
September 23, 2007 at 1.28pm MDT; Pentax K10D; Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250); Aperture: f/9.5; Focal Length: 55 mm;
ISO Speed: 100
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I40 Eastbound Rest Area West of Alanreed, Texas
This charcoal grill is in a picnic shelter
September 27, 2007 at 11.20am CDT
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.022 sec (1/45)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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Arches National Park, Utah
This is a composite image using multiple photos, assembled using autostitch
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Another Arches National Park composite image stictched from multiple photos
August 24, 2007
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This is a composite image created from several photos as this arch was just too big and we were too close to get it all in one picture.
(photos from Arches National Park, August 24, 2007)
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Karen on the Edge — Grandview Point Trail, Canyonlands National Park
The Grand View Point Trail begins as the end of Grand View Road on the southern tip of Island in the Sky Mesa. It starts at an approximate elevation of 6,100 feet and heads one mile southwest along a level path.
September 23, 2007 at 11.56pm CMT
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/350)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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Shafer Trail Road near the Island in the Sky visitor center
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September 23, 2007 at 10.28am CMT
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/6.7
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 140
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Two Buttes on the Northeast Approach to Canyonlands National Park
Named after the Civil War ironclad ships that battled each other in Cheasapeake Bay
September 23, 2007 at 9.35am CMT
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/9.5
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 140
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Mt. Rushmore seen through a one lane tunnel on Iron Mountain Road
It was a very smoky day because of forest fires in the western USA.
August 20, 2007 at 9.12am CMT
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/6.7
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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Buffalo at Custer State Park in South Dakota.
They once darkened the hills and the plains of the American West. The buffalo (American bison) herds of today are but a meager shadow of what they once were.
In Custer State Park the size of the herd is managed to ensure that it does not grow larger than the park natural resources can support. Each year, the park holds a Buffalo Roundup Day in September. The entire park herd of about 1400 buffalo are moved to the buffalo corrals where they are sorted. All calves are branded and the female calves are tested for brucellosis.
Most of the buffalo are released back into the park. Those that are not released will be sold at auction in November. All animals that will be auctioned are tested for tuberculosis and brucellosis.
We visited the park several times during our week in the Black Hills of South Dakota and saw over 1000 buffalo — we actually keep track of the number of large animals that we see during a trip. We didn’t double count as we saw part of the herd in different locations.
August 20, 2007 at 2.03pm MDT
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/350)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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