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Today’s hiking skies: (1) Clear and moony; (2) I can see for miles and miles (except for this big rock in the way); (3) Just click the App Store icon; and (4) Storm’s a brewin’!

#hiking #mountains #skies #clouds #Colorado

The tilted Flatirons rocks in the morning sun, sitting behind rolling, grassy meadows and tall, green pine trees and under crystal clear, blue skies. A small, faint, waning gibbous moon is hanging high in the sky above the rocks.
A profile view of the large, sunlit, uptilted Third Flatiron rock sticking above the pine-covered hillside. To the left, an almost endless view of the flat Colorado plains stretching toward the far horizon. Mostly clear skies, just a few thin clouds.
A gravel hiking path winds through a grassy meadow, with a few pine trees on either side. In the mostly sunny skies above just a few thin, wispy clouds and several contrails from planes. Three of the contrails cross in a giant “A” shape that resembles the Apple App store icon.
After a long hike, the clouds have changed over the tilted Flatirons rocks, visible in the distance across a rolling, green meadow. There are several, large, dramatic towering cumulus clouds building above and behind the rocks, high into the blue skies. The clouds have darker bases that look somewhat stormy.
#hiking #colorado #clouds #mountains #skies

Well-loved

#nature #trees #hiking #woodpeckers

#nature #hiking #trees #woodpeckers

Goat in Glenadalough National Park, Ireland.
#nature #goat #goats #animals #hiking
#animals #nature #hiking #goats #goat

A neat Strava visualization of my hike last week at the La Paz Waterfall Gardens in Costa Rica.

https://youtube.com/shorts/QgrWgo_1LWE?si=mookieisawesome

#CostaRica #Strava #hike #hiking


A neat Strava visualization of my hike last week at the La Paz Waterfall Gardens in Costa Rica.

YouTube
#hiking #costarica #hike #strava

Mosquito trap. I'll try it!

#Meme #Mosquito #Funny #Camping #Hiking

#meme #funny #hiking #camping #mosquito

Some People Really Are Mosquito Magnets, and They're Stuck That Way

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/some-people-really-are-mosquito-magnets-and-theyre-stuck-that-way/

> Certain compounds in our skin determine how much we attract mosquitoes, new research suggests—and those compounds don’t change much over time

#science #hiking #paddling #camping #bugs #nature

Some People Really Are Mosquito Magnets, and They're Stuck That Way

Daniel Leonard (Scientific American)
#nature #science #hiking #camping #bugs #paddling

This was a nice glacier close encounter a few years ago, just on the Swedish side of the border in Sulitelma.

#hiking #glacier

#hiking #glacier

The trail markers of MTB trails showcase the poetry of creation. Made by volunteers, when you ride these at the end your legs, lungs, and soul agree: 'apt'. Let's do that one more time... #biking #mtb #pnw #westwoodplateau #nature #hiking
The trail markers of MTB trails showcase the poetry of creation. Made by volunteers, when you ride these at the end your legs, lungs, and soul agree: 'apt'. Let's do that one more time... #biking #mtb #pnw #westwoodplateau #nature #hiking
The trail markers of MTB trails showcase the poetry of creation. Made by volunteers, when you ride these at the end your legs, lungs, and soul agree: 'apt'. Let's do that one more time... #biking #mtb #pnw #westwoodplateau #nature #hiking
The trail markers of MTB trails showcase the poetry of creation. Made by volunteers, when you ride these at the end your legs, lungs, and soul agree: 'apt'. Let's do that one more time... #biking #mtb #pnw #westwoodplateau #nature #hiking
The trail markers of MTB trails showcase the poetry of creation. Made by volunteers, when you ride these at the end your legs, lungs, and soul agree: 'apt'. Let's do that one more time... #biking #mtb #pnw #westwoodplateau #nature #hiking
#nature #hiking #mtb #pnw #biking #westwoodplateau

Meet RUSTY.

Best thing I’ve seen in a while. Of course it’s in #SantaFe #NewMexico. At the entrance to a hiking trail. The idea is when you return to your car after a hike, you pour any unused water from your water bottles into Rusty’s mouth and, well, he “pees” it onto the young tree, to water it.

I love the little details, like the hex nuts as Rusty’s toes on his paws.

Bravo. And woof!

#art #sculpture #dogs #hiking #dogsofmastodon

#art #hiking #Dogs #sculpture #dogsofmastodon #newmexico #santafe

Yesterday was a fantastic day of hiking and photography in Alaska. I updated a wildflower guide, captured a black-capped chickadee collecting nest material, saw my first blooming wildflower of the season (northern kittentails), and hiked Wickersham Dome, unexpectedly meeting an old friend.

Blogpost with lots of photos: https://www.lwpetersen.com/photo-blog/some-photos-from-home-and-from-wickersham-dome/

#alaska #bloomscrolling #hiking #wildflowers

Scenic view from Wickersham Dome showing the Elliot Highway winding through the valley, with a mix of forested and snow-patched terrain under a cloudy sky
Close-up side profile of a horsetail plant with green segmented stem and small whorls of needle-like leaves opening up along the joints.
Close-up of the flowering head of Synthyris borealis, commonly known as northern kittentails, with vibrant blue-purple flowers blooming on Wickersham Dome.
Close-up of a black-capped chickadee on the ground, holding a tuft of dog's fur in its beak, collecting it for nesting material.

Some photos from home and from Wickersham Dome - Lee Petersen

Yesterday was a fantastic day of hiking and photography in Alaska. I updated a wildflower guide, captured a black-capped chickadee collecting nest material, and hiked Wickersham Dome, unexpectedly meeting an old friend.
Lee Petersen
#hiking #alaska #wildflowers #bloomscrolling

Watch your steps when hiking, the painted turtles are everywhere here now.

#nature #wildlife #turtle #naturephotography #hiking

#nature #hiking #naturephotography #wildlife #turtle

Pink and blue swirl sunset. New Britain Reservoir, Southington, Connecticut. October 13, 2019, 6:40 PM.

#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #forest #sunset #sunsets #sunsetphotography #trails #lake #twilight

#photography #nature #forest #hiking #landscapephotography #lake #outdoors #sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsets #connecticut #trails #hikingadventures #twilight

Lot of bird activity on the morning hike, marsh wren singing while building a nest, a black-capped chickadee apparently nesting in a woodpecker hole and a downy woodpecker doing its thing. Oh yes, my fav beaver Little Whittle was in the channel chilling, I love that cutie. #Hiking #GetOutside, it’s how I keep from going crazy.
A marsh wren singing with it's yellowish beak wide open, perched on some marsh grass just above a nest it is building, visible in the lower right of the photo. It's buff brown, with black and white speckle patches on its back, light brown cream colors breast. Very cute.
A small bird with a black head and beak and white patch under its eye. It's head and upper body are poking out of a round hole in a tree with gnarly bark and some moss.
A downy woodpecker upside down while clinging to a tree limb, red patch on the back of its head, which indicates it is a male. It has a white-gray breast, mostly black on its back with white speckles.
A rusty brown beaver, a close=up of its head with its cute little hands to its mouth eating some green vegetation. Long whiskers and black nose, absolutely adorable.
#hiking #getoutside

Pacific Crest Trail: Part 1

Mount Hood looks stunning from up here on Table Mountain. I was informed by a frankly terrified-looking day hiker that black bears were seen up here last night. I’m proceeding with caution and will update you if I encounter them. 🐻🗻☀️

#Backpacking #PNW #WashingtonState #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #LandscapePhotography

#photography #nature #hiking #landscapephotography #outdoors #pnw #walking #WashingtonState #backpacking

Measuring with your finger how long until sunset.

Each average finger is 15 minutes thick!

#hiking #ThruHiking #camping

#hiking #camping #thruhiking

Morning trail run on the AT.

#trailrunning #hiking #AppalachianTrail #Spring

AT sign pointing at a wet rocky section shrouded in fog
Yellow trout lily blooming along edge of rock on trail
Hobblebush leaves freshly opened
Striped fungus on old log
#hiking #spring #trailrunning #AppalachianTrail

Some more photos from the run. We had a fair bit of rain yesterday, which made for more soggy spots but also encouraged more tree leaves out. Instead of drab grey and spots of evergreens, the hillsides are sporting clusters of light green.

#trailrunning #hiking #AppalachianTrail #Spring

survey marker on side of trail for the AT
long exposure of a small stream with little waterfall in the woods near trail
Top of Moose Mountain’s south peak, which usually doesn’t have much of a view and certainly none now with the morning fog
stream crossing of a couple flattened logs and a skinnier one mounted higher for a hand rail, on the other side is a collection of mud, rocks, and log making a stairs of sorts that have recently been reworked.
#hiking #spring #trailrunning #AppalachianTrail

Eastern Box Turtle

Found on a trail in Birdsboro Waters today. Looks like its number is declining. Listed as vulnerable.

#Turtle #Nature #Wildlife #Walking #Hiking

#nature #hiking #wildlife #walking #turtle

The Abstract Towers of Sella, Dolomites.

#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Photography #Mountains #Alps #Dolomites #Hiking #Abstract

#photography #hiking #landscapephotography #silentsunday #abstract #mountains #alps #dolomites

I am quite unusually #happy today, feeling a particular #love for my family, friends & colleagues, work & hobbies. It's hard to beat the effects of three cups of tea, a sunny day and a scenic hike. ♥️

#hiking

#love #hiking #happy

First hike of the year: Fisksätra to Tyresta, then bus home to Fisksätra. Cafés at Alby and Tyresta.

#hiking #stockholm

#hiking #stockholm

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