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Kevin Maples
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I travel and take photos of beautiful places. Proudly liberal Christian and political progressive. Previous life and career spent navigating the treacherous waters of American Evangelicalism, often as the most liberal person in the boat.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · Dec 27
Magical lighting in the Kolob Canyons district of Zion National Park. July 2021. This area is 40 miles from the over-crowded Virgin River Canyon area of the park. #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #utah #publiclands #southwest #zion #canyons #nationalparks #redrocks #storms #wilderness
Dark clouds hover over towering red rock formations illuminated by patches of sunlight.
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Needles District, 105° on the Chesler Park Trail, Utah. July 2021.

📍Canyonlands National Park

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #utah #publiclands #southwest #redrocks #desert #nationalparks #canyonlands #wilderness #protectourparks #sandstone #geology #outdoors
Spires of layered sandstone below blue sky and puffy white clouds.
September 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Along the Apache Trail in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona.

📍Tonto National Forest

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Arizona #nationalforests #desert #southwest #publiclands #sonorandesert #backroads #byways #outdoors #protectourparks #geology #canyons
Jagged rock faces along the Apache Trail in Arizona.
September 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Sunset over the high dunes and high desert in Colorado. September 2024.

📍Great Sand Dunes National Park

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #colorado #nationalparks #publiclands #desert #sunset #southwest #sanddunes #protectourparks #sangredecristos #outdoors
Soft sunset over America's tallest sand dunes and the sagebrush of Southern Colorado.
August 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Infinite stars above White Rim Road in Southern Utah.

📍Canyonlands National Park
A sky of countless stars above a pyramid-shaped sandstone formation in Southern Utah.
August 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Sturgeon Falls in the heart of the Ottawa NF & Michigan's Upper Peninsula. July 2024

📍Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #michigan #upperpeninsula #forest #nationalforests #wilderness #publiclands #waterfalls #waterfallwednesday #protectourparks #rivers
A dreamy waterfall cascades through the deep green of Michigan's primordial forest.
August 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Amanita brunnescens, also known as the brown American star-footed Amanita.

📍Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Kentucky #appalachia #nationalforests #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #fungifriends #protectourparks #outdoors
A bown mushroom with white spots on its smooth cap grows on a pale stalk out of the forest floor.
August 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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I'm missing the desert, so here is a closeup of a Saguaro cactus.

📍Saguaro National Park, Arizona
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#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #arizona #publiclands #southwest #desert #nationalparks #cactus #succulents #botany #closeup #pattern #saguaro #tucson #sonorandesert
August 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Boulder Canyon and Weavers Needle in the Superstition Mountains.

📍Superstition Wilderness & Tonto National Forest

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #arizona #publiclands #southwest #wilderness #desert #mountains #geology #nationalforests #protectourparks #outdoors #sonorandesert
Dramatic desert mountains with a 4500 ft. volcanic plug dominating the distant horizon.
August 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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The Rio Grande/Rio Bravo flows through Santa Elena Canyon.

📍Big Bend National Park, TX

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #texas #westtexas #Mexico #nationalparks #rivers #canyons #nationalparks #publiclands #southwest #wilderness #desert #protectourparks #outdoors #bigbend #goldenhour
Glass-like water at the mouth of the 1500 feet tall walls of Santa Elena Canyon along the Texas & Mexico border.
August 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Honey Creek Overlook in Autumn. Oct. 2023

📍Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Tennessee #appalachia #southeast #rivers #publiclands #wilderness #protectourparks #nationalforests #autumn #creeks #bigsouthfork #nationalriver
A creek cuts through the Cumberland plateau of northern Tennessee.
August 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Autumn Sunset in Silverton, Colorado. September 2024.

📍San Juan National Forest

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #colorado #nationalforests #publiclands #sanjuans #aspens #mountains #southwest #sunset #aspens #alpine #clouds #silverton #autumn
Orange clouds and golden aspen trees in the San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado
August 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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The stunning Beartooth Mountains of Montana.

📍Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Montana #wyoming #rockymounains #wilderness #nationalforests #publiclands #northwest #protectourparks #alpine #outdoors #mountainmonday
Snow and glaciers decorate the high alpine areas of the Beartooth Mountains along the Montana & Wyoming border.
August 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Close up of Nisqually Glacier from along the Skyline Trail in Washington. July 2019.

📍Mount Rainier National Park

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #washington #mountrainier #mountains #glaciers #nationalparks #alpine #publiclands #protectourparks #ice #rainier #outdoors #moraine
An alpine glacier, tinted blue and with deep cracks, on the southwest flank of Mount Rainier.
August 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Rio Grande/Bravo & Chisos Mountains of West Texas at dusk. Feb 2025.

📍 Big Bend National Park

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #texas #westtexas #mountains #southwest #desert #bigbend #publiclands #riogrande #chihuahuandesert #Mexico #nationalparks #rivers #protectourparks #sunset
The Rio Grande reflects a peach-colored sky as it points toward the silhouetted Chisos Mountains in the distance.
August 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Driftwood at the mouth of Cedar Creek on Washington's Ruby Beach. July 2019

📍 Olympic National Park

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Washington #olympicpeninsula #nationalparks #beaches #wilderness #wildernesscoast #publiclands #northwest #protectourparks #driftwood
Massive amounts of driftwood at the juncture of a creek and the Pacific Ocean with a sea stack on the horizon.
July 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Moonrise through the cotton candy clouds of sunset over West Texas. Feb. 2025.

📍Big Bend National Park

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #texas #westtexas #mountains #southwest #desert #publiclands #bigbend #sunset #moon #protectourparks #chihuahuandesert #Mexico #nationalparks
A bright full-moon rises through pink clouds illuminated by sunset over the low mountains in the desert of Big Bend National Park
July 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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New Mexico's largest arch, La Ventana, from behind.

📍El Malpais National Conservation Area

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #NewMexico #southwest #mountains #desert #arches #nationalmonuments #publiclands #protectourparks #sandstone #geology #indigenous #native
A large sandstone arch forms a diamond-shaped opening below a blue sky.
July 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Sunset above gypsum dunes in New Mexico.

📍White Sands National Park

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #NewMexico #southwest #mountains #desert #nationalparks #whitesands #sunset #sand #sunsetSunday #mountains #ripples
The sun sets about mountains on the horizon beyond rippled sand.
July 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Just a close up of some fine-ass moss in Kentucky.

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Kentucky #appalachia #nationalforests #publiclands #moss #plants #closeup #green
A closeup of lovely green mosses.
July 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Cliff Palace, an 800 y.o. Ancestral Puebloan archeological site in SW Colorado.

📍Mesa Verde National Park

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #colorado #nationalparks #mesverde #sandstone #indigenous #native #southwest #desert #canyons #outdoors #publiclands #protectourparks #pueblos
A large Ancestral Puebloan archeological site spreads out below a large sandstone overhang in a desert canyon of Colorado.
July 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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📍Temperance River State Park, Minnesota. July 2024.

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Minnesota #northshore #lakesuperior #publiclands #waterfalls #waterfallwednesday #greatlakes #stateparks #protectourparks #forest #rivers #indigenous #northwoods #midwest
A river cuts through ancient rock and emerald forest just before it empties into Lake Superior.
July 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Desert sunset between Alpine and Terlingua, Texas. February 2025.

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #texas #westtexas #mountains #southwest #desert #publiclands #bigbend #sunset #sunsetSunday #protectourparks #outdoors #chihuahuandesert #terlingua
A colorful sunset over the desert and mountains of West Texas.
July 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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An absolutely insane slime mold, possibly Stemonitis splendens, aka the chocolate tube slime.

📍Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, KY

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Kentucky #appalachia #nationalforests #publiclands #bigsouthfork #slime #slimemold #protectourparks
A large slime mold that closely resembles a brown koosh ball toy.
July 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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The stunning beauty of Western Wyoming. July 2017.

📍Grand Teton National Park

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #wyoming #nationalparks #grandtetons #nationalforests #wilderness #mountains #alpine #glaciers #publiclands #mountainwest #protectourparks
Jagged mountains rise from a flat plain below an azure sky.
July 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Potawatomi Falls along the Black River of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

📍Ottawa National Forest

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #michigan #upperpeninsula #lakesuperior #forest #publiclands #greatlakes #midwest #nationalforests #waterfalls #waterfallwednesday #protectourparks #rivers
A waterfall emerges from an emerald green forest and splits around a cliff before plunging into a deep pool.
July 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM