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Charles Golson
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Retired rocket scientist, casual hiker and photographer, still learning.
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Coconino County courthouse on a cold morning in Flagstaff. Have a good night.
An old-fashioned red brick courthouse with a clock tower sits on a snow-covered lot. There are Christmas lights around the first-floor windows, and a bit of sunrise color at left.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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Sedona is drying out after days of rain. Have a good evening.
Redrock monoliths rise above green trees under a cloudy sky. There’s a gray mountain in the background and a red trail in the foreground.
January 2, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Happy New Year from rainy Sedona. Have a good year.
Redrock monoliths are barely visible through bands of clouds, framed by foreground green trees.
January 1, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Some welcome sunshine at the end of a rainy day in Sedona. Have a good night.
Late afternoon sun and shadows on Wilson Mountain, a red and buff colored long mountain under cloudy sky.
December 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Red, white, blue, and green in Sedona. Have a good evening.
Redrock pinnacles of Schnebly Hill, beneath white clouds and blue sky, above green trees.
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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An even mistier day for Christmas in Sedona. Have a good afternoon.
Redrock formations barely visible through mist, framed by green trees.
December 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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It’s a misty, cloudy morning in Sedona. Have a good day.
Clouds around grey peaks on a gloomy morning.
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Good morning from Sedona. Have a good day.
Orange and purple pre-sunrise clouds, with trees and redrock monoliths silhouetted below.
December 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Sedona solstice shadows. Have a good night.
Late afternoon shadows on a redrock ridge.
December 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Sedona sunset. Have a good night.
Orange sunset clouds behind redrock monoliths.
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Red rocks and blue sky in Sedona. Have a good afternoon.
A redrock pinnacle at the edge of a cliff below Chimney Rock. Above and to the left is blue sky with wispy white clouds.
December 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Half moon over Sedona. Have a good afternoon.
A half moon floats above a lone tree growing on a redrock cliff, between green trees and a pure blue sky.
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Chimney Rock sends you a three-fingered salute from Sedona. Have a good day.
Three finger-like stone pillars jut up from a hill above redrock cliffs. In the background a buff-colored mountain rises to the left, all beneath clear blue sky.
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Good morning from Sedona. Have a good day.
Redrock spire under blue sky with radiating thin clouds.
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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End of a rainy day in Sedona. Have a good night.
Redrock formations lit by low sun beneath scattered clouds.
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Views in opposite directions from the top of Sugarloaf in Sedona: Schnebly Hill and Chimney Rock. Have a good afternoon.
A juniper tree with the redrocks of Schnebly Hill in the background. The redrock spire of Chimney Rock framed between a green juniper tree and its dead branch.
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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I’m probably pushing the limits of imagination, but I could see an Apache myth about the bighorn sheep that was turned to stone for daring to climb Thunder Mountain. Have a good day.
The top of a light colored mountain with an outcrop on the left that resembles a bighorn sheep climbing the ridge. Closeup of the stone bighorn sheep. He might be looking at the camera…
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Climbers below Chimney Rock in Sedona. Have a good evening.
Two rock climbers halfway up a redrock cliff. Another person looks up from below.
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving from Sedona. Have a good evening.
Redrock pinnacles rise above a nice home, under a blue sky.
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Evening shadows in Sedona. Have a good night.
Jagged shadows of Schnebly Hill red rocks on a redrock ridge in late afternoon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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The Wicked Witch is back in Sedona! Have a good afternoon.
A shadow between two redrock peaks resembles a witch.
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Fun clouds today as Sedona dries out from a week of rain. Tap for wider view. Have a good afternoon.
Low cloud in blue sky above the long gray and red rock mass of Wilson Mountain.
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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First light in Sedona. Have a good day.
Wilson Mountain rises above a band of fog to receive the first rays of sunlight, all above green trees.
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Another misty morning in Sedona. Have a good day.
Dimly seen redrock formations among mist beneath gray sky. Nearby, green trees frame the view.
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Monoliths in the mist in Sedona. Have a good day.
Redrock monoliths are obscured at the top by mist and clouds, framed by green trees near the camera.
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM