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John Meyer
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Retired wordsmith. Badlands rambler. Camera slinger. Reader of books and watcher of films. Graduate of the University of Texas. A deep blue resident of a deeply red state.
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John Meyer @johnme23.bsky.social · Dec 17
Self portrait, with hoodoos

#selfportrait #hoodoos #blackandwhite
A black and white selfie of the photographer with rock structures in the background
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Above the fray: from the Harper's Corner trail, Dinosaur National Monument

#Landscapephotography #colorado #canyon #viewpoint #overlook #hiking #terrain #geology #greenriver
Golden light selectively illuminates a section of river canyons cutting into a low erosional plain. Pine trees frame the image at lower left while steep canyon walls in shadow stretch across the horizon. A layer of gray cloud appears at top of image.
January 21, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Window into a mythical past: Nine Mile Canyon, Utah

#WindowsOnWednesday #EastCoastKin #photography #classicmono #archaeology #petroglyphs #blackandwhite #utah
Our view is over the shoulder of a person looking at petroglyphs on a canyon wall. We can make out a deer or sheep with large horns, what might be a dog, and a snake-like scribble at right. But the focus is on a shamanistic figure in gaudy headdress holding a branch in one hand and perhaps a pipe in the other.
January 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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It is interesting to find this building in the middle of nowhere #Sneafellsbaer #Iceland

Here is my photo of an old & windowless shell of a farmhouse in Dagverdara

#WindowsOnWednesday #SensoryArt #broken #Photography #EastCoastKin #OMSystem #ClassicMono #Monochrome #SnaefellsnesPeninsula
January 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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Cypress: Norbuck Park, Dallas

#ThickTrunkTuesday #blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #photography #citypark #Dallas #Classicmono #cypress
Almost like an elephant's foot, this cypress tree grows from level parkland. Here we see only its lower portion against a background of mid-distance brush and bramble.
January 20, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Nonostante questo inverno sia scesa poca neve, dai 1600 metri il paesaggio è ancora innevato

#Photography #SkySunday #Vigiljoch #MonteSanVigilio #bealpine #Italy #ClassicMono #bnw #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Hipstamatic #JohnS #AOBW
Alti pini sulla destra e le cime delle montagne coperte dalle nuvole in lontananza
January 18, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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A boulder, a blockhead, the undisputed mass leader: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#RockInTuesday #EastCoastKin #badlands #NewMexico #wilderness #hiking #offtrail #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #classicmono
A huge boulder sits solidly atop a broad base of layered stone surrounded by other similar rocks that have fallen to the ground. A scattering of pinon pines decorate the terrain. Behind and along the horizon are high ridges of lighter-toned rock against a dark, featureless sky. Canon 5DII, f/5.6, 1/60 sec. @27mm
January 20, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Substituting white for blue in #BlueSkyArtShow by means of applying a blue filter. Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico.

#blackandwhite #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #badlands #hoodoos #rockformation #hiking #wilderness #NewMexico
A monolithic hoodoo towers above the photographer, appearing to dwarf other rock formations at lower left. A single white cloud peeks from behind the tower, with a scraggly dead bush just above it. Canon 5DII, f/11, 20mm
January 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Goalposts: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #badlands #NewMexico #classicmono #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #wilderness #erosion #hiking #geology #hoodoos
A pair of towering hoodoos are connected at their base by an eroded ridge of mudstone. In the rihgt foreground stands a juniper bush, casting its shadow on the slope below and to left. A hillock appears in the left distance at the horizon line. The sky is mostly featureless.
January 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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White Mountains Departed (maybe)
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#photography #blackandwhite #eastcoastkin #california
A photograph of a dead tree in a mountain alpine landscape. Hills are visible in the background with some snow. The sky is clear. Other live trees are in the middle ground.
January 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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#One ball to roll them all: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #badlands #hiking #wilderness #NewMexico #landscapephotography #hoodoo #rockformation #blackandwhite #classicmono #monochrome #erosion #geology
A ball-shaped rock cap rests atop a heavily-eroded mudstone base in the center of the image. To its right, a vertical cliff rises beyond the top of the picture. At lower left, a flattop capstone protects another stubby hoodoo, with a sloping sweep of mudstone at its base. The sky is featureless.
January 17, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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The face of terror

#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #blackandwhite #classicmono #abstract #badlands #erosion #cliffface #mudstone
Complex patterns of erosion on a vertical cliff face of heavily weathered mudstone. Bizarre and suggestive shapes abound. a deeply shadowed cleft in the middle of the image entices viewers to deepen their gaze. Canon 5DII, f/5.6
January 17, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Hangin' tree: 1/64 scale. Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#scape #eastcoastkin #badlands #NewMexico #blackandwhite #classicmono #deadtree #hiking #wilderness #erosion #selectivefocus
A tiny dead scrub brush with the appearance of a wind-blown tree sprouts from a tortured erosional plain full of mud cracks. The focus is on the "tree," and things become defocused into the background where we see a hint of horizon line, tilted at an angle. Canon 5DII, f/5.6
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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False summit: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#Landscapephotography #NewMexico #mudstone #badlands #backofbeyond #hiking #offtrail #wilderness #erosion #geology #hoodoo #EastCoastKin
A striking flowstone feature in shades of pink and red rises toward the sky. Its topmost features are sharp and ragged, with a hoodoo topping off the pinnacle at right center. Yet-higher cliffs are hinted at in the far right distance.
January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Foundational: Sego ghost town, Utah

#abandoned #ruin #WindowsOnWednesday #EastCoastKin #ghosttown #Utah
A high, square window of small size peers out onto a featureless sky from the interior of a brick/adobe structure. Extending down to the floor level from the window frame is a ragged crack, in places exposing the brickwork beneath the adobe coating.
January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Solitary cottonwood: Riley Road, N. of Magdalena, New Mexico

#ThickTrunkTuesday #EastCoastKin #trees #landscapephotography #backroads #NewMexico #bluesky #cottonwood
A towering, rough-barked tree looms over the viewpoint of the photographer, with its topmost branches out of sight. At its base, a number of roots are growing out of the ground. Behind and beyond we see a group of other, smaller trees and bushes. The sky is blue and featureless.
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Tower Arch for #RockInTuesday - one of the more remote features in #ArchesNationalPark, #Utah.

#EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #classicmono #sepia #rockformation #hiking
A massive sandstone arch creates deep shadow beneath its bulk. In the foreground a lone pine adds depth and visual interest. At top left we see the huge rock tower that gives the formation its name. The sky shows wispy broken clouds. EOS 5DII, 30mm at f/ll
January 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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Molise 2025
#Molise #Italy #MountainMonday #MonteMarrone #Photography #Landscape #Monochrome #Leica #M11M #EastCoastKin
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Tall pines and red cliffs: Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

#BlueSkyMonday #bryce #utah #landscapephotography #nationalpark #EastCoastKin #pines #deadtree
Against a background of ragged sandstone cliffs, a group of pine trees stand spaced across the sloped, grassy foreground. The most prominent tree rises up into the sky and appears to scrape the clouds, but it appears to be dead.
January 12, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Obscured by fog: promontory just off Hwy 12 near Henrieville, UT

#stunday #eastcoastkin #blackandwhite #landscape #fog #mountain #cliffs #classicmono #Utah #Hwy12
Imposing mountain peak with steep cliffs rises above shadowed slopes in a two-tier climb to fog-shrouded sky.
January 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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A random dirt road in southern #Utah. No special destination in mind. Just wandering - but far from lost.

#vibrant #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #landscapephotography #coloradoplateau #backroads #erosion #geology
A colorful view of a red dirt road winding into the canyon country, bordered by bushes of green and yellow, destination somewhere this side of the various-colored walls of sandstone and siltstone in the middle distance. The sky shows thickening gray clouds.
January 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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False Kiva - Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Image taken in 2012 (I hasten to add), before the site was designated off-limits.

#Scape #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #viewpoint #canyonlands #classicmono #monochrome #hiking #wilderness
A high-contrast, low-angled light view showing a steep-walled canyon environment with the last glow of light on the horizon. In the foreground sits a ring of irregularly shaped stone masonry. To its left, in better light, an arching canyon wall looms overhead. A distinctive needle-like pinnacle is visible in the horizon-piercing distance.
January 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Lichen-covered boulder just off the Boulder Mail Trail, east of Escalante, Utah

#boulder #rockformation #escalante #utah #lichen #bluesky #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #hiking #wilderness
A jumble of sandstone boulders and rock formations sits atop a rise with blue skies and streaming wispy clouds above. Scattered about the dome of slickrock are low-growing conifers in patchy abundance. The boulder at center bottom commands our attention due to its central placement in the frame, and its size.
January 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Estragon
Nothing happens,
nobody comes, nobody goes,
it's awful!

Beckett ~ Waiting for Godot

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Franco Battiato ~ Atlantide
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#photography Jana Luo
#Literature #MusicSky

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January 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Time portal: Chaco Culture National Historical Park

#WindowsOnWednesday #NativeAmerican #Chaco #AncestralPuebloan #EastCoastKin #architecture #ancient #monochrome #sepia #blackandwhite #NewMexico
View through the window of an ancient stone structure, going from shadowy darkness to bright daylight in the courtyard. In the space beyond the courtyard we see a series of ascending rock walls ending at a curving arc at the horizon. The sky beyond is washed out and featureless.
January 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM