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Tuan Le
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I like the quiet scenes.
I enjoy taking nature/landscape photos and viewing those from others. Most of my photos are from Southern California and nearby areas. Also here for news and current events, minus the misinformation.

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“The beautiful scene was silent and still—

My heart was at rest,

I was conscious only of this.”

Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) Japanese poet-saint and a lay Zen monk.

#lines
#ir
#classicmono
#infrared
#eastcoastkin
#blueskyartday
#photography
Rock formation in the desert at sunset. A black and white infrared image of shadows and light.
May 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Comet Neowise with the Big Dipper from Joshua Tree National Park. This is back in the year 2020, which doesn't seem like such a bad time now in comparison.

#landscapephotography #joshuatreenationalpark
Photo of Joshua tree in silhouette with Comet Neowise and the Big Dipper in the night sky.
April 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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An image from one of the best snow days I've experienced in Joshua Tree National Park. I was postholing in 1-2 ft of snow in certain areas. I also saw snow at the park 2 weeks ago, not quite as impressive, but nice to see the rare scene.
#landscapephotography #joshuatreenationalpark
Black and white desert winter scene in the desert with foreground boulders partially covered in snow and Joshua trees and hills in the background in a blanket of snow.
March 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity.

Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
March 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Public lands celebration #4: National Wildlife Refuges! Some are tiny, some are huge; some are next to cities, some remote; some heavily managed, some wild; some watery, some desert. But they're all worth caring about.
#landscapephotography #publiclands #wildliferefuge #usfws #keepitpublic
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM. A large flock of snow geese sits in a green field. Behind them is a line of winter trees and a flock of sandhill cranes flying in to land. Behind that is a bank of low-lying misty cloud, then a dark desert mountain ridge, then a sky of winter cumulus. Desert National Wildlife Refuge, NV: Low angle golden sunlight reveals the textures of a vast desert landscape with many layers of barren, intricately eroded hills and mountains stretching into blue distance, under a sky of both somber blue and pale yellow clouds. Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge, ID: Marshy wetlands on a flat valley floor contain a pool of water interrupted by grasses. Further back are a number of golden autumn cottonwood trees, some of which are reflected in the pool. Dark confers dominate a ridge on the left, while to the right we see the valley stretch towards a steep blue mountain in the distance. Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, NV: A range of treeless mountains whose upper slopes are white with snow catches orange/pink sunset light. A small group of clouds just above the mountains is also illuminated orange and pink, while above is a light blue sky. Below the mountains we see an extensive marsh with abundant grass and some open water, which is reflecting the sunset clouds.
March 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Wonderful image.
stevepalmer.photography Steve Palmer @stevepalmer.photography · Mar 5
Sunrise on Black Lake with the mist hanging in the cool air of the morning
March 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Some rain in recent days and I'll be heading out to the desert soon. Reminds me of another time when a thunderstorm swept through Joshua Tree NP and put up quite a show for hours.
#landscapephotography
Nighttime scene within a large field of monzogranite rocks, with clouds overhead, both illuminated by bolts of lightning.
March 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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An image from a memorable trip through Canyonlands via the Green River, full of wonderful sights and tranquil times.
#landscapephotography
View from the Green River with sandstone buttes and mesas in the background bathed in golden light.
March 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Early morning in Yosemite Valley. I got to this area after I calmly (as much as I can muster) walked past a group of 3 black bears trying to break into a trashcan. We looked at each other briefly then went about our business.
Black and white image of El Capitan with its reflection in a calm section of the Merced River.
February 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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A warm sunset on an otherwise cold night in the Sierra.

#landscapephotography
Sunset with yellow/orange clouds overhead and a jagged mountain range in the background. A creek in the foreground has reflections of partially submerged rocks and the warm cloudy skies.
February 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Reading news reporting this past week has been especially enraging. I need a temporary distraction of calmer times to keep my sanity.
Closeup of crisscrossing sand dune ridges at twilight, at Death Valley National Park.
February 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Wandering the sand dunes of Death Valley NP has been a favorite activity of mine any time I visit the park.
#landscapephotography
Black and white image of sand dune ripple patterns and overhead clouds leading to a dune's peak in the distance, with mountain range in silhouette in the background .
January 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Dream Lake - San Juan Island, Washington

The San Juans are a beautiful part of Washington State. I spent a week camping there in 2014 and would love to return someday.
January 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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One more from earlier last night...
#Iceland #northernlights #aurora #sky #NewYearsEve
Multiple waves of green northern lights fill the sky above a valley of snowy mountains.
January 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Wishing all a wonderful, stress-free holiday season among beloved family and friends and maybe not so beloved but hopefully tolerable in small doses.

This image is from my first winter trip to Bryce Canyon.
An amphitheater of orange-red sandstone hoodoos lightly covered in snow glowing from the morning sunlight.
December 24, 2024 at 9:19 PM
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My first trip to Yosemite, a backpacking trip, was an awe-inspiring experience. My first winter trip there was a completely different, but still amazing experience that will stay with me for quite a while. The image below is from that trip.
#landscapephotography
A black and white image with broken sheets of ice in the foreground ,in a partially frozen river leading to a strand of trees and a tall waterfall cascading over large granite rock formations.
December 19, 2024 at 4:16 AM
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Sometimes you find the oddest thing abandoned in the desert. Here's a perfectly good grand piano just sitting in the middle of nowhere.
#landscapephotography
Orange-red sandstone at sunset bearing a likeness to a grand piano with rippled clouds in the sky.
December 13, 2024 at 4:51 AM
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Layers. The Eastern Sierra comes alive in winter and spring with these layers of color and light. #landscape #photograph #photo #photography #sierras #layers
December 8, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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A recent wildflower display at Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Nice to see the change of colors in the desert every once in a while.

#landscapephotography #wildflowers
Desert scene in soft light with cholla cactus in the foreground surrounded by carpet of purple wildflowers, leading to yucca, ocotillo, and mountain range in the distance.
December 5, 2024 at 5:11 AM
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My occasional mountain view on a clear day. The highest peak shown is Mount San Antonio, aka Mt. Baldy or Joat (Tongva), standing at 10,064 ft. I've made it to the top maybe a dozen times but it's been awhile since my last time up. #landscapephotography #mtbaldy
San Gabriel Mountains with Mt Baldy in the distance, partially covered in snow, with stacks of pillowy clouds overhead, and softly lit by evening light. Closeup of Mt Baldy at sunset with a light red glow on the peak, with silhouette of hills in the foreground. San Gabriel Mountains in the distance with Mt Baldy as the main subject partially covered in snow, with slightly reddish clouds above. Mt Baldy in the distance, partially covered in snow, with lenticular clouds over the peak, both slightly red at sunset.
November 27, 2024 at 4:20 AM
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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS from last month in Joshua Tree National Park. At this point it was fairly faint to the naked eye.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS streaking across the night sky with a silhouette of a pinyon pine and large boulder in the foreground.
November 21, 2024 at 5:03 AM
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I may need to take a nap for the next 4 years to keep my sanity. Here's a mesquite branch with the right idea out in Death Valley National Park.
Black and white landscape image of sand dunes with untouched patterns stretching to a distant mountain. There's a dried mesquite branch in the foreground resembling Kokopelli, a Native American fertility deity.
November 14, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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A view from Sequoia National Park on the way to the next camp site, interspersed with light showers.
November 11, 2024 at 11:25 PM