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Lois Elling
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I love to explore and take photographs along the way. Nature themes are my favorites.
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Red and blue reflections make an abstract at Lake Chabot, Alameda County, California.
January 27, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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Monarch butterfly on wildflowers at Neary Lagoon Wildlife Refuge, Santa Cruz, California.
A vertical image of a cluster of white wildflowers with yellow centers. There is a monarch butterfly (orange and black) with its wings open on the lower edge of the cluster. A few plant leaves are visible. The background is all a soft green.
January 25, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Two pelicans interacting at sunset on the cliffs, Pismo Beach, California.
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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Blue cloud reflections at Mono Lake, California.
An image with the top half covered in smooth, light blue clouds, which are reflected in the smooth water at the bottom of the image. In the center is a thick line of brown hills and formations reflected in the lake, and blue mountains barely showing in the distance.
January 23, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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Yellow dividing line on the pavement with a hidden cat face.
January 21, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Mountain reflections in the morning at the Coal Train Beaver Ponds near Crested Butte, Colorado.
January 19, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Horsetail fern, Boulder Creek, CA. I always enjoy seeing these ancient plants.
A close-up vertical image of a green stalk in the center with green needles branching out every inch or so. There are white and pink "sleeves" just above where the needles branch from the stem.
January 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Frost aster wildflowers at Seven Islands State Birding Park near Knoxville, Tennessee.
A cluster of daisy-like flowers with many white petals and a yellow center, growing off two long stems that run from the upper left of the image to the lower right. The background is blurred.
January 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Morning reflections at Humboldt Lagoon State Park, California.
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Aspen trunks with a base of green ferns near Crested Butte, Colorado.
A verticle image of several white with black aspen tree trunks and a layer of green ferns at the bottom of the frame.
January 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Mushroom with debris at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, Alameda County, California.
A dark image of a single mushroom with a smooth cap and bright white stem. There is leaf debris on the ground and a few small bits on the mushroom cap.
January 13, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Cracked sign at a local shopping center. It originally read, "Private property, no loitering, city of San Leandro." These two pictures were taken two years apart. It's interesting to me to see how the decay has progressed.
January 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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Remnants of something in the South Umpqua River, Dillard, Oregon.
January 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Great egret in flight by the San Lorenzo Bay Trail, San Lorenzo, California.
A large white bird, great egret, in flight against a solid blue background of sky. The bird's wings are down with feathers spread, it's black legs and feet stick out straight behind it, and it has a yellow-orange beak. The bird is facing to the right of the image.
January 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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Wave splash on rocks at sunset on the beach at San Clemente, California.
A vertical image taken at sunset. The top third is bright orange with a solid white sun close to the horizon. Then center of the image shows the ocean, a wave, and a big splash of water against some dark rocks. The bottom third shows a rocky beach with some water and light reflected from the sky. There is a dark chunk of rock prominent near the bottom.
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Pale knautia wildflowers in a field on Fairmont Ridge, Anthony Chabot Regional Park, California.
January 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Vines and some red leaves on a wall of the aquarium at Hakone, Japan.
A white wall with a few vines on it that are mostly bare but have a few red leaves still hanging on in the upper left corner. The wall is a grid of large tiles.
January 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Cumberland Falls with boaters at Cumberland Falls State Park, Kentucky.
An image of a wide waterfall with brown rocks on the sides of the river, and green trees above the rocks. There are two long poles or dead trees across the bottom of the picture. The water below the falls is green and there is a small inflatable boat with about four people in it to help give size to the large waterfall.
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Reeds and Reflections, Crested Butte, Colorado.
I light-colored image of thin green reeds in the water and their reflections. They are mostly on the right two-thirds of the photo. There is one reed that is horizontal. There is also some unknown scum or plant mixed in with the reeds. The color of the water is light gray.
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Bumble bee on larkspur, Crested Butte, Colorado.
A gold and black bumble bee on a purple flower with several other flowers nearby. The background is out of focus green.
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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Dixie as a kitten at the bottom of the stairs.
A square image in black and white with a row of carpeted stairs and a mostly white kitten on a lower stair and looking up. There is a wall on the right.
January 2, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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Water ripple patterns on Lake Chabot, Anthony Chabot Regional Park, Alameda County, California.
An image of repeated ripple patterns on water with a few dark out-of-focus leaves on the sides.
January 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Fog over Livermore showing a few hills and trees in the foreground and Brushy Peak and windmills in the background. Alameda County, California.
December 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Two wet leaves on gravel. Chestnut Hill, Tennessee.
A close-up of wet gravel with a red leaf and a yellow leaf. The stem of the red leaf is leading to the left, and the yellow leaf, which is a bit smaller, is centered almost perfectly on top of the red leaf, but in the opposite direction. Everything is glossy because it's wet.
December 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Owl's claw among other wildflowers near Crested Butte, Colorado.
A cluster of orange wildflowers with parts of lupine flowers and leaves in the picture. The background is green.
December 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM