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Charles Golson
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Retired rocket scientist, casual hiker and photographer, still learning.
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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
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A little sunlight at the end of the day in Sedona. Have a good night.
A three-loved redrock basks in evening sunlight above sloping green hills under a partly cloudy sky. Buff and red rock spires in golden light.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Ephemeral waterfall in Sedona. Have a good afternoon.
Slender silver waterfall runs down plateau edge after days of rain, with red rocks visible on right and green trees near camera.
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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It’s a rainy morning in Sedona. Have a good day.
Gray pointed mini mountains stand out below cloud bank. Snoopy Rock is a redrock formation that resembles Snoopy lying on top of his doghouse. Here it’s silhouetted against low clouds.
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Plenty of air traffic over Sedona thi morning. Have a good day.
Diagonal contrails slash across blue sky above a redrock ridge and plateau edge.
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Much brighter now, clearly a red glow even without the camera. First time I’ve seen the aurora. Thanks to @coloradocarol.bsky.social for getting me outside tonight!
Red aurora above silhouette of Shark Fin and Steamboat Rock in Sedona, with a few stars above.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Aurora from Sedona. I can only see a hint of red with my eyes, but this is what the iPhone captured. Have a good night.
A red auroral glow above dark trees and redrock cliffs, beneath the stars.
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Clouds and shadows in Sedona. Have a good night.
Redrock formations on the right cast shadows on the ridge at left, beneath scattered clouds in a light blue sky.
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Triangles in Sedona. Have a good afternoon.
A pointy redrock hill (Little Sugarloaf) forms a triangle pointing up, and a white cloud forms a triangle pointing down.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Good morning from Sedona. Have a good day.
Orange pre-sunrise clouds above plateau rim, with one redrock formation in silhouette.
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Wispy clouds and moonrise over Sedona. Have a good night.
Wispy clouds in blue sky above red and tan cliffs. Nearly full moon to the right of a redrock ridge.
November 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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On Upper Chimney Rock Loop in Sedona. Have a good night.
One of three redrock “fingers” of Chimney Rock hides the afternoon sun. A red dirt trail leads away from the camera between green trees, toward distant grey and tan cliffs.
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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The queen and her shadow in Sedona. Have a good day.
A redrock spire resembling a robed figure casts an odd shadow on buff and red cliffs under a blue sky. A closer view of the same spire/figure.
October 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Evening light in Sedona. Have a good night.
A redrock spire stands below buff and red cliffs, casting evening shadows beneath a blue sky with scattered white clouds.
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Synchronicity. I’m reading a novel called “Bad Lands” which opens with a skeleton found among these very hoodoos!
October 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Good morning from Sedona. Have a good day.
Dark redrock monoliths silhouetted against a dark blue sky, beneath sunlit horizontal white clouds. There’s one feathery vertical cloud and a diagonal airliner contrail.
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Light and shadows in Sedona. Have a good night.
A redrock spire casts its shadow on the buff and red cliffs of Wilson Mountain.
October 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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#NoKings in Sedona. Big turnout, lots of clever signs, very few hecklers. Have a good day.
Patriotic lady in Sedona holding “Can’t spell hatred without a red hat” sign. Woman in pink inflatable unicorn costume protesting in Sedona. Patriotic woman holding “No crown for a clown” sign. Sedona patriot in cowboy hat waving American flag.
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Light and shadow in Sedona. Have a good night.
Evening red light on the Shark Fin, King Kong and the Three Wise Men, and Steamboat Rock in Sedona. Shadows of those rock formations across the canyon.
October 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Red, white, blue, and green in Sedona. Have a good evening.
Redrock formations under billowy white clouds in a blue sky, framed by green trees.
October 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Half moon between a pillar of rock and a pillar of cloud in Sedona. Have a good afternoon.
A half-moon is framed in a V formed by the redrock pillar Chimney Rock and a vertical cloud.
October 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Changing light and shadows in Sedona. 14 minutes apart. Have a good night.
Brightly lit redrock ridge on left and shadowed redrock pinnacles on right, beneath a bright horizontal cloud band. Redrock pinnacles in deep red pre-sunset light. Thumb-shaped pinnacle on right casts shadow on redrock ridge on left.
October 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Misty morning in Sedona. Have a good day.
Dimly lit redrock monoliths surrounded by mist, under a gray sky.
October 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Dramatic sky after rain in Sedona. Have a good night.
Buff-and-red-rock ridge in late afternoon sunshine, under dark grey and white clouds touched by sunlight at the top. Deep red rock monoliths under gray and white clouds, all bathed in late-afternoon sunshine.
October 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Evening shadows in Sedona. Have a good night.
Huge shadow covers part of the shark Fin, a red-and-buff colored rock ridge.
October 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM