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Jesse 71
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interests: reading, animals, travel, hiking, and sports

All pictures on this account were taken by me, except for reposts.
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This amphitheater at the Roman ruins of Italica in Spain was a filming location for Game of Thrones. #travel #photography #tv #tvshow
This picture shows the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater, which includes a sunken area in the center shaped like a cross. The sunken area has a series of pillars. There are trees and a deep blue sky in the background.
July 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Powell's admiral, San Diego County, California #invertebrates #wildlife #nature #photography #butterflies #insects #travel
This picture shows a butterfly with reddish, white, and black wings perched on a branch with green leaves. Powell's admiral is a subspecies of Lorquin's admiral that occurs in southern California.
July 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Canada geese, Holland, Michigan #birds #travel #photography #nature #wildlife
This picture shows two adult Canada geese in a pond with four young between them.
July 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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hermit crab, National Park of American Samoa #invertebrates #wildlife #travel #nationalparks #nature #photography
This picture shows a green shell on the ground with a peak of a hermit crab on the left side of the shell.
June 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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white-tailed tropicbird, National Park of American Samoa #birds #wildlife #travel #nationalparks #nature #photography
This picture shows a medium-sized white bird with black near its eye and on its wings. The bird is sitting in and surrounded by green grass.
May 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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historic samurai guardhouse in Tokyo #travel #photography #architect #history
This picture shows a long, one-story old building. There is green vegetation on each end of the building and a low fence in front of it.
April 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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bookish checkpoint

last read: The Earth is Weeping by Peter Cozzens

current read: Pago Pago Tango by John Enright

last added to be read: The Impossible Man by Patchen Barss

next anticipated read: The Rise and Reign of Mammals by Stephen L. Brusatte

#booksky 📚👀
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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You can find some pristine and isolated stretches of beach in southern California, especially if you're willing to walk a bit. #hiking #photography #nature #landscape
This picture shows a wet beach without people or footprints that stretches out to the horizon. To the right, and in the distance, is a bluff. The ocean is on the left. The sky has scattered cloud cover.
March 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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American alligator, Florida Everglades #travel #photography #nationalparks #wildlife #herps #hiking
An alligator resting in tall, green grass is shown from above.
March 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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The Great Buddha of Kamakura, Japan #travel #photography #history
A large statue of a sitting person is shown in closeup, with green vegetation and blue sky in the background.
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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turtle at Indiana Dunes National Park #addHerper #travel #photography #nature #hiking #nationalparks
This picture shows a turtle surrounded by sand.
March 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Giralda of Seville Cathedral, Spain #photography #travel #Spain #architect #history
A tower is framed by bright green leaves, with a blue sky in the background.
February 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Australian pelican at Sydney Fish Market #auswildlife #birds #nature #travel #photography
A pelican stands on a paved surface, with a blue bin marked "Fish Only" in the background. The pelican is mostly white, with brown and white wings.
February 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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leopard seal, Antarctica #mammal #marinelife #travel #photography #nature
A large and mostly-brown seal rests on an ice flow, surrounding by a mixture of ice and open water. There is mountainous, snow-covered land in the background.
February 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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California scrub jay, Point Reyes National Seashore #birds #travel #photography #hiking #nature
This picture shows a medium-sized mostly blue bird with a white belly and throat perched on top of a shrub with small light-green leaves. Only the top of the shrub can be seen. The bird's head is seen in profile and turned in the opposite direction that its body is facing.
February 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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yellow-bellied marmot seen while hiking Mount Whitney, California #addMam #travel #photography #nature #hiking
Yellow-bellied marmots are relatively large ground squirrels. This is a closeup picture of the back and side of a yellow-bellied marmot, with the face seen in profile. It has small ears, grizzled gray-and-brown fur on the body, a reddish tail, and a yellow patch on the throat. The background is mostly light-colored rock.
January 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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snowy sheathbill, Brown Station, Antarctica #birds #travel #photography #nature
A medium-sized white bird with small eyes; a small and mostly dark brown bill; and short, dark legs and feet perches on a red building. One foot is raised off the building and only a small portion of the building can be seen. The background is white from snow and/or ice.
January 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada #travel #photography #landscape #hiking
Two rock formations converge in the center of the picture below a blue sky, with dark-gray rock on the right side and light-red rock on the left side. There are scattered low-lying shrubs and other rocks in the foreground.
January 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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juvenile eastern lubber grasshopper, Everglades National Park #invertebrates #travel #photography #nationalparks #nature #insects #bugsky
A black grasshopper with a yellow stripe down its back, a yellow stripe that runs vertically around its body, and partially reddish legs stands on an angled, flat wooden surface. It's a juvenile eastern lubber grasshopper in its fourth instar (i.e., stage) of development. Wings are starting to form near the yellow stripe that runs vertically around its body.
January 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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bookish checkpoint

last read: Big Sur by Jack Kerouac

currently reading: Season of the Witch by David Talbot

last added to be read: Born to Run by Christopher McDougall

next to read: Hannibal by Philip Freeman

#booksky 📚👀
December 19, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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gentoo penguin on Anvers Island, Antarctica #addOcean #birds #nature #photography #travel
A small penguin with an orange bill and white, wide stripe along its head stands on and amidst small and medium-sized rocks. The penguin has its head turned to the side, with one eye facing the camera. Three other penguins of the same species are partially shown, all of which are laying down.
December 18, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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Cassin's kingbird, San Diego County, California #addbirder #photography #nature #hiking #birds
A songbird with a gray head and chest, white throat, and yellow belly perches on a thin branch.
December 16, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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Denali #travel #photography #landscape #nationalparks #Alaska #DenaliNationalPark
There are five primary bands of color in this picture. From the foreground to the background they include: deep-blue lake water, deep-green vegetated landscape, the brown base of the mountain, white snow on the mountain with a layer of clouds and some scattered clouds, and the light-blue sky.
December 9, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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cat in Tangier, Morocco #travel #cats #photography
A tabby cat with green eyes sits on steps and looks into the camera. The steps are painted yellow, brown, and white in a serial cube pattern.
December 5, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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Mono Lake as seen from Mount Dana, California #travel #landscape #nationalparks #photography
From a mountain, an entire lake can be seen that reflects scattered clouds in the sky like a mirror. About half the lake is in the shadow of the mountain range where the image was captured. The lake is surrounded by desert.
November 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM