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Greg Wathen
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Retired wildlife biologist, landscape ecologist, climate activist, photographer.
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Grand Geyser in Yellowstone National Park is the tallest predictable geyser eruption in the world, spectacular if you are lucky enough to witness it. The vast Yellowstone Caldera provides the geothermal wonders to be seen throughout the park.

#BlueSkyArtShow #warmth #Yellowstone #Wyoming #nature
Grand Geyser eruption at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving from Tennessee!! The #turkeys are running for their lives!!

#Thanksgiving #Tennessee #birds #nature #photography
Wild turkeys running for their lives!
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Even though the California condor has the largest wingspan of any bird in North America, it looks #small against the backdrop of the Grand Canyon. Image captured in March 2008.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Arizona #GrandCanyon #landscapephotography
California condor in the Grand Canyon, Arizona.
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I love the #bright colors of #fall!

#BlueSkyArtShow #nature #autumn #Tennessee
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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During a total solar eclipse, the sky turns dark, stars shine, temperatures drop, and night sounds begin. But looking at the sun and moon (with protective glasses) reveals an amazing celestial event.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright #eclipse #Tennessee
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA, September 2019

“I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and water, air and soil, people and their future and their fate.” (Ansel Adams)

#MountainMonday #landscapephotography #photography #Colorado #careforcreation
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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It's hard to pick a favorite evening image, but I really like this one a lot. Redbud blooms, Radnor Lake, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, April 2021.

#BlueSkyArtShow #evening #photography #landscapephotography #Tennessee #Nashville #nature
Radnor Lake, Nashville, TN, USA, evening with redbuds blooming.
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Southwest Virginia Highlands in the fall. This is an image composed from about 4 images merged to create a panoramic view. Location is close to Blacksburg, VA, just down the hill from Mountain Lake Lodge, where the movie Dirty Dancing was filmed.

#Landscapephotography #MountainMonday #photography
Southwest Virginia Highlands
November 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Aspens in the Fall, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn #Yellowstone #Wyoming #Photography #Nature #CareforCreation
Aspens in the Fall, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Inside the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin, Ireland.

#BlueSkyArtShow #inside #Ireland #Guinness
October 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Dun Aonghasa, cliffs on the isle of Inishmore, Aran Islands, Ireland.

#BlueSkyArrtShow #vertical #landscapephotogtaphy #photography #pilgrimage #Ireland
Dun Aonghasa, cliffs on the isle of Inishmore, Aran Islands, Ireland.
October 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Auckland, New Zealand, March 2023.

#blueskyartshow #glow #newzealand #Auckland #cityscapes #photography #travelphotography
Auckland, New Zealand, at night, March 2023.
October 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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From a long ago road trip to Alaska, here is Denali, July 1988. It had been 9 days since the mountain had been visible - we were fortunate to see it that day.

#MountainMonday #landscapephotography #photography #Alaska #careforcreation #laudatosi
Denali in Alaska.
October 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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#Relax! It's only a bear paw print.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Victoria #Canada
Bear paw print in the sand, and a sandal for size comparison.
October 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Finisterre, Spain, looking east over the Atlantic Ocean in late afternoon. This was at the end of our Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in 2015.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Relax #Camino #pilgrimage
Looking out over the Atlantic Ocean in late afternoon.
October 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow
#Relax

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A female lion sleeps straddling a mossy tree.
October 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Virgin Falls, near Sparta, Tennessee, is unique. The waterfall is "formed by an underground stream that emerges from a cave, then drops over a 110-foot high cliff before disappearing into another cave at the bottom".
#waterfallwednesday #nature #photography
#landscapephotography
#careforcreation
Virgin Falls, near Sparta, Tennessee, is unique. The waterfall is "formed by an underground stream that emerges from a cave, then drops over a 110-foot high cliff before disappearing into another cave at the bottom".
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Wood duck, Radnor Lake, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, spring 2021. For #BirdoftheDay with at least 3 colors.

#birds #nashville #nature #photography #naturephotography #careforcreation
Wood duck, Radnor Lake, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, spring 2021. For #BirdoftheDay with at least 3 colors.
September 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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#TheRoad to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, May 2015.

#BlueSkyArtShow #CaminodeSantiago #Spain #pilgrimage
Camino de Santiago, Spain, May 2015
September 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Box turtle crossing #theroad. After I took this image, I safely relocated him to the side of the road to where he was traveling, and thanked him for giving me a great photo opportunity.

#BlueSkyArtShow #nature #photography #turtles #tennessee
Box turtle crossing the road.
September 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Lower Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, October 2023.

#WaterfallWednesday #photography #landscapephotography #nationalparks #Yellowstone #Wyoming #careforcreation
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River and Lower Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
September 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Blue Ridge mountains, from the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. These mountains almost always provide me a sense of peace and tranquility.

#BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #BlueRidgePkwy #NorthCarolina #landscapephotography #photography #careforcreation
Blue Ridge mountains of North Caroline
September 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Happy #BlueSkyMonday and happy fall. Here's an image from a couple of falls ago, blue Adirondack chair in the woods. Enjoy the weather and the changing seasons!

#photography #blue #autumn #Nashville #Tennessee #careforcreation
Blue chair in the woods with Virginia creeper in red fall colors.
September 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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From a European trip with my daughter in May 2012. I've always loved this image of children and adults on a field trip walking towards the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

#BlueSkyArtShow #angles #Paris #EiffelTower #Europe
Childrend and adults on a field trip, walking towards the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
September 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Bridge of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, USA, featuring glasswork by Dale Chihuly. From a 2017 family trip to the Pacific NW.

#BlueSkyArtShow #angles #artwork #Tacoma #photography
Bridge of Glass, Tacoma, Washington
September 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM