The old dredge ruin is a prominent landmark of the copper mining era. We kayaked right into it one year through a hole on the side. The vertigo we experienced when paddling into the very large rectilinear room tipped on an angle was memorable.
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The Puebloan cliff dwelling ruins in SW Colorado are sculpturally very beautiful and quite mystical. Oak Tree House was my favorite.
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Crater Lake National Park, Oregon is uniquely beautiful. The blue clear water, the deepest the U.S., reflects the surrounding caldera and sky with near mirror clarity on a calm day.
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The Pinnacles, just down slope from Crater Lake rim, are amazing other worldly rock formations formed from volcanic ash, hardened by vertically rising hot gases. Drawing these bizarre spires was really enjoyable.
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I have always been fascinated by the variety of shapes and colors of fungi. The lavenders, pinks and greens in this formation were stunning.
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There was amazing contrast between the dark grey, brown, and black cut off tree stump and the almost fluorescent greens, purples and pinks of the intermingled fungi.
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The rows of fungi on the bark were surprisingly linear, and the contrast between the light blue and chartreuse was striking.
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I observed these Sandhill Cranes near our house on my daily racewalks. After only 4 months the baby was almost as tall as the adult, but no facial red color yet.
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The “Bean” (Cloud Gate) sculpture in downtown Chicago, by Anish Kapoor, is one of the most beautiful and engaging contemporary sculptures in the world.
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Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1939 masterpiece of residential architecture in Bear Run Pennsylvania, is arguably the most important contemporary house in history.
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