Qilian ColorA relatively remote Chinese landscape in the Qilian Mountains consisting of colorful layering of mineral elements featuring red sandstone.

Cholla is surrounded by a burst of color and verdance in a brief Sonoran Desert Spring

A real Sonoran desert oasis complete with palm trees and a spring

The peak of this mid-winter event was the momentary warming of the Jefferson Memorial as the sun set in the western sky

and using that system for time measurement we would date the tree back to a time when centuries were still in single digits

As softer sandstone erodes the caps of hard rock remain somewhat intact and over time find themselves on a pedestal

However because they are constantly pummeled by crashing waves

Two-hundred year old beech trees have come to be known as the Dark Hedges of Northern Ireland

October brings a full palette of autumn color to Chequamegon National Forest

The population of the black rhinoceros has dwindled to only about one for every 5500 square kilometers in Africa

I met this one near the border of Mexico/USA while it waited patiently for its mate who was out territory shopping

A perfect national-interest gift for the holidays

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