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Outhouse. As you might be able to tell by the well traveled trail. This is not for decoration. However, in 20 degree weather, its not a throne for contemplation.
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Port Jefferson Bay, This much ice over salt water is quite usual for this area. Its would probably have been crossable, if it were not for the ferry traffic.
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Land, Lake, Land, Sea, Land Oyster Lake in foreground and Block Island Sound just past it.
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Bald Peak Self portrait was a somewhat perilous endeavor. Slope was too steep for tripod. Gathered snow was use to as a footing. Armed with only a 10 second timer, several attempts were required, with fast scrambling over the steep slope.
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Hike up Blueberry Mt A foot of soft snow on the ground. Lots of rain. Swollen creeks. Made for miserable Hike. My shoes and pants were not made for these conditions. With less than 1/4 left, summiting was aborted.
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Hike up Blueberry Mt A foot of soft snow on the ground. Lots of rain. Swollen creeks. Made for miserable Hike. My shoes and pants were not made for these conditions. With less than 1/4 left, summiting was aborted.
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Finally we left the fog! Little did we know a thunderstorm was on the way. Lake Huron PH Hoeft State Park, Mi
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Nom Nom Nom. This cricket dropped from a branch right in front of our canoe. We saved him and in return he posed in front of the camera a bit. He really like the are where we released him. A sunny meadow with very meaty plants. As soon as we set him down he started eating.
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The sky in the water. I was shooting fish but they weren't anywhere as interesting as the foreground. So I turned the polarizer and shot just the reflections.
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Its a nice shot. But came at a high price. I managed to catch several hundred chiggers while wandering off from the trail. I managed to get most of them of but still had a couple of dozen bites. My legs were itching like crazy for the next week.
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Gasteracantha cancriformis I noticed this little fellow after I walked through his web. Sorry little guy.
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Sneaky Sneaky! This bird would slowly sneak up on dragon flies. Then in an instant it would stretch out its body and snatch them. I saw it fetch 2 in 5 minutes or so that I was observing it. 100% success rate.
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Nom Nom Nom! This bird would slowly sneak up on dragon flies. Then in an instant it would stretch out its body and snatch them. I saw it fetch 2 in 5 minutes or so that I was observing it. 100% success rate.
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Junipers are completely covered in berries. Unfortunately, due to wind I could not get a sharp wide shot.
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Deer Tick. A real pest here on Long Island. Stay away from these guys. They are carriers of the nasty lyme disease -- especially on LI. I generally like Arachnids, but not this one. They are all over the place on LI. During the first 15 min of my stroll I caught about 2 dozen crawling all over my pants. From then on I staid to the trails and away from the grass.
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A meadow by shoreham beach. Looks inviting, but don't make a step into this tick infested grass.
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A meadow by shoreham beach. Looks inviting, but don't make a step into this tick infested grass.
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All the trees turned into chandeliers after a heavy ice storm. It was all over the news and we didn't quite know what all the fuss was about as it was quite civil and only a couple fallen trees. As we left the area later that day we saw the real damage of the storm. A LARGE fraction of the trees along the route between Keene Valley and Underwood were overturned. Downed power lines all over the place.
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Mind you I did not fall. After a whole day skiing in freezing rain / snow my clothes turned into an impenetrable shied of ice. Photo by Andrey Sukhanov
