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Deconstructed rose. The plucked petals of an apricot-colored rose in the photo show the rose's many variations in color.

Deconstructed rose.

#Photography #Flowers #RosePetals

Backlit abstract fused glass, 4" x 4". Stripes of three cool colors - opaque navy blue, translucent pale blue and translucent teal blue - serve as a background. Upon this background are powders, blobs and lines of glass in mainly warm colors - red, orange, yellow. The curved piece is back lit by the sun, accentuating the contrasting colors and foreground shapes.

Backlit abstract fused glass piece, 4" x 4".

#Art #GlassArt #FusedGlass

Close-up photo shows a rock covered in near-florescent green Leprose lichen. The rock is actually a large boulder at the Chiricahua National Park, Arizona. Lichen is not a species of plant or anything else. It is a combination of fungus and algae (or cyanobacteria) growing in a symbiotic relationship, meaning they benefit each other. The fungus anchors the lichen to the rock and the algae has chlorophyll to make sugars that the fungus uses as food. Lichen breaks down the stone into soil. It also absorbs pollutants and fixes Nitrogen in the soil.

Some lichen.
(See Alt text)

#RockinTuesday #Photography

Photo of a Sobralia Chrysostoma orchid beside a trail in the Arenal Volcano National Park rainforest, Cost Rica. The orchid petals are predominantly white with a hint of pink, and yellow inside the flower. The orchid is dripping wet in the misty rainforest.

An orchid growing beside a very wet trail in the Arenal Volcano National Park rainforest, Costa Rica.

#ArtChallenges #ForestFriday ?
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Orchid #Flower #Rainforest #CostaRica #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Chiracahua’s National Park is known for its crazy rock towers. This is a photo of the "Organ Pipe" rock formation as you drive into the west side of Chiracahua’s National Park. For an appreciation of just how big these are, note the size of the scrub oak at the base. I would guess about 200 feet tall.

The "Organ Pipe" rock formation in Chiracahua’s National Park. (See Alt text.)

#RockinTuesday #Nature #Chiracahua’s #Rocks #NationalPark
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography

Frank's is a great breakfast spot in Tucson.

#Humor #StreetScene #Photography, #PhotographersUnited, #PhotographersOfBlueSky, #EastCoastKin

This photo shows the bark of a palm tree that was singed in a serious fire.

What is that? (See Alt text)

#ArtChallenges #Abstractia #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

I like all of your #trippy art!

Imposing sandstone formation overhanging the trail in West Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona, Arizona. Some sandstone, like the rocks pictured here, contain iron in the form of hematite. The reddish color is due to the iron rusting over the eons.

Imposing sandstone formation overhanging the trail in West Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona, Arizona. (See Alt text.)

#Photography #ArtChallenges #RockinTuesday #BlueSkyArtShow
#NaturePhotography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

A fallen log with wild swirling patterns in the wood grain. This is not driftwood. It was lying on the trail to a quiet stream near the "Dells" by Prescott, Arizona.

Nature creates some wild patterns.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Patterns #WoodGrain #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow

This sign "No Washing of Flowers in Washroom" was posted above a water fountain outside the airport on the Caribbean island of Dominica. It was not obvious as to who would wash flowers here.

Yes, "Brake For Snakes" is a valid warning on a road near Tucson, Arizona.

A yellow caution sign displaying a Coatimundi (Mexican Raccoon) in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

Some interesting signs. (See Alt Text.)

#Photography #MobilePhotography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

This is a photo of mine from a hike above Lake Tahoe. You can see my legs and boots as I rest on a rock overlooking the lake. Gorgeous day!

A nice spot to rest while hiking above Lake Tahoe.

#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography
#ArtChallenges #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Close up photo of a Monstrose cactus flower. Shows the crowded center of white and yellow filaments of the stamen within a surround of pink leaves.

Flower of a Monstrose cactus.
#Stunday
#Photography #Macro #Nature #NaturePhotography #Cactus #Flower #Monstrose #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Typical colorful street in Guanajuato, Mexico. The street is made of bricks arranged in patterns. The lower portion of the building is made of stones with deep red mortar. The rest of the house front is another shade of red. Each door is green and the doorframes are yellow. A lot of color!

Colorful street in Guanajuato, Mexico.

#UrbanGaze #Photography #StreetPhotography #Guanajuato #Mexico #UrbanPhotography #EastCoastKin #ArtChallenge

Photo of bougainvillea flowers edited to smooth out the details. Extreme pink with tiny lavender florets.

Bougainvillea flowers.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant
#ArtChallenges #ColorADay #PinkMon
#Photography #AlteredReality #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited, #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Angled, closeup photo of my latest fused glass piece shows concentric bands of bright colors and some linear elements. I painted fusible "bubble paint" on clear glass, then covered with another piece of glass on top so that the paint is sandwiched between layers of clear glass. When fired at medium heat (~1400° F) the paint produces bubbles! Note the lacy structure to some of the color bands where I applied a thicker layer of bubble paint and too many bubbles were created.

Angled, closeup photo of my latest fused glass piece. (See Alt text.)

#FusedGlassArt #ArtChallenges #MacroMonday
#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin

Images of old style cathode ray tube televisions with wings painted on a parking lot wall. The building once housed a television store.

Holy flying cathode ray tubes!

#WackyWednesdayArt #ArtChallenge
#Photography

Avenida Cero (Avenue Zero) in the heart of downtown San Jose, Costa Rica is a busy pedestrian corridor. I found it to be a great place for people watching. For this photo I leaned against a shuttered storefront. I pretended to be talking on my phone so I could grab a few candid shots.

Pedestrian-only streets like this make for great people watching. (See alt text for the full story.)

#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Scape #StreetScape #CityScape #AvenidaCero #SanJose #CostaRica

File under "Compost": Looking down at a bamboo cutting board. A knife lies beside a few chopped pieces of broccoli stalk on the cutting board.

File under "Compost"

#Photography #ColorADay #GreenSat
#Kitchen #CuttingBoard #Knife #Broccoli

archetypal image. thank you

Black and white photo taken hiking among the evergreens with Lake Tahoe in the distance.

Black and white photo taken hiking among the evergreens with Lake Tahoe in the distance.

#BlueSkyArtShow #ForestFriday #Scapes #Landscape #ColorADay #BWFri #Photography
#Nature #Evergreens #LakeTahoe #NaturePhotography
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

Thank you tiadee1031 for the info. I should have recognized it as a variation of chalcedony.

Titled "Warping of the space-time continuum." Photo shows a dense evergreen forest covering a steep mountain canyon. The camera points at the sun and the lens imperfections added what appear to be rays radiating from the sun. The "rays" bend in the bottom right corner. Einstein's theories predicted that mass could bend light and warp the space-time continuum. Thus the humorous title.

Warping of the space-time continuum.

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Scapes #Landscape
#Science #Physics #Humor
#Photography #NaturePhotography
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky

This palm-sized piece of rock had a chip broken off, revealing layers of brown, gray and white quartz crystals under the rough surface. Is there a geologist in the house who could explain how this sort of rock is formed?

This palm-sized piece of rock had a chip broken off, revealing layers of brown, gray and white quartz crystals under the rough surface.
Is there a geologist in the house who could explain how this sort of rock is formed?

#RockinTuesday
#Photography #Macro #Rocks #Quartz #Crystals

The wind raged as I hiked over a ridge near Patagonia, AZ. It was hard to hold the camera steady in the gusts.
#Photography #Nature
#NaturePhotography #Hiking #Windy #Patagonia #Arizona
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky

After the storm.

#SensoryArt #Water
#BlueSkyArtShow
#NaturePhotography
#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Zooming in on the #Bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skin with a tart and lemony flavor. Cacti provide moisture to the diet of the desert tortoise.

Zooming in on the #Bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skin with a tart and lemony flavor. Cacti provide moisture to the diet of the desert tortoise.

Zooming in on the #Bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skin with a tart and lemony flavor. Cacti provide moisture to the diet of the desert tortoise.

Zooming in on the #Bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skin with a tart and lemony flavor. Cacti provide moisture to the diet of the desert tortoise.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#NaturePhotography #Cactus
#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Zooming in on the bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skip. Cactus fruit provide moisture to the desert tortoise.

Zooming in on the bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skip. Cactus fruit provide moisture to the desert tortoise.

Zooming in on the bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skip. Cactus fruit provide moisture to the desert tortoise.

Zooming in on the bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skip. Cactus fruit provide moisture to the desert tortoise.Zooming in on the #Bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus.
#BueSkyArtShow
#NaturePhotography #Cactus
#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Photo from Costa Rican forest shows a tree with a very wide base. This is actually not a tree trunk. A type of vine grows up the tree trunk and eventually hardens around the tree, giving the appearance of a thicker trunk.

#ThickTrunkThursday
This is actually not a tree trunk. A type of vine grows up the tree trunk and eventually hardens around the tree, giving the appearance of a thicker trunk.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#ArtChallenges
#NaturePhotography #CostaRica
#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky