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Joshua Tree is one of my favorite national parks, tucked away in the California desert. It has a huge range of micro-climates, so the plants and animals are surprisingly diverse. You can easily spend a week exploring and barely touch the surface. Sadly, scientists predict the park's namesake trees (seen here in silhouette) will go extinct within my lifetime. Whatever brings you to this incredible landscape, let it infect you with a sense of urgency to preserve it for the future. #nps #nationalparks #joshuatree #solotravel #pnwphotographer #desertphotography #nationalparkphotography https://ift.tt/2OTePUu

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Next, I want to share a gem little closer to home: Mount Rainier National Park. Wherever you go, through meadows and mountains, a dormant (but not dead) volcano, Mt. Rainier, looms above. Covered in glaciers year-round, its white-topped dome is both a sign of a good day and a warning of what lies beneath. #pnwphotgrapher #pnwonderland #usparksandmonuments #usnps #nps #national_park_photography https://ift.tt/2N7ClNW

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Hello friends. I enjoyed a little social media break, but I'm back to share some of my favorite places. First up: Los Angeles. This smoggy, sunny beast overwhelms me as soon as I arrive, with its sprawl and near-perpetual wildfires. But truthfully, LA is full of tiny moments of beauty and calm, just like this. Make time for them. #pnwphotographer #travelsolo #cityofangels #findhappiness #canonphotography https://ift.tt/2NqxGFV

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What a happy little cloud in that Montana sky. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #blueskies #pnwphotgrapher #montana ⠀ #earthescope #natgeoyourshot #folkscenery #splendid_earth #earthmood #americanwest #blueskies #canonphotography http://bit.ly/2K5hlak

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The last rays of sunlight face behind the Three Sisters, volcanic peaks near Bend, Oregon.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #pnwphotgrapher #pnwonderland #earthescope #natgeoyourshot #folkscenery #splendid_earth #earthmood #traveloregon #canonphotography #teamcanon #sunset🌅 http://bit.ly/2KI4ev0

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Going through old photos, found this serene scene. There's nothing like the Icelandic landscape, it's instantly recognizable. I'm long overdue to see this place again.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #iceland #earthescope #natgeoyourshot #folkscenery #splendid_earth #earthmood #pnwphotgrapher #canonphotography #2007 #icelandicpony http://bit.ly/2IoObzE

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. fall ⠀ in love⠀ with your solitude⠀ ⠀ //Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey⠀ (@rupikaur_)⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #oregoncoast #pnwphotgrapher #pnwonderland⠀ #earthescope #natgeoyourshot #folkscenery #splendid_earth #earthmood #quietmoments #canonphotography #teamcanon #solotravel http://bit.ly/2Xv8W31

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From the Faroese village of Funningur, the western coast of Kalsoy island looms. Reachable only by boat, this is one of the more isolated islands, yet it's populated year-round. Four dark tunnels criss-cross Kalsoy, earning the island the nickname The Flute for the "holes" running within the mountains.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #nordicscollective #faroeislands #kalsoy #faroeislands #pnwonderland #earthescope #natgeoyourshot #folkscenery #splendid_earth #earthmood #kalsoy #visitfaroeislands #solotravel http://bit.ly/2WeiRIF

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There's nothing as surreal as the Skagit Valley in full bloom.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #thegreat206 #pnwphotgrapher #pnwonderland #skagitvalley⠀ #earthescope #natgeoyourshot #folkscenery #splendid_earth #earthmood #blueskies #tulipfarm http://bit.ly/2Z7nFRX

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Ah Hawaii, I need to come back to you. . . . #nature_seekers #canonphotography #pnwphotographer #bigisland #hawaiilife #national_park_photography #nationalpark #nps #lavafields #blueskies https://www.instagram.com/p/ByOK8WJJw1c/

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“There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, 'Consume me'.” ⠀ // Virginia Woolf⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #pnwonderland #canonphotography #sequim #pnwphotographer #teamcanon #dungenessnationalwildliferefuge #nightskyphotography #washingtonstate http://bit.ly/2YVubLA

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“I see Earth! It is so beautiful.” // Yuri Gagarin #pnwonderland #pnwphotographer #washingtonstate #pacificnorthwest #localtravel #canonphotography #hurricaneridge #nps #nationalparks #goexplore #blueskies #olympicmountains #national_park_photography http://bit.ly/2wwYQ5G

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“I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.” ⠀⠀ // Pearl S. Buck⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #pnwonderland #canonphotography #pnwphotographer #traveloregon #solotravel #canonphotography #smithrock #smithrockstatepark #blueskies http://bit.ly/2Hfpruc

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“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” ⠀⠀ // Rachel Carson⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #canonphotography #pnwphotographer #hawaii #pacific #pacificocean #canonphotography #nightskyphotography #bigisland http://bit.ly/2YngLb6

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“The Pacific is my home ocean; I knew it first, grew up on its shore, collected marine animals along the coast. I know its moods, its color, its nature.” ⠀ // John Steinbeck⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #pnwonderland #canonphotography #pnwphotographer #oregoncoast #pacific #solotravel #pacificocean #canonphotography #happyplace #pnwcollective #pnwlife http://bit.ly/2E1q88x

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“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” ⠀ // Henry David Thoreau⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #teampixel #pnwphotographer #solotravel #airplaneviews #geology #noideawherethiswas http://bit.ly/2HbjWgm

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This is the view from Tjørnuvík, one of my favorite places in the Faroe islands. In the distance you can see two sea stacks, Risin og Kellingin, or the Witch and the Giant. // The legend says that the giants in Iceland were jealous of the beauty of the Faroes. One night the Giant and the Witch swam across the sea to steal the islands. They struggled through the night to bind the islands together so the Giant could carry them back to Iceland. Caught up in their task, the Witch and the Giant were too distracted to notice the sun rising on the horizon. As the sunlight hit their skin, they turned to stone, forever frozen in time. . . . . . #earthescope #natgeoyourshot #folkscenery #splendid_earth #earthmood #nordicscollective #faroeislands #blueskies #canonphotography #landscapephotography #solotravel #pnwphotographer https://ift.tt/2SnWb6T