Oreamnos americanus

A photo dump of my adventures for friends and family to know I'm alive. In the near future this will mostly mean unedited pictures posted from sweaty hostels, and the occasional road trip. In case you were wondering, Oreamnos americanus is the latin name for a mountain goat.

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Schizophyllum commune 


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A botanical foray and opportunistic butterfly photoshoot in the Methow Valley, May 2019

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The edge of the 2018 lava flow from fissure 8 on the big island of Hawaii. Absolutely mind blowing just how much material can ooze from the Earth in such a short period of time. December, 2018.

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Wild horses! They really do exist. Saw these guys (gals?) in the Salt River, Arizona. March 2019.

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Shout out to my Dad for sending a “go look at the moon right now” text. January 2019.

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Looking at one Redwood from within another. Redwoods National Park, January 2019.

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Redwoods National Park, January 2019

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One of my favorite panoramas from Machu Picchu

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Assuming this sign is accurate then we hit a little over 15 thousand feet of elevation going through Salkantay Pass

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A lot of the Andean highlands that we hiked through for this trek was used as grazing lands; we became accustomed to passing various livestock throughout the trip

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A glacial fed lagoon we hiked to as training for the Salkantay Pass.

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The humble beginning of our trek to Machu Picchu via the Salkantay Trail. Shout out our four legged friends you carried most of our gear.

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The Qoricancha (or at least what’s left of it after the Spanish built a church on top of it). This building was one of the centers of religious power of the Incan Empire; essentially a temple dedicated to the Sun God Inti. The stonework towards the bottom that fits so tightly that no mortar was necessary is the original Incan building.

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Touristy as it may be, its impossible to resist a baby alpaca when you come face to face with one.

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Perhaps my new favorite snack: toasted "maize peruano". Each kernel is about the size of a dime.

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Presiding over the Plaza Mayor de Lima is the Catedral (also de Lima). I ended up just staring at the woodwork on the front. How old is it? How do they keep it looking so good? Have they had to replace it? Is it the original design?

Needless to say I was impressed.