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Hey Buddy... #pnw #oregon #thisbeautifulearth #themountainisout (at Mount Hood National Forest)

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More high desert breath takers from this weekend. #oregon #pnw #thisbeautifulearth (at Smith Rock State Park)

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An evening well spent. #hammocklife #watchingthecows #twilightbirdsounds #oregon #pnw #thisbeautifulearth (at Tumalo, Oregon)

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Black Butte and an evening on fire. #pnw #oregon #thisbeautifulearth #eveningwalk #ranchlife (at Bend, Oregon)

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Lakeside trail. Jade waters. Sun on my face. #oregon #pnw #thisbeautifulearth (at Paulina Lake)

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Scenes from the high desert. Can you smell the sagebrush? #pnw #oregon #thisbeautifulearth (at Sisters, Oregon)

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One of my favorite sounds in the world: the nighttime chorus of frogs. I ran out of phone memory at the worst time, but caught a few seconds of the loveliness. 🌌🐸 #pnw #oregon #frog #frogsongs #frogsounds #thisbeautifulearth (at Old Mill District)

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"What a rude Lump our World is that we are so apt to dote upon." —Thomas Burnet, 17th century British theologician, early creative cartographer.

Once upon a time (and in the beginning), Thomas said, the world was smooth and pure and perfect. This waterless map is the world Post Flood, drained so you can see more clearly what a terrible mess we made of things. 

I quite love our lumpish earth, with water added, of course. All those ragged mountains for climbing, all those oceans spangling out. All of us capable of loving it back to health, if we want, if we choose.

http://io9.com/a-17th-century-map-depicts-a-world-with-the-oceans-drai-1584775623