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I only saw a few starfish. People have been swept off the rocks by waves at Boiler Bay, so I was cautious not to go too far out.

2008-06-09T01:20:32Z

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I only saw a few starfish. People have been swept off the rocks by waves at Boiler Bay, so I was cautious not to go too far out.

After a successful night of amphipod hunting at Coos Bay, the Umpqua River, and the Siuslaw River, I headed north along the coast. I posed these amphipods (chilled in ice water, for better c ...

2008-06-09T01:14:59Z

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After a successful night of amphipod hunting at Coos Bay, the Umpqua River, and the Siuslaw River, I headed north along the coast. I posed these amphipods (chilled in ice water, for better c ...

The morning of the inauguration, I put my folding bike in the trunk of the car and drove on back roads to Kensington, MD, just outside the DC beltway (near the Mormon temple). I rode my bike ...

2009-01-21T07:53:41Z

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The morning of the inauguration, I put my folding bike in the trunk of the car and drove on back roads to Kensington, MD, just outside the DC beltway (near the Mormon temple). I rode my bike ...

There were lots and lots of sea urchins.

2008-06-09T01:21:18Z

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There were lots and lots of sea urchins.

Pitcher plants again.

2008-06-09T00:52:24Z

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Pitcher plants again.

While we were waiting for amphipods to fall into plastic cups, we went into Port Townsend, looked at some art galleries, and had dinner. There were a bunch of deer right in the residential p ...

2008-06-09T00:42:46Z

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While we were waiting for amphipods to fall into plastic cups, we went into Port Townsend, looked at some art galleries, and had dinner. There were a bunch of deer right in the residential p ...

On Saturday night, we took the ferry across Puget Sound to Fort Worden State Park, just north of Port Townsend, to collect amphipods. I collected amphipods at this spot in 1983 for my master ...

2008-06-09T00:40:35Z

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On Saturday night, we took the ferry across Puget Sound to Fort Worden State Park, just north of Port Townsend, to collect amphipods. I collected amphipods at this spot in 1983 for my master ...

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2009-08-13T02:40:58Z

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After we came down from the Knife Edge, we thought we had a relatively flat ride into Escalante.

2009-06-10T16:40:10Z

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After we came down from the Knife Edge, we thought we had a relatively flat ride into Escalante.

The first part of the ride was through a barren moonscape of crumbly gray rock.

2009-06-10T16:27:34Z

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The first part of the ride was through a barren moonscape of crumbly gray rock.

The hoodoos form when a cap of hard rock prevents the softer rock directly underneath it from eroding.

2009-06-10T16:44:20Z

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The hoodoos form when a cap of hard rock prevents the softer rock directly underneath it from eroding.

We stopped partway up the hill and looked back towards Capitol Reef.

2009-06-10T16:30:32Z

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We stopped partway up the hill and looked back towards Capitol Reef.

We went uphill the entire day, very gently at first, then steeper towards the end. This is looking back down a hill.

2009-06-10T16:52:14Z

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We went uphill the entire day, very gently at first, then steeper towards the end. This is looking back down a hill.

The Anasazi built these ruins around 900 years ago. No one is sure what their function was--living quarters, defense, ceremonial, grain storage. Many are perched on rocks overlooking the sma ...

2009-06-10T16:25:18Z

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The Anasazi built these ruins around 900 years ago. No one is sure what their function was--living quarters, defense, ceremonial, grain storage. Many are perched on rocks overlooking the sma ...

This is on HIghway 95 west of Blanding, our first taste of interesting rock formations.

2009-06-10T16:27:50Z

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This is on HIghway 95 west of Blanding, our first taste of interesting rock formations.

There's a scenic viewpoint off the highway that overlooks Lake Powell. This is as close as Ken would get to the edge of the cliff.

2009-06-10T16:51:46Z

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There's a scenic viewpoint off the highway that overlooks Lake Powell. This is as close as Ken would get to the edge of the cliff.

I kept telling Ken, you can't capture "looming" in a photograph, but he kept trying. Go to http://kendunn.smugmug.com to see how his pictures turned out.

2009-02-17T07:08:45Z

johnmcdonald
I kept telling Ken, you can't capture "looming" in a photograph, but he kept trying. Go to http://kendunn.smugmug.com to see how his pictures turned out.