*** Mini Challenge № 350: The Great Outdoors ***

Bill Borne said:

Harvey Rawn said:

I thought that Bill's shot needed a dog, so...


Mormon Cove Fort, UT

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Nice shots Harvey

You know that I was amazed that Fort was Free, A guided Tour Free and he would not let me Tip him.....I was the only person on the Tour.

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Bill
Bill's Photos

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My experience was a little different. When Flocke and I arrived at the entrance, two elderly docents came up at a near run to tell me that dogs weren't allowed, then hovered over me while I took the photo.

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Harvey
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Here are a couple I took at the Grand Canyon a few years back. There are few views as awe inspiring as sunset there, but in retrospect just about any view there is awe inspiring. Taken with a Panasonic TZ3.



Thanks for looking,

Ron

It's all BIG, but it's not all dry as a bone, these are from around Payson, AZ, a few hours northeast of Phoenix, and south east of Sedona, the red rocks country.

my neice's wedding at the mountain top, you might think you were in Virginia





she is a real beauty





'All Bikes', nearby, is also huge. It has the largest collection of bikes, scooters, motorcycles, cars, you ever saw













Bikes are for the Great Outdoors don't forget.



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Elliott

from across the Atlantic


Soimos, Romania




Grindelwald, Switzerland




Wetterhorn, in the background, as seen from near Grindelwald train station.

Lovely stuff!

We're off to Lauterbrunnen for a weekend's camping this weekend - weather's promising.

Hopefully will have some good stuff to post upon return.

It's big



it's deep



where's the lake?



there's the lake





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Elliott

My wife and I visited the Park in some end-of-winter snow flurries.

That's me returning from viewing some steaming pools. My wife wisely stayed in the car.





Snowfalo





Stonecold





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Harvey
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Not the southwest so… just an exhibition to keep it going since you opened the subject.




The tengger caldera is a popular photo spot in east Java as it is very easily accessible. The Semeru in the background emits smoke very regularly (every 15 minutes I think)



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DaPonti said:

Not the southwest so… just an exhibition to keep it going since you opened the subject.

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I opened it up for all areas, so let me know if you want to consider it a proper entry instead of exhibition.

Harvey Rawn said:

Navajo Trail


Monument Valley, UT

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Harvey
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Beautiful

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ncsakany said:

DaPonti said:

Not the southwest so… just an exhibition to keep it going since you opened the subject.

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I opened it up for all areas, so let me know if you want to consider it a proper entry instead of exhibition.

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Exhibition is fine. There are already enough great shots posted to make me want to go one day!

DaPonti said:

Harvey Rawn said:

Navajo Trail


Monument Valley, UT

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Harvey
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Beautiful

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Thanks. I'll be keeping the R1.

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Harvey
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Senona Red Rocks area,



rented a young man's car for the wedding trip and onto see Sedona, go thru Jerome, old mining town, and west to see friends afterward





heading into town of Sedona







not too many people in these wide open dry places







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Elliott

Double Arch in Arches National Park, Utah







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Harvey
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On the road to the Grand Canyon, caught this view







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Elliott

Great buffalo shot.

elliottnewcomb said:

It's all BIG, but it's not all dry as a bone, these are from around Payson, AZ, a few hours northeast of Phoenix, and south east of Sedona, the red rocks country.

my neice's wedding at the mountain top, you might think you were in Virginia



she is a real beauty



'All Bikes', nearby, is also huge. It has the largest collection of bikes, scooters, motorcycles, cars, you ever saw







Bikes are for the Great Outdoors don't forget.

--
Elliott

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I like the transportation for the wedding entourage.... And right on about the Virginia mountains...

Shenandoah Valley:

Although I love the SW, I also love the Eifel and Mosel regions here in Germany. Piesport is the home of some really outstanding white wines.





And just to prove I've been in the SW:




Bryce Canyon



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Busch
Take the scenic route! Life is too short to do otherwise.
My Photos

because I posted that the original theme left people out, and the host was kind enough to make an adjustment to include us.

However, all the shots that I have of nature around here are green and lush, because before the people moved in, this was a tropical rain forest. I don't feel that they fit in with the images of the arid desolation of the south-west.

I'm still hurting from having my entries deleted in the "Beer" mini-challenge. I hate beer because it kills people, but the challenge and its participants could not tolerate my point of view.

I hope that you can tolerate my city photos. This is the future of the great outdoors. 40 million people live within two hours drive of downtown Guangzhou. If you count Hong Kong and Shenzhen which are also two hours away, you have 60 million people. I live in this world, a world of concrete. This is the Great Outdoors to me.

This first photo is an exhibition photo. I include it to show you from where I took the photos. The curved triangular building is the IFC (International Financial Centre) building, and I took the other three photos from a lounge on the 70th floor.





The next photo is of the Pearl River and surrounding concrete. If it was a clear day it would be concrete to the horizon, but it's never a clear day. I'm not complaining. The pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin area where I used to live is ten times worse.





This next photo is looking down from the 70th floor of the IFC building, just to give an idea of how huge all the surrounding buildings are. The tallest building in Winnipeg would seem like a helpless little shack in this neighbourhood.





My third entry is the Canton Tower. Briefly, before the Burj in Dubai was completed, this was the tallest building in the world. Now it is number 4. I believe that the IFC building is one of the top ten tallest buildings in the world. Guangzhou has four of the top ten. Currently in China there are two projects underway to make a building taller than the Burj.

At night time, if you take a boat down the river, all these buildings are lit up and it's really very pretty. We destroy our world, and we make our own unsustainable world to replace it. This is the future of the Great Outdoors.







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John Dunn

I like your urban landscape shots and think they fit the expanded challenge creatively.

jrdu said:

I hate beer because it kills people--

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That comment puzzles me. I like beer and think it's a healthy drink.