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The rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria) is such a snazzy snake that it's like living art.

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What's this? Skeleton flowers (Diphylleia grayi), whose petals appear transparent when wet. When the petals dry out, they look like regular flowers again. Bizarre and beautiful, yes?

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Gemsbok aka South African Oryx (Oryx gazella), family Bovidae, Southern Africa

photograph via: Weltevreden Game Lodge

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"The inhabitants of cities suppose that the country landscape is pleasant only half the year. I please myself with the graces of the winter scenery, and believe that we are as much touched by it as by the genial influences of summer. To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.” Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1836

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Winter views of the Willamette River in Oregon.

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What's this? A friend's photo of Oregon's Willamette Pass ski area in winter. It's refreshing just to look at it.

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Dark-eyed juncos are little cuties, right?

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My favorite five bug photos of 2024 for the Gray Card Memorial Top 5 Photo Extravaganza, a showcase of tumblr photography talent that runs for 24 hours on New Year’s Day on @luxlit. Well worth checking out.

You can also follow me at my main blog, CelestialPhotography, and my bird blog, OccasionallyBirds

Denticulate Longhorn Bee

Sri Lanka Weevil

Black-Tipped Darner

Buffalo Treehopper

Poison Ivy Sawfly

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Best wishes for a happy, healthy, nature-filled 2025!