While You Have It -- Cannon Beach, Oregon
“Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.”
― W. Somerset Maugham

A broken shell on Cannon Beach in the early morning as the tide recedes...

As It Passes -- Fort Collins, Colorado
“Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.”
— Henry David Thoreau

A large cottonwood and its attendant offspring cast a long reflection in the Poudre River east of Fort Collins a few autumns ago...

Every Dog Has His Day -- San Francisco, California
"Every dog, we are told, has his day, unless there are more dogs than days."
-- Bat Masterson

String of lanterns hung from the dome of Union Square in San Francisco in honor of the Chinese New Year ushering in the Year of the Dog...

In The Side Of The Dawn -- Fort Collins, Colorado
"What have they done to the earth?
What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn
And tied her with fences and dragged her down"
-- The Doors, When The Music's Over

Electric poles against the winter sunrise on the way to my office building one morning...

Super Blue Blood Moon 2018 -- Fort Collins, CO
There were some thin clouds over Fort Collins this morning that softened all the details quite a bit, so this was the best I could do. It was hellishly cold (an oxymoron, I know) due to a stiff wind where I was stationed at about 5,000 feet in the foothills, so I didn't linger long after getting a few shots. At full eclipse, it was actually difficult to see any of the moon with the naked eye, but maybe that was due to the clouds, too.

At any rate, an eclipse of any sort is always very cool. :-)

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Holiday Wishes -- Keystone, Colorado
"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds."
-- Edward Abbey

A view into the heart of the Rocky Mountains in Summit County, Colorado, as winter settles on the peaks...

Super Full Cold Moon -- Fort Collins, Colorado
Taken from my backyard around 7:30 p.m. Mountain (MST) tonight, this is the last super moon of 2017. It's also known as the "Full Cold Moon".

A supermoon happens when the full moon coincides with the moon's closest approach to Earth in its orbit. Supermoons make the moon appear a little brighter and closer than normal, although the difference is hard to spot with the naked eye. The term "supermoon" has only been used in the past 40 years, but it received a slew of attention in late 2016 when three supermoons occurred in a row. The supermoon of November 2016 was also the closest supermoon in 69 years, although a closer supermoon will rise in the 2030s. Also, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the name of the full moon in December is "Full Cold Moon," and given the weather in December (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), that's not a surprise. :)

Some information courtesy of Space.com

Wondering At Times -- Fort Collins, Colorado
“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

A stand of tall cottonwood trees is reflected in the Poudre River one autumn morning...

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If We Are To Remember -- Moab, Utah
"If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them something more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it."

“We must not only protect the country side and save it from destruction, we must restore what has been destroyed and salvage the beauty and charm. Once our natural splendor is destroyed, it can never be recaptured. And once man can no longer walk with beauty or wonder at nature, his spirit will wither and his sustenance be wasted.”

-- Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States

An autumn view up into the LaSal Mountains near Moab, Utah...

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Totality 2017 -- Glendo, Wyoming
One more photo of the total eclipse, as seen from the banks of the Platte River north of Glendo, Wyoming... If you zoom in and look closely, you can even see some detail on the surface of the moon, as well as a few solar flares in the 12-3 o'clock region. I previously posted a photo of the "diamond ring" phase of the eclipse here: https://goo.gl/W7oDsR.

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