The Logan River, coursing its way through the Bear Mountains in northern Utah is flanked by brilliance charged with announcing a dramatic change of season.
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Relinquish the Crown
A cactus wren returns to its perch high atop a saguaro in the Sonoran desert to find a dove has chosen to occupy its briefly abandoned place. An attempt to motivate the dove to relinquish the saguaro crown and give up the space next to a sitting wren seems to fall on unresponsive feathers.
Bonsoir!
As the sun diminishes Tour d’Eiffel comes alive with light to bid a good evening to all in the city of Paris. The icon was originally constructed as an attraction and entrance to the World’s Fair held in 1889. It was named after Gustave Eiffel, the man in charge of the company that engineered and constructed it. From different viewing levels visitors can view the expansive Parisian landscape as if it were an architect’s model. At 324 meters (1,063 feet) in height it still ranks as the tallest structure in Paris. It is so recognizable that throughout the world people can call out its name simply by being shown a likeness of it. Paris is a favorite city of mine and nearly every time I visit I find myself in the gravitational pull of this alluring filament in the City of Lights.
Craters of the Moon
Craters of the Moon is a steamfield in New Zealand and part of the greater Taupo Volcanic Zone of the North Island. Heat from the vents keeps much vegetation at bay but the verdance of enduring varieties mixed with venting steam makes for an unusual and inviting experience.
Baked Alaska
Alaskan terrain starts changing into its fall wardrobe while its southern relatives are still going green. When I left from Arizona in the month of August the broad leaves of Oak Creek Canyon were as bright as the summer allows. However as I traversed northward through the Canadian Rockies traces of the upcoming season were making themselves more and more evident, first in the understory then gradually moving up and outward to enliven eager limbs. Some were already a complete burst of color even before the official arrival of Fall according to the calendar. But then the northern climes endure more summer daylight making the short summer more intense anyway. The image shared is a colorful vignette garnered along gentle flats of the Tanana River Valley in eastern Alaska.
Simatai Village
The new Simatai Great Wall village known as Gubei Water Town is up and running as an attraction at the foot of the Great Wall in Miyun county 135 miles north of downtown Beijing, China. The completely new town has architecture reflecting an historic Chinese style built around modern infrastructure which makes it both attractive and practical. The Tanghe River, complete with an arched stone bridge wends its way through the town which was modeled after a southern China community named Wuzhen Water Town which is famed for being the “Venice of the East.”