Love all the rad pics.
Heres one I took of one of the great pyramids in giza. I dig off angle shots!

This is the sign that welcomes you as you drive into Hondo, Texas. I love it because it is welcoming but direct in making a point in a Texan kind of way. And there are plenty of cops around to enforce it

Floating, that is cool. I have always wanted to go there. Do you have more you care to share? How about of the Sphinx?

sho nuff....after I find em. the sphinx is way fuxored though after many years of humans dicking around with it...sucks

Took the night tour of Alcatraz last month...


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Nice pictures, Papa. :thumb:
I found the place fascinating, but a lot of people on the tour said it was spooky or depressing.

I would love to go there. Thanks for the pics.

Glad you liked them. More here.

Decided it was a nice place to visit but they didn't want to live there. :haha:

*starts working on plaster head*

Here's an account of the escape at the FBI website.

Wow, you have some great photos there, gromitspapa. Thanks!

My wife and I have visited the Alcatraz park a number of times in the early 80's. Doesn't look like it has changed much. Beautiful pics.

Alcatraz Island, Pelican Island - oh wait, I have a photo of pelicans I could share.
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Look. At. The. Cock. On. That. Horse. !

Hey. You didn't take that picture.

i'm pretty sure I took that picture

He didn't say where he took the picture from.

Yeah. What happy monkey said.:D

So, do even own a camera or what?

Uh...yeah. What would you like a picture of for me to prove that I own a camera?

While you're thinking, wash your eyes out with this...
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Oh, very nice. Who did you take that one from?

The moon and Venus in close proximity on the evening of 2/27:

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Wow, that's impressive. I didn't realize Venus would show up as a disk with that little magnification. Very nice picture.

I took it from the driver's side window of my car.:headshake

Aside from the horsecock, that really was a nice pic, btw.

Not really neat pictures I've taken; I'm no photographer. Here is my river. South and North views.

Uprooted but hanging in there. And blurry ducks you can barely see.

Were you way down upon the Shawnee River?

Actually, it's the Miami...but good enough. ;)

Lake Tahoe, California
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Kirkwood, California - We were almost down to dirt and rocks right before this last storm unloaded 9 feet of snow.

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My friend took this picture. So I cant take credit for it, but I love this picture

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Spring has sprung in KY

BUSTED! Here's a squirrel that chewed his way through our bird seed container. We didn't name him because he became the main ingredient in a tasty stew after we fattened him up! J/K

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Night shot of a Bradford Pear in bloom...Northwest corner of my yard.

Rock Stacking in Sausalito, CA...

Boat docks in Santa Cruz, CA...one of my favorite pics...

An entryway to a restaurant in Holambra, Brazil...I love the colors, flowers, textures, etc. The coffee was the best, too!

Gastown Steam Clock in Vancouver, BC. You can see the steam coming out at the top of the clock.

Decent shot of a firework during 4th of July last year in Austin, TX.

I can haz birdseed

The first picture is one I took of my girlfriend, and the others are ones she took of me. Yeah, I am lovin this new Canon 20D Digital SLR

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Cool, lots of good pictures tonight... uh, last night. Yznhymr & Agent-G have been busy. :D

Glad to see what looks like a helmet. Is that Tahoe too?

Did you stop and pay homage to Gassy Jack?

Yeah...its a cotton helmet...I suppose
Indeed it is Tahoe, Sierra-at-Tahoe in those paticular pictures. I live in South Lake Tahoe.

Oh, and those pictures were only two days apart. We had temperatures up in the high 50's then it dropped to 14 degrees and snowed 3 feet in one night, and then it warmed up again. That's California for you...

At Merc's request:
The first photo is from last year. I don't know what kind of snake it is, but perhaps somebody can tell me. It also serves as a scale (har) for the following photo of yesterday's snake. That snake was already well into the ground below the mulberry tree so I was able to creep up on it without it slithering out of sight.

Excellent!

Sweet, what state do you live in and which part of the state?

Sweetwater: I don't know what kind of snake it is, but perhaps somebody can tell me.

Oh, that's an easy one. It's the kind that needs a live, ticking hand grenade shoved up its ass.

Caesar's givin you the eye...

Oh yea, and saluted with a nice mug of local beer. :beer:

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Taken yesterday at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. If you have any idea what kind of butterfly this is, please let me know.

Papillo paliniurus, Green Swallowtail, cryptically enough, and a lovely specimen and a lovely photograph.

Brava!

Thanks and thanks! How cool that you were able to identify it for me!

nice pix, impress!

Slick's givin you the face...

Photo from today's backyard safari. I wish my eyes were better so I could get the focus right, but I hope the subject matter makes it interesting for others. Think Hallmark would want to use it for a Mother's Day card? :D

Great find, Sweetwater!

Anyone know anything about lizards? I took this picture yesterday at the L.A. Arboretum. Is that an egg behind its right rear leg?

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The snake looks similar to a common water snake. Water snakes can have a wide variety of colorings and markings. I am leaning towards the Yellow-bellied Watersnake only because the Juvi with it has distinct yellow on the bottom.