Cool Nature Photos

[deserteagle71]

The Wheeler Peak in New Mexico? That is pretty far....

Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada. At 13,063 feet the second highest peak in the state.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

There is a Wheeler Peak outside of Taos, NM. It is 13,167 ft. I never knew there were two of them.... the one in NM is the highest in the state.

 

[deserteagle71]

We have been sweltering here the past week. Two days ago the high temperature was 93, per the National Weather Service. For this morning (and for tomorrow morning) the National Weather Service has issued freeze warnings. The surrounding mountains got a fresh coat of snow overnight...my view from my deck at sunrise this morning:

 

[oosik]

Well - its been unseasonably cool & wet here in Ea WA state but, fortunately, NO SNOW. Everything is still green & growing here. One of these days somebody will throw the switch and it will be hot, hot, dry, dusty and TAN.

One of my meadows - recently mowed. My dog, Brownie, looking for something "icky" to chew on.

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[kenmbz]

We have been sweltering here the past week. Two days ago the high temperature was 93, per the National Weather Service. For this morning (and for tomorrow morning) the National Weather Service has issued freeze warnings. The surrounding mountains got a fresh coat of snow overnight...my view from my deck at sunrise this morning:

Wow, amazing view.

 

[GeneV]

That's a spectacular view yeh!

 

[Fuddy1952]

Couple hours ago I'm working on putting wooden steps other end of horse stable when I see something moving through the grass. I'm 68, lived in Virginia all my life, never saw a turtle like this. Box turtles go in their shell when picked up, this didn't. Smooth shell and colorful. About 5", you can tell in 5 gal. bucket. It has a couple old shell injuries but seemed healthy and moved fast for a turtle.
After pictures I let it go where it was headed, down hill to the creek and pond.
Then wife and I drove to local store and back just now and a gray rabbit ran across driveway. We see brown cottentails all the time, never a gray. Maybe mixed with a tame one?

 

[MossRoad]

Looks like a lucky painted turtle to survive those injuries.

 

[MossRoad]

Went out for ice cream last evening and saw a family of foxes playing on a sidewalk and the street in an industrial park. Went by them several times but they'd ditch into the woods every time we got close and pop right back out as we left, so this is the best I could do from a moving car with an iphone 6. :laughing:

 

[Diggin It]

Then wife and I drove to local store and back just now and a gray rabbit ran across driveway. We see brown cottentails all the time, never a gray. Maybe mixed with a tame one?

My greys are all wild. And skittish. Most of them bolt if I even open a door. A few will sit as if frozen in place to see where I'm going.