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  • Orange butterfly (an insect of the order Lepidoptera) in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks.
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  • An orange, pink, and blue sunset makes silhouettes of tree trunks on North Island, New Zealand
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  • Hot springs water cools and deposits white travertine and hosts orange microbial mats at Orakei Korako Cave and Thermal Park, New Zealand, North Island
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  • Colorful microbial mats coat terraces of Grand Prismatic Spring in Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Grand Prismatic is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world, next to those in New Zealand. The sterile blue water in the pool’s center is too hot to support life (87 degrees Centigrade or 188 F). Pure water selectively absorbs red wavelengths of visible light, making the center deep blue. But in cooler water along the edges, microbial mats of thermophilic (heat-loving) cyano-bacteria and algae thrive. Yellow, orange, and red pigments are produced by the bacteria as a natural sunscreen. As a result, the pool displays a spectrum of colors from the bright blue water of the center to the orange, red, and brown algal mats along the edges. Summer mats tend to be orange and red, whereas winter mats become dark green. Yellowstone was the first national park in the world (1872), and UNESCO honored it as a World Heritage site in 1978. Photo was published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.  Three overlapping images were stitched to make this panorama.
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  • Green and orange Champagne Pool steams at Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, North Island, New Zealand
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  • See the sun rise through orange, pink, and magenta clouds over the South Pacific Ocean, from a boardwalk atop the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Steam rises from orange and green Champagne Pool at Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, North Island, New Zealand
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  • Palette Spring, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Over thousands of years, Mammoth Hot Springs have built white travertine terraces. Algae and bacteria tint the travertine shades of brown, orange, red, and green. Terrace Mountain (including Minerva Terrace) at Mammoth Hot Springs is the largest known carbonate-depositing spring in the world. The Mammoth Hotel and Fort Yellowstone are built upon the old Hotel Terrace formation. Hot water from Norris Geyser Basin within the Yellowstone Caldera travels underground via a fault line through limestone and deposits calcium carbonate at Mammoth Hot Springs, outside of the active supervolcano’s caldera. Yellowstone was the first national park in the world (1872), and UNESCO honored it as a World Heritage site in 1978. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Green and orange Champagne Pool steams at Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, North Island, New Zealand
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  • False Chanterelle Mushrooms (Clitocybe aurantiaca), Wenatchee National Forest. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Regimental "hoodoos" are eroded pinnacles of soft rock in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. Published in Nature, the International Weekly Journal of Science, 17 January 2008 on the cover of the enclosed supplement "Year of Planet Earth," pages 257-304.
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  • The volcanic cone of Mount Egmont / Taranaki (2518 meters or 8261 feet) rises in Mount Egmont National Park and glows at sunset, seen from Tongariro in New Zealand, North Island. Taranaki was a stand-in for Mount Fuji in the Tom Cruise motion picture, "The Last Samurai".
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  • Fang (or Baraha Shikhar 25,088 feet / 7647 meters), in the Annapurna Range of Nepal.
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  • At the Enchantment Lakes, larch trees drop golden needles in late September under Little Annapurna in the Stuart Range, in Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, near Leavenworth, Washington, USA.
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  • At the Enchantment Lakes, larch trees drop golden needles in late September under Little Annapurna in the Stuart Range, in Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, near Leavenworth, Washington, USA.
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  • At the Enchantment Lakes, larch trees drop golden needles in late September under Little Annapurna in the Stuart Range, in Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, near Leavenworth, Washington, USA.
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  • An orange, yellow, green leaf rests on polygons of orange and gray lichen on a rock in Denali State Park, Alaska, USA.
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  • An orange, yellow, green leaf rests on polygons of orange and gray lichen on a rock in Denali State Park, Alaska, USA.
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  • An orange and green leaf rests on polygons of orange and gray lichen in Denali State Park, Alaska, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • From Orange Cliffs Overlook in Canyonlands National Park (Utah, USA), view the Green River in Stillwater Canyon, with the snowy Henry Mountains in the distance. (Panorama stitched from 2 photos.)
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  • Orange sunset illuminates clouds over South Rim Campground in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, near Montrose, Colorado, USA. The canyon exposes you to some of the steepest cliffs, oldest rock, and craggiest spires in North America. With two million years to work, the Gunnison River, along with the forces of weathering, has sculpted this vertical wilderness of rock, water, and sky.
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  • Large mats of orange algae color a hot springs. Day 7 of 9 days trekking around the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Andes Mountains, Peru, South America.
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  • Fresh snow falls on tree foliage changing from green to yellow, orange and red in late September in Superior National Forest, Minnesota, USA.
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  • Fresh snow falls on tree foliage changing from green to yellow, orange and red in late September in Superior National Forest, Minnesota, USA.
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  • Fresh snow falls on tree foliage changing from green to yellow, orange and red in late September in Superior National Forest, Minnesota, USA.
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  • A wild alpine Lilium bulbiferum flower (commonly called Orange Lily, Fire Lily, or Tiger Lily) blooms on Monte Civetta, in the Dolomites, Italy, Europe. From Alleghe village, take a scenic lift to hikes on impressive Monte Civetta (3220 meters or 10,564 feet elevation). The Dolomites or Dolomiti are part of the Southern Limestone Alps, in Europe. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009.
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  • Red, orange and pink starfish in the Seattle Aquarium, Washington, USA. Published in the Made in Washington Stores Catalog, Holiday 2006 (page 14), and Spring/Summer 2007.
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  • Orange and gray lichen grows in polygons in Denali State Park, Alaska, USA
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  • Orange fungi grows on the Overland Track, in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989.
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  • Orange fungi grows on Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route at Arolla in Valais (Wallis) canton, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe.
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  • Orange sunrise light spotlights clouds over Kananaskis Country, Canadian Rockies, Alberta. Access the Mt Kidd Interpretive Trail from Mt Kidd RV Park. Kananaskis Country is a park system west of Calgary.
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  • Yellow, orange and white lichen on an orange rock. From Parkins Inscription Camp, we hiked North Bass Trail to Shinumo Creek, to Bass's old camp (featuring old rusting kitchenware). A dip in the rushing waters of Shinumo Creek refreshed us on an unusually hot April day. Parkins Inscription Camp is at Colorado River Mile 108.6 (measured downstream from Lees Ferry). Day 7 of 16 days rafting 226 miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
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  • A moth with blue wings and orange head contrasts with red and orange window drapes at Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Tandayapa Valley, near Quito, Ecuador, South America. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Orange Spring Mound, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Over thousands of years, Mammoth Hot Springs have built white travertine terraces. Algae and bacteria tint the travertine shades of brown, orange, red, and green. Terrace Mountain (including Minerva Terrace) at Mammoth Hot Springs is the largest known carbonate-depositing spring in the world. The Mammoth Hotel and Fort Yellowstone are built upon the old Hotel Terrace formation. Hot water from Norris Geyser Basin within the Yellowstone Caldera travels underground via a fault line through limestone and deposits calcium carbonate at Mammoth Hot Springs, outside of the active supervolcano’s caldera.
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  • Orange Spring Mound, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Over thousands of years, Mammoth Hot Springs have built white travertine terraces. Algae and bacteria tint the travertine shades of brown, orange, red, and green. Terrace Mountain (including Minerva Terrace) at Mammoth Hot Springs is the largest known carbonate-depositing spring in the world. The Mammoth Hotel and Fort Yellowstone are built upon the old Hotel Terrace formation. Hot water from Norris Geyser Basin within the Yellowstone Caldera travels underground via a fault line through limestone and deposits calcium carbonate at Mammoth Hot Springs, outside of the active supervolcano’s caldera.
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  • Illuminated by orange sunrise light, the Minarets reflect in a pond just northwest of Minaret Lake in the Ritter Range, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, in backcountry near the town of Mammoth Lakes, California, USA. At 12,281 feet elevation, Clyde Minaret is the highest, sharpest peak of the Minarets. We backpacked for 5 days from Agnew Meadows to Thousand Island Lake, Garnet Lake, Ediza Lake, Minaret Lake, and Devils Postpile Ranger Station, reaching trailheads using the Reds Meadow Shuttle from the town of Mammoth Lakes. Multiple overlapping photos were stitched to make this panorama.
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  • Orange sunrise at Refugio Paine Grande ferry, Torres del Paine National Park, Ultima Esperanza Province, Chile, Patagonia, South America. The Park is listed as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.
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  • Orange rock patterns in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. More than 5 million years ago, multiple volcanic eruptions deposited ash and minerals which chemically altered into a colorful paint pot of elements (iron, aluminum, magnesium and titanium).
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  • Sky fades from orange to dark blue at twilight behind Hualalai volcano (8271 feet elevation), seen from Mauna Kea's Sunset Hill. Hualalai is the westernmost and third-youngest of the five shield volcanoes that form the island of Hawaii. Hualalai rose above sea level about 300,000 years ago. Last erupted in 1801, Hualalai is still active and may erupt again within the next century, which will be a rude shock to the town of Kailua-Kona built on its flanks. For colorful sunset views of the Saddle Road region, walk 1 mile round trip (160 ft gain) to the cinder cone of Pu'u Kalepeamoa, or Sunset Hill, from the Onizuka Center for International Astronomy Mauna Kea Visitor Information Station at 9200 ft elevation. About a million years old and last erupted 6000 to 4000 years ago, Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, USA. Mauna Kea stands 13,800 feet above sea level and is the highest point in the state of Hawaii. Measured from its base on the ocean floor, it rises over 33,000 ft, significantly greater than the elevation of Mount Everest above sea level. Paving ends at the Visitor Info Station, and four-wheel drive is recommended to reach the top, where Mauna Kea summit's dry, clear, stable air makes one of the world's best sites for astronomy.
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  • Lodging in Princeville, on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Orange flowers of the African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulata).
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  • Tropical plant with orange, yellow & green leaves. Allerton Garden, on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Address: 4425 Lawai Rd, Koloa, HI 96756. Nestled in a valley transected by the Lawai Stream ending in Lawai Bay, Allerton Garden is one of five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden (ntbg.org).
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  • At twilight, sunset turns blue sky orange over ocean clouds, seen from Kalalau Lookout at 4000 feet above the Pacific Ocean. Koke'e State Park, island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA.
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  • Purple & orange alpine flower in Upper Lauterbrunnen Valley,<br />
Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Orange clouds at sunrise on Day 3 of 9 days trekking around the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Andes Mountains, near Huaraz, Peru, South America.
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  • The Alonsoa linearis plant (in the in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae) has an orange flower with yellow center. The flower is in Yanajanca Valley, on Day 5 of 10 days trekking around Alpamayo, in Huascaran National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Cordillera Blanca, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America.
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  • Mexican Orange shrub flowers / Choisya dumosa. Hike some of the most scenic trails in Texas in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, in the Chihuahuan Desert, near El Paso, USA. The park contains Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas (8749 feet/2667 m). The Guadalupe Mountains are the uplifted part of the ancient Capitan Reef which thrived along the edge of an inland sea more than 250 million years ago during Permian time. Capitan Reef is one of the best-preserved exposed Permian-age fossil reefs in the world. The park also features the landmark peak of El Capitan, along the historic Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line (1857-1861), which carried passengers and US Mail in just 22 days to San Francisco starting from Memphis, Tennessee or St. Louis, Missouri, twice a week. Hiking the ecologically-diverse McKittrick Canyon in Guadalupe Mountains NP is best when fall foliage turns color.
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  • This orange mushroom/fungus grows along the Skyline Divide trail, in Mount Baker Wilderness, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Orange water pool, Tunnel Slot Canyon, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. Directions to unmarked trailhead for Zebra and Tunnel Slot Canyons: From Escalante town, drive 6 miles east on Highway 12, turn right on Hole-in-the-Rock Road, drive 7.8 miles to the third cattle guard and park on west side of road. Hike east on well-trodden but unmarked path, 5 miles round trip to Zebra Slot, plus an optional 3 miles round trip to Tunnel Slot (750 feet gain over 8 miles), using map from GSENM Visitor Center or canyoneeringusa.com.
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  • Rainbow Falls, Cape Otway, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia. Rainbow Falls flow from a spring in the dune limestone, forming colorful orange, red, and brown limestone deposits as it flows over the rocks directly into the tideline of the Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers). In direct afternoon sunlight, water flowing over the escarpment forms a beautiful rainbow. Walk to Rainbow Falls from Bimbi Park campground or from Cape Otway Lightstation. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km road along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial. Photo was captured with a polarizing filter to reduce reflections.
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  • Orange lichen and rocks reflect in the tannin-stained water of Tidal River at Wilson’s Promontory National Park in the warm glow of sunset light in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Natural tannins leached from decomposing vegetation turn the water brown. Drive two hours from Melbourne to reach Wilson’s Promontory, or “the Prom,” which offers natural estuaries, cool fern gullies, magnificent and secluded beaches, striking rock formations, and abundant wildlife.
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  • Orange lichen and rocks reflect in the tannin-stained water of Tidal River at Wilson’s Promontory National Park in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Natural tannins leached from decomposing vegetation turn the water brown. Drive two hours from Melbourne to reach Wilson’s Promontory, or “the Prom,” which offers natural estuaries, cool fern gullies, magnificent and secluded beaches, striking rock formations, and abundant wildlife.
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  • Orange butterflies with black spots gather in alpine Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Orange trekkers' tents at Dingboche, in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal. Fresh snow dusts the mountains. Sagarmatha National Park was created in 1976 and honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
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  • Fog engulfs orange leaves and lichen covered trees, in a forest in Sagarmatha National Park, in the Khumbu District of Nepal. Sagarmatha National Park (created 1976) was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
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  • Purple and orange alley. Burano, known for knitted lacework, fishing, and colorfully painted houses, is a small archipelago of four islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, Europe. Burano's traditional house colors are strictly regulated by government. The Romans may have been first to settle Burano. Romantic Venice, the "City of Canals," stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy, Europe. Venice and the Venetian Lagoon are honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
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  • Blue dikes infuse yellow orange sedimentary rocks at Dawson Pass in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks.
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  • Blue dikes infuse yellow orange sedimentary rocks at Dawson Pass in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks.
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  • Orange hairy caterpillar in Montana, in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear by 2020, say climate scientists.
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  • Billion-year-old orange and blue sedimentary rocks erode in complex patterns in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976).
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  • Billion-year-old sedimentary rock erodes into orange patterns in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976).
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  • Sunset light illuminates colorful orange, pink, yellow, and white sandstone in White Domes area of Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA. Starting more than 150 million years ago, great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs were compressed, uplifting, faulted, and eroded to form the park's fiery red sandstone formations. The park also boasts fascinating patterns in limestone, shale, and conglomerate rock. The park adjoins Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence, at an elevation of 2000 to 2600 feet (610-790 m), 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas, USA. Park entry from Interstate 15 passes through the Moapa Indian Reservation.
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  • Sunset light illuminates colorful orange, pink, yellow, and white sandstone in White Domes area of Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA. Starting more than 150 million years ago, great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs were compressed, uplifting, faulted, and eroded to form the park's fiery red sandstone formations. The park also boasts fascinating patterns in limestone, shale, and conglomerate rock. The park adjoins Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence, at an elevation of 2000 to 2600 feet (610-790 m), 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas, USA. Park entry from Interstate 15 passes through the Moapa Indian Reservation.
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  • Sunset light illuminates colorful orange, pink, yellow, and white sandstone in White Domes area of Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA. Starting more than 150 million years ago, great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs were compressed, uplifting, faulted, and eroded to form the park's fiery red sandstone formations. The park also boasts fascinating patterns in limestone, shale, and conglomerate rock. The park adjoins Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence, at an elevation of 2000 to 2600 feet (610-790 m), 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas, USA. Park entry from Interstate 15 passes through the Moapa Indian Reservation.
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  • The White Domes trail passes through a slot canyon striped with orange and white sandstone in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA. Starting more than 150 million years ago, great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs were compressed, uplifting, faulted, and eroded to form the park's fiery red sandstone formations. The park adjoins Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence, at an elevation of 2000 to 2600 feet (610-790 m), 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas, USA. Park entry from Interstate 15 passes through the Moapa Indian Reservation.
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  • Sunrise light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
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  • Sunrise light strikes Thor's Hammer and other orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
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  • Sunrise light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
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  • Sunrise light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
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  • Sunrise orange light silhouettes a bare tree in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA
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  • The last orange and yellow leaves drop in early November at the unique Natural Tunnel State Park, near Duffield, Virginia, where both a train and a river share the same natural limestone cave, measuring 850 feet (255 meters) long. The railroad has used this tunnel since 1890. Natural Tunnel began forming during the early Pleistocene Epoch and was fully formed by about one million years ago. The Glenita fault line running through the tunnel, combined with moving water and naturally forming carbonic acid may have formed Natural Tunnel through the surrounding limestone and dolomitic bedrock. After the tunnel formed and the regional water table lowered, Stock Creek diverted underground, then later took the path of least resistance through the Natural Tunnel, through Purchase Ridge, flowing south to join the Clinch River. Daniel Boone is believed to have been the first white man to see it. William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) dubbed it the "Eighth Wonder of the World"; and the tunnel has been a tourist attraction for more than a century. Natural Tunnel State Park was created in 1967, and opened to the public in 1971. For a time, a passenger train line ran through Natural Tunnel, and today, the railroad still carries coal through it to the southeast USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Look across miles of autumn orange and red foliage at Hanging Rock State Park, Stokes County, North Carolina, USA. The eroded quartzite knob called Hanging Rock rises to 2150 feet elevation. The park is 30 miles (48 km) north of Winston-Salem, and approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from Danbury. Hanging Rock State Park is located in the Sauratown Mountain Range, which is made up of monadnocks (or inselbergs, isolated hills) that are separated from the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains. Prominent peaks in the Sauratown range rise from 1,700 feet (520 m) to more than 2,500 feet (760 m) in elevation and stand in contrast to the surrounding countryside, which averages only 800 feet (240 m) in elevation. Named for the Saura Native Americans who were early inhabitants of the region, the Sauratown Mountains are the erosion-resistant quartzite remnants of mountains pushed up between 250 and 500 million years ago. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • Fall foliage turns red, orange, and yellow from a variety of deciduous trees in Hanging Rock State Park, Stokes County, North Carolina, USA.
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  • Fall leaf colors reflect in Eno River, in Eno River State Park, which is in Durham and Orange Counties, North Carolina, USA. Native Americans of the Eno, Shakori and Occoneechee tribes lived along the river prior to European settlement. Some of the tribes merged in the late 17th century and established a village near present-day Durham. Settlers moved to the area later to set up farms and more than 30 mills along the length of the Eno River.  Efforts to establish Eno River State Park started in 1965 when the city of Durham proposed building a reservoir in the river valley. A group of concerned citizens led a campaign to save the Eno and formed the Association for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley. In May 1972, the state of North Carolina approved the park, and the reservoir was not built. In 1975, the state--with help from the Eno River Association and the Nature Conservancy--acquired more than 1,000 acres (4 km²) of land for the park.
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  • The pounding Pacific Ocean has eroded sea stack rocks from bluffs at Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA. At dusk the sky glows yellow orange. A time exposure blurs the swirling tide.
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  • The pounding Pacific Ocean has eroded sea stack rocks from bluffs at Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA. At dusk the sky glows yellow orange. A time exposure blurs the swirling tide.
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  • The pounding Pacific Ocean eroded sea stack rocks from bluffs at Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA. At dusk the sky glows yellow orange.
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  • The pounding Pacific Ocean has eroded these sea stack rocks from bluffs at Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA. The glowing ball of sun glows yellow orange.
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  • Brown orange mushrooms grow in Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area (Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest), Washington, USA.
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  • Photographers flourish in silhouette against a magenta and orange sunset in Granite Park, Sierra Nevada, California, USA (captured in summer 1983). This was Tom Dempsey's first published photo, appearing in February 1987 "Modern Photography" magazine.
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  • Colorful orange and yellow lichen on the High Peaks, Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Orange monkeyflower. High Peaks loop trail, Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Yellow, orange, and white sandstone seen along the Fire Wave Trail, Valley of Fire State Park, Moapa Valley, Nevada, USA. Starting more than 150 million years ago, great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs were compressed, uplifting, faulted, and eroded to form the park's fiery red sandstone formations.
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  • Orange and yellow lichen at Hoover Lakes in Hoover Wilderness of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Eastern Sierra Nevada, Mono County, California, USA. Our backpack from Green Creek Trailhead to Summit Lake was 7.6 mi with 2360 ft gain, 310 ft descent, over a leisurely 3 days, then out on the fourth day. A day hike from our Green Lake campsite to West Lake was 3.9 mi with 1830 ft gain to 8896 ft elev. From Summit Lake, we day hiked east to Burro Pass with a view to Virginia Lakes (2180 ft gain over 4 miles round trip).
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  • Orange composite flower on Piute Pass trail. John Muir Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, Inyo National Forest, California, USA.
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  • Orange sunrise near Ben Reifel Visitor Center in Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA. The intricately carved cliff of the Badlands Wall constantly retreats as it erodes and washes into the White River Valley below.
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  • A bright orange flower of genus Mutisia blooms at Pasarela Rio Arrayanes, Lago Verde, Los Alerces National Park (honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List), in Chubut Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. Mutisia is a genus of flowering plant in the Mutisieae tribe within the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Mutisia comprises about sixty species which can be found along the entire length of the Andes and in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.
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  • Orange sunrise at Refugio Paine Grande, Torres del Paine National Park, Ultima Esperanza Province, Chile, Patagonia, South America. The Park is listed as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.
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  • Orange sunrise at Refugio Paine Grande, Torres del Paine National Park, Ultima Esperanza Province, Chile, Patagonia, South America. The Park is listed as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Orange sunrise clouds over Patagonian forest. El Chalten, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. This was the morning of our hike 21 km (13 miles) round trip with 730 m (2400 ft) cumulative gain to Laguna Torre and Mirador Maestri to see Cerro Torre and other peaks.
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  • Orange-red sandstone wall patterns. In Capitol Reef National Park, we hiked impressive sandstone gorges from Chimney Rock Trailhead over to Spring Canyon and down to a car shuttle at Highway 24 (10 miles one way with 1100 ft descent and 370 ft gain), Torrey, Utah, USA.
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  • Hiker silhouette. Orange-red sandstone wall patterns. In Capitol Reef National Park, we hiked impressive sandstone gorges from Chimney Rock Trailhead over to Spring Canyon and down to a car shuttle at Highway 24 (10 miles one way with 1100 ft descent and 370 ft gain), Torrey, Utah, USA.
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  • Orange-red sandstone wall patterns. In Capitol Reef National Park, we hiked impressive sandstone gorges from Chimney Rock Trailhead over to Spring Canyon and down to a car shuttle at Highway 24 (10 miles one way with 1100 ft descent and 370 ft gain), Torrey, Utah, USA.
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  • An orange & red patina of rust & crackled paint at Fort Nelson Heritage Museum, 5553 Alaska Highway, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. This quirky museum features a highway construction display, pioneer artifacts, trapper's cabin, vintage autos & machinery, a white moose, and more.
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  • An orange & yellow patina of rust and cracked paint at Fort Nelson Heritage Museum, 5553 Alaska Highway, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. This quirky museum features a highway construction display, pioneer artifacts, trapper's cabin, vintage autos & machinery, a white moose, and more.
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  • An orange & red patina of rust & crackled paint at Fort Nelson Heritage Museum, 5553 Alaska Highway, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. This quirky museum features a highway construction display, pioneer artifacts, trapper's cabin, vintage autos & machinery, a white moose, and more.
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  • Putai Blowhole has an orange throat, at Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes Walk, on Dolomite Point in Paparoa National Park, between Westport and Greymouth in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. Putai means seafoam in Maori. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Orange & white rock pattern with reddish lichen in Dart Valley. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5 miles side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Orange and green ferns along the Sealy Tarns Track, in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Orange and white koi in blue-green pond. Koko-en is a Japanese style garden opened in 1992 on the former site of of the feudal lord's west residence (Nishi-Oyashiki) in Himeji, Japan. Kokoen has nine separate, walled gardens designed in various styles of the Edo Period (and used for movie-sets), including: a pond with a waterfall in the garden of the lord's residence; a tea ceremony garden and house; pine tree garden; bamboo garden; and flower garden. Ornamental Koi (nishikigoi, "brocaded carp") were selectively bred from domesticated common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Japan starting in the 1820s. If allowed to breed freely, the koi subspecies will revert to original carp coloration within a few generations. Native to Central Europe and Asia, carp were first bred for color mutations in China more than a thousand years ago, where selective breeding of the Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) eventually developed goldfish (Carassius auratus), which is a species distinct from common carp and koi.
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  • Orange and yellow lichen pattern. Lake of the Hanging Glacier Trail, Purcell Range, Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
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