The Queen Nefertiti Rock in Arches National Park gazing out over the sunset.
#queennefertitirock #archesnationalpark
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Author of the Alex Carter wildlife biologist thriller series that starts with A Solitude of Wolverines, as well as the climate fiction trilogy The Skyfire Saga, which starts with the novel Shattered Roads.
The Queen Nefertiti Rock in Arches National Park gazing out over the sunset.
#queennefertitirock #archesnationalpark
Reflections along the Colorado River
#coloradoriver #reflections
T-Rexes on the hunt!
#trex
I was delighted to see this incredible petroglyph panel!
#petroglyphs
So much of this terrain (especially Arches National Park) looks like Barsoom that Burroughs has been much on my mind! ๐
I've always loved this mural in downtown Moab!
#mural #art
Sauropods gracing the desert landscape outside Moab.
#sauropods #dinosaurs
I love how this tree was catching the very last rays of sunlight in the tips of its branches.
#sunset #alpenglow
The alpenglow at sunset in Canyonlands National Park was beautiful!
#alpenglow #canyonlandsnationalpark #saveourparks
Dinosaurs spotted roaming the desert landscape outside Canyonlands National Park!
#dinosaurs
Stunning views at Canyonlands National Park!
#saveourparks #canyonlandsnationalpark
That's good you don't have a limp. Makes it easier to run away from the allosaur. ๐
Spotted my books in the wild at Back of Beyond Books! It's always a thrill to see them on the shelf. Also picked up some geology titles while there. Thanks to an amazing indie bookstore! ๐
#indiebookstore #thevanishingkind #asolitudeofwolverines #ablizzardofpolarbears #alexcarterseries
They estimate it was 7 feet tall (2.1 m) and was moving at 4.5 mph (7.24 kph), and could even tell that it had a limp, as the strides show it was favoring one leg. Fascinating!
So colorful! What a beautiful bird!
Ugh. That's awful!
Allosaur track!
#allosaur #carnosaur #dinosaurtrackway
My boot size compared to the sauropod dinosaur who walked here millions of years ago!
#dinosaurtracks
Sauropod trackway! Millions of years ago, a huge dinosaur, similar to a Camarasaurus or Diplodocus, wheeled to the right in the soft sand, and its journey was preserved.
#sauropod #dinosaurtracks
It was late afternoon, about two hours before sunset. Isn't the light amazing there?
As early as tomorrow, a confirmation vote could be advanced to the senate floor for who will head up the BLM. Please call and write your senators and encourage them to confirm someone who will protect our public lands, not privatize and destroy them.
#dinosaurtrackway #bureauoflandmanagement
But this is exactly the kind of site we could lose access to or could be destroyed entirely if people who believe in the privatization and extractive exploitation of our public lands keep getting appointed to head up agencies like the Bureau of Land Management.
I just visited an amazing dinosaur trackway on Bureau of Land Management land that boasted footprints of a lumbering sauropod, several smaller carnosaurs, and even an allosaur. The air smelled of juniper, birds sang, and a spectacularly red sunset appeared over the desert landscape.
Thank you! I'm looking forward to seeing the eclipse in a little bit.
I hope you have a good day at work!
I know it's not remotely the same thing, but I saw that Astronomy Magazine was going to stream it: www.astronomy.com/observing/ho...
Dziฤki! It was so gorgeous rising over the mountains tonight, and now it's a dreamy landscape of silvery moonlit clouds.
Thank you!
I'm excited for the total eclipse later tonight!
#lunareclipse #wormmoon #fullmoon
Stunning shot!