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Husband and father; past lives include the USMC and defense aerospace. I have many hobbies. All photos are my own.
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Kid's having fun in paradise. #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Joy #EastCoastKin

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Pure #Joy. Low-res digicam image from 25 years ago. #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

A beautiful Tiger Swallowtail Angeles National Forest, California #photography #butterfly #nature #EastCoastKin

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Large metal sculpture of a sea serpent. It's one of over 100 sculptures in the area. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (Borrego Springs), California #photography #travelphotography #desert #AnzaBorrego #sculpture #EastCoastKin

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Abandoned sign alongside Route 66. Oro Grande, California #photography #Route66 #abandoned #EastCoastKin

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

An abandoned patio of graffitied concrete pillars, #LightAndShadow for this week's #BlueSkyArtShow No PS or AI, this was taken with a tilt lens. #photography #UrbanGaze #HilltopHouse #vintagelens #EastCoastKin

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Bayou fishermen don't want to be interrupted for anything. Manchac, Louisiana #photography #bayou #eastcoastkin #wtf

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

A mama Antelope Valley squirrel is stuffing her cheeks with seeds for later. Pinon Hills, California #photography #wildlife #squirrel #highdesert

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

My submission for this week's #BlueSkyArtShow is a Mojave #Green rattlesnake, the deadliest snake in North America. Mojave Desert, California #photography #EastCoastKin #wildlife #snake #Mojave #desert #MojaveGreen #MojaveRoad #rattlesnake

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Aqueduct in California's high desert at sunset. #photography #aqueduct #sunset #California #scape

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Two of the fastest and one of the loudest aircraft ever flown. top: XB-70 Valkyrie, Mach 3+ bottom: YF-12 Blackbird, Mach 3+ mid: XF-84H Thunderscreech, crazy loud because the propeller itself was supersonic. The name says it all #photography #aviation #Valkyrie #Blackbird #SR-71 #Wright-Patterson

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Morro Rock watches over Morro Bay, California. This was a volcano eons ago, now just the plug at the top pokes through the surface. #photography #thewildimages #rock #morrobay #California

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Things aren't #Peaceful when your country is battling an enemy within. Taken with a DIY tilt lens. No PS/AI, it's all optics. #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #vintagelens #tiltlens #HilltopHouse

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

A #Silhouette of Joshua trees at dusk in California's high desert. #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #desert #dusk #Joshuatrees

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

Zebra Heliconian butterfly #photography #butterfly #nature

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

February 2001, Plant 42 Site 9 (NASA) Palmdale California Space shuttle Columbia was rained in before departing from what be her last depot maintenance. Photo explanation in ALT #photography #STS #Columbia #SCA #NASA #shuttle #aviation #Plant42 #Palmdale #monotone #monochrome #blackandwhite #x33

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

Highway 2, low clouds cling to the San Gabriel mountains in southern California. Someone's drive is soon going to get challenging. #photography #scenic #mountains #SoCal #scape

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

All kittens are the same. Bobcat kitten in the Mojave desert. #photography #Caturday #cats #bobcat #Mojave #desert #mojaveroad

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

A sagging wall caused an #Arch to lose its capstone. Lake Charles, Louisiana You can see it cracking above the broken arch. The image was taken in 2020 but it's an empty field today. #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #rural #blight

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Marines learn on Day 1 to never wear their cover inside and damn sure never to eat with it on. Maybe Corporal Correspondent went to a different boot camp than I did.

submitted 79 days ago • 1833 comments

Dead Joshua tree in the El Mirage dry lake bed El Mirage, California #photography #ElMirage #SCTA #dragracing #whereitallstarted #OHV #desert #drylakebed #desolate

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Sometimes #TheJourney is more important than the destination. #photography #BlueskyArtShow #carclub #cruising

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Old school bus and red car abandoned in the Mojave desert. I'm not sure how they got this far but the trail soon turned into whoopty doos so I know why they stopped. #photography #blueskymonday #Mojave #MojaveNationalPreserve #mojaveroad #desert #abandoned

submitted 89 days ago • 4 comments

#Sunlight shines through an opening in the top of a lava tube. Mojave National Preserve, California #photography #BlueskyArtShow #mojave #desert #mojaveroad

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

Mesquite Flat Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California. We had what must be a rare experience when it rained on our campsite the night before. #photography #deathvalley #mountains #desert #dunes #DeathValleyNationalPark #landscapephotography

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

This abandoned shack needs no #Windows as it already has a great view of its surroundings without them. Phelan, California #photography #abandoned #highdesert #BlueskyArtShow

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Oak Titmouse arguing with his reflection in one of the #Windows #photography #birds #titmouse #angrybird #BlueskyArtShow

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

View of the Mojave Desert from the northeast corner of the Angeles National Forest. In this area the desert abruptly ends at its border with the forest. The El Mirage dry lake bed is visible on the right. #photography #mojavedesert #highdesert #desert #elmirage #AngelesNationalForest

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Shadows on the San Andreas fault, where the Pacific and North American tectonic plates meet. Taken at noon through the open passenger window while driving southbound on the I-15 in the Cajon Pass. #photography #SanAndreas #landscapephotography #Vegas

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Superbloom #spring flowers in the Joshua Tree National Park. #photography #desert #flowers #superbloom #JoshuaTreeNP #BlueskyArtShow

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments