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Little Yellow & Blue Mistflower
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View from Three Bears Bluff - Fire on the Mountain.
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From The Colors of Nature, Comes Natural Beauty
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Don't You Think Simpler Is Better?
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Polytrichum commune (Common Haircap Moss)
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Pseudevernia consocians, Antler Lichen
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Home With A View
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Red-shouldered Hawk
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Lecanora caesiorubella, Frosted Rim Lichen
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Variegated June Beetle
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Laphria grossa
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Spider as food
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New Adventures
![sunrise view hdr blueridge northgeorgia](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5168/5351542483_4bfbd0b6ce.jpg)
mountain view1 (hdr)
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Go Your Own Way
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Shiny Flea Beetle - Asphaera lustrans
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Jacks River & Benton Mackaye Trails (17 Jan 2014)
![georgia albany dougherty wolfspider cohutta ellijay macrolife roybrown roybrownphotography roycohutta varacosa](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6116/6378341443_b8d8713a45.jpg)
Wolf Spider on Mountain Laurel
![triptych unitedstates northgeorgia cherrylog](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8314/8017142157_343a3738af.jpg)
Mountain view triptych
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Porpidia crustulata, Concentric Boulder Lichen
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Leucochrysa insularis
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Springtime's Magic
![vacation lake mountains creek cabin flowing northgeorgia lakedakwa](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7577/27329717700_d7711d95fd.jpg)
Bryant Creek.jpg
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Goodyera pubescens (Rattlesnake Orchid, Downy Rattlesnake Plantain)
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Sunset over Lake Blue Ridge
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Carolina Wren
![awardtree greenscene blueridgegeorgia](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/735/22400912476_deed434592.jpg)
Nature's Artistry
![lake mountains reflection water canon landscape peaceful explore](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7251/7738112146_e25709a029.jpg)
Lake Buckhorn - Ellijay, GA (Explored 8/8/2012 #311)
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Blue Ridge Mountains
![trees lake mountains water night canon reflections landscape](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5197/7190332515_bca4acce5a.jpg)
Dusk at Lake Buckhorn
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Jacks River
![road street trees mountain mountains canon georgia landscape](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7215/7397499810_b9f5c260c0.jpg)
The road less traveled
![sunset landscape showcase](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5517/10627726836_95a5a89555.jpg)
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Great Smoky Mountains
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Jacks River Backpack - September 13-14, 2014
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