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  Sunset in Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes, California
  by Eyal Nahmias

  Sunset / dusk and a boat, Convict Lake in Mammoth Lakes, CA “Eureka” (I have found it) The ultimate merge of being one with your environment. Nature, human, beauty. First place: Group Avatar challenge @ The Great Outdoors group, September 2009 2nd place: Reflections of mountains challenge @ Mountains Across the Globe Group, September 2009 3rd place: Landscapes challenge @ The Male Photographer Group, October 2009 Top ten: Let’s Hunt for Watercraft challenge @ The Scavenger Hunt Group, September 2009 Featured: The scavenger Hunt Group, September 2009 / Featured: Landscape Photography group, September 2009 / Featured: light & reflection group, February 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / *—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—

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  Welcome To California
  by Robin Fortin IPA

  “Eureka” (I have found it).

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  North to the Future
  by mlanger

  I took this photo in Alaska just last week (March 2008) at Girdwood Airport, a small dirt strip (snowcovered that day) about 40 miles south of Anchorage. I’d been flying the day before as a passenger on three incredible helicopter flights but did not have my camera aboard. (Don’t ask.) The next day, I had my camera handy and snapped this photo on my way into Alpine Air’s office at the airport. The clouds were caught up in the snow-covered mountains all around the airport, the sky was an amazing blue beyond it, and the bright red and yellow of the airplane really called out to me. I think this photo will appeal to any pilot who dreams about flying in the bush and exploring far away locations. Photo Details: / Camera: Nikon D80 / Shutter Speed: 1/125 / Aperture: f/8.0 / Focal Length: 45mm / ISO: 100

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  Upper Peninsula
  by Andrea Ward

  State: Michigan / Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you) I am standing on the Lower Peninsula near the Colonial Michilimackinac Fort on the Lake Huron side of the Mackinac Bridge. The land mass in the distance is the Upper Peninsula. This Mackinac Bridge connects the two peninsulas. The ice was thinning and was unsafe to walk on at that time so I could not get both peninsulas as well as the Mackinac Bridge in the shot. To stand here and look out at the two of the vast Great Lakes just takes my breath away. I have lived in Michigan my whole life and nothing else takes me back than looking out at this historic bridge and these two unique peninsulas. To stand at the spot I was standing and know that this was once 18th century French, and British, fort and trading post in the Great Lakes. Wikipedia / So much history happened right where I was standing…. / Being as much of a history buff as I am, it means a lot every time I step onto those grounds. History Facts: The Mackinac Bridge (pronounced /ˈmækɨnɔː/, with a silent “c” at the end of the word), is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the non-contiguous Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Envisioned since the 1880s, the bridge was completed only after many decades of struggles to begin construction. Designed by engineer David B. Steinman, the bridge (familiarly known as “Big Mac” and “Mighty Mac”) connects the city of St. Ignace on the north end with the village of Mackinaw City on the south. The bridge opened on February 5, 1884, ending decades of the two peninsulas being solely linked by ferries. A year later, the bridge was formally dedicated as “the world’s longest suspension bridge between anchorages”. The length of the bridge’s main span is 3,800 feet (1,158 m), which makes it the third-longest suspension span in the United States and twelfth longest worldwide. History Facts provided by Wikipedia

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  California - Eureka! I have found it!
  by KMPhotography

  Morro Rock… Morro Bay, California

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  Eureka
  by Cathy L. Gregg

  You can lead a horse to water… This statue is at the California Mid-State Fairgrounds in Paso Robles, California.

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  Crossing the Bridge
  by bchrisdesigns

  Here’s the Golden Gate Bridge looking more “golden” than ever! / And, since it is in the “Golden State”, that makes it quite clever!! / CREATION INFORMATION Medium: Travel/Architectural/Digital Photography. Technique: Digital Cross Processing. Tools: Digital Camera, Photoshop CS2. Shooting Location: The Golden Gate Bridge – San Fransisco, CA / CONTEST & CHALLENGE HISTORY 04/01/08 – Entry to United States Group’s U.S. State’s Motto Competition [California state motto: “Eureka! (I have found it!)” / The Golden Gate Bridge has long been one of our state’s most beloved landmarks and icons, representing the Golden State’s appeal to those who seek fame, fortune, and fancy! And, being a bridge, it is a metaphor of what California’s first pioneers had to do to reach for their wildest dreams – they had to cross all sorts of metaphoric bridges! To get somewhere, we eventually have to cross a bridge of some sort. Sometimes we cannot see where the bridge ends, sometimes it is too cloudy or treacherous, and sometimes (as in the photo depicted here) the bridge seems too ominous and foreboding. Bridges, much like The Golden Gate Bridge (as seen here), represent choices and chances and the moment we come to one, we must decide whether or not we stay where we are or cross. The original pioneers knew this, of course, and they took those chances and exercised leaps of faith all in the hopes of one day being able to say “Eureka, I have found it!”

• Another feature...
  by Eyal Nahmias

  My sunset in convict lake image wa…

  My sunset in convict lake image was chosen to be featured in the sierra Nevada group Thanks for the group hosts and for the recognition. I truly appreciate it. :-) Eyal