Battered Beauty
Alpine sunflowers battered from feisty hail storms stand their ground on the mountain tundra. The odds are against the tender displays of beauty that wildflowers show, yet year after year they burst out in color, even if only for a short time. These are no exception.
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Alpine Forget Me Not
An Alpine Forget Me Not shows the beautiful and tender contrast of brilliant blue and yellow colors. The succulent plant creeps above, taking advantage of every drop of moisture and ray of sunlight in the short alpine growing season.
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White Stemmed Evening Primrose in Granite
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White Stemmed Evening Primrose in Granite
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White Stemmed Evening Primrose in Granite
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West Fork Meadow Wildflowers
Beautiful meadows filled with drifts of wildflowers high in the Colorado Rockies are always such a peaceful place to be!
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Porphyry Basin
Sulphur colored paintbrush, snowball saxifrage, buttercups, bluebells, and thousands of other tiny alpine flowers grace the meadow of Porphyry Basin in the Uncompahgre Wilderness.
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Porphyry Basin Creek #2
The flowers were in full force as the sun slowly dipped below the horizon. The jagged ridges above the basin were casting long shadows, and the tranquility of the evening settled over the valley. It was a day that reminded me that a day in the mountains is a good day.
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Field of Tiny Elephants
The unique wildflower known as "Tiny Red Elephants" fills a damp meadow in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. July 2015
From Purples and Pinks
Glacier Lily Snow Drops
Falling snow melts quickly on a delicate Glacier Lily high in the mountain of Colorado.
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From Yellows
From Yellows
Glacier Lily in the Snow
A Glacier Lily gives a splash of color against a background of spring snow high in the mountains of Colorado.
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From Yellows
Ready to Fly
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Ready to Fly (square)
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From Greens
Lupine Leaf Rain-catcher
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From Greens
Pink Paintbrush
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From Yellows
Hiding in the Cleft of the Rock
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Working for the Nectar
A hummingbird moth works for his meal in La Plata Canyon
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Busy Bee
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From Purples and Pinks
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