A smattering of scenics (and other “pretty” things).

Here are just a few images, primarily scenic, but also some other “pretty things”, from Australia, Belize, Kazakhstan, and the USA.

A few from Australia to start with.

Atherton Tablelands, QLD.

 

Melaleuca trees, QLD.

 

Atherton Tablelands, QLD.

 

Iluka, NSW.

 

Iluka, NSW.

 

The view from our hut (10.5′ x 10.5′) when we lived on an atoll, 30 miles offshore Belize.

Little Calabash Caye, Turneffe Atoll, Belize.

 

The color in this image on the Caspian Sea (Kazakhstan) is due to light interacting with dust particles blown off the surrounding desert – lots of nutrients for primary production in this sea.

Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan.

 

The remaining images are from the USA. This is a Gulf of Mexico sunset.

Florida, USA

 

Fall color in Tennessee.

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

 

A dahlia in our garden (Texas).

Near Galveston, Texas, USA.

 

I like to garden.

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

 

The following three images are in Knox County, Texas.

Texas, USA.

 

Texas, USA.

 

Texas, USA.

 

Wildflowers in the Texas hill country.

Texas, USA.

 

Salt flat in west Texas.

Texas, USA.

 

Another in Texas.

Texas, USA.

 

Christmas in the Smoky Mountains, Tennessee (times two).

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA.

 

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA.

 

Two sunsets on Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, approximately 18 months after Hurricane Ike swept through.

Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA.

 

Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA.

 

Sunset over the refineries of Texas City. Shot from the east end of Galveston Island.

Texas City, Texas, USA.

 

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas.

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA.

 

 

 

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