Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks - May 2010
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Sierra Mountains sunset

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The General Sherman Tree - the world's largest tree (based on volume)

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Moro Rock sunrise

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Fork of the Kings River, and the deep gorge it has cut

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At spots, Kings Canyon is deeper than the Grand Canyon - notice the cars on the middle-right edge

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Detail of a rock wall along the Kings River

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Checkerspot Butterfly

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Checkerspot Butterfly

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Boyden Cavern, Sequoia National Monument

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Becoming one with Grizzly Falls

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Kings River

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Granite rock slide

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Male Northern Flicker

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Female Northern Flicker

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Male Northern Flicker, posing

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Juvenile Red Tail Hawk

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Image made with an iPhone

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Giant Sequoia trees are large!

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Brown bear with her two 3-month old cubs

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50+ feet up a thin tree

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Yum

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3-month old infants, playing around. A few moments later, the one on the right had backed to the end of the tree and was dangling by the front paws

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God-light focusing on young Giant Sequoias

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Coastal range

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Coastal range sunset, from Kings Canyon