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  1. ☁️ Soon the clouds were roiling. I've never seen a similar pattern so widespread. It was abstract art, mesmerizing.

    📷 Open for horizontal pic

    #BreaksSP 🧵
    #Travel #TravelPhotography #Clouds

  2. ☁️ The view of The Breaks from our spot got even more interesting when a front came through one day.

    🥾 We were lucky to get back in time from hiking before the rains came, because I delayed rechecking the forecast until it was obvious we were at risk of getting wet.

    📷 Open for horizontal pic

    #BreaksSP 🧵
    #Travel #TravelPhotography #Hiking #LandscapePhotography #Landscape

  3. 🥾 Despite being on fairly steep slopes, the forests of this area are dense. In the moist wind-protected coves, ferns are happy.

    #FernFriday #Fernstadon #Fern
    #BreaksSP 🧵
    #Travel #TravelPhotography #Hiking #Nature

  4. ⛰️ Hiking trails in this park are on several horizontal levels. The middle levels give you rock walls on one side and vistas on the other.

    🥾 And, because of a large amount of geological thrust faults, sometimes you have to maneuver through unexpected formations.

    #FootpathFriday
    #BreaksSP 🧵
    #Travel #TravelPhotography

  5. 🥾 We hiked past a water impoundment that is usually disruptive to a mountaintop environment, but this one was full of salamanders!

    🦎 These amphibians prefer cold, clean, running water as in pristine streams. This pond had to be relatively undisturbed.

    📷 I stayed still and got a pic of a Spotted Salamander as it floated into a sunny spot. Love the orange spots!

    #BreaksSP 🧵
    #Travel #WildlifeWednesday #Wildlife #TravelPhotography #Biodiversity #Environment #Salamander #Salamanders #Amphibians

  6. 🥾 We hiked past a water impoundment that is usually disruptive to a mountaintop environment, but this one was full of salamanders!

    🦎 These amphibians prefer cold, clean, running water as in pristine streams. This pond had to be relatively undisturbed.

    📷 I stayed still and got a pic of a Spotted Salamander as it floated into a sunny spot. Love the orange spots!

    #BreaksSP 🧵
    #Travel #WildlifeWednesday #Wildlife #TravelPhotography #Biodiversity #Environment #Salamander #Salamanders #Amphibians

  7. 🥾 We hiked past a water impoundment that is usually disruptive to a mountaintop environment, but this one was full of salamanders!

    🦎 These amphibians prefer cold, clean, running water as in pristine streams. This pond had to be relatively undisturbed.

    📷 I stayed still and got a pic of a Spotted Salamander as it floated into a sunny spot. Love the orange spots!

    #BreaksSP 🧵
    #Travel #WildlifeWednesday #Wildlife #TravelPhotography #Biodiversity #Environment #Salamander #Salamanders #Amphibians

  8. 🥾 We hiked past a water impoundment that is usually disruptive to a mountaintop environment, but this one was full of salamanders!

    🦎 These amphibians prefer cold, clean, running water as in pristine streams. This pond had to be relatively undisturbed.

    📷 I stayed still and got a pic of a Spotted Salamander as it floated into a sunny spot. Love the orange spots!

    #BreaksSP 🧵
    #Travel #WildlifeWednesday #Wildlife #TravelPhotography #Biodiversity #Environment #Salamander #Salamanders #Amphibians

  9. 🥾 We hiked past a water impoundment that is usually disruptive to a mountaintop environment, but this one was full of salamanders!

    🦎 These amphibians prefer cold, clean, running water as in pristine streams. This pond had to be relatively undisturbed.

    📷 I stayed still and got a pic of a Spotted Salamander as it floated into a sunny spot. Love the orange spots!

    #BreaksSP 🧵
    #Travel #WildlifeWednesday #Wildlife #TravelPhotography #Biodiversity #Environment #Salamander #Salamanders #Amphibians

  10. 🟣 On a hike with walls of rock on one side, we came upon a spot where water dripped down, creating a seepage slope. This type of microhabitat is often a place to find treasure and this time we were not disappointed:

    A little patch of wild irises.

    #BreaksSP 🧵
    #Travel #WildflowerWednesday #WildFlowers #NativePlants #TravelPhotography #Biodiversity #Environment

  11. Today we enjoyed a small piece of what our planet has to offer to make us happy.

    Happy #EarthDay ! 💚

    📸 open for horizontal pic

    #BreaksSP 🧵
    #Travel #Landscape #TravelPhotography

  12. I am, in fact, still here.

    The intensity of travel days over the last few weeks has consumed my time, but I should have time to post mornings this week.

    🚗 I've traveled northward along the Blue Ridge, past moonshining hotspots, to arrive at Breaks Interstate Park, Virginia.

    ⛰️ My lodge room looks out over a gorge where a loop of river has carved out elongated bluffs called "The Towers".

    📷 I was able to capture sunset highlighting them last night. There are more views from other overlooks that I'll share.

    #BreaksSP 🧵
    #TravelTuesday #Travel #Landscape #TravelPhotography