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Kevin Maples

@bkevinmaples.bsky.social
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I travel and take photos of beautiful places. Proudly liberal Christian and political progressive. Previous life and career spent navigating the treacherous waters of American Evangelicalism, often as the most liberal person in the boat.

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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
www.forwardky.com/america-is-2...
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America is 250 years old. Our democracy is only 61.
Here’s why.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
America is 250. Our Democracy is only 61. Let me explain. This week we mark the 250th anniversary of the issuance of the Declaration of Independence. AS a nation, we will use this Occasion to collectively celebrate our republic's creation myth. #America250 #4thofJuly #democracy #independanceday
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Black Locust tree in bloom, Kentucky, April 2026 #photography #landscapes #trees #Kentucky #blooms #sky #appalachia #spring
A skeletal tree covered in clumps of white blooms against an azure, cloudless sky.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Humanity failed in a historic manner yesterday and most of us didn't notice. Elon Musk became history's first trillionaire. How did that happen? SpaceX, the satellite internet and space travel company, became publicly traded.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The Big Lie is the New Lost Cause Trump is desperately trying to erase the reality of his electoral loss in 2020, along with all remembrance of his treasonous insurrection that followed. A significant rewriting of American history is not unprecedented.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Americans, call your senators and representative NOW and demand they constrain Trump before it is too late. Use www.5calls.org if you need assistance. #Indivisible #impeach #resistance #nowar #protest
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Friends, it is getting rough out there. It is time to put down our screens and actually show up. There are over 3100 No Kings events scheduled across America tomorrow. Stand with your neighbors and demand that our government adhere to the constitution. NoKings.org #NoKings #Indivisible
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As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Needles District, 105° on the Chesler Park Trail, Utah. July 2021. 📍Canyonlands National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #utah #publiclands #southwest #redrocks #desert #nationalparks #canyonlands #wilderness #protectourparks #sandstone #geology #outdoors
Spires of layered sandstone below blue sky and puffy white clouds.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Along the Apache Trail in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona. 📍Tonto National Forest #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Arizona #nationalforests #desert #southwest #publiclands #sonorandesert #backroads #byways #outdoors #protectourparks #geology #canyons
Jagged rock faces along the Apache Trail in Arizona.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Sunset over the high dunes and high desert in Colorado. September 2024. 📍Great Sand Dunes National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #colorado #nationalparks #publiclands #desert #sunset #southwest #sanddunes #protectourparks #sangredecristos #outdoors
Soft sunset over America's tallest sand dunes and the sagebrush of Southern Colorado.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Infinite stars above White Rim Road in Southern Utah. 📍Canyonlands National Park
A sky of countless stars above a pyramid-shaped sandstone formation in Southern Utah.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Sturgeon Falls in the heart of the Ottawa NF & Michigan's Upper Peninsula. July 2024 📍Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #michigan #upperpeninsula #forest #nationalforests #wilderness #publiclands #waterfalls #waterfallwednesday #protectourparks #rivers
A dreamy waterfall cascades through the deep green of Michigan's primordial forest.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Amanita brunnescens, also known as the brown American star-footed Amanita. 📍Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Kentucky #appalachia #nationalforests #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #fungifriends #protectourparks #outdoors
A bown mushroom with white spots on its smooth cap grows on a pale stalk out of the forest floor.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
I'm missing the desert, so here is a closeup of a Saguaro cactus. 📍Saguaro National Park, Arizona . #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #arizona #publiclands #southwest #desert #nationalparks #cactus #succulents #botany #closeup #pattern #saguaro #tucson #sonorandesert
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Boulder Canyon and Weavers Needle in the Superstition Mountains. 📍Superstition Wilderness & Tonto National Forest #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #arizona #publiclands #southwest #wilderness #desert #mountains #geology #nationalforests #protectourparks #outdoors #sonorandesert
Dramatic desert mountains with a 4500 ft. volcanic plug dominating the distant horizon.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The Rio Grande/Rio Bravo flows through Santa Elena Canyon. 📍Big Bend National Park, TX #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #texas #westtexas #Mexico #nationalparks #rivers #canyons #nationalparks #publiclands #southwest #wilderness #desert #protectourparks #outdoors #bigbend #goldenhour
Glass-like water at the mouth of the 1500 feet tall walls of Santa Elena Canyon along the Texas & Mexico border.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Honey Creek Overlook in Autumn. Oct. 2023 📍Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Tennessee #appalachia #southeast #rivers #publiclands #wilderness #protectourparks #nationalforests #autumn #creeks #bigsouthfork #nationalriver
A creek cuts through the Cumberland plateau of northern Tennessee.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Autumn Sunset in Silverton, Colorado. September 2024. 📍San Juan National Forest #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #colorado #nationalforests #publiclands #sanjuans #aspens #mountains #southwest #sunset #aspens #alpine #clouds #silverton #autumn
Orange clouds and golden aspen trees in the San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The stunning Beartooth Mountains of Montana. 📍Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Montana #wyoming #rockymounains #wilderness #nationalforests #publiclands #northwest #protectourparks #alpine #outdoors #mountainmonday
Snow and glaciers decorate the high alpine areas of the Beartooth Mountains along the Montana & Wyoming border.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Close up of Nisqually Glacier from along the Skyline Trail in Washington. July 2019. 📍Mount Rainier National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #washington #mountrainier #mountains #glaciers #nationalparks #alpine #publiclands #protectourparks #ice #rainier #outdoors #moraine
An alpine glacier, tinted blue and with deep cracks, on the southwest flank of Mount Rainier.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Rio Grande/Bravo & Chisos Mountains of West Texas at dusk. Feb 2025. 📍 Big Bend National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #texas #westtexas #mountains #southwest #desert #bigbend #publiclands #riogrande #chihuahuandesert #Mexico #nationalparks #rivers #protectourparks #sunset
The Rio Grande reflects a peach-colored sky as it points toward the silhouetted Chisos Mountains in the distance.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Driftwood at the mouth of Cedar Creek on Washington's Ruby Beach. July 2019 📍 Olympic National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Washington #olympicpeninsula #nationalparks #beaches #wilderness #wildernesscoast #publiclands #northwest #protectourparks #driftwood
Massive amounts of driftwood at the juncture of a creek and the Pacific Ocean with a sea stack on the horizon.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Moonrise through the cotton candy clouds of sunset over West Texas. Feb. 2025. 📍Big Bend National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #texas #westtexas #mountains #southwest #desert #publiclands #bigbend #sunset #moon #protectourparks #chihuahuandesert #Mexico #nationalparks
A bright full-moon rises through pink clouds illuminated by sunset over the low mountains in the desert of Big Bend National Park
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
New Mexico's largest arch, La Ventana, from behind. 📍El Malpais National Conservation Area #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #NewMexico #southwest #mountains #desert #arches #nationalmonuments #publiclands #protectourparks #sandstone #geology #indigenous #native
A large sandstone arch forms a diamond-shaped opening below a blue sky.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Sunset above gypsum dunes in New Mexico. 📍White Sands National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #NewMexico #southwest #mountains #desert #nationalparks #whitesands #sunset #sand #sunsetSunday #mountains #ripples
The sun sets about mountains on the horizon beyond rippled sand.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Just a close up of some fine-ass moss in Kentucky. #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Kentucky #appalachia #nationalforests #publiclands #moss #plants #closeup #green
A closeup of lovely green mosses.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Cliff Palace, an 800 y.o. Ancestral Puebloan archeological site in SW Colorado. 📍Mesa Verde National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #colorado #nationalparks #mesverde #sandstone #indigenous #native #southwest #desert #canyons #outdoors #publiclands #protectourparks #pueblos
A large Ancestral Puebloan archeological site spreads out below a large sandstone overhang in a desert canyon of Colorado.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
📍Temperance River State Park, Minnesota. July 2024. #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Minnesota #northshore #lakesuperior #publiclands #waterfalls #waterfallwednesday #greatlakes #stateparks #protectourparks #forest #rivers #indigenous #northwoods #midwest
A river cuts through ancient rock and emerald forest just before it empties into Lake Superior.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Desert sunset between Alpine and Terlingua, Texas. February 2025. #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #texas #westtexas #mountains #southwest #desert #publiclands #bigbend #sunset #sunsetSunday #protectourparks #outdoors #chihuahuandesert #terlingua
A colorful sunset over the desert and mountains of West Texas.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
An absolutely insane slime mold, possibly Stemonitis splendens, aka the chocolate tube slime. 📍Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, KY #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Kentucky #appalachia #nationalforests #publiclands #bigsouthfork #slime #slimemold #protectourparks
A large slime mold that closely resembles a brown koosh ball toy.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
The stunning beauty of Western Wyoming. July 2017. 📍Grand Teton National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #wyoming #nationalparks #grandtetons #nationalforests #wilderness #mountains #alpine #glaciers #publiclands #mountainwest #protectourparks
Jagged mountains rise from a flat plain below an azure sky.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Potawatomi Falls along the Black River of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 📍Ottawa National Forest #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #michigan #upperpeninsula #lakesuperior #forest #publiclands #greatlakes #midwest #nationalforests #waterfalls #waterfallwednesday #protectourparks #rivers
A waterfall emerges from an emerald green forest and splits around a cliff before plunging into a deep pool.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Eastern edge of the glorious Chisos Mountains of West Texas. 📍Big Bend National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Texas #westtexas #mountains #southwest #desert #publiclands #bigbend #geology #nationalparks #protectourparks #outdoors #geology
Rugged desert mountains below a clear blue sky in West Texas.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Michigan isn't all flat. Lake of the Clouds in the Upper Peninsula. 📍Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #michigan #upperpeninsula #lakesuperior #forest #publiclands #greatlakes #midwest #geology #wilderness #stateparks #protectourparks #lakes
A small, blue lake in an unbroken forest of emerald green northern hardwood forest. The cliff of an escarpment is in the left of the frame.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Sunset over Lake Superior at Hunter's Point Park at the northernmost point of Michigan 📍Copper Harbor, MI #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #michigan #upperpeninsula #lakesuperior #forest #publiclands #greatlakes #midwest #geology #sunset #water #shoreline #sunsetSunday #keweenaw
A peach sunset reflects on the glassy water of Lake Superior.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Stormy skies along the east fork of the Sevier River, between Antimony and Kingston, Utah. #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #utah #southwest #redrocks #desert #publiclands #geology #storms #clouds #mountains #canyons #redrock
Ominous clouds forming over the red rock desert of Southern Utah.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Along the international border between Quebec, Canada and Vermont, USA. October 2022 #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Vermont #Quebec #NewEngland #autumn #clouds #mountains #trees #sunset
Wispy clouds are illuminated by the setting sun above the low mountains of Vermont and Quebec. A stand of autumn trees are in the foreground.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Middle Falls, along the North Shore of Minnesota. 📍Gooseberry Falls State Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Minnesota #northshore #lakesuperior #publiclands #waterfalls #waterfallwednesday #greatlakes #stateparks #protectourparks #forest #indigenous #chippewa #Qjibwa
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Davis Mountains of West Texas, shamefully named for the president of the traitorous Confederacy. 📍Davis Mountains State Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #texas #westtexas #mountains #southwest #desert #publiclands #bigbend #geology #stateparks #protectourparks
Jagged mountain peaks of bare stone emerge from the Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
View from Black Elk Peak (7244ft/2208m), the highest point in the US east of the Rocky Mountains. 📍Black Elk Wilderness, South Dakota #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #southdakota #blackhills #mountains #midwest #trees #outdoors #publiclands #protectourparks #indigenous #highpoints
A weathered, dead tree looks out over a peak above the plains of South Dakota under a clear blue sky.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Michigan's Bridal Veil Falls descends to Lake Superior during golden hour. 📍Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #michigan #upperpeninsula #lakesuperior #nationalforests #nationalparks #waterfalls #goldenhour #greatlakes #publiclands #protectourparks
A cascading waterfall descending from a dense hardwood forest and down a colorful, sloped cliff face into Lake Superior.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Beartooth Pass, 10,947ft / 3337m, near the Montana border 📍Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #wyoming #nationalforests #Montana #mountains #alpine #mountainpasses #glaciers #Yellowstone #mountainwest #publiclands #protectourparks #beartooth
A snow covered mountain range, viewed from 11k, under a cloudy blue sky.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Mammatus sky over the jagged Cathedral Sprires of the Black Hills of South Dakota. 📍Custer State Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #southdakota #blackhills #badlands #outdoors #protectourparks #geology #canyons #stateparks #mountains #storms #clouds #rocks #spires
A series of jagged spires and peaks rise from a lush green forest below an ominous sky.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Xylaria polymorpha, commonly known as dead man's fingers. 📍Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Kentucky #appalachia #nationalforests #publiclands #bigsouthfork #mushrooms #fungus #forest #woods #protectourparks #fungusfriday
A small tuft of gray, finger-like mushrooms sprouting inside of a hollow stump.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Second Beach, Washington, New Year's Day 2000. I fled to the coast just in case Y2K was legit. 📍Olympic National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #washington #olympicpeninsula #nationalparks #coast #beaches #blackandwhite #wildernesscoast #wilderness #winter #protectourparks
The tide coming in across large stones, against a natural cliff with a hole penetrating through the middle. A windswept tree stands guard above the water.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Afternoon sunbeams along Obstruction Point Road 📍Olympic National Park, WA #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #washington #olympicpeninsula #nationalparks #storms #wilderness #mountains #sun #alpine #trees #stunday #outdoors #northwest #sunbeams #clouds #valleys
Afternoon sun bathes an emerald mountainside with a glacier covered series of peaks on the far horizon.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Along the Notch Trail in South Dakota. 📍Badlands National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #southdakota #blackhills #badlands #outdoors #protectourparks #geology #canyons #nationalparks #americanwest #erosion
A uniformly brown canyon in the badlands of western South Dakota under a partly cloudy sky.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The turquoise waters of Diablo Lake, near Newhalem, WA. 📍 Ross Lake Natl. Rec. Area #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Washington #northcascades #northwest #cascades #nationalparks #publiclands #wilderness #lakes #alpine #protectourparks #mountains #outdoors
A stunning turquoise lake between green mountains below a blue sky in the North Cascades of Washington.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Alaskan tundra in bloom with Eriophorum callitrix, commonly known as Arctic cottongrass. 📍Denali National Park and Preserve #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Alaska #mountains #denali #wilderness #publiclands #alpine #nationalparks #tundra #glaciers #wildflowers #protectourparks
A large field of cotton-like plants bloom on the tundra beneath puffy white clouds and blue sky. Alpine peaks with multiple glaciers fill the distant horizon.
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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Boquillas Canyon of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo del Norte. Texas on the left, Mexico on the right. Walls reach 1500ft. 📍Big Bend National Park #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #Texas #Mexico #westtexas #canyons #rivers #riogrande #publiclands #southwest #desert #nationalparks #bigbend
The Rio Grande calmly passes under the dramatic, sheer walls of Boquillas Canyon under a stunning blue sky.
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