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Sunset at Grand Canyon

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:30:49 -0700

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Romantic Pink Orchids

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:49:24 -0700

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The color effects of this photo was made in using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

A Panoramic View of Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:06:00 -0700

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This panoramic photo is a fusion of 12 shots taken in Ha Long Bay three years ago.
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A Panoramic View, Zion National Park, Utah, USA

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:14:54 -0700

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This panoramic photo is a result of the fusion of 6 shots taken when driving on the scenic Zion Mount-Carmel Highway. Larger view of this panorama:
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Zion National Park is located in the Southwestern United States, near Springdale, Utah. A prominent feature of the 229-square-mile (590 km2) park is Zion Canyon, which is 15 miles (24 km) long and up to half a mile (800 m) deep, cut through the reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone by the North Fork of the Virgin River. The lowest elevation is 3,666 ft (1,117 m) at Coalpits Wash and the highest elevation is 8,726 ft (2,660 m) at Horse Ranch Mountain. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park's unique geography and variety of life zones allow for unusual plant and animal diversity. Numerous plant species as well as 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), and 32 reptiles inhabit the park's four life zones: desert, riparian, woodland, and coniferous forest. Zion National Park includes mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_National_Park

Red Tulips

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:43:53 -0700

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A mesa in Utah

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:23:13 -0700

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The Grand Canyon photographers

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:40:31 -0700

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Grand Canyon at Sunset

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:47:51 -0700

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This is a view of the Grand Canyon at Sunset from Mather Point. The original of this photo has been assembled in using 14 shots.
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The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Ongtupqa; Yavapai: Wi:kaʼi:la) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, and the Havasupai Tribe. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery. It is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.

The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet / 1,800 metres). Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists, recent evidence suggests the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago Since that time, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to its present-day configuration.

For thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon ("Ongtupqa" in Hopi language) a holy site and made pilgrimages to it. The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was García López de Cárdenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540.

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Red Rose

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:46:17 -0700

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Taken in Van-den-Henn Gardens, Québec City, QC, Canada

Simply Red

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:32:59 -0700

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Taken in Van-den-Henn Gardens, Québec City, QC, Canada

Golden Leaves

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:06:25 -0800

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Autumn in Quebec

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:02:02 -0800

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Pink Lily Flower

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:07:08 -0800

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A panoramic view, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:37:59 -0800

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Capitol Reef National Park is a United States National Park, in south-central Utah. It is 100 miles (160 km) long but fairly narrow. The park, established in 1971, preserves 241,904 acres (978.95 km2; 377.97 sq mi) and is open all year, although May through September are the most popular months.

Called "Wayne Wonderland" in the 1920s by local boosters Ephraim P. Pectol and Joseph S. Hickman, Capitol Reef National Park protects colorful canyons, ridges, buttes, and monoliths. About 75 mi (121 km) of the long up-thrust called the Waterpocket Fold, a rugged spine extending from Thousand Lake Mountain to Lake Powell, is preserved within the park. "Capitol Reef" is the name of an especially rugged and spectacular segment of the Waterpocket Fold near the Fremont River. The area was named for a line of white domes and cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, each of which looks somewhat like the United States Capitol building, that run from the Fremont River to Pleasant Creek on the Waterpocket Fold. The local word reef referred to any rocky barrier to travel. Easy road access came with the construction in 1962 of State Route 24 through the Fremont River Canyon.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Reef_National_Park

Bryce Canyon, a view from Bryce Point before sunset

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:26:46 -0800

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Bryce Canyon National Park (pron.: /ˈbraɪs/) is a national park located in southwestern Utah in the United States. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. The red, orange, and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views for park visitors. Bryce sits at a much higher elevation than nearby Zion National Park. The rim at Bryce varies from 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 m).

The Bryce Canyon area was settled by Mormon pioneers in the 1850s and was named after Ebenezer Bryce, who homesteaded in the area in 1874 The area around Bryce Canyon became a National Monument in 1923 and was designated as a National Park in 1928. The park covers 35,835 acres (55.99 sq mi; 145.02 km2) and receives relatively few visitors compared to Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon, largely due to its remote location.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_Canyon_National_Park

Cyclamen

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:38:15 -0800

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Cyclamen is a genus of 23 species of perennials growing from tubers, valued for their flowers with upswept petals and variably patterned leaves. Cyclamen species are native to Europe and the Mediterranean Basin east to Iran, with one species in Somalia.

It was traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae but recently has been reclassified in the family Myrsinaceae.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclamen

Ochna integerrima - Mai vàng - Mừng Xuân Quý Tị 2013

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:03:57 -0800

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This is the first flower of my 2 year old ochna plant I keep inside my home in Canada.

Autumn Light

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:34:54 -0800

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Autumn Colors

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:51:50 -0800

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Grand Canyon

nobody@flickr.com (T. Le Thang) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:45:55 -0800

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Panoramic view from Mohave Point (this image was assembled in using 9 photos).

Grand Canyon National Park is the United States' 15th oldest national park. Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, the park is located in Arizona. The park's central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. The park covers 1,217,262 acres (1,902 sq mi; 4,926 km2) of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_National_Park