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Weather
Striking Leprechauns!
There had been a really bad storm that passed through and I happened to catch this double rainbow with a lightening strike sandwich in between!
Sunset in Potsdam
Sunset outside Garden Place Estates after a rainstorm.
Storm rolling over Black Lake
Our first storm experience on the lake! 3 kids loved and one stayed inside crying!
Storm over St. Lawrence University
I always love a good thunderstorm and I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time as one unfolded right over top of me on Saturday. These are a couple of unedited iPhone photos that I managed to get as the cold front quickly rolled through. After the storm blew East, the sun began to set behind and cast a rainbow in the midst of the remaining streaks of lightning. Unfortunately I wasn't able to capture that!
Mount Arab Star Gazing
Watching the stars from the fire tower on top of Arab Mountain is a nice way to cool down after a hot summer day. I set my camera up on a rock at the summit to capture this view while I climbed to the top of the fire tower with my flashlight.
Canton Sunset
What a surreal sight, the sky was just about on fire tonight! There are few words to describe the beauty of a sight like this so i'll let the picture do the talking.
Evidence of Woodpecker In stone Valley Trail
This photo is a close up picture which shows signs of an animal. The photo which I uploaded was taken in the woodlands of the Stone Valley Trail in Colton, New York. Stone Valley trail is an Adirondack trail which is full of a variety of different species of animals and tree which looks over a beautiful lake. The picture I took shows evidence of a Woodpecker on this specific tree. The evidence is shown from the large holes made in the wood of the tree. What made this picture so interesting to me is that these species truly do make their homes here.
Movement of Winter
Category: Movement,
Habitat Description: Raquette River,
Natural History Info: The Raquette river is the third largest river found entirely in New York state; it is 146 miles long. It originates from Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks and flows into the Saint Lawrence River in Akwesane, a Mohawk territory in Quebec. It was historically part of the “Highway of the Adirondacks” which consists of over 100 miles of connected waterways throughout the Adirondacks.
I chose this images because the camera got a great shot of the water droplets flying into the air.