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Appalachian Trail #1

Earlier this month, I took a week and headed out East to do some hiking on the Appalachian Trail. We set off from Harper’s Ferry, WV, and hiked north into Maryland (and then back). We lucked out on the weather (it only rained one night) and were fortunate to avoid any injuries or encounters with bears.

The trip was a bit of a bust photographically; once we got up onto the ridge there were only a couple of spots where we could see anything through the trees. So I don’t really have many of the sweeping smoky vistas that you see from other parts of the trail like Shenandoah or the Smokies. I did come back with a few good shots though, and I’ll be posting some of them over the next few weeks.

As a reminder, you can click on the inline images in my posts to view larger versions.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of these, so it was about time. I’m not sure what type this is, but I stumbled across a small cluster of them while out hiking at Salamonie a few weeks back.

Salamonie Flower

If you’ve been visiting the site recently you’ve probably noticed I’ve been playing around with a few changes. Probably the most notable is that I’m no longer posting full-sized images directly in the posts, as it was making it too difficult to find themes to base the site on. Instead, you can now click on the inline image to view the full-sized one in a Javascript popup. Leave a comment if you encounter any problems…

Trying something a little different, to keep up with the whole “Web 2.0″ thing…

The above is a video from the HD camera aboard Japan’s Kaguya probe, which recently crashed into the Lunar surface. It’s not really new news; I just thought it was cool (and wanted to try out video embedding). If it doesn’t work in its embedded form, or you want to watch it in HD, you can view it on Youtube here.

Wreckage #2

This is the reverse view of the shot from a couple posts ago.

C.A. 1926

Obviously the barn had been there for at least 80 years before giving in to the elements. Insert obligatory comment about how “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” here.

Wreckage

There were some extremely high winds a few weeks ago that tore the roof completely off the barn and blew one side in. In case it’s not obvious from the photo, there’s not a whole lot to block the wind out there.

Rope

My uncle’s old barn was kind enough to pause halfway through blowing down so Chris and I could run down there and shoot some pictures.