Sonoran Desert, originally uploaded by Hiking Woman. “Sonoran Desert, AZ,” from the photostream of Hiking Woman.

Blue Mountains hike: wow, originally uploaded by buenovision. “Blue Mountains hike: wow” from the Flickr photostream of buenovision. More on Jamaica’s Blue Mountains here.

Dead Horse Point, originally uploaded by ~Thai~. “Dead Horse Point” from the photostream of ~Thai~, who has a wide assortment of stunning Canyonlands pix. Dead Horse Point State Park info here.

The Sky Awash, originally uploaded by kerch. “The Sky Awash,” from the photostream of Kerch. Pictured: cloud formations on the Coyote Trail in Colorado’s Golden Gate Canyon State Park.

Today’s Sunrise, originally uploaded by cyberhobo. “Today’s Sunrise” from Cyberhobo’s Flickr photo stream

Whitney on Summit of Sacajawea Peak, originally uploaded by AudreyMT. “Whitney on Summit of Sacajawea Peak” from the photostream of AudreyMT in Livingston, Montana Sacajawea Peak is in the Bridger Mountains near Bozeman, Montana.

Nature Calling?, originally uploaded by Real_Bostonian. An odd thing to find in the wilderness.. from Real Bostonian’s photostream at flickr.com Locale is the Blue Hills Reservation in Massachusetts.

Atop Doppyo, originally uploaded by Jayme-Antonio. “Atop Doppyo” (which I assume is in Japan) is all the info available. Jayme-Antonio’s photo stream is here.

A DSLR is a digital single-lens reflex camera, which is the big, bulky brother of the compact point-and-shoots favored by the digital masses. DSLRs are capable of taking far better pictures than point-and-shoots because they have bigger and better sensors,…

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