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“A sign at Lassen Volcanic National Park,” from the photo stream of busybeingborn. It’s on Page 9 of “Rude World, 100 Rudest Place Names in the World,” which arrived in today’s mail (Thanks Rob and Ed). More of the book’s…

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“The crowds …,” from the photo stream of busybeingborn. … because I’ve got nothing better to do at the moment. This is at the Don Edwards Wildlife Sanctuary near Alviso. It’s full of little walkways that go all the way…

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Seems like a day for video links: The Tampa Trib’s outdoors reporter talks about thru-hiking the Florida trail. This is a polished, well-produced piece, which seems odd for a newspaper guy, and offers a fascinating glimpse at the sights along…

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“Pacific Fog,” from the photo stream of BluePeak. Caption: Hikers near Bonilla Point, West Coast trail, BC, Canada. More about the West Coast Trail. Bluepeak also has a photography site here and a site on hiking in Bhutan here.

“Minton Rainbow,” from the photo stream of Andy Howell. Maybe Andy will fill us in on this lovely bit of British countryside.

“hiking Haleakala’s crater,” from the photo stream of Judy B. Caption: “The surreal colors inside Maui’s Haleakala crater make you believe you’re on the moon. Tough hiking but well worth it !” More info on Haleakala National Park here. Judy…

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“Antelope Slot Canyon,” from the photo stream of Karen Ziemkowski. Locale is Antelope Slot Canyon near Page, Arizona. Incidentally, Karen and her spouse are wedding photographers who have a wedding-pix blog that has some fine pictures.