Blue Planet Special

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Upland Oases

Only on my knees have I seen such beauty. Common name (species) Muse, Glades, County.

Love moves mountains; flowers move love. Common name (species)

The hardest terrains have the softest mornings. Southern Slash Pine (Pinus elliotii). Big Cypress Preserve, Everglades, Collier County.

Nature's broom. Southern Slash Pine (Pinus elliotii). Koreshan State Park, Estero, Lee County.

We sometimes look better with the light behind us. Saw palmetto (serenoa repens) fronds. Koreshan State Park, Estero and Muse, Glades County.

Life passes, beauty remains. Cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto) frond. Lehigh Acres, Lee County.

Candy tree. Young live oak tree "burned" by frost. (Quercus virginiana). Lehigh Acres, Lee County.

Sometimes even good leaders hesitate. State Road 78, Lee County.

Where's moma? Nocatee, De Soto County.

Cow watcher. Taz, a young cattle dog. De Soto County.

Home is where your web is. Golden silk spider (Nephila clavipes). Babcock Ranch, Charlotte County.

Dining out. Crested caracara (Caracara plancus). Ortona, Glades County.

Full course meal. Cow skeleton found with baby skeleton. Perhaps both died while the cow was giving birth. De Soto County.

Flying leaf. Luna moth (Actias luna). Peace River, Polk County.

In the pines, in the pines, where the sun always shines... Babcock Ranch. Charlotte County.

Ever alert. (Above, below). (Odocoileus virginianus). Hawthorne Creek, De Soto County.

White-tail deer antler. (Above, below). (Odocoileus virginianus). Muse, Glades County.

Deer art. Close-up, white-tail deer antler. (Above, below). (Odocoileus virginianus). Muse, Glades County.

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