Best of 2018
All images copyright 2018 B. Nelson
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Temple Square
Salt Lake City
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Temple Square
Salt Lake City
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Temple Square
Salt Lake City
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Ogden Temple
Ogden, Utah
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Ogden Temple
Ogden, Utah
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Spring Beauty
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Logan Canyon
Northern Utah
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Indian Paintbrush
Logan Canyon
Northern Utah
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Palmer's Penstemon
Capitol Reef National Park
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Arizona Thistle
Capitol Reef National Park
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Apache Plume
Capitol Reef National Park
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Simpson's Foot Cactus
Capitol Reef National Park
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Utah Daisy
Capitol Reef National Park
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Canyon wall
Capitol Gorge
Capitol Reef National Park
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Penstemon
Mirror Lake Highway
Uinta Mountains
Utah
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Gambel Oak
Snowbasin Ski Resort
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Asian Poppy
Growing wild near Mantua, Utah
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Cactus
Sardine Canyon
Northern Utah
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Grand Tetons
Grand Teton National Park
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A chance encounter
admist the lodgepole pine
Grand Teton National Park
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Morning Dew
Grand Teton National Park
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Mountain Hollyhock
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Colorado Columbine
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Pink Paintbrush
Dunraven Pass
Yellowstone National Park
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Blazing Star
Near the Snake River
Wyoming
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Elk Thistle
Yellowstone National Park
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Lewis Monkeyflower
Yellowstone National Park
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Yellow Columbine
Dunraven Pass
Yellowsotne National Park
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Gibbon Falls
Yellowstone National Park
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Northern Utah
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Baneberry
Beautiful but toxic!
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Showy Milkweed
Logan Canyon
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Thickstem Aster
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Fireweed
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Fireweed
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Showy Milkweed
Logan Canyon
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Bumble bee
on a thistle
Mirror Lake Highway
Unita Mountains
Utah
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Mirror Lake Highway
Unita Mountains
Utah
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Some of the local maples
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Gambel Oak
Snowbasin Ski Resort
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Snowbasin Ski Resort
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Northern Cache Valley
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A 13 second
exposure provides a silky appearance to the stream
Northern Cache Valley
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