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I AM SORRY, I COULD NOT FIND THE NAME OF THIS, I THOUGHT I HAD IT PROPERLY GEOLOCATED IN MAPS.ME BUT COULD NOT FIND THE PIN AFTERWARDS...

I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE SOME CLOUDS TO COMPENSATE THE MID-DAY VERTICAL SUNLIGHT... THE PLACE IS SO VAST THAT ONE DOES NOT FEEL THE CROWD EXCEPT IN THE VISITOR'S CENTER. WEATHER WAS HOT AND WINDY.

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THIS IS THE RESULT OF A SHADOW PLAY, A CLOUD WAS PASSING THE SUN AND PUT THAT ROCK IN THE SHADOW, FEW SECONDS LATER THE CLIFF ON THE RIGHT WAS IN SHADOW TOO, SO I CAUGHT THIS JUST IN THE RIGHT MOMENT!

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THIS IS THE LAST ONE TAKEN IN BYCE CANYON.... THIS FELLOW SUITED HIMSELF TO A RIDE IN OUR CAR.... SO BEFORE LEAVING THIS PARK I CAUGHT HIM WITH MY SCARF AND RELEASED HIM IN THE SOIL OUT OF A PARKING AREA. AT FIRST HE DIDN'T MOVE, SO I COULD TAKE THIS PICTURE, AFTER A GOOD MINUTE HE TOOK OFF, MADE A CIRCLE AROUND ME AND LEFT TO THE TREES.... THIS MADE MY DAY TOO: I AM HAPPY TO "SAVE" ANIMALS, I AM THE KIND THAT TAKES THEM AWAY FROM THE TRAILS AND THE ROADS.... MERCI BORO (THIERRY) WHO IDENTIFIED THE SPECIES, IT ALLOWED ME TO GO DEEPER ON RESEARCH AND MOST SURELY IT IS MONOCHAMUS NOTATUS, SPOTTED ON THE AREA: www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/34727#toPictures

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