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Once the Giant
This was the tallest building in the world for 25 years (1973-1998) and was built by the largest retailer in the world (Sears). Each record has now been surpassed many times.

Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), Chicago, Illinois.
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From Another Era
At the base of the world's largest Tiffany glass dome, the following quote is found. A portion of it is visible in this photo.

"Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn." — Joseph Addison

In the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Stripped Soil
This is a closeup of patterns of the wind and water-stripped soil of Badlands National Park, South Dakota...a remote, rugged, and beautiful place.
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Divided Waters
Water below and water above. The Pacific Ocean from Southern California.
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We're Not In Kansas Anymore
Looking up in the city. Downtown Chicago, Illinois.
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Wahkeena Falls
Wahkeena Falls, in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. There's something enthralling about falling water...
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Sanctuary
This old tabernacle, now a new temple, is a sanctuary from the world. It reminds us of who really is in charge.
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Explosions in the Air
Fireworks at a neighborhood Independence Day celebration.
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The Center Of It All
The galactic core setting over remote eastern Utah. This is literally the center of everything that we know of.

I took advantage of there being a very dark sky area close to where I was staying and spent some time in the early morning hours shooting. I'm lucky that the advancing cloud cover didn't obscure more of the Milky Way.

This area is interesting in that there isn't even a small town for 70 miles in the direction this shot was taken and if you kept going, there aren't any large cities on this trajectory in the whole of North America.
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Reflecting the Savior's Love
The Provo City Center Temple on a calm, blue evening.

"Every part of these buildings, and all that goes on inside them, reflect the love of the Savior for us, and our love for Him" - President Henry B. Eyring
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Come to the Temple
The outsides of the temples are beautiful...but it's what happens on the inside that counts.

Draper Utah Temple
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Earth's Oceans
Earth's oceans - a remarkable and important part of our planet. Happy World Oceans Day.
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Cleave Unto Your Covenants
"Wherefore, lift up thy heart and rejoice, and cleave unto the covenants which thou hast made." — Doctrine & Covenants 25:13 The Twin Falls, Idaho LDS Temple.
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Timp View
A view of the majestic Mt. Timpanogos ("Timp"), from the grounds of the high school that is named after it.
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Dedicated
"What we need 'is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime'" - "The Dedication of a Lifetime", Elder Dallin H. Oaks, quoting Adlai E. Stevenson
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Flyby
I wonder where they are going?
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Desert Road
An unearthly place, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, is a treat for the eyes. I want to go back.
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Splash
Light, sand, water - and a seashell.
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Moody Mountain
I can see these slopes from my home - and I never tire of the view when the clouds roll in.
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Arch
Arches National Park, Utah - so much amazing natural beauty, it makes my head spin. This is part of the "Double Arch".
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New Life
The Provo City Center Temple - what a remarkable building, and an amazing story. A fire gutted this 132-year old pioneer tabernacle and left only the outside walls standing. Now it's been given a new life as the newest temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Courtesy of the Creative Creator
Every time I photograph flowers close up, I'm stunned at the intricate design and symmetry, the perfect function, and the over-the-top beauty of nature. The Creator certainly is creative!
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For the Strength of the Hills
The Payson Utah LDS Temple, against the mountains, and surrounded by the green of spring.
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June Moon
Moonrise over a mountain ridge on a clear summer night.
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Galaxy Girl
"I am dust; Constellations made of us" (from "I Am Mountain", Gungor)

At a recent local photo event, I got to photograph models in black light. I really liked this makeup and pose. More to come. :)
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Lines and Edges
Detail of the Adobe Utah building.
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For Amber Waves of Grain
There is something about the prairie...so vast, seemingly unending, that inspires my creativity. Taken while driving through northwestern Nebraska.
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Tide Out
The tide went out and the ocean began exposing its secrets...
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Quiet Reflection
A quiet evening at the new Provo City Center temple.
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Plenty of Room Here
Looking out at the very empty land from the top of an ancient volcanic rim (Doherty Slide) in southern Oregon. I loved driving through this isolated part of the western United States. If you went directly toward the horizon of this scene, you wouldn't intersect a town for over 200 miles - and then you'd be at the Pacific coast.
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I Saw Her in the Stars
I took this photo on a very dark night in the middle of nowhere, Montana. When processing it later, on my computer, I saw what seemed to be the outline of a young woman in a long dress and blowing hair. I enhanced the outline I saw. :)
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June Roses
Roses blooming at the Provo Utah Temple on a clear June afternoon. “God gave us memories, that we might have June roses in the December of our lives”. - James Barrie
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Wide Warm Beaches
It was a beautiful beach day in Southern California. Looking at this image, I can feel the warm sand on my bare feet, the cooler ocean breeze, the sound of the surf and the seagulls. I love the beach. :) These little sand mountains came from a heavy rainstorm the day before. I have happy memories of time spent on these beaches when I was a child.
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He Gave Me Flowers in A Dream
Close-up of a tiny white daisy. The shallow depth of field gave this a soft dreamy feel to me.
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"Who Keepest Covenant"
Almost 3000 years ago, King Solomon began his dedication of the temple in Israel with these words, "Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart" - 1 Kings 8:23. Almost exactly 180 years ago, in 1836, Joseph Smith used similar language when dedicating the Kirtland Temple (see D&C 109:1). This Sunday, the new Provo City Center temple will be dedicated and will immediately be put to work for the salvation of God's children.
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Different Beauties
The vibrant green of prairie grass and wild sunflowers contrasts with the otherworldly eroded landscape of South Dakota's badlands. Very different, but both beautiful.
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Even If You're Small
These tiny flowers (about 1 cm wide each) were blooming at 200 ft below sea level in Death Valley National Park in California. Tiny flowers at the lowest place in the United States - far from a lofty platform, but they made me smile anyway.
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Eternity
"Everything that occurs in the temple is uplifting and ennobling. It speaks of life here and life beyond the grave. It speaks of the importance of the individual as a child of God. It speaks of the importance of the family and the eternity of the marriage relationship."
- Gordon B. Hinckley
The Newport Beach California LDS Temple
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Etched in Stone
Mount Rushmore - what a place! I captured a panorama of these gigantic sculptures last summer. Carved from the solid granite of the Black Hills of South Dakota, it's stunning to see in person. Unfortunately, the sky was pretty flat, so I replaced it with a sunset I shot in Utah. Much better. :)
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Natural Colors
Natural colors during a developing storm on South Dakota's prairie.
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Yellowstone Majesty
This view was incredible, majestic. awe-inspiring! Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, captured from Artist's Point, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. What a place!
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Hint of a Blue Sky
The sky in February from my backyard. Blue skies are ahead!
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A Better View
The world looks different when you're a bug.
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House of Light
The House of the Lord in Payson, Utah. Jesus Christ said "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." —John 8:12
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Hillock
Just a hill and the sky. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
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Passing in the Night
Light trails in some of the densest fog I've seen. Taken when I should have been sleeping, as the fog crystallized on my camera. :)
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Steel on the Water
View of the skyscrapers of Chicago from Navy Pier.
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For Time and All Eternity
Almost 14 years ago, my wife and I married in this beautiful pioneer temple in Manti, Utah. The reasons I chose to be joined in a covenant with her and God in this place are personal and sacred to me, but in short, I truly believe that if we keep the promises we made here, she and I will be linked together for eternity.
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