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"Rocky spires known as the Minarets rise above 12,000 feet in the Ansel Adams Wilderness."
See all the photos featured here and more at: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/10/ansel-adams-wilderness/essick-photography/?source=email_photo
Photograph by Peter Essick
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"Melting snowpack sluices down Shadow Creek."
Photograph by Peter Essick
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"Lodgepole pines cast long shadows at sunset."
Photograph by Peter Essick
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"Late summer thunderheads build above Garnet Lake." That's Banner Peak rising in beyond the lake. 
Photograph by Peter Essick
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"High winds and gathering clouds signal the approach of a winter storm."
Photograph by Peter Essick
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"Above the tree line, strong winds whip whitecaps across the surface of Dana Lake."
Photograph by Peter Essick

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We are having a quote contest! This is exciting! Be excited! The quotes will vary in difficulty and awesomeness! I love exclamation marks! Here are your quotes: "You stay classy San Diego" (name actor and character, or don't, 'cos someone already got this one) "I never let my schooling get in the way of my education" (person) "Only two things in this universe are infinite: the universe itself and human stupidity" (person)  "I'm too old for this s**t" (character) and finally "It's hard to feel like a feel like a falcon-headed killing machine when someone calls you chicken man" Prizes come with winning.
 
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So check this out. This is my ideal dinner. It does look good. For those of you who don't consider this: I imagine it to be like chocolate covered bacon -- that is, you taste the two flavors separately. They're both in your mouth, but taste as if being eaten one at a time. Even so, it's pizza and cookies. Can you go wrong with that combination?

 
Oh yeah! We have a blog! Basically we will post updates, ask question in generally inform you of some daily activities. If you have any questions/ comments/ concerns/ suggestion please post them here. I imagine as this site is bound to start slow most of you won't read this, but if you do send us an email with the words banana flugelberry pie in it, you will be shown  some more of Blue Lightning before its official release date. There will be no specific time increment as to when new posts will come, but they will be fairly frequent. I will now end with a the movie quote of the blog: "You stay classy San Diego" Tell me who said this (actor and character) and win our weekly prize! Adios!