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I'm only 50 feet from Kilauea's fierce red flow. My knees knock, my tripod shakes, and the lava is hot beneath my feet.	The eye of the storm steams as I steady my tripod and nerves for the shot of my lifetime.
"Nature is the art	of God" -- Dante
"In the wilderness is the preservation of the world" -- Thoreau	Purple mountain majesty in all her grandeur reflects in Wonderlake.
"Nature is painting for us -- Pictures	of infinite beauty" -- John Ruskin
"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads" -- Thoreau	A lone pine tree shivers in the pogonip fog near Lee Vining Creek.
A frosty Lee Vining Creek meanders through a meadow after an icy winter's storm.