https://www.chantalfirestar.com/photography daily 0.75 2026-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565fa044e4b04c5d15d9f879/8caf91c7-6bb4-48be-90df-d87622d8503e/DSC_0480%2Bwith%2Btext.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565fa044e4b04c5d15d9f879/1593291496642-53IO7PBPZK7FVFQRRZKC/DSC_0480+with+text.png Photography Seining the beach in the Gulf of Alaska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565fa044e4b04c5d15d9f879/1550086410558-4XVQY72T5J1SFW7V8NJC/Final.jpg Photography Everything found on a half hour walk after a torrential rainstorm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565fa044e4b04c5d15d9f879/1593291745597-7WRXBDRZO2FVHU726LPC/image-asset.jpeg Photography An evening deep in West Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565fa044e4b04c5d15d9f879/1530066251626-VDQXQWZX4TM5EU3IX6MM/DSC_0295+%282017_12_11+22_07_45+UTC%29.JPG Photography S., an Oregon-based artist, holds up her latest find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565fa044e4b04c5d15d9f879/1530733193290-ZPHO2AOARNO6EUIDHB85/30.JPG Photography Ravens in a snowstorm, Sitka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565fa044e4b04c5d15d9f879/1654219239263-MTL6ML2Q2280H6N0FAVZ/DSC_2795.jpg Photography P. watches pelicans at sunset on the Gulf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565fa044e4b04c5d15d9f879/1530733210229-87XMHT9EXEW8DVI0PMVI/DSC_0512+%282017_12_18+16_48_19+UTC%29.JPG Photography J. dances in the wind in Cherry Hill Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565fa044e4b04c5d15d9f879/1666039759144-FF0UWCQAPK08U5IL9OZO/image-asset.jpeg Photography Researcher Dr. Alfredo Granados Olivas’ beloved dog Thor — named for the Norse god of agriculture and thunder — heads towards the vermicompost area of Rancho El Regalo. 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