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| Ted Sumner gets off his bike after flagging down an ice-cream truck on the Bonneville Salt Flats during Speed Week on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Raul Ruiz lives in nearby Wendover and spends the week driving his ice cream truck around the spectator areas on the salt flats. ©Benjamin Zack, 2017 |
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| Zack Schuster kayaks through Ogden Canyon during the Ogden GNARrows Down River Race on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. Kayakers from around the region met for a day of racing on Class IV rapids near the mouth of the canyon. ©Benjamin Zack, 2017 |
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| Tyler Arnold, left, Jared Watson, center, and Cody Edwards search for boreal toads in the Monte Cristo Range on Thursday, July 12, 2017. Biologists from around the state are studying the rare high-elevation amphibians. Boreal toad populations have been shrinking around the West. The large toads are difficult to study, but Utah scientists are trying to get a better idea of how local populations are doing. ©Benjamin Zack, 2017 |
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| Young pelicans are herded into a pen on the shores of Gunnison Island in the Great Salt Lake on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. Thousands of pelicans nest on the difficult to reach island in the north arm of the lake. The island has been used as a nesting sight for birds since predators can't accesss the rocky shores. However, recent drops in the lake level have allowed coyotes to make their way out from the mainland. ©Benjamin Zack, 2017 |
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| Iris Cruz sits with her granddaughter, Yasleen Cruz, 2, in her Riverdale home on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. Iris immigrated from Honduras to Wyoming where she met her husband. After several years in Cheyenne, they were making plans to leave the United States until a friend told them about Ogden. They visited Utah in 1991 and have lived her ever since. ©Benjamin Zack, 2017 |
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| The Ogden Raptors celebrate after winning the Pioneer League South Division series with a 7-3 win over the Orem Owlz in Orem on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. ©Benjamin Zack, 2017 |
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| The sun disappears fully behind the moon for just over two minutes in the path of totality near Rexburg, Idaho on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. ©Benjamin Zack, 2017 |
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| Venerable Suphat Suleyai unwraps a statue of the Buddha at the Wat Chaimongkolvararam Buddhist Church in Ogden on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. Suleyai is the head monk in Ogden's Thai Buddhist community. He has helped oversee the construction of the new temple since the community first decided to build it in 2008. ©Benjamin Zack, 2017 |
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| Matt Deskovick of Ramona, Cali. cools off his horse, Booger Red, in the Ogden River after riding in the steer wrestling competition at the second night of the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo at Ogden Pioneer Stadium on Thursday, July 20, 2017. ©Benjamin Zack, 2017 |
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| Firefighters continue to put out hot spots around the foundation of a burned home in the Uintah Highlands during the second day of the Uintah Fire on Wednesday morning, Sept. 6, 2017. ©Benjamin Zack, 2017 |
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| Frost covers ferns along the Green Pond Trail above Huntsville on Wednesday morning, Sept. 20, 2017. After an unusually hot summer, temperatures have started to drop around Northern Utah. ©Benjamin Zack, 2017 |
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| Florida bull rider Cole Long tapes his wrists before competition during the opening night of the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo in Ogden on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. ©Benjamin Zack, 2017 |
Each one lovelier than the last. Nice work, Ben!
ReplyDeleteCaptivating as always. Love, Jamie Shanahan
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