The Contrasts of Simulacrum
Lightning Racer (2000) wooden roller coaster and East Coast Waterworks (2007) water playground plus the twin smokestacks (1903) and cocoa bean silos (1950) of the original Hershey factory as seen from the Ferris Wheel (1997) at Hersheypark.
100 West Hersheypark Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania: 01 July 2014
part of the Hersheypark album
The Irrelevancy of Shadows
A groundhog (Marmota monax) pauses eating white clover (Trifolium repens) to stand up at the Flagg trailhead just outside the Cain Hollow campground in the Quaker Area of Allegany State Park.
Cain Hollow Road, Allegany State Park, Salamanca, New York: 26 June 2014
part of the Allegany State Park album
Large groups of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) frenziedly feeding on bread in the bowl of the Pymatuning Spillway where Pymatuning Reservoir's Sanctuary Lake flows via dam to the Middle Basin.
12318 Linesville-Hartstown Road, Pymatuning State Park, Linesville, Pennsylvania: 24 June 2014
part of the Pymatuning State Park album
The Quieter Side of Things
Stairs along the footpath north of the Rainbow Bridge adjacent to what was part of the Robert Moses State Parkway in Niagara Falls State Park.
Near Main Street at Rainbow Bridge, Niagara Falls State Park, Niagara Falls, New York: 29 June 2014
part of the Niagara Falls album
Boulders in Slippery Rock Creek just north of the dam and historic mill of McConnells Mill State Park.
Near McConnells Mill Road, McConnells Mill State Park, Portersville, Pennsylvania: 23 June 2014
part of the McConnells Mill State Park album