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Forest For The Trees Compounded

The greater forest and trails are a close-up of a Union soldier's grave marker decorated by lichens at the Texas State Cemetery. The symbolic "two together as one" trees live on Pike's Peak. The sky is a mix of descending storm clouds and the nearly indiscernible treelines below them.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2015
Date Uploaded: 10.2017
Photo Location: Austin, TX Cascade CO, Texas, United States of America
Camera: iPhone 4S
Copyright: © Lisa Loudermilk