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Had to get out early to get my shots of the #FullMoon with its #BloodMoon & #BloodMoonEclipse 🌕 the first for 2019. It’s amazing this year marks the 50th anniversary of first manned lunar missions and hearing those iconic words from Neil Armstrong; “that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” I so remember growing up and watching from television at home or school the space launches of projects #Mercury #Gemini & #Apollo and witnessing many historical firsts. (at Antczak Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs4bTWbBxAk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1foofd7s4tgij

#WildTurkeys 🦃 running about SR92 #AlpineScenicLoop. #GovernmentShutdown 🤬🤓 I’ll be unbiased & non-partisan & tag everyone responsible for this mess. All tagged are culpable for this #TaxpayerDisaster 🤡🎪 (at Alpine Loop Scenic Byway) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYx9suh75B/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2bkwynyfb44u

While still not as optimal as I’d like, this edit with #Photoshop CS4 (yes I’m too cheap to pay for CCnewest 🤓🤑) for #Windows got enough of the east side temple profile from the nativity floating on the reflection pool to the top of the #AngelMoroni After proportion adjustments... Not easy to do with a crop-frame camera 📷 #Canon7DmarkII even with a high end EF 16-35 L 1;4 lens... Great job everyone this year who presented the lights celebrating the birth of our #Savior #JesusChrist . . . . . @kylewoodburyldsart @ciindygoomes @seetemplesquare #TempleSquare #VisitSaltLake #VisitUtah #ChurchOfJesusChristOfLatterdaySaints #HappyNewYear2019 #MerryChristmas (at Temple Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsR6eJuB7-s/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10bdk5pxqszso

The #MoultonRanch was a settlement of #MormonPioneers who in the late 1880’s began moving in & settling #JacksonHole. Coming from the #TetonValley region of the upper #SnakeRiverValley of #Idaho, these families were prepared for the harsh conditions this land could present to them as they successfully farmed on this property until the 1950’s. After that, the @nationalparkservice acquired the spread & through the help of donors has preserved this historical heritage. Quite amazing if you ask me given #JacksonHole is real estate where #Billionaires are evicting #Millionaires in this day & age. . . . . . #grandteton #grandtetons #grandtetonnationalpark #grandtetonnps #explorewyoming #winterscape #trb_country (at Mormon Row Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrKnCWxBtjU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12f9o7izxwptv

For #SentimentalSunday I’ll share this post of the #OliveTrees at the #LosAngelesLDSTemple. This photo is featured on page 234 of Richard O. Cowan’s (retired #BYU professor of religious studies) book about the history of the L.A. temple being a #BeaconOnAHill as it overlooks #SantaMonicaBlvd between #CenturyCity & #Westwood not far from #UCLA. This was my temple for 4 years (1986-1990) when I resided in #RiversideCA. (at LDS Los Angeles Temple) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoF64tPB_kH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zwzcnt2p1wtr

#RoyalDutchAirlines #Flight609 on a short final for runway 34R at #SaltLakeCityAirport after the 9+ hour flight from #Amsterdam... #KLM #SLC #AMS #Boeing787-900 #Boeing787dreamliner (at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC))

Today I’ll post some #WayBackWednesday #Weddings during my time in Riverside, California (1986-1990) of two friends. (at Riverside, California)

The 1st #SaltLakeTemple capture from my favorite vantage point or “perch” yesterday (#SundayEvening) as the lights came on on #TempleSquare. The #ball mount on the #MeFotoTripod #Globetrotter made the adjustments much easier. Also this image has not been touched #Photoshop in a #WindowsPC 💻 or a #Mac 🖥 but straight from my #Canon7DmarkII 📷 to my #iPhone6S 📱. (at Salt Lake Temple)

A #Spring2018 🌷 evening at #TempleSquare about #GoldenHourLight time in downtown #SaltLakeCity. #SaltLakeTemple #Tulips🌷 #SpringFlowerPower (at Temple Square)

Now arriving in #SaltLakeCity 🇺🇸straight from #Amsterdam 🇳🇱🇪🇺 in just over 9.5 hours is @KLM #flight609. AMS-SLC. Who will be the next foreign flag carrier to offer service to @SLCairport? @Lufthansa 🇩🇪, @WestJet 🇨🇦 #BritishAirways 🇬🇧, @VirginAtlantic 🇬🇧? ...or perhaps @koreanairworld 🇰🇷? Next airports; @frankfurtairport (FRA)? (at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC))

Natalie doing the #MooreFamily #EasterDress (Yes, a @Costco special!) #FashionShow walk on #EasterSunday. She even pulled an #AprilFools prank on her daddy! 😂🤣 Stuffing an Oreo 🍪 with toothpaste! There will be parental reprisals needless to say! 😜🤪 #AutismParent #ASDParent (at The Moore Family Residence)

Taking it back 9 years to 2009 when I took this #CityScape view of Seattle from #KerryPark up in the #QueenAnne neighborhood. The setting sun behind you bringing out #alpineglow on the slopes of #MountRainier & gleaming off the historic #SpaceNeedle as well as skyscrapers old & new. The #PugetSound is an amazing metro-area with a diverse a growing economy that goes beyond the aerospace industry brought in a century ago by @Boeing but has further diversified into #tech with @Microsoft & @Adobe & also innovative retail starting with @Nordstrom & evolving to @Costco & @Amazon. I have friends who live & work there as well as some to the north across the 🇺🇸🇨🇦 border in #Vancouver, BC (at Kerry Park)

We’re now officially entering the WaningDaysOfWinter in #SaltLakeCity situated at 40 N #Latitude 🌎 as we now are seeing longer days & other signs of a forthcoming #Spring. A few flowers are now showing on #TempleSquare as I eluded to on a prior post. (at Salt Lake Temple)

The #BlessedCouple 👰🏼🤵🏼 emerge from the #ProvoCityCenterTemple. 02.03.2018 will always be a special day for @monicamooresmith & @justinmpacker & their respective families. #LDS #LDStemple #EternalMarriage (at Provo City Center Temple)

The #weather for early #February is unseasonably warm for #UtahValley with the temperature being nearly 55 F degrees at 4:00pm. The sky seemed heavily overcast & threatening but seemed to part into late afternoon glory for @monicamooresmith & @justinmpacker for their special day. Nearly 13 years ago I captured the 2nd image at the #StGeorgeTemple with a similar stormy contrast, however in that instance it morphed into a severe thunderstorm with rain & hail & unseasonably cool temperatures for late April. (at Provo City Center Temple)

The walk between the #JosephSmithMemorialBuilding & @lionhouseslc made this capture possible. Hard to believe we’re now past #GoundhogDay & are now on the back side of #Winter2018. Some unseasonable warmth is causing some early signs of spring in #SaltLakeCity around the #SaltLakeTemple (at Temple Square)

Made it down to #TempleSquare earlier tonight to a wedding dinner out on by the parents of @justinmpacker celebrating his marriage to my niece @monicamooresmith tomorrow at the #ProvoCityCenterTemple. For us this was good since it was up here in #SaltLakeCity at the #LionHouse, so I was able to make this image capture at sunset. The #groundhog might say 6 more weeks of winter, however longer hours of daylight & warmer temperatures have started to show faint signs of spring... (at Salt Lake Temple)