Nature
Posted on January 12, 2010
by Brian Petersen 
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A macro of a rose leaf with a drop of morning dew.
This shot was taken from the Alabama Hills overlooking the Owens Valley and the White Mountains.
This was my first nature shooting expedition with my new Canon 50D using a Sigma fisheye 17mm film lens.
Photography by Brian Petersen at www.brianapetersen.com
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The roses continue to bloom on Easter Sunday.
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb. So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.” So Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb. The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first; and stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in. And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb; and she *saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying. And they *said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She *said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.” When she had said this, she turned around and *saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus *said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing Him to be the gardener, she *said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.” Jesus *said to her, “Mary!” She turned and *said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means, Teacher). Jesus *said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene *came, announcing to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that He had said these things to her.
John 20 nasb
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Taken in the hills of Romania on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.
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Jina (Hungarian: Zsinna) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, in the Cindrel Mountains, 40 km west of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic area.
The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Psalm 19 ESV
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This is the 14 near the 395 in the Californian desert. The traffic lanes had been recently painted which helped for the vivid lines on the highway.
A beautiful set of roses from my garden, “Arabella.”
blooming yellow roses macro, originally uploaded by bpbp Brian Petersen.
After Good Friday I awoke with beautiful roses that had just opened. They are huge and they fit it the palms of your open hand.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
Let the sea roar, and all it contains;
Let the field exult, and all that is in it.
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
Before the LORD, for He is coming,
For He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
And the peoples in His faithfulness.
Psalm 96:11-13 nasb
This was a wild cloud formation over the Sierra Nevada mountains
But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
“Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?” “He is worthy of death,” they answered.
– Matthew 26.63-66 NIV
My friend mentioned Jesus’ return on the clouds as we watched this wild scene unfold. It is a shot at 8,000 to 9,000 feet from the White Mountain range looking across the Owens Valley to the Eastern Sierras. We were coming down the road from the ancient bristlecone pine forest near Bishop, and the sky was constantly shifting over the Sierras during the afternoon when this wild formation began. Sections of the cloud layer started peeling away while the sun peered through the gaps, and I had never seen anything quite like it.
“The White Mountains of California are a mountain range that runs along the eastern side of the upper Owens Valley, just east of the Sierra Nevada. They extend for approximately 60 miles (100 km), and are approximately 10 miles (16 km) wide. The northern end of the range extends slightly into Nevada, creating that state’s highest point, Boundary Peak. The range’s southern end is near the community of Big Pine, where Westgard Pass separates it from the Inyo Mountains.”
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mountains_(California)
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The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
