Rocky Mountain National Park (23 images)
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![A birder (bird watcher) searches the alpine tundra along the Tundra Communities Trail for the rare Brown-capped Rosy-Finch [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000EbudbeUykfE/t/150/I0000EbudbeUykfE.jpg)
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![Storms and thunderheads seem to roll through the Colorado high country every afternoon in mid summer [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000sgbvaz3o3H0/t/150/I0000sgbvaz3o3H0.jpg)
Colorado sunset Rocky...jpg
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![The Rocky Mountain Columbine (Aquilegia caerules or Aquilegia caerulea) is the state flower of Colorado [August: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Z45r4UbughM/t/150/I0000Z45r4UbughM.jpg)
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![The Rocky Mountain Columbine (Aquilegia caerules or Aquilegia caerulea) is the state flower of Colorado [August: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000WGkMskoIrso/t/150/I0000WGkMskoIrso.jpg)
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![The Rocky Mountain Columbine (Aquilegia caerules or Aquilegia caerulea) is the state flower of Colorado [August: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000MXfq1sqKbSA/t/150/I0000MXfq1sqKbSA.jpg)
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![A lone Coyote hunts the alpine tundra [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000H_OKQSmxxAU/t/150/I0000H_OKQSmxxAU.jpg)
Coyote Rocky Mtn NP C...jpg
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![Due to the lack of large predators in Rocky Mountain National Park, elk can quickly overgraze the habitat. Here elk have gnawed on the bark of aspens, permanently scarring them [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000A.E5R23MkfI/t/150/I0000A.E5R23MkfI.jpg)
Elk chew scars Rocky ...jpg
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![Due to the lack of large predators in Rocky Mountain National Park, elk can quickly overgraze the habitat. Elk are abundant here [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00008XmZml0becA/t/150/I00008XmZml0becA.jpg)
Elk cow Rocky Mtn NP ...jpg
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![Elk skull in the Rocky Mountain high country [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000nYodT.cmvfk/t/150/I0000nYodT.cmvfk.jpg)
Elk skull Rocky Mtn N...jpg
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![A hiker explores the alpine tundra [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000w.4YzE3tkG0/t/150/I0000w.4YzE3tkG0.jpg)
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![Hiking the backcountry of Rocky Mountain National Park [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000eNOHpZJxlIw/t/150/I0000eNOHpZJxlIw.jpg)
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![Lichens are pioneer organisms on the rocks of alpine areas. They are an algae and a fungus living together symbiotically [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000qGFsFeMo6rc/t/150/I0000qGFsFeMo6rc.jpg)
Lichens Rocky Mtn N.P...jpg
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![Storms and thunderheads seem to roll through the Colorado high country every afternoon but often dissipate by evening [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000e1y3GehnVKw/t/150/I0000e1y3GehnVKw.jpg)
Pink cloud sunset Roc...jpg
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![Quartz outcrop in the alpine high country near Trail Ridge Road Storms and thunderheads seem to roll through the Colorado high country every afternoon in mid summer [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000EDqvKiSbxvU/t/150/I0000EDqvKiSbxvU.jpg)
Quartz outcrop Rocky ...jpg
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![Loch Vale lake [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000L2iG77YrdYk/t/150/I0000L2iG77YrdYk.jpg)
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![Due to the lack of large predators in Rocky Mountain National Park, elk can quickly overgraze the habitat. Here an elk have gnawed on the bark of an aspen, permanently scarring it [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Me1cXQZrUpg/t/150/I0000Me1cXQZrUpg.jpg)
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![Above treeline, many trees look like shrubs. The only part the survives is the vegetation below the snow pack. Everything above is scoured away by winter winds [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000niVsxfbkcQw/t/150/I0000niVsxfbkcQw.jpg)
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![Gneiss [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000hfaE0TQ2MtQ/t/150/I0000hfaE0TQ2MtQ.jpg)
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![Storms and thunderheads seem to roll through the Colorado high country every afternoon in mid summer [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000PXMj5KBc45Y/t/150/I0000PXMj5KBc45Y.jpg)
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![A Rocky Mountain stream [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00002puSJjKIF6Y/t/150/I00002puSJjKIF6Y.jpg)
Rocky Mtn stream Rock...jpg
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![Even in mid summer (July) snow pack remains in high elevation areas. This snowfield likely never melted before winter came again [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000pX6BTMTdu0s/t/150/I0000pX6BTMTdu0s.jpg)
Snowfield Rocky Mtn N...jpg
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![Storms and thunderheads seem to roll through the Colorado high country every afternoon but often dissipate by evening [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Z5DvaEAkSEc/t/150/I0000Z5DvaEAkSEc.jpg)
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![Finding a White-tailed Ptarmigan in the meadows of the Rocky Mountain high country is like finding a needle in a haystack. They are very well camouflaged [July; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000_cWmkp9TQpw/t/150/I0000_cWmkp9TQpw.jpg)
White-tailed Ptarmiga...jpg
