Top 14 Photos of the Year

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I made the first cut on the best lunchtime photos of the past year, then Marian made the final cut. In no particular order, here they are:
Dancer at Los Angeles Arboretum

December 9, 2018 — LA County Arboretum, Arcadia, CaliforniaIrish Coast at Whitestrand, County Kerry

September 26, 2017 — Whitestrand, County Kerry, IrelandAhwiyah Point at Yosemite National Park

February 14, 2018 — Ahwiyah Point, Yosemite National ParkMerced River, Long Exposure

February 14, 2018 — Yosemite National Park, CaliforniaDandelion

January 13, 2018 — UC Irvine, CaliforniaGriffith Observatory at Moonrise

June 28, 2018 — Los Angeles, CaliforniaHummingbird in Flight

March 9, 2018 — Irvine, CaliforniaSurfers at Huntington Beach

December 18, 2018 — Huntington Beach, CaliforniaIrrigation Canal, Shippee California

June 15, 2018 — Shippee, CaliforniaMoon and Venus at Sunset

July 15, 2018 — Irvine, CaliforniaScarlet Ibis at the Prospect Park Zoo

September 14, 2018 — Prospect Park Zoo, BrooklynWindmill on Highway 41

February 16, 2018 — Madera County, CaliforniaStar Trails

December 30, 2018 — Lake Henshaw, CaliforniaHalf Dome and Merced River

February 13, 2018 — Yosemite National Park, California