A beautiful newt (Taricha granulosa) that I encountered in the forest earlier this week. Newts and salamanders are among my favourite groups of small animals, and I'm always thrilled to come across one.

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Another of my oyster shells, hard to photograph because of the undulations that make distortions in 2D.

A rough-skinned newt and pixie cup lichen, and some words from Aristotle: "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."

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