The South and Central Flatirons can be a beautiful and lonely place...This image taken after a brief rain, just below the Sphinx.

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The South and Central Flatirons can be a beautiful and lonely place...This image taken after a brief rain, just below the Sphinx.

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From The Slab, 4/11/02.

Fern Canyon being saved by fire retardant.

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“The South and Central Flatirons can be a beautiful and lonely place...This image taken after a brief rain, just below the Sphinx.”

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