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Top reader photos: Caterpillars, deserted roads and more

Jessica Cervantes, Mary Tablante, and Taylor Ness
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A monarch caterpillar prepares for metamorphosis on a milkweed plant.

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For the past several days, Karen Hanna has watched and documented this monarch caterpillar get ready for metamorphosis. "He's preparing himself for the big change in his life!"

A monarch caterpillar prepares for metamorphosis on a milkweed plant.

Contributor Adriana Abarca drove through clouds in order to reach the top of Mount Laguna, Calif., to catch this beautiful sunset. "It was almost as if I was on another planet," she says.

A dead end view from Mount Laguna looks out onto California.

Every Friday night in Kemah, Texas, a spectacular fireworks show explodes over the city and Max Machado was there to capture this weekend moment.

A fireworks show pops over Kemah, Texas.

While traveling through Maroon Bells, Colo., contributor Ryan Breznau snapped this outdoor landscape. "The areas I've visited really put in perspective how beautiful this planet is."

"The areas I've visited, really put in perspective how beautiful this planet is."

Contributor Cindy Schultz photographed the Museum of Wisconsin Art's permanent glass installation, Interconnection (by Douglas and Renee Sigwarth), which seemed to glow from the natural sunlight. The piece contains 153 hand-blown spheres mounted to three 18' long steel armatures.

The Museum of Wisconsin Art's blow glass display.

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