Top reader photos: Caterpillars, deserted roads and more
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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!"
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.
Every Friday night in Kemah, Texas, a spectacular fireworks show explodes over the city and Max Machado was there to capture this weekend moment.
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."
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.
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