Went for a Sunday drive. Saw this:
White Sands National Monument
Drove a little farther, saw this:
Odocoileus hemionus
You might have guessed, I did not take the first picture. It is a
view
from Earth orbit. The second picture, I did take; it is a
view through my windshiled. The two locations are about thirty
miles apart.
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