Minnesota Scenes: July

August 2, 2013

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Our favorite photos submitted by audience members in the past month.

Morning fog on Lynx Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, early on the morning of July 1, 2013 using HDR (high dynamic range) photography. (Photo courtesy Josh Ridler) link to this photo

Albert Lea — Fourth of July fireworks in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Taken on July 4, 2013 with a Nikon D3200. (Photo courtesy Darcy Sime) link to this photo

River fisherman in a secret fishing hole, Nicollet Island, Minneapolis, on July 11, 2013. (Photo courtesy Clint McMahon) link to this photo

Gerry Sibell captured an American goldfinch heading toward a lily in his backyard on July 29. (Photo courtesy Gerry Sibell) link to this photo

House wren brings a caterpillar to the nest.

A house wren brings a super-sized meal of an eastern tent caterpillar to one of its young as it peeks out of its nest in a garden bird house in Shoreview. (Photo courtesy Tom Olmscheid) link to this photo

The tall ships head out of Duluth on July 29. (Photo courtesy Ken Greshowak) link to this photo

A juvenile barred owl gets close up with a crow

A juvenile barred owl has a close encounter with a crow in Shoreview on July 10. (Photo courtesy Tom Olmscheid) link to this photo

A showy lady's slipper spotted in the forest east of Duluth. (Photo courtesy Ken Greshowak) link to this photo

An american mink peeks over a dock on Pike Lake in Maple Grove. (Photo courtesy Nicholas Kraemer) link to this photo

Mother and baby moose, captured by on July 6, 2013. (Photo courtesy David R. Johnson) link to this photo

Down a gravel road, Darcy Sime spotted a storm on the horizon. Photographed on July 15, 2013 with a Nikon D7000. (Photo courtesy Darcy Sime) link to this photo

David R. Johnson captured rocks under iron-filled water on Jul 22, 2013. (Photo courtesy David R. Johnson) link to this photo

Ruby-throated hummingbird, spotted on July 28, 2013 with a Canon EOS REBEL T2i. (Photo courtesy Ken Greshowak) link to this photo

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Photos: The Dalai Lama celebrates the New Year in Minneapolis
The Dalai Lama observed Losar, the Tibetan New Year, in Minneapolis, Minn., on Sunday, March 2, 2014. More than 2,500 people packed a sports center at Augsburg College to hear His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. His speech was followed by a celebration of the holiday.

Photos: New Ulm celebrates its annual Fasching and Bock Fest
Steeped in many German traditions, the city of New Ulm held two of its colorful annual festivals over the weekend: Bock Fest, on the grounds of the August Schell Brewing Company, and Fasching events took place at Turner Hall, where German food was served and the masked Narren group encouraged others to join them in dancing to polka and German music.

Photos: Challenging body image
The St. Paul City Ballet has partnered with The Emily Project for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week with a social media and photography project, "Take Back the Tutu."

Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows
An exhibit at the Mpls Photo Center showcases a woman who, while working as a nanny, created a valuable collection of street photography, mostly in Chicago during the 1950s and 1960s.

Seeing Sochi: Photos of the Winter Olympics closing ceremony
Russian President Vladimir Putin, these Olympics' political architect and booster-in-chief, watched and smiled as Sochi gave itself a giant pat on the back for a Winter Games that IOC President Thomas Bach declared an "extraordinary success."

Photos: Red Bull's Crashed Ice in St. Paul
The third annual installment of the Red Bull Crashed Ice event concluded on Saturday evening in St. Paul with the International Shootout individual races.

Seeing Sochi Day 16: Our favorite Olympics photos
The 2014 Winter Games are almost over, but we're still finding images we love. Here are today's.

Seeing Sochi Day 15: Our favorite Olympics photos
Speed skating, men's hockey and freestyle skiing were among the events Friday at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Photos: A heavy, wet storm hits Minnesota
The snowstorm hit later than originally forecast, but brought plenty of pain -- and some fun -- Thursday afternoon and on into the day on Friday. All through southern and eastern Minnesota, snow slowed traffic, brought down power lines, closed schools and lured children out to play.

Animated GIF: Kiev, Ukraine before bloodshed, and after
This animated image shows Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine during peaceful times in 2009 and again during battle between anti-government protesters and police on Thursday.

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