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Kids flee from water balloons during a past Crestone July Fourth celebration. Photos by Matt Lit

Aleria Beelendorf gleefully plays with flower petals blown off this fruit tree during an intense wind at a Saturday Market at Crestone Town Park. photo by Lori Nagel

A total solar eclipse moved across North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. These images were captured from Terrel, Texas. Totality, the full covering of the sun by the moon, lasted more than four minutes. photos by Mark “Ziggy” Eilets 

Baca resident Lynn Drake walks with Bella during the March 25 snowstorm that blanketed the area. More than two feet fell in the foothills to the east. photo by Matt Lit 

A great horned owl flies out of a cottonwood forest in the Baca Grande, near South Crestone Creek, to start its nightly hunt. Owls are getting very active this time of year as the nesting season approaches. photo by Peter Ismert

Phia, soon to be 5 and her sister, Eva, 2.5, watch as Helios tries out some electric drums at a music swap held at T-Road Brewing Company, Jan. 20. Photo by Matt Lit

Elk grazing just northeast of Laurel Road and Wagon Wheel on a wintry evening following a brief snowstorm. Photo by Lori Nagel

A Yak at the Chokurei Yak Ranch wishes everyone a season’s greeting. Photo Autumn Brooke Grinath