Favorite Photos Taken While Geocaching

[+HunterandSamuel]

Same university. We loved walking the campus. GC6P5EB_lysistrata-msu-2

[+HunterandSamuel]

I mentioned some of our caches are hidden on a bike path. Here's part of the path, the photo was taken last Fall. The magnetic nano is on one of the bolts holding the fence together.

[+HunterandSamuel]

Another neat photo while geocaching.  A reproduction of Thomas Jefferson's home in Charlotte, Virginia. Built in Connecticut. A full scale replica of Monticello. Truly amazing.  Cache is nearby. 

[+Mausebiber]

No, this is not Indiana Jones, this is Walensee 8°  GC2B614  a mine deep in the Swiss mountains.

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[+Mausebiber]

same location as above

 

[+HunterandSamuel]

On 1/8/2020 at 6:47 PM, Mausebiber said:

same location as above

 

 

It's beautiful!!!!

 

 

[+HunterandSamuel]

Geocached today in 20 degree weather.  The cache was a painted test tube sticking out of a hole in a tree that looked like part of a branch. We actually had to message the CO for another hint. It was a difficult find and our hands were freezing. Nice walk though!

[+HunterandSamuel]

5 hours ago, barefootjeff said:

I was out early this morning returning GC6JMDK to its hiding place, having removed it in early December when fires were threatening the area. Luckily that threat didn't eventuate and after substantial rain over the weekend everything looks lush and green again. Here's a couple of photos from near GZ looking down on Mullet Creek and the main northern railway that follows along its western bank.

 

 

 

 

Absolutely beautiful photos! I'm glad you were able to place your cache back. I would love to kayak on that river! 

 

[+HunterandSamuel]

A geocacher once said after a red fox crossed his path while geocaching but didn't have time to take a photo: "Still, it proves Geocaching is more than the hunt for caches and the exercise to get to them. It more often than not, shows us nature's beauty." 

 

 

So true! Here's our photo of two bald eagles sitting in a tree watching us geocache. My cell doesn't take great photos so it's a little blurry. We stayed away from that tree so not to scare them off. The amazing thing was, two crows flew onto a tree next to them and they took off! I didn't know eagles were frightened of crows. They were huge though. Probably ravens. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[+31BMSG]

GC7V2QN, my daughter took the pictures but this was one of the most memorable caches I did in 2019. Once back on the ground the grandson was ready to make the climb.

 

 

 

[+HunterandSamuel]

10 minutes ago, 31BMSG said:

GC7V2QN, my daughter took the pictures but this was one of the most memorable caches I did in 2019. Once back on the ground the grandson was ready to make the climb.

 

 

 

 

 

Wow! That looks like fun!!!!!

 

 

[+Ry Dawg]

Great topic! I will narrow it down the best I can. To start, living in the desert Southwest, I often come across abandoned thing; because I love to cache in the middle of nowhere. 
 

Rain Water Reservoir - abandoned during drought. 
 

Miners Cabin of Some Sort

 

Abandoned Homestead in Nevada

 

Pony Express Station

 

Service Stations in Utah

 

Abandoned Airfield in Utah

[+Ry Dawg]

Unknown Desert Structures

 

Somewhere in Nevada 

 

The desert taking back the old highway

 

On the way to a more modern ghost town

[+Ry Dawg]

Great Salt Lake, Utah

Unnamed “Island” at high water. I named it Sundial Island. This was a very long muddy walk. 
 

Remnants of a Boat Dock on an Island

 

A Crane that Sank to the Bottom in the 1960/1970 era. Currently accessible by foot due to drought. 

[+Ry Dawg]

A Summit View I rather enjoyed. This was a virtual Cache that has since been archived. 

[+Ry Dawg]

Panajachel, Guatemala. This cache was near the docks and I caught it right at sunset. 

[+Ry Dawg]

This is an active Earthcache, so I cannot tell you the date. A cave dwelling on Illinois, used by inhabitants long ago. 

[+Ry Dawg]

Finally, a slot canyon in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. One hiked all the way up to get to the cache. To date one of my favorite hikes, even though I was thinking of 127hrs the entire time. 

[RuideAlmeida]

4 hours ago, Ry Dawg said:

Great topic! I will narrow it down the best I can. To start, living in the desert Southwest, I often come across abandoned thing; because I love to cache in the middle of nowhere. 

 

Awesome! 

Please always try to add a link to the closest cache. Thanks!

[+HunterandSamuel]

8 hours ago, Ry Dawg said:

Unknown Desert Structures

 

Somewhere in Nevada 

 

The desert taking back the old highway

 

On the way to a more modern ghost town

I love your photos! The miners cabin, abandon desert structure, desert taking back a highway, etc, etc! 

[+Ry Dawg]

12 hours ago, RuideAlmeida said:

 

Awesome! 

Please always try to add a link to the closest cache. Thanks!

Thank you, I will do so on future posts. 

[+Ry Dawg]

Okay. This hike today was really cool, I wanted to share here as well. This cache was at the edge of these cliffs. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 4, 2020 by Ry Dawg
Adding space between boots for easier navigation

[+31BMSG]

11 hours ago, Ry Dawg said:

Okay. This hike today was really cool, I wanted to share here as well. This cache was at the edge of these cliffs. 

THIS is what geocaching is all about IMHO, thanks for the cache link! I'm planning a long road trip that includes 18 between Enterprise and St. George, it's now evident I need to take a detour through Gunlock and add this cache to my list

[Johannis10]

Following photo taken near GC "Neuschwanstein Castle"

 

Following photo taken during a break after hard working on GC "Alpenblume Stella Alpina Ferrum"

 

Search flight for GC "Lost flight MH37X".

 

[+Getzie family]

The Eye of the Dragon

[+HunterandSamuel]

8 hours ago, Getzie family said:

The Eye of the Dragon

 

Magnificent!  

 

[+van der Decken]

Dramatic skies before I Threw It On The Ground.

[+Harry Dolphin]

Geocaching near the Edison Mines, I found this doggy in the woods.

 

 

[+STNolan]

Some photos taken at Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park - I didn't get there until after the last ferry of the day had returned to the mainland, so I had the place essentially to myself!

Nearest cache is @hzoi's Earthcache: GC45GJG - Castle in the Sand: Building Fort Jefferson

[+van der Decken]

On our way back from Planet Claire.

 

[Ranger Fox]

For kicks and giggles, I'll participate.  I usually just make photos for my own entertainment.  I don't actually do anything with them afterwords.  They just kind of exist in my photo archive and that's just about it.  Occasionally, a few find their way on cache logs or, now, to a forum post when the guilt gets to me that I'm spending time doing this and not sharing.

 

 

40mm, 15s, f/5.6, ISO 400

Cache log

 

100mm, 1/100s, f/2.8, ISO 320

Cache log

 

22mm, 10s, f/9, ISO 400

Cache log

[+icezebra11]

On 2/5/2021 at 10:41 AM, Ranger Fox said:

For kicks and giggles, I'll participate.  I usually just make photos for my own entertainment.  I don't actually do anything with them afterwords.  They just kind of exist in my photo archive and that's just about it.  Occasionally, a few find their way on cache logs or, now, to a forum post when the guilt gets to me that I'm spending time doing this and not sharing.

 

 

40mm, 15s, f/5.6, ISO 400

Cache log

 

100mm, 1/100s, f/2.8, ISO 320

Cache log

 

22mm, 10s, f/9, ISO 400

Cache log

 

Beautiful photos!  The first one reminds me of a Terry Redlin painting.

[+kunarion]

GC77XMB

 

 

[+kunarion]

GC77XHM

 

 

[+kunarion]

GC7JT3R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 26, 2021 by kunarion

[+kunarion]

GC95EJW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 26, 2021 by kunarion

[+van der Decken]

Looking upriver after sunset on the bike ride home from the Elbow River Float.

 

[Ranger Fox]

Canon R5, 24mm, exposure bracketed (1.6s, 0.8s, and 13s photos), f/18, ISO 400

Thanks to @LifeofRiley21 for placing a cache on the bridge.

N 35 34.202 W 79 14.437

 

 

Canon R5, 17mm, 1/160s, f/16, ISO 160

I hiked up to Tinker Cliffs along the Appalachian Trail with my photography gear (ugh).  This hike is the second of three I need to do one virtual, which is to visit three tall peaks in Virginia along the Appalachian Trail (GC7B6G9).  For several photos along the ridgeline, I had to edit out a ton of flies.  They knew how to do a photobomb swarm!

N 37 26.119 W 79 59.944

 

I still don't say I'm a professional photographer.  I just take photos, edit them, and they go in my archives and that's about it.  I figure I'd share a few.  I actually don't know what else to do with photos after I take them.  Some people said I should offer prints of them or something.  I don't know who would buy prints, though.

 

Edited April 16, 2021 by Ranger Fox
Added coordinates for people's enjoyment

[+van der Decken]

Leaving the rain behind after another Brass Cap Cache find.

 

[Ranger Fox]

Canon R5, 95mm, 1/5s, f/18, ISO 100

N 37 23.582 W 80 02.273; McAfee Knob, VA; along the Appalachian Trail

 

I hiked four miles up a mountain with my photography equipment and a tripod hanging from the backpack.  If you want to read about my experience in full, I have an epic log (eleven logs long) on the cache page as it required I make three separate hikes.  It's rare I write epic logs because they take five to ten hours to write and illustrate.

 

Critiques of my photos are always welcome.

[+lordspotty]

 

Taken while caching near Plymouth, Mississippi

 

 

And this one was taken in the evening at Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge south of Starkville, MS

[+Goldenwattle]

The view after walking from the valley through the trees up the hill. There were two caches up there. 'Bush bashing' in places.

 

My geo-companions on the hike to a cache. Not as thick bush as the above photograph.

 

All these have been in the ACT south of Canberra. Adding another; the view from where we stopped for lunch one day.

Edited May 9, 2021 by Goldenwattle

[+Goldenwattle]

Blue Lake, Jenolan Caves, NSW. The dark mark in the water is a platypus.

 

 

Blue Pool, Bermagui, NSW

 

 

View on the walk to Mt Kosciuszko. I logged the Earth cache there, but I couldn't find the Traditional cache .

 

[+Goldenwattle]

Rainbows seen when out caching.

 

 

Edited May 9, 2021 by Goldenwattle

[Ranger Fox]

After doing an earthcache at the beach, I came across a dead fish.  It looked funny, so I created a meme out of it.  I call it "Glad Dead Fish".  Enjoy my odd sense of humor.

 

 

Edited May 12, 2021 by Ranger Fox
Smaller image files

[+Goldenwattle]

I came to this beach in Tasmania, to find a cache, plus an Earth cache too I think from memory. I like this picture, because it has both fossils and what is likely a 'living' fossil in the same image.

[+kunarion]

Alexander's Grist Mill Ruins

https://coord.info/GC3DA21

Very cool place!

 

[Ranger Fox]

For GC1P44Y:

 

 

[+lee737]

I've got hundreds of favourites..... but I do like this pair - my son Samuel737 at the Henbury Meteorite Craters in Northern Territory, Australia. We went to a "mega" near here in 2017 and the EarthCache here was a destination cache for us. At another mega a year later, we did another EarthCache at a university geology department and checked out some of the meteorite fragments collected at that site....

Caches - https://coord.info/GC348PP , https://coord.info/GC6DMP3

 

[Ranger Fox]

This was close to GC997GE, "Reynolda Gardens - Hidden Forest".  I happened to visit there at the right time.