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Mirror Image: Mount Cahuilla is reflected in Lake Riverside on a recent morning in the Anza Valley, east of Temecula. Photo courtesy of Steve Fermano. |
End of the Vine: Grape leaves in the hues of fall provide a stark contrast against thick fog on a recent December morning. Photo courtesy of Dana Hagel. |
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Funnel Cloud: A funnel cloud is captured, on its way back up into the sky, from afternoon thunderstorms in the Temecula Valley. The Temeku Hills clubhouse is in the foreground. Photo courtesy of Sue Keller. |
Mountain Fire: The fireline casts a threatening glow from a mile away on this vineyard ranch in Glen Oak Hills, in the Temecula wine country. Photo courtesy of Robert De Armond. |
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Autumn Cling: A thin fog blanket clings to an avocado grove near De Luz. Photo courtesy of Sheldon Otto. |
Oaks Trail: Shadows, sun, and oak trees vie for attention in the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve. Photo courtesy of Jon Reuter. |
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Summer Downpour: Mother nature lets loose near the Temecula Valley. Photo courtesy of Sheldon Otto. |
Summer Sunrise: Up comes the sun over scattered high and low clouds on a recent summer morning. Photo courtesy of Sheldon Otto. |
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June Gloom: A thin layer of fog protrudes over the Oak Ridge valley out in the Temecula Wine Country. Photo courtesy of Ian Fawn-Meade. |
Incoming: A common sight this time of year is low clouds and fog crawling over the hills into the Temecula Valley. Photo courtesy of Jim Toman. |
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Spring Sunrise: Scattered high clouds appear to ripple above sunrise silhouettes. Photo courtesy of Sheldon Otto. |
Sign of the Times: February storms flooded many creeks and streams, including this one near Sandia Road on the Santa Rosa Plateau. Photo courtesy of Sheldon Otto. |
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How Low: Rainclouds hug the hills during a recent storm in the Temecula Valley wine country. Photo courtesy of Ian Fawn-Meade. |
Sunrise Splendor: Sunrise turns everything hues of magenta and blue on a recent morning in the Temecula Valley wine country. Photo courtesy of Ian Fawn-Meade. |
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Cloud Shroud: Just after sunrise on a recent morning, clouds hug the ground and shroud the Temecula Valley. Photo courtesy of Sheldon Otto. |
Colorful Sight: Sun and rain together make a rainbow during a recent storm over the Temecula Valley. Photo courtesy of Scott Bram. |
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Out and About: California quail enjoy the recent rains near De Luz west of Temecula. Photo courtesy of Sheldon Otto. |
Charity Ride: Motorcycle riders from all over southern California ride in the Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Temecula Chapter annual 8-Ball for Thessalonika Family Services. Over three hundred riders participated. Photo courtesy of Mick Herod. |
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Too Hot: Triple digits is too hot even for the ducks as they take cover under a tree at the Temecula duck pond. |
Morning Rendezvous: Fog doesn't keep these horses from nosing around on the Santa Rosa Plateau one recent morning. Photo courtesy of Jon Reuter. |
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Summer Sunset: Smoke and ash from the Julian fire gives this recent sunset a little different color. Photo courtesy of Sheldon Otto. |
Fighting Fires: Two helicopters, a fire bomber and multiple fire trucks quickly squelched this 10 acre fire near I15 and the South 79 exit. Photo Courtesy of Sheldon Otto. |
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Morning Flight: Balloons rise over Lake Skinner at the 2002 Balloon and Wine Festival. Photo courtesy of Dave Corrasa. |
Cloudy Sunset: Fading daylight leaves silhouettes of trees on a recent spring evening. Photo courtesy of Scott Bram. |
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Spring Shadows: Storm remnants move over the Temecula Valley, leaving a patchwork of shadows. |
Snow Day: It melted as soon as it fell, but this picture captures snow fall on trees in the Santa Rosa Plateau, as it did in and around Temecula. Picture courtesy of Sheldon Otto. |
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Winter in Temecula: You'd never know it was winter from this Temecula Sports Park scene on a balmy winter day. |
Season's Greetings: The Promenade in Temecula's brilliant Christmas Tree heralds a chilly December night. |
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Fall Flags: At the north entrance to Old Town Temecula, Old Glory flies on a cloudy days as trees begin to turn their autumn colors. |
Candlelight Vigil: Temeculans remember the victims of the World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist attacks at the Duck Pond. |
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Mid-Summer Day: Tower Plaza, a Temecula Landmark, framed by Eucalyptus trees and granite hills to the south. |
June Twilight: After sunset on spring's final day, Temecula's western hills silhouetted in twilight and city lights. |
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Spring Scene: Vineyards dominate the hills near Lake Skinner east of Temecula. |
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Ducks utilize a makeshift duck pond on Ynez Road in in the early morning rain. |
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Snow on Agua Tibia Mountain |