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Soaking up the sun

A painted box turtle suns itself on a mostly submerged log in Hangman Creek near the Creek at Qualchan Golf Course Thursday, April 28, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
A painted box turtle suns itself on a mostly submerged log in Hangman Creek near the Creek at Qualchan Golf Course Thursday, April 28, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

S-R photojournalist Jesse Tinsley was waiting for  scientists who were floating Hangman Creek from the Idaho border to study the shape of the riverbed when he spotted a painted box turtle enjoying the sun.



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