Photo Of The Day By Alyce Bender

By Staff

Updated October 17, 2019

Photo By Alyce Bender

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Early Riser” by Alyce Bender. Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

“A desert bighorn sheep ram paused in his early morning grazing to give me a once over before continuing his search for edibles among the harsh desert environment,” describes Bender.

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

Originally Published October 9, 2019

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