Lone Oak Tree At Dusk: Photo Of The Day

WALNUT CREEK, CA — As a tumultuous August and summer draw to a close, this photo has a prayerful, meditative quality to it — a peaceful ending.

Gene Volkov captured this scene at Shell Ridge Open Space.

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