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	<title>Restenergy Blog &#187; Minnesota</title>
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		<title>New Prairie Panorama: Jeffers Petroglyphs, Cottonwood County, Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2014/04/new-prairie-panorama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 12:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've recently finished this panorama from the Jeffers Petroglyphs site in Cottonwood County, located in southwestern Minnesota. Here we see the outcropping of the reddish rock emerging from the prairie grasses, all under a beautiful summer sky.]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2013 Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2013/07/minnesota-state-fair-fine-arts-exhibition-2013-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 04:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I am excited to announce my photograph, The World Is About to Turn, was selected for inclusion in the Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition.]]></description>
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		<title>The World Is About to Change</title>
		<link>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2013/05/the-world-is-about-to-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday was a momentous and historic day in Minnesota. This panoramic photo was taken Monday, May 13, 2013  in the capitol rotunda during the afternoon while the Senate debated the bill and the crowd anticipates passage.]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota State Fair 2012 Fine Arts Exhibition</title>
		<link>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2012/08/minnesota-state-fair-2012-fine-arts-exhibition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bad Wimpfen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm very pleased to announce that my panoramic photograph of the wonderful cloister at Bad Wimpfen, Germany has been accepted for the 2012 Fine Arts Exhibition at the Minnesota State Fair! The photo will be on display during the State Fair from August 23–September 3, 2012 in the Fine Arts Building.]]></description>
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		<title>Photography: Minneapolis Mill District</title>
		<link>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2011/06/minneapolis-mill-district/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[flour mills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold Medal Flour sign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mill City Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mill district]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos from the Minneapolis Mill District, which was once the world center of the flour milling industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Culture and Agriculture Exhibit</title>
		<link>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2011/05/culture-and-agriculture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 15:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Visions Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prairie flower]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of my photographs will be on display at the New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, Wisconsin as a part of the Culture and Agriculture show, July 11 through September 2, 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>At the Zoo</title>
		<link>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2010/10/at-the-zoo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2010/10/at-the-zoo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 03:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[55-300mm lens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gallery: At the Zoo On the last weekend of September, we visited the Minnesota Zoo. It was a beautiful afternoon and the gallery linked above has my photos from the day. It also gave me a wonderful opportunity to test out a brand new long zoom lens. I think the results speak very well for&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Fort Snelling</title>
		<link>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2010/09/historic-fort-snelling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2010/09/historic-fort-snelling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gallery: Historic Fort Snelling For my readers not from Minnesota, Fort Snelling was built mostly in the early 1820s as a frontier fort at the confluence of the Mississippi and the Minnesota rivers. It was one of a number of frontier forts built in the era to exert United States control over its wide open territories&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Prairie Church Photography</title>
		<link>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2009/11/prairie-church-photography/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While traveling across Minnesota this summer, I stopped at this beautiful rural brick church and took some photographs. I am now finally able to share them. The church is Emanuel Lutheran Church near Hamburg, Minnesota. They are an old (for Minnesota, at least) German heritage congregation, organized in 1857. The present building was built in&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Minnesota Get Together 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2009/09/state_fair_09/</link>
		<comments>http://www.restenergy.net/blog/2009/09/state_fair_09/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were able to get back to the Twin Cities to enjoy a day at the Minnesota State Fair about a month ago. My photography from the day has been edited and is now available for you all to see and enjoy. Displays, animals, crowds, the &#8220;Kidway,&#8221; and other things await you in my new&#8230;]]></description>
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