Devil’s Club provides shelter for angel wings along the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

Devil’s Club provides shelter for angel wings along the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

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A washed-up skull on the beach in Craig on Sept. 8. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A washed-up skull on the beach in Craig on Sept. 8. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A sunflower on a rainy late summer morning on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 15. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A sunflower on a rainy late summer morning on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 15. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A mushroom hides beneath some ferns on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 9. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A mushroom hides beneath some ferns on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 9. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A fuzzy caterpillar munches on a leaf on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 10. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A fuzzy caterpillar munches on a leaf on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 10. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A brightly colored mushroom hangs off the side of a tree on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 8. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A brightly colored mushroom hangs off the side of a tree on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 8. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

What appears to be slime mold grows on a tree along the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

What appears to be slime mold grows on a tree along the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

Angel wings on the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

Angel wings on the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

A cluster of mushrooms on the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

A cluster of mushrooms on the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

Mushrooms and undergrowth along the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

Mushrooms and undergrowth along the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

A double rainbow in Douglas on Sept. 15. (Photo by Kenneth Weimer)

A double rainbow in Douglas on Sept. 15. (Photo by Kenneth Weimer)

Dredge Lakes on a rainy day, submitted on Sept. 17. (Photo by Deborah Rudis)

Dredge Lakes on a rainy day, submitted on Sept. 17. (Photo by Deborah Rudis)

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