Chris Gerber
@chrisgerber.bsky.social
Photographer, trail and ultrarunner, father, friend.
“The cleft between the cliffs may hold a secret,
but it will not speak unless asked in silence.”
— Rabindranath Tagore (paraphrased from various works)
Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Region, Adirondack Mountains, NY
but it will not speak unless asked in silence.”
— Rabindranath Tagore (paraphrased from various works)
Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Region, Adirondack Mountains, NY
May 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“The cleft between the cliffs may hold a secret,
but it will not speak unless asked in silence.”
— Rabindranath Tagore (paraphrased from various works)
Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Region, Adirondack Mountains, NY
but it will not speak unless asked in silence.”
— Rabindranath Tagore (paraphrased from various works)
Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Region, Adirondack Mountains, NY
“The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on. And for the soul to unfold, we must give it sunlight, stillness, and truth.”
- Thomas Moore
Fern fiddlehead, Morgan-Monroe State Forest, Indiana
- Thomas Moore
Fern fiddlehead, Morgan-Monroe State Forest, Indiana
May 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
“The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on. And for the soul to unfold, we must give it sunlight, stillness, and truth.”
- Thomas Moore
Fern fiddlehead, Morgan-Monroe State Forest, Indiana
- Thomas Moore
Fern fiddlehead, Morgan-Monroe State Forest, Indiana
"There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed."
- Edward Abbey
Flowers in the backyard.
- Edward Abbey
Flowers in the backyard.
April 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
"There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed."
- Edward Abbey
Flowers in the backyard.
- Edward Abbey
Flowers in the backyard.
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
- Albert Einstein
Looking into the Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado
- Albert Einstein
Looking into the Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado
March 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
- Albert Einstein
Looking into the Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado
- Albert Einstein
Looking into the Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado
"The earth laughs in flowers."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Caribou townsite, Boulder county, CO - 2021
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Caribou townsite, Boulder county, CO - 2021
March 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"The earth laughs in flowers."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Caribou townsite, Boulder county, CO - 2021
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Caribou townsite, Boulder county, CO - 2021
"The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me."
— Blaise Pascal
Somewhere in the infinite space.
— Blaise Pascal
Somewhere in the infinite space.
March 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me."
— Blaise Pascal
Somewhere in the infinite space.
— Blaise Pascal
Somewhere in the infinite space.
"This is not normal."
- Melanie Stansbury
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
- Aristotle
Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights), May 2024, central Wyoming
- Melanie Stansbury
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
- Aristotle
Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights), May 2024, central Wyoming
March 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"This is not normal."
- Melanie Stansbury
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
- Aristotle
Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights), May 2024, central Wyoming
- Melanie Stansbury
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
- Aristotle
Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights), May 2024, central Wyoming
"To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
- Nelson Mandela
Bald Eagle (juvenile), Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, December, 2024
- Nelson Mandela
Bald Eagle (juvenile), Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, December, 2024
March 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
- Nelson Mandela
Bald Eagle (juvenile), Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, December, 2024
- Nelson Mandela
Bald Eagle (juvenile), Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, December, 2024
"Every storm runs out of rain."
- Maya Angelou
Flatirons, Boulder, CO - May 2023
- Maya Angelou
Flatirons, Boulder, CO - May 2023
March 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Every storm runs out of rain."
- Maya Angelou
Flatirons, Boulder, CO - May 2023
- Maya Angelou
Flatirons, Boulder, CO - May 2023
"In war, truth is the first casualty." — Aeschylus
Alpine Sunflower, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Alpine Sunflower, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
March 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"In war, truth is the first casualty." — Aeschylus
Alpine Sunflower, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Alpine Sunflower, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
This week is definitely one of Colorado's "false springs", but it's been sooo nice.
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant." — Anne Bradstreet
New maple leaves, May 2023
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant." — Anne Bradstreet
New maple leaves, May 2023
February 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This week is definitely one of Colorado's "false springs", but it's been sooo nice.
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant." — Anne Bradstreet
New maple leaves, May 2023
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant." — Anne Bradstreet
New maple leaves, May 2023
Plants growing from the crack in a granite boulder.
Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area, New Hampshire
"A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles."
- Edward Abbey
Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area, New Hampshire
"A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles."
- Edward Abbey
February 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Plants growing from the crack in a granite boulder.
Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area, New Hampshire
"A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles."
- Edward Abbey
Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area, New Hampshire
"A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles."
- Edward Abbey
Ferruginous Hawk, northern Boulder county, Winter 2024
February 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Ferruginous Hawk, northern Boulder county, Winter 2024
Bison shaking off, after swimming across the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park. 2022
"Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat."
— Thomas Jefferson
"Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat."
— Thomas Jefferson
February 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Bison shaking off, after swimming across the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park. 2022
"Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat."
— Thomas Jefferson
"Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat."
— Thomas Jefferson
Comet C3/2023 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over the Boulder Flatirons.
October 22, 2024
October 22, 2024
February 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Comet C3/2023 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over the Boulder Flatirons.
October 22, 2024
October 22, 2024
Upper Cascade Lake at sunset, Adirondack Mountains, New York
"Then came the autumn, all in yellow and gold, and the days were sweet and warm."
- Longfellow
"Then came the autumn, all in yellow and gold, and the days were sweet and warm."
- Longfellow
February 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Upper Cascade Lake at sunset, Adirondack Mountains, New York
"Then came the autumn, all in yellow and gold, and the days were sweet and warm."
- Longfellow
"Then came the autumn, all in yellow and gold, and the days were sweet and warm."
- Longfellow
Happy Superb Owl Sunday!
February 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Happy Superb Owl Sunday!
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania
Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania
February 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania
Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania
"Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world." – John Muir
Teton Range, Wyoming
Teton Range, Wyoming
February 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world." – John Muir
Teton Range, Wyoming
Teton Range, Wyoming
"The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go."
- unknown
Summit county, Colorado
- unknown
Summit county, Colorado
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go."
- unknown
Summit county, Colorado
- unknown
Summit county, Colorado
John D Rockefeller Jr Memorial Parkway, connecting Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park.
February 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
John D Rockefeller Jr Memorial Parkway, connecting Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park.
Bog River Falls, Adirondack Mountains, NY
"Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness." – Lao Tzu
"Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness." – Lao Tzu
January 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Bog River Falls, Adirondack Mountains, NY
"Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness." – Lao Tzu
"Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness." – Lao Tzu
"The wound is the place where the light enters you."
– Rumi
– Rumi
January 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"The wound is the place where the light enters you."
– Rumi
– Rumi
Moonset over the Tetons. June 2022
"In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain. Friends are those who knock gently, offering care without intruding." – Unknown
"In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain. Friends are those who knock gently, offering care without intruding." – Unknown
January 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Moonset over the Tetons. June 2022
"In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain. Friends are those who knock gently, offering care without intruding." – Unknown
"In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain. Friends are those who knock gently, offering care without intruding." – Unknown
This seems like a nice place to ride out all of the <gestures wildly around> crazy fucking shit going on in the world.
January 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This seems like a nice place to ride out all of the <gestures wildly around> crazy fucking shit going on in the world.