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Dying Vine Maple with Hanging Mosses, Hoh Rainforest, Washington
In autumn, its leaves turn a vibrant shade of red. Its bark and tentacled branches, coated with mosses and lichens, lend an ethereal appearance.
#photography #WashingtonState #OlympicNationalPark #Hoh #rainforest #landscape #nature
In autumn, its leaves turn a vibrant shade of red. Its bark and tentacled branches, coated with mosses and lichens, lend an ethereal appearance.
#photography #WashingtonState #OlympicNationalPark #Hoh #rainforest #landscape #nature
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Dying Vine Maple with Hanging Mosses, Hoh Rainforest, Washington
In autumn, its leaves turn a vibrant shade of red. Its bark and tentacled branches, coated with mosses and lichens, lend an ethereal appearance.
#photography #WashingtonState #OlympicNationalPark #Hoh #rainforest #landscape #nature
In autumn, its leaves turn a vibrant shade of red. Its bark and tentacled branches, coated with mosses and lichens, lend an ethereal appearance.
#photography #WashingtonState #OlympicNationalPark #Hoh #rainforest #landscape #nature
Marsh Grass and Glacial Erratic, near Eastham, Massachusetts
Ten thousand years ago, a glacier left behind the sand and rocks that formed New England’s outermost shoreline. This erratic appeared as a softly glowing wonder arisen from the marsh.
#photography #landscape #CapeCod
Ten thousand years ago, a glacier left behind the sand and rocks that formed New England’s outermost shoreline. This erratic appeared as a softly glowing wonder arisen from the marsh.
#photography #landscape #CapeCod
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Marsh Grass and Glacial Erratic, near Eastham, Massachusetts
Ten thousand years ago, a glacier left behind the sand and rocks that formed New England’s outermost shoreline. This erratic appeared as a softly glowing wonder arisen from the marsh.
#photography #landscape #CapeCod
Ten thousand years ago, a glacier left behind the sand and rocks that formed New England’s outermost shoreline. This erratic appeared as a softly glowing wonder arisen from the marsh.
#photography #landscape #CapeCod
Tumalo Falls, near Bend, Oregon
I hiked to the overlook at the top of the falls. The night before, snow had fallen. Later in the morning, the sun broke through, melting the snow, leaving a race at the base of the falls.
#photography #landscape #waterfalls #canyons #mountains #Cascades #Oregon
I hiked to the overlook at the top of the falls. The night before, snow had fallen. Later in the morning, the sun broke through, melting the snow, leaving a race at the base of the falls.
#photography #landscape #waterfalls #canyons #mountains #Cascades #Oregon
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Tumalo Falls, near Bend, Oregon
I hiked to the overlook at the top of the falls. The night before, snow had fallen. Later in the morning, the sun broke through, melting the snow, leaving a race at the base of the falls.
#photography #landscape #waterfalls #canyons #mountains #Cascades #Oregon
I hiked to the overlook at the top of the falls. The night before, snow had fallen. Later in the morning, the sun broke through, melting the snow, leaving a race at the base of the falls.
#photography #landscape #waterfalls #canyons #mountains #Cascades #Oregon
Looking Southwest, Mouth of Palm Canyon, Kofa Mountains, Arizona
These shaded walls of rhyolite, a volcanic rock that easily fractures into vertical ramparts framing the canyon’s entrance, and the flat, expansive La Posa Plain below.
#photography #landscape #arizona #canyon #desert #wildwest
These shaded walls of rhyolite, a volcanic rock that easily fractures into vertical ramparts framing the canyon’s entrance, and the flat, expansive La Posa Plain below.
#photography #landscape #arizona #canyon #desert #wildwest
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Looking Southwest, Mouth of Palm Canyon, Kofa Mountains, Arizona
These shaded walls of rhyolite, a volcanic rock that easily fractures into vertical ramparts framing the canyon’s entrance, and the flat, expansive La Posa Plain below.
#photography #landscape #arizona #canyon #desert #wildwest
These shaded walls of rhyolite, a volcanic rock that easily fractures into vertical ramparts framing the canyon’s entrance, and the flat, expansive La Posa Plain below.
#photography #landscape #arizona #canyon #desert #wildwest
Schoodic Island near Winter Harbor, Maine
The elevated view east provides a broad panorama of the Gulf of Maine. Schoodic Island serves as a nesting sanctuary for eagles and seabirds. On an autumn evening, the ocean lies almost still.
#photography #Landscape #Maine #Acadia #Atlantic #Coast
The elevated view east provides a broad panorama of the Gulf of Maine. Schoodic Island serves as a nesting sanctuary for eagles and seabirds. On an autumn evening, the ocean lies almost still.
#photography #Landscape #Maine #Acadia #Atlantic #Coast
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Schoodic Island near Winter Harbor, Maine
The elevated view east provides a broad panorama of the Gulf of Maine. Schoodic Island serves as a nesting sanctuary for eagles and seabirds. On an autumn evening, the ocean lies almost still.
#photography #Landscape #Maine #Acadia #Atlantic #Coast
The elevated view east provides a broad panorama of the Gulf of Maine. Schoodic Island serves as a nesting sanctuary for eagles and seabirds. On an autumn evening, the ocean lies almost still.
#photography #Landscape #Maine #Acadia #Atlantic #Coast
Neahkahnie Viewpoint, near Manzanita, Oregon
Waves generated across thousands of miles of the Pacific crash onto the shore in a steady rhythm of breaking swells, forming seafoam where the fog-bound coast meets a radiantly blue ocean and sky.
#photography #landscape #Oregon #OregonCoast #Pacific
Waves generated across thousands of miles of the Pacific crash onto the shore in a steady rhythm of breaking swells, forming seafoam where the fog-bound coast meets a radiantly blue ocean and sky.
#photography #landscape #Oregon #OregonCoast #Pacific
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Neahkahnie Viewpoint, near Manzanita, Oregon
Waves generated across thousands of miles of the Pacific crash onto the shore in a steady rhythm of breaking swells, forming seafoam where the fog-bound coast meets a radiantly blue ocean and sky.
#photography #landscape #Oregon #OregonCoast #Pacific
Waves generated across thousands of miles of the Pacific crash onto the shore in a steady rhythm of breaking swells, forming seafoam where the fog-bound coast meets a radiantly blue ocean and sky.
#photography #landscape #Oregon #OregonCoast #Pacific
Muley Point Overlook, above the San Juan River, Utah
During twilight, the landscape shifts from dun-colored to iridescent hues of red, magenta, and purple. The buttes of Arizona’s Monument Valley contour the far horizon.
#landscape #photography #Utah #SanJuanRiver #canyonlands #geology #beauty
During twilight, the landscape shifts from dun-colored to iridescent hues of red, magenta, and purple. The buttes of Arizona’s Monument Valley contour the far horizon.
#landscape #photography #Utah #SanJuanRiver #canyonlands #geology #beauty
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Muley Point Overlook, above the San Juan River, Utah
During twilight, the landscape shifts from dun-colored to iridescent hues of red, magenta, and purple. The buttes of Arizona’s Monument Valley contour the far horizon.
#landscape #photography #Utah #SanJuanRiver #canyonlands #geology #beauty
During twilight, the landscape shifts from dun-colored to iridescent hues of red, magenta, and purple. The buttes of Arizona’s Monument Valley contour the far horizon.
#landscape #photography #Utah #SanJuanRiver #canyonlands #geology #beauty
Cirque, Mount Sopris, Elk Mountain Range, Colorado
I took this photograph along Mt. Sopris’ eastern ridge in the late afternoon after a recent snowfall, feeling vertiginous while captivated by the cirque's nearly vertical landscape.
#photography #landscape #colorado #mountains #sopris #geology
I took this photograph along Mt. Sopris’ eastern ridge in the late afternoon after a recent snowfall, feeling vertiginous while captivated by the cirque's nearly vertical landscape.
#photography #landscape #colorado #mountains #sopris #geology
October 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Cirque, Mount Sopris, Elk Mountain Range, Colorado
I took this photograph along Mt. Sopris’ eastern ridge in the late afternoon after a recent snowfall, feeling vertiginous while captivated by the cirque's nearly vertical landscape.
#photography #landscape #colorado #mountains #sopris #geology
I took this photograph along Mt. Sopris’ eastern ridge in the late afternoon after a recent snowfall, feeling vertiginous while captivated by the cirque's nearly vertical landscape.
#photography #landscape #colorado #mountains #sopris #geology
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October 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Buckskin Gulch, Paria Canyon, Utah
As I ventured into the slot canyon, the walls closed in, forming a stunning yet phobic space. At its entrance, I photographed this muraled rock face of stained sandstone, illuminated by reflected sunlight.
#photography #landscape #Arizona #Utah #slotcanyon #beauty
As I ventured into the slot canyon, the walls closed in, forming a stunning yet phobic space. At its entrance, I photographed this muraled rock face of stained sandstone, illuminated by reflected sunlight.
#photography #landscape #Arizona #Utah #slotcanyon #beauty
October 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Buckskin Gulch, Paria Canyon, Utah
As I ventured into the slot canyon, the walls closed in, forming a stunning yet phobic space. At its entrance, I photographed this muraled rock face of stained sandstone, illuminated by reflected sunlight.
#photography #landscape #Arizona #Utah #slotcanyon #beauty
As I ventured into the slot canyon, the walls closed in, forming a stunning yet phobic space. At its entrance, I photographed this muraled rock face of stained sandstone, illuminated by reflected sunlight.
#photography #landscape #Arizona #Utah #slotcanyon #beauty
Deep Cove, Deer Isle, Maine
The soft dusk light mingles with the transparent water to reveal the near shore’s sandy and gravelly till, sediments from ancient glaciers. It seems as if one could wade into a bath of light.
#photography #beaches #Maine #DeerIsle #Ocean #evening #landscape #Haystack
The soft dusk light mingles with the transparent water to reveal the near shore’s sandy and gravelly till, sediments from ancient glaciers. It seems as if one could wade into a bath of light.
#photography #beaches #Maine #DeerIsle #Ocean #evening #landscape #Haystack
October 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Deep Cove, Deer Isle, Maine
The soft dusk light mingles with the transparent water to reveal the near shore’s sandy and gravelly till, sediments from ancient glaciers. It seems as if one could wade into a bath of light.
#photography #beaches #Maine #DeerIsle #Ocean #evening #landscape #Haystack
The soft dusk light mingles with the transparent water to reveal the near shore’s sandy and gravelly till, sediments from ancient glaciers. It seems as if one could wade into a bath of light.
#photography #beaches #Maine #DeerIsle #Ocean #evening #landscape #Haystack
Dawn, Little Tipsoo Lake, Mt. Rainier, and Yakima Peak, Washington
A grassy meadow of wildflowers and spruce trees surrounds the lake. Mount Rainier dominates the horizon, its peak rising above a ridge of rugged volcanic pinnacles.
#LandscapePhotography #MtRainier #WashingtonState #nature
A grassy meadow of wildflowers and spruce trees surrounds the lake. Mount Rainier dominates the horizon, its peak rising above a ridge of rugged volcanic pinnacles.
#LandscapePhotography #MtRainier #WashingtonState #nature
September 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Dawn, Little Tipsoo Lake, Mt. Rainier, and Yakima Peak, Washington
A grassy meadow of wildflowers and spruce trees surrounds the lake. Mount Rainier dominates the horizon, its peak rising above a ridge of rugged volcanic pinnacles.
#LandscapePhotography #MtRainier #WashingtonState #nature
A grassy meadow of wildflowers and spruce trees surrounds the lake. Mount Rainier dominates the horizon, its peak rising above a ridge of rugged volcanic pinnacles.
#LandscapePhotography #MtRainier #WashingtonState #nature
Pictographs, Canyon del Muerto, Arizona
Canyon Del Muerto features pictographs from different periods of indigenous habitation. The canyon is part of a national monument that preserves a record of over 5,000 years of occupancy from the Ancestral Puebloans to the Navajo.
#pictographs #landscapes
Canyon Del Muerto features pictographs from different periods of indigenous habitation. The canyon is part of a national monument that preserves a record of over 5,000 years of occupancy from the Ancestral Puebloans to the Navajo.
#pictographs #landscapes
September 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Pictographs, Canyon del Muerto, Arizona
Canyon Del Muerto features pictographs from different periods of indigenous habitation. The canyon is part of a national monument that preserves a record of over 5,000 years of occupancy from the Ancestral Puebloans to the Navajo.
#pictographs #landscapes
Canyon Del Muerto features pictographs from different periods of indigenous habitation. The canyon is part of a national monument that preserves a record of over 5,000 years of occupancy from the Ancestral Puebloans to the Navajo.
#pictographs #landscapes
Saddle below Electric Pass, Elk Mountain Range, Colorado
In central Colorado, the Elk Mountain Range outlines the western perimeter of the Rockies. Between two peaks, lies a connecting ridge, a 'saddle', where I rested and took this photograph.
#colorado #landscapephotography #westernlandscape
In central Colorado, the Elk Mountain Range outlines the western perimeter of the Rockies. Between two peaks, lies a connecting ridge, a 'saddle', where I rested and took this photograph.
#colorado #landscapephotography #westernlandscape
September 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Saddle below Electric Pass, Elk Mountain Range, Colorado
In central Colorado, the Elk Mountain Range outlines the western perimeter of the Rockies. Between two peaks, lies a connecting ridge, a 'saddle', where I rested and took this photograph.
#colorado #landscapephotography #westernlandscape
In central Colorado, the Elk Mountain Range outlines the western perimeter of the Rockies. Between two peaks, lies a connecting ridge, a 'saddle', where I rested and took this photograph.
#colorado #landscapephotography #westernlandscape
East Fork, Upper Kaibito Canyon, Arizona
Hundreds of slot canyons carve the Colorado Plateau, which spans southern Utah and northern Arizona. Hidden in the canyon’s shadowed depths, this V-shaped crevasse closed in on itself.
#photography #slotcanyons #Arizona #beauty #geology #kaibito #landscape
Hundreds of slot canyons carve the Colorado Plateau, which spans southern Utah and northern Arizona. Hidden in the canyon’s shadowed depths, this V-shaped crevasse closed in on itself.
#photography #slotcanyons #Arizona #beauty #geology #kaibito #landscape
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
East Fork, Upper Kaibito Canyon, Arizona
Hundreds of slot canyons carve the Colorado Plateau, which spans southern Utah and northern Arizona. Hidden in the canyon’s shadowed depths, this V-shaped crevasse closed in on itself.
#photography #slotcanyons #Arizona #beauty #geology #kaibito #landscape
Hundreds of slot canyons carve the Colorado Plateau, which spans southern Utah and northern Arizona. Hidden in the canyon’s shadowed depths, this V-shaped crevasse closed in on itself.
#photography #slotcanyons #Arizona #beauty #geology #kaibito #landscape
View Facing North from Paulina Peak, Newberry Crater, Oregon
Paulina Peak is the highest point along the rim surrounding the collapsed Newberry Volcano. Resting on a thin layer of the Earth’s crust, the caldera remains volcanically active.
#photography #Oregon #volcanoes #landscape #clouds #lakes
Paulina Peak is the highest point along the rim surrounding the collapsed Newberry Volcano. Resting on a thin layer of the Earth’s crust, the caldera remains volcanically active.
#photography #Oregon #volcanoes #landscape #clouds #lakes
August 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
View Facing North from Paulina Peak, Newberry Crater, Oregon
Paulina Peak is the highest point along the rim surrounding the collapsed Newberry Volcano. Resting on a thin layer of the Earth’s crust, the caldera remains volcanically active.
#photography #Oregon #volcanoes #landscape #clouds #lakes
Paulina Peak is the highest point along the rim surrounding the collapsed Newberry Volcano. Resting on a thin layer of the Earth’s crust, the caldera remains volcanically active.
#photography #Oregon #volcanoes #landscape #clouds #lakes
Kiger and Mosquito Gorges, Steens Mountain, Oregon
Glaciers carved out Steens Mountain's dramatic basins in southeastern Oregon. A sharp divide separates two diverging valleys: Kiger Gorge on the left and Mosquito Gorge to the right.
#photography #Oregon #NaturePhotography #mountains #glaciers
Glaciers carved out Steens Mountain's dramatic basins in southeastern Oregon. A sharp divide separates two diverging valleys: Kiger Gorge on the left and Mosquito Gorge to the right.
#photography #Oregon #NaturePhotography #mountains #glaciers
August 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Kiger and Mosquito Gorges, Steens Mountain, Oregon
Glaciers carved out Steens Mountain's dramatic basins in southeastern Oregon. A sharp divide separates two diverging valleys: Kiger Gorge on the left and Mosquito Gorge to the right.
#photography #Oregon #NaturePhotography #mountains #glaciers
Glaciers carved out Steens Mountain's dramatic basins in southeastern Oregon. A sharp divide separates two diverging valleys: Kiger Gorge on the left and Mosquito Gorge to the right.
#photography #Oregon #NaturePhotography #mountains #glaciers
Rainbow, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado
During the summer monsoon season, clouds form, grow, and rise off the shoulders of central Colorado's Elk Mountain Range. A final streak of daylight cuts through, partially illuminating a rainbow.
#photography #rainbow #colorado #AspenColorado #clouds
During the summer monsoon season, clouds form, grow, and rise off the shoulders of central Colorado's Elk Mountain Range. A final streak of daylight cuts through, partially illuminating a rainbow.
#photography #rainbow #colorado #AspenColorado #clouds
August 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Rainbow, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado
During the summer monsoon season, clouds form, grow, and rise off the shoulders of central Colorado's Elk Mountain Range. A final streak of daylight cuts through, partially illuminating a rainbow.
#photography #rainbow #colorado #AspenColorado #clouds
During the summer monsoon season, clouds form, grow, and rise off the shoulders of central Colorado's Elk Mountain Range. A final streak of daylight cuts through, partially illuminating a rainbow.
#photography #rainbow #colorado #AspenColorado #clouds
Shadow, Playa near Black Rock Point, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
As the late-day shadow lengthened from the elevated rim on the western edge of this one-square-mile desert bed, it stretched until it intersected with my spectral shadow.
#photography #BlackRockDesert #Nevada #desert #shadow
As the late-day shadow lengthened from the elevated rim on the western edge of this one-square-mile desert bed, it stretched until it intersected with my spectral shadow.
#photography #BlackRockDesert #Nevada #desert #shadow
August 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Shadow, Playa near Black Rock Point, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
As the late-day shadow lengthened from the elevated rim on the western edge of this one-square-mile desert bed, it stretched until it intersected with my spectral shadow.
#photography #BlackRockDesert #Nevada #desert #shadow
As the late-day shadow lengthened from the elevated rim on the western edge of this one-square-mile desert bed, it stretched until it intersected with my spectral shadow.
#photography #BlackRockDesert #Nevada #desert #shadow
Canyon of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Below me, the river noisily rushed through its narrow channel. The canyon’s soft, fragile rock erodes quickly and rusts, creating a range of warm-colored hues.
#photography #Yellowstone #YellowstoneRiver
Below me, the river noisily rushed through its narrow channel. The canyon’s soft, fragile rock erodes quickly and rusts, creating a range of warm-colored hues.
#photography #Yellowstone #YellowstoneRiver
August 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Canyon of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Below me, the river noisily rushed through its narrow channel. The canyon’s soft, fragile rock erodes quickly and rusts, creating a range of warm-colored hues.
#photography #Yellowstone #YellowstoneRiver
Below me, the river noisily rushed through its narrow channel. The canyon’s soft, fragile rock erodes quickly and rusts, creating a range of warm-colored hues.
#photography #Yellowstone #YellowstoneRiver
Paulina Creek, Oregon
Central Oregon’s Paulina Creek plunges over an 80-foot waterfall, draining water from Paulina Lake, which lies within a basin formed after the collapse of the Newberry Volcano that first erupted 600,000 years ago.
#photograph #landscape #volcanoes #Oregon
Central Oregon’s Paulina Creek plunges over an 80-foot waterfall, draining water from Paulina Lake, which lies within a basin formed after the collapse of the Newberry Volcano that first erupted 600,000 years ago.
#photograph #landscape #volcanoes #Oregon
July 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Paulina Creek, Oregon
Central Oregon’s Paulina Creek plunges over an 80-foot waterfall, draining water from Paulina Lake, which lies within a basin formed after the collapse of the Newberry Volcano that first erupted 600,000 years ago.
#photograph #landscape #volcanoes #Oregon
Central Oregon’s Paulina Creek plunges over an 80-foot waterfall, draining water from Paulina Lake, which lies within a basin formed after the collapse of the Newberry Volcano that first erupted 600,000 years ago.
#photograph #landscape #volcanoes #Oregon
Toe of Saskatchewan Glacier, Columbia Icefield, Alberta, Canada
Once, the glacier scraped against the base of cliffs at the top of the photograph. Today, melting ice surpasses snow accumulation and could vanish within the next century.
#photography #geology #glaciers #BanffNationalPark #Canada
Once, the glacier scraped against the base of cliffs at the top of the photograph. Today, melting ice surpasses snow accumulation and could vanish within the next century.
#photography #geology #glaciers #BanffNationalPark #Canada
July 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Toe of Saskatchewan Glacier, Columbia Icefield, Alberta, Canada
Once, the glacier scraped against the base of cliffs at the top of the photograph. Today, melting ice surpasses snow accumulation and could vanish within the next century.
#photography #geology #glaciers #BanffNationalPark #Canada
Once, the glacier scraped against the base of cliffs at the top of the photograph. Today, melting ice surpasses snow accumulation and could vanish within the next century.
#photography #geology #glaciers #BanffNationalPark #Canada
Sheaves Cove, Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada
The ocean’s surface acts like a liquid lens, bending light to magnify and distort the rounded stones. The water’s movement continually reshapes them, creating a pulsing dance of light.
#photography #landscape #ocean #Newfoundland #beauty
The ocean’s surface acts like a liquid lens, bending light to magnify and distort the rounded stones. The water’s movement continually reshapes them, creating a pulsing dance of light.
#photography #landscape #ocean #Newfoundland #beauty
July 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sheaves Cove, Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada
The ocean’s surface acts like a liquid lens, bending light to magnify and distort the rounded stones. The water’s movement continually reshapes them, creating a pulsing dance of light.
#photography #landscape #ocean #Newfoundland #beauty
The ocean’s surface acts like a liquid lens, bending light to magnify and distort the rounded stones. The water’s movement continually reshapes them, creating a pulsing dance of light.
#photography #landscape #ocean #Newfoundland #beauty
Twin Lakes Basin, Crystal Range, Desolation Wilderness, High Sierra, California
The Desolation Wilderness in the northern Sierra Nevada Range offered a rare and soothing reprieve where solitude became a welcome companion.
#photography #landscape #geology #sierranevada #california
The Desolation Wilderness in the northern Sierra Nevada Range offered a rare and soothing reprieve where solitude became a welcome companion.
#photography #landscape #geology #sierranevada #california
July 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Twin Lakes Basin, Crystal Range, Desolation Wilderness, High Sierra, California
The Desolation Wilderness in the northern Sierra Nevada Range offered a rare and soothing reprieve where solitude became a welcome companion.
#photography #landscape #geology #sierranevada #california
The Desolation Wilderness in the northern Sierra Nevada Range offered a rare and soothing reprieve where solitude became a welcome companion.
#photography #landscape #geology #sierranevada #california