Ansel Adams Wilderness
A low layer of smoke from distant forest fires created a brilliant red sunrise.
Taken while exploring around our bivouac near the summit of a high peak.
Yosemite National Park
After a day of backpacking, while on an evening walk from our camp we found fields of blooming Kalmia, the most I've ever seen.
Death Valley National Park
Death Valley isn't widely known for its slot canyons, but actually has its share of them. This is a self-portrait taken late on a spring afternoon. The walls are made from fanglomerate -- lithified gravel washed down from the mountains in floods.
Trinity Alps Wilderness
Partial lunar eclipse at sunset.
This picture was taken on the last day of spring from one of my favorite meadows in northern Yosemite.
I had never visited this area of the Trinity Alps Wilderness due to its reputation for overuse, but it proved quite beautiful.
Large flowers enliven the alpine slopes in the Trinity Alps on a spring afternoon.
Mojave National Preserve
Hesperocallis undulata blooms.
We hiked, scrambled, and bushwhacked for two days to reach the summit of this remote peak. The views from the summit were stunning.
Misool Island, West Papua
Limestone islets in the Ceram Sea.
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Rocks in Utah often do unusual things.
Near Moab (unprotected Bureau of Land Management land)
Not Antelope Canyon, the exquisite remote canyon in Southeast Utah remains an unspoiled gem.
Near Moab (Unprotected Bureau of Land Management Land)
Portola Redwoods State Park
Oxalis, which carpets many California redwood groves, produces beautiful, small white flowers.
North Cascades National Park
Climbing on a glacier on a rainy morning, the clouds parted long enough for this glimpse of the aptly-named Forbidden Peak.
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
Incredible sunset behind mountain ridges. Image directly from camera, no postprocessing or Photoshop.
Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness
Sunrise over a threatened landscape. https://suwa.org.
Ventana Wilderness
The deep pools along this creek teem with crayfish, large fish, and western pond turtles.
Crater Lake National Park
Partially eclipsed moon.
East Cactus Plain Wilderness
Weird cactuses doing weird things.
