Rivers that are carrying “glacial flour” sediment from the mountains often have a distinct milky appearance which is visible from several locations along the Anchorage to Denali Railroad. The splendid vantage point for this capture was the railroad trestle the train was on to cross the river. A wide-angle setting helped to get the breadth…
Atlantic Ocean overlook near Blackwoods Campground – Acadia National Park. When I look out over the granite and basalt igneous rock that makes up Acadia’s shoreline, I love the rugged appearance and wild nature of the coast. It would not be an easy journey to walk very far, so we just made ourselves comfortable at…
The American Falls as seen from the Canadian side of the Niagara River. The falls were formed about 12,000 years ago by melting glaciers that also created the Great Lakes. As water from Lake Erie flows toward Lake Ontario, it continues to carve into the Niagara escarpment. I know a picture does not do justice…
A historic moment in history is recaptured daily in the Great Basin northwest of Salt Lake City, where the Union Pacific (east) met the Central Pacific (west) at Promontory Summit in 1869. Up to this event, crossing the United States coast to coast took months. Suddenly, after this final connection was completed, the feat could…
Don’t be fooled… you may need to zoom in to glimpse the path of sightseers which will give you a little perspective of the massive size of the rock formation Double Arch – Arches National Park. To me it seems like the red rock is like playdough and someone has pressed it together, then stretched,…
High alpine lakes capture the last remaining melting snow near Trail Ridge Road – Rocky Mountain National Park. I hear a song coming on: “He was born in the summer of his twenty seventh year, coming home to a place he’d never been before…” It’s hard for me to not begin singing that song whenever…
A landscape which is the product of great expanses of time. Massive geologic forces— mountain building, molten magmas, and huge ice sheets—formed the overall landscape, while other persistent forces of erosion—water, wind, and waves—ever so slowly continue to shape what we see today. Geology has always been a hobby, from the early rock collection days…
Land that was once covered with prairie and filled with bison, the Great Plains are a vast landscape where crops are grown wherever water is sufficient. Everywhere else, wild grasslands still cover a significant number of acres. One of my reoccurring fantasies is crossing the Great Plains in the era just before the railroad and…
A summer sunset on Lake Wisconsin brings to close another day with the promise of a peaceful night ahead. I was always taught, “Red sky at night, sailors delight!” (Lodi, Wisconsin) ≡Canon R5/RF24-240 44mm f/5.6 1/100sec iso-160
Looking across to Colorado’s Front Range peaks and the Continental Divide from Second Creek Trail – Arapaho National Forest. I feel like you could almost hear the sound of music coming from these hills. (Winter Park, Colorado) ≡Canon R5/RF24-240 55mm f/22 1/100sec iso-100