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Pacific Ocean Sunset b
Washington ocean rock formations make a nice sunset foreground. Spectacular views and great places for discovery in the tidal pools at low tide
CanyonLands 009
Canyonslands National Park in southeastern Utha,known for dramatic desert landscape carved by the Colorado River. Notable rock pinnacles (needles), remote canyons of the Maze, and flat-topped mesas with panoramic overlooks like this one.
Tonto National Forest
tonto National has almost 3 million acres of rugged and spectacularly beautiful country, ranging from Saguaro cactus-studded desert to pine-forested mountains, and sandstone colorful ranges.
Mt. Baker Winter
Mt. Baker National Forest/Park is one of the most visited forests in the country. Located on the west side of the Cascade mountains. You will find glacier covered peaks, spectacular mountain meadows and old growth forests rich in history.
San Juan Islands
Pacific air rushes down the Dtrait of Juan de Fuca to envelop the islands. The sun is sinking into sunset with yellow streaks across the waters.
Zion Framed
Zion National Park is in southwest Utah. It includes mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons and natural arches just to mention a few things.
Bear n Redwoods
Redwood National and State Parks are a string of protected forests, beaches and grasslands along Northern California coast.
Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier is the highest mountain (14,410 feet) of the Pacific Northwest, also the highest mountain in the U.S state of Washington.
Death Valley Ice
Because outside of "Lawrence of Arabia," you don't see scenery like this too often. What: The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes are the place to be for sunrise in Death Valley. If you camp or sleep at the hotel at Stovepipe Wells, you can get up just before dawn, rush out, scramble up a dune and watch the world come to life. Nothing makes a better introduction to Death Valley than a visit to the 100-foot/30-meter-high Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. These aren't Death Valley's tallest sand dunes (those are the Eureka Dunes, which require 4WD to reach)—but they are the most accessible."The best time to visit is just before sunrise or around sunset. When Death Valley floods you need to see it for its totally different look and beauty.
Deception Pass
Deception pass is a strait separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island, in the northwest part of the US state of Washington. It connects Skagit Bay, part of Puget Sound, with the strait of Juan de Fuca
Hiker Paradise
Bryce Canyon National Park, a sprawling reserve in southern Utah, known for crimson-colored hoodoos, spire-shaped rock (sandstone) formations, has several overlooks, and trails you can hike of ride.
Monument Valley2
Sacred heart of the Navajo Nation.Utah, Tribal Park. A iconic symble of the American West with famous red buttes and mesas, characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone butes reaching 1000 feet above the valley floor.
Yellow Brick Road
Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon owned by the Navajo nation just east of Page, Arizona, Tours are offered year around.
Valley of Fire
The Valley of Fire state park has 40,000 acres of aztec sandstone,nestled in gray and tan limestone, contains ancient, petrified trees and petroglyphs.
Sand Sculpturing
Valley of Fire State park in Nevada is a public recreation and nature preservation area coveriing nearly 46,000 miles. Known for its Aztec sandstone, petroglyphs and history.
Antelope Cyn Bear
Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon owned by the Navajo nation just east of Page, Arizona, Tours are offered year around.
Angels Wing
Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon owned by the Navajo nation just east of Page, Arizona, Tours are offered year around.
Zion Tractor
Historic area next to Zion National Park, old ranch, old buildings, antique tractor, Zion in background, beautiful day
MonSoon Weather
Taken in BLM lands around Red Rock State Park, Las Vegas Nevada.I was focused on the clouds, I love clouds, they all have their own character to me, you will see a lot of clouds in my photos. This cloud formation is jumping to be seen, to show its mood, reflecting the sun and its color.
Toadstool Hoodoos
The toadstool Hoodoos trail is located in the Paria Rimrocks area of Grand Staircase, Escalante National Monument in Utah. Trail in is 1.8 mile.
Desert Ponds
A pretty little lake found in the wilderness o fArizona, who would think there would be people here in the lush desert. It was a nice comforting thing to see them.
Red Aztec Sandstone
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, World-renowned for its 40,000 acres of bright red Aztec sandstone outcrops nestled in gray and tan limestone, Valley of Fire State Park contains ancient, petrified trees and petroglyphs dating back more than 2,000 years. A Visitor Center provides exhibits on the geology, ecology, prehistory and history of the park and nearby region. The park also hosts an Annual Atlatl Competition in which participants test their skills with replicas of ancient spears. Open year round, the park has numerous campsites equipped with shaded tables, grills and water, as well as many intriguing trails to tempt hikers.
Balmy Nevada Afternoon
It's late afternoon on a balmy kind of atmosphere, all is good on Earth in Nature. This is to me, everything as it should be. The Jpshua trees are dpomg well this year, their growth seeming to make up for some drought previous years.Taken in BLM lands around Red Rock State Park, Las Vegas Nevada.
Sea Stacks
The Oregon Coast’s sea stacks and islands were formed by millions of years old lava flows originating from present day Eastern Oregon and Washington.
The Fly Geyser-1
Fly Geyser, also known as Fly Ranch Geyser is a small geothermal geyser located on private land in Washoe County, Nevada approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Gerlach. Fly Geyser is located near the edge of Fly Reservoir in the Hualapai Geothermal Flats and is approximately 5 feet (1.5 m) high, by 12 feet (3.7 m) ...The geyser continues to grow and change, and has formed several terraced pools, formed by calcium carbonate in the water. Fly geyser. The stunning colors come from the thermophilic algae that grows in the water provided by the geyser..
Haleakala Craters
Haleakalā, or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui. The western 25% of the island is formed by another volcano, Mauna Kahalawai, also referred to as the West Maui Mountains. Haleakala means "the house of the sun" and is the name Hawaiians have given the 10,000-foot dormant volcano that is Maui's most conspicuous physical feature and one of its biggest attractions
Mount Shuksan
I thought as I stood there what more in life could you ask for: I was looking at a gorgeous snow covered Mountain, its reflection into a crystal clear lake surrounded by trees waiting for spring and the sun was making everything warm Mount Shuksan is a glaciated massif in the North Cascades National Park. Shuksan rises in Whatcom County, Washington immediately to the east of Mount Baker, and 11.6 miles (18.7 km) south of the Canada–US border. The mountain's name Shuksan is derived from the Lummi word [šéqsən], said to mean "high peak"
Death Valley Race Track
Would I go again, probably not, its that bad just getting there. After you start the bad part it takes over 3 hours to get there provided you dont have flat tires to change. Perhaps you’ve never heard of the Racetrack Playa, or maybe you’ve heard of it but just don’t know much about it? The Racetrack Playa is a remote location deep within Death Valley National Park. It is a massive playa (dry lake bed) that measures 2.8 miles long by 1.3 miles (4.5 km by 2.1 km) wide. The playa is famous amongst tourists and photographers because of its mysterious “sailing rocks” that leave trails behind them on the playa. It’s said that nobody has ever witnessed the rocks moving. Because of that, there is no shortage of theories about how they move about the playa. While the Racetrack Playa is incredibly remote, in reality it’s really not all that far away from the main attractions at the park like the Mesquite Sand Dunes. The problem is that a mountain range sits in-between the two (so you have to drive all the way around).
Zion River Drive
Utah, Zion National Park encompasses some of the most scenic canyon country in the United States. Within its 232 square miles are high plateaus, a maze of narrow, deep, sandstone canyons, and the Virgin River and its tributaries. Zion also has 2,000-foot Navajo Sandstone cliffs, pine- and juniper-clad slopes, and seeps, springs, and waterfalls supporting lush and colorful hanging gardens.
Painted Desert Purple Peaks
The desert is composed of stratified layers of easily erodible siltstone, mudstone, and shale of the Triassic Chinle Formation. These fine grained rock layers contain abundant iron and manganese compounds which provide the pigments for the various colors of the region. Thin resistant lacustrine limestone layers and volcanic flows cap the mesas. Numerous layers of silicic volcanic ash occur in the Chinle and provide the silica for the petrified logs of the area. The Painted Desert is a United States desert of badlands in the Four Corners area[2] running from near the east end of the Grand Canyon National Park southeast into the Petrified Forest National Park. It is most easily accessed in the north portion of The Petrified Forest National Park. The Painted Desert is known for its brilliant and varied colors, that not only include the more common red rock, but even shades of lavender.
Zion Winter Land
Utah, Zion National Park encompasses some of the most scenic canyon country in the United States. Within its 232 square miles are high plateaus, a maze of narrow, deep, sandstone canyons, and the Virgin River and its tributaries. Zion also has 2,000-foot Navajo Sandstone cliffs, pine- and juniper-clad slopes, and seeps, springs, and waterfalls supporting lush and colorful hanging gardens.
Hoodoo Land
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a U.S. national monument that originally designated 1,880,461 acres of protected land in southern Utah in 1996, Sixty million years ago most of southwestern Utah was covered by lakes, and over eons the lake sediment hardened into rock. The ‘staircase’ was formed when the area now known as the Colorado plateau lifted, causing the layers of sedimentary rock below to fan out. The exposed layers revealed a four-billion-year timeline of geological history;