"Dancing Beads From Up Yonder" - White spray against deep blue.

"Peek-a-boo Rock Windows" - Living space looking for ancient man but is found not, with time's span.


"Gnarled Branches and the Stone Cap" - Wood and stone co-existing on the desert floor. One lone bristlecone pine upstaging the stone butte that is Father Time.


"Silent Footprints Frozen in Rock" - One small stride for Sauropods, one giant leap for paleontology.


"White Rays in Morning Mist" - Dawn's awakening of the primeval forest floor.


"Vermilion Hoodoo Spires" - Traces and spaces of orange offset by limes and deep greens.


"Twin Beams Alighting" - Rock arch a-sighting, through windows that lead to a mirror's bubble reflective orbit.

"Wizard's Cap Dark" - Floating in Glacier National Park; New Zealand's little cousin, Xena's magic a-buzzin'.

"Spiky X-ray Needles" - Frothy layer-cake stone, amber sunset tone, frozen cascading mineral zone.

"In Yonder Chasm, Deep Turquoise Turmoil" - Spiked by evergreen needles, held in place by crimson terra.

"Portal to a Time Unforgotten" - Massive teal-colored lake, entrypoint to Glacier National Park, Montana.

"12th century apartments for rent (No Air Conditioning)" - Mesa Verde National Park, Square Tower House ruins, s.e. Colorado.

"A reflection in the camera's eye" - Unbeknownst to the little man behind the green tree, his image is captured simultaneously. This is in the vicinity of the Sand Dune Arch, Arches National Park (mideastern section of Utah).

"Narcissus beware this pool, lest ye slip into quicksand" - Location: Middle Pools, Zion National Park, S. Utah.

"Bridge to the Enchanted Forest" - One of only a few inland rain forests in the continental United States, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington state.

"Rock Quad" - Lower left corner: Mesa Arch, Utah. Lower right hand corner: Delicate Arch. Upper right hand picture: Internal view at Mesa Arch, of Washer Woman Rock Formation. Upper left hand picture: Unknown arch on Devil's Garden Trail.

"Little Sahara in Utah" - Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, located between Mount Carmel Junction and Kanab, Utah, south and west of U.S. Highway 89 in Southwestern Utah.

"Giant Arrow" - Wizard Island and Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. A rare moment showing total reflection of the mountain chain surrounding this approximately 26 mile in diameter lake - the 7th deepest inland lake in the world at 1,932 feet.

Yosemite National Park. In background we find Halfdome (a granite dome), a haven for rock climbers and the subject of Ansel Adams' world famous photograph entitled "Moon and Halfdome" (1960).

Note: The following series of four before-and-after shots is to demonstrate the difference between what is referred to as a "machine print" and a "custom color photograph." The exhibited corrections were done by your blog host, in collaboration with noted photographic technician Mr. Doug Knoll of Tucson, former owner of a custom color laboratory and veteran employee of Kodak. - ed.

"Hang on Blog Host, Hang On" - Taken while hanging off a cliff at Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

Panoramic view of Canyonlands National Park.

"Fortuitous Shadow" - Lucky darkened middle ground created by passing cloud over the butte. In foreground we see what is referred to as the "Washer Woman." This vivid tableaux is seen through Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah. (Fortuitous shadow reversed on the image below, between the Washer Woman and the butte . - ed.)

"American Fuji Dream" - Windy puffies hiding a potential eruption. Mount Hood, Oregon.

"Three Horses of a Different Color and a Man Who Needs a Cigarette"

"1 Point Opened, 1 Point Obscured" - Teal green ripples marking time's beats like a metronome.

"Golden Reflection on Majestic Stone" - Snow and cloud quite alone.

"Sixteen signs on the highway" - And millions of years of history to go. Is time linear as we see in this set of quads, or is the past, present and future all a blur of motion?

"Eye of the Needle" - Navajo Arch: Arches National Park, Utah. Photo taken during the heyday of blog host's youth, many a moon ago.

"Turquoise Bath" - Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Montana. {Note: Volatile noxious sulphuric fumes emanating from crater's center. Seismologists have ascertained that beneath Yellowstone Park lies one of the largest dormant volcanic cauldrons on the planet. - ed.}

"Another Hell of a Place to Lose a Cell Phone" - In the vicinity of the Queen Victoria Garden Loop trail, Bryce Canyon National Park, southwestern Utah.

"Rainbow Mist" - Mammoth Hot Springs, West Yellowstone, Montana

"First Over the Pass" - Winter's snow blocks July tourists.
Glacier National Park, Montana

This area is referred to as the Devil's Garden. As far as we know, this is the only place on earth where we have red rock coupled with snow-capped mountains. {Note: Arches National Park, southeastern portion of Utah. - ed.}