Old Growth Canopy: Light filters through the high canopy of a mixed old-growth forest of western hemlock and western red cedar on the trail from Lake Ozette to the Olympic National Park Coast and Marine Sancturary.
Sun Breaking through the Canopy: In the Waipoua Forest NZ.
Silver Fern on the Track to Riwaka Resurgence: Silver Fern provides a low canopy to much of the trail to the resurgence.
Where's Maeve: Maeve dancing in the Tulips, Mt. Vernon WA
Tulips at Sunset: At the Tulip Festival, Mt. Vernon WA
Lichen on Granite: Black, green and yellow lichen paint themselves into a cracked granite canvas.
Lichen on Granite: Black, green and yellow lichen paint themselves onto a granite canvas.
Climbing Ivy: Enkenbach, Germany
Icicle: Icicles form as tempertures fluctuate around freezing.
Beginning to Thaw: Water drops from icicles as temperture rise above freezing.
Red Leaf Maple: In Redmond Washington
Red-leaf Maple Abstract: Intentional camera motion blends leaves, branches and sky of this Red-leaf Maple in its fall colors.
Rainforest Mosses and Ferns: A diverse assemblage of mosses and ferns thickly carpet trees and forest floor in the Hoh Rainforest.
Hall of Mosses: Over 120 inches of rain per year brings a carpet of mosses and ferns to the Hoh Rainforest.
Bubbling Mud: One of the hot springs at Fountan Paint Pots located in the Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park.
Microbial Mats: Colorful mats of algae and bacteria at Grand Prismatic Spring in the Mid Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park.
Mineralized Terraces: Hot water from the Grand Prismatic Spring deposits colorful terraces of minerals and microorganisms as it flows to the Firehole River.
Biscuit Basin Hot Springs: In the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park.
Sapphire Pool: At the Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Trees and Pond Reflection: At Poinsett State Park South Carolina
Trees, Pond and Sky: At Poinsett State Park South Carolina
Rippled Water: Trees reflected in ripply water at the Swan Lake Iris Gardens in Sumter South Carolina.
Diane in the Redwoods: In Jedediah Smith State Park
Redwoods Canopy Growing Tall: In Jedediah Smith State Park
Hiking the Redwoods: In Jedediah Smith State Park
Diane in the Redwoods: In Jedediah Smith State Park
Les and Diane in the Redwoods: In Jedediah Smith State Park
Autumn Leaves in the Waterall: At the Bellevue Botanical Garden
Japanese Maple: Green, red and yellow leaves on arching branches of Japanese Maple in the Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue Washington
Shoreline Reflection Topside Up: At Lake Sammamish, Marymoor Park
Shoreline Reflection Topside Down: At Lake Sammamish, Marymoor Park
Sky Under the Pier: At Lake Sammamish, Marymoor Park
Bald Cypress Reflection: At the Swan Lake Iris Gardens, Sumter South Carolina.
Great Egret in Reflection: The reflection of this Great Egret in a bald cypress swamps provides a muted appearance of a water painting.
Desert Anticline: A prominent geological feature on the Split Mountain Road in the Anza-Borrego Desert.
Borrego Badlands Layers: Steeply layered and highly eroded terrain of the Borrego Badlands in the Anza-Borregon Desert.
Borrego Badlands Layers: Steeply layered and highly eroded terrain of the Borrego Badlands in the Anza-Borregon Desert.
Desert Wash Landscape: In the Borrego Badlands viewed from Font's Point
Desert Wash Portrait: In the Borrego Badlands viewed from Font's Point
Borrego Badlands Colored Layers: Steeply layered and highly eroded terrain of the Borrego Badlands in the Anza-Borregon Desert.
Borrego Badlands Colored Layers: Steeply layered and highly eroded terrain of the Borrego Badlands in the Anza-Borregon Desert.
Badlands Landscape : An intimate view of the Borrego Badlands as seen from Font's Point near Borrego Springs CA.
Desert Tobacco Over Cracked Earth: Desert tobacco (Nicotiana obtusifolia) rising over dry cracked soils on the desert floor at Calcite Canyon in the Anza-Borrego Desert.
Ripples-n-Rocks: On Icicle Creek, tributary to the Wenatchee River near Leavenworth WA.
Ripples and Light on Smooth Stone: On Icicle Creek, tributary to the Wenatchee River near Leavenworth WA.
Quiet Reflection: On the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River.
Fall Colors: Reflection on the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River.
Quiet Reflection: Reflection on the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River.
Alder Reflection: On the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River.
Alder Reflection: On the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River.
Alder Reflection: On the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River.
Fall Water Color: Autumnal foliage reflected in a pool of calm water in the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River.
Blackberry in Fall: Rain drops roll off this blackberry shoot after a fall rain shower.
Ripples Over Smooth Stone: The South Fork of the Snoqualmie River below Franklin Falls.
Desert Opportunist: This Mojave Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) is a perennial sun-loving subshrub native to the American southwest. It is heat and drought tolerant. It favors growth on rocky slopes, in canyons or dry, flat areas at about 2,000 to 5,500 feet. Although this particular specimen seems highly opportunistic in seeding itself and growing from a crevice on a nearly vertical rock wall in the Fish Creek-Sandstone Canyon area of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Dewey Hedgehog Cactus: Rain drops cling to the spines on this hedgehog cactus in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Pick Me Not: This ferociously spined hedgehog cactus seems to be protecting the diminutive flowers of the intertwined Lacy Phacelia, a common flowering plant found in the deserts of southern California.
Sacred Datura: Native American cultures used this this toxic but nevertheless psychoactive plant in sacred rituals and ceremonies such as initiation rites for young men.
Ocotillo Blooms - IRFC: Ocotillo blooms along the Thimble Trail in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Infrared false color image taken through a 720 nm filterr.
Ocotillo and Blue Sky - IRFC: Ocotillo blooms along the Thimble Trail in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Infrared (720 nm) false color image.
Dyiing on the Vine: Climate change, water rights and scarcity wrought the collapse of this once promising orchard.
Opportunistic Verbena: In the Anza-Borrego State Park.
Cactus on the Rocks: Barrel cactuss emergng from boulders on Yaqui Flats, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park,
Barrel Cactus in Bloom: Yaqui Flats, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Fishhook Cactus: Yaqui Flats, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Fishhook Cactus: Yaqui Flats, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Fishhook Cactus: Yaqui Flats In the Anza-Borrego State Park.
Fishhook Cactus: Yaqui Flats, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Cactus on the Rocks: Hedgehog cactus at Yaqui Flats In the Anza-Borrego State Park.
Desert Eden: A diverse desert plant community emerges on a yellow sea of flowering brittlebush at Yaqui Flats in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. In additopn to the brittlebush plants pictured in this slice of the desert include barrel cactus, chuparosa, hedgehog cactus, teddy bear cholla, ocotillo and Mojave yucca.
