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  • A bombardier beetle (a type of darkling beetle) stands out in extreme contrast against the sand dunes of White Sands National Monument in Southern New Mexico, a wild landscape of gypsum sands piled into massive sand dunes.
    Bombardier Beetle
  • The rocky coastline of Cape Flattery is located at the most extreme northwestern corner of the contiguous United States. Millennia of pounding waves, tides and erosion have sculpted the landscape into something from a fairytale.
    Sea Stacks of Cape Flattery
  • Double Arch is found in Arches National Park in Eastern Utah and is part of the amazing red alien sandstone landscape that is called the Moab Desert. This area has the largest number of natural stone arches than anywhere else in the world, but what makes this rock formation so unique is that they were both eroded from the very same piece of stone. Most arches are formed from water erosion flowing either within or from the sides of the rock over the millennia, but these two arches were formed from water eroding from the top of the stone, downwards. For this reason they are called pothole arches. Because this photograph was made at the beginning of a sudden storm, you can see the rainwater running down the rock from the top of the arch, and this is the very process that carved these arches to begin with, and that will also eventually one day cause this magnificent national treasure to collapse.
    Double Arch, Moab Desert, Utah
  • Late summer afternoon on Lake Washington in Medina, WA as snowy Mount Rainier rises above the landscape.
    Mount Rainier
  • Rolling arid hills and miles upon miles of aromatic sagebrush, crumbled basalt rocks and heat in this desert-like landscape in Central Washington near Vantage, WA.
    Sagebrush Country
  • One of my favorite places to photograph landscapes - Valley of Fire, Nevada.
    Valley of Fire
  • A spectacular sunset at Washington's Ruby Beach. These wild formations in the sand are what remains when Cedar Creek empties directly onto the beach, and the freshwater runoff washes the softer sand and silt into the surf creating these amazing miniature canyons and washes. Next low tide, a whole new micro-landscape will be created.
    Low Tide on Ruby Beach
  • An insanely vibrant and colorful sky over Rosario Strait as the sun sets behind Washington's  Decateur and Lopez Islands in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This view shows Blakely Island to the left and Cypress Island to the right. Photographed from Fidalgo Island in Anacortes.
    Anacortes Landscape-15.jpg
  • One of the many intensely beautiful coastal locations of the Pacific Northwest, the waters around the San Juan and Orcas Islands look like nowhere else in North America.  This view overlooks Rosario Strait from Washington's Fidalgo Island.
    Anacortes Landscape-14.jpg
  • One of the many intensely beautiful coastal locations of the Pacific Northwest, the waters around the San Juan and Orcas Islands look like nowhere else in North America.  This view overlooks Rosario Strait from Washington's Fidalgo Island.
    Anacortes Landscape-13.jpg
  • Golden late afternoon light and a beautiifully vibrant colorful sky over Rosario Strait as the sun sets behind Washington's  Decateur and Lopez Islands in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This view shows Blakely Island to the left and Cypress Island to the right. Photographed from Fidalgo Island in Anacortes.
    Anacortes Landscape-8
  • An insanely vibrant and colorful sky over Rosario Strait as the sun sets behind Washington's  Decateur and Lopez Islands in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This view shows Blakely Island to the left and Cypress Island to the right. Photographed from Fidalgo Island in Anacortes.
    Anacortes Landscape-7
  • An insanely vibrant and colorful sky Rosario Strait as the sun sets behind Washington's  Decateur and Lopez Islands in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. About 35 miles due west in this direction is Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
    Anacortes Landscape-6
  • An insanely vibrant and colorful sky Rosario Strait as the sun sets behind Washington's  Decateur and Lopez Islands in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. About 35 miles due west in this direction is Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
    Anacortes Landscape-5
  • The last light fades over Rosario Strait and her scatttered islands. Photographed from an exposed cliff on Fidalgo Island, in Anacortes, Washington.
    Anacortes Landscape-3
  • The last light fades over Rosario Strait and her scatttered islands. Photographed from an exposed cliff on Fidalgo Island, in Anacortes, Washington.
    Anacortes Landscape-2
  • The last light fades over Rosario Strait and her scatttered islands. Photographed from an exposed cliff on Fidalgo Island, in Anacortes, Washington.
    Anacortes Landscape-1
  • An insanely vibrant and colorful sky Rosario Strait as the sun sets behind Washington's  Decateur and Lopez Islands in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. About 35 miles due west in this direction is Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
    Anacortes Landscape-4
  • Sunset on Lover's Key in Lee County, Florida. Beautiful!.
    Lover's Key
  • There are holes in the wall that lead to the surface, resulting in magnificent sprays of water shooting high into the air when a wave crashes into it just right.
    Blowing Rocks Preserve 2
  • Amazing rock formations at the Blowing Rocks Preserve on Jupiter Island, Florida. This limestone rock wall is an exposed ancient coral reef that gets pounded by the Atlantic Ocean incessantly.
    Blowing Rocks Preserve 1
  • The beautiful Florida Gulf Coast just south of Tallahassee, Florida where everything is still wild and free!
    St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
  • Cabbage Palm on Sanibel Island taken from a very relaxing position on the beach!
    The Best View
  • Portrait of the beach on Sanibel Island.
    Land, Sea & Air
  • Lover's Key in Lee County, Florida. Just in the right spot at the right time.
    Sunset at Lover's Key
  • A storm brewing off of Sanibel Island.
    Sanibel Storm
  • This is an amazing place to visit, and it is really hard to think that this is a Florida beach.
    Blowing Rocks Preserve 3
  • Sunset on Lover's Key in Lee County, Florida. Beautiful!
    Lover's Key Sunset
  • Caspersen Beach in Venice, Florida. This is one of the best beaches for finding fossils, particularly shark teeth.
    Caspersen Beach
  • Low tide at Mashes Sands on Florida's Gulf Coast. As part of the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge - it is protected from development.
    Mashes Sands
  • One of the most beautiful places in all of Florida - Cedar Key, at sunset.
    Boathouse on Cedar Key
  • The rising sun at Lighthouse Point on Sanibel Island.
    Sanibel Sunrise
  • A wildly pink sunrise on a rare below-freezing winter morning over the Ochlockonee Bay on Florida's northern Gulf Coast.
    Ochlockonee Bay Sunrise
  • A wildly orange sunset over St. George Island on the Florida Panhandle. Even though the mosquitoes were awful and something big was buzzing around my head, the end result was  very worth it.
    Tangerine Sunset
  • A fantastic cloudscape at the beach in the evening. Nothing more beautiful than a sunset with an incoming storm on the beach!
    Mashes Sands Storm
  • Another day ends beautifully with a dazzling sunset over Apalachicola Bay on the Florida Panhandle.
    All's Well That Ends Well.....
  • Sunset on Lover's Key in Lee County, Florida. Beautiful!
    Boating at Lover's Key
  • A distant thunderhead over the Gulf of Mexico at Mashes Sands in North Florida.
    Offshore Storm
  • Red Mangroves on an idyllic day on Sanibel Island.
    The Mangrove Coast
  • A perfect winter day on Captiva Island, Florida.
    Winter on Captiva Island
  • Salt marshes along the Florida Panhandle Coast. This brackish waterway to the Gulf of Mexico plays a key role in the life cycle of most of our marine and estuary sealife.
    Carrabelle Salt Marshes
  • Mashes Sands near the mouth of the Ochlockonee River in North Florida on the Gulf Coast.
    Clouds over Mashes Sands
  • Red Mangroves along the edge of Hickory Island in Bonita Springs, Florida.
    Hickory Island Mangroves
  • Driftwood and tree stumps on a rural beach on Cape San Blas, Florida.
    Timeless Florida Coast
  • After waiting and then almost giving up due to the fog, the sun burned through enough of it for me to get this shot.
    Foggy Dawn and the Burning Sun
  • Sunset photographed in Bonita Springs, Florida in June 2009. It was one of those strange evening skies that was incredibly colorful and busy. Glad I was out working that night!
    Bonita Springs Sunset
  • One of the most beautiful places in all of Florida - Cedar Key, at sunset.
    Sunset over Cedar Key
  • A thunderstorm looms over St. Joe's Bay on the Florida Panhandle.
    St. Joe's Bay
  • A rare and strange formation of coquina rocks on Florida's Atlantic coast. The sky was overcast that morning and was perfect for shooting crashing waves!
    The Rocky Coast
  • A perfect day on Sanibel Island on Lighthouse Point.
    Sky, Sea, and Sand
  • Red Mangroves on an idyllic day on Sanibel Island.
    The Mangrove Coast
  • Photograph of the Gulf of Mexico, photographed from atop one of the 25-foot dunes that parallel the coast (using the boardwalk of course - it is illegal to walk on the dunes themselves for several ecological and environmental reasons).
    St. Joseph Peninsula Dunes
  • This beautiful sunset was photographed in North Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. The tree stumps in the water are old pine trees after hurricanes and erosion have turned the forest into coastline.
    Cape San Blas Sunset
  • About 26 miles east of Seattle, the South Fork Snoqualmie River squeezes and thunders through rocky canyons and over the two spectacular waterfalls known as Twin Falls. This is the smaller upper falls after which the river continues for about a half mile to the 150-foot drop to the lower falls.
    Upper of the Twin Falls
  • The lower of the two Twin Falls, this massive 150-foot cascade on the South Fork Snoqualmie River is located 35 miles east of Seattle, Wa.
    Twin Falls on the South Fork Snoqual..iver
  • Big Shoals along the Suwannee River in North Florida. Panorama photo composed of five stitched images.
    Big Shoals
  • Four of the many peaks in the Grand Tetons, from left to right - Middle Teton, Grand Teton, Mount Owen, and Teewinot. These stunning snowy mountains are found just south of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
    Grand Teton National Park
  • Change Creek flows down Mount Washington to the South Fork Snoqualmie River about 30 miles east of Seattle.
    Change Creek
  • After photographing this beautiful alpine lake at the top of Snoqualmie Pass from all directions on a very cloudy day, the sky opened up as I was getting ready to pack up and leave. This is truly one of the most beautiful lakes I've seen so far in the mountains. There were trout swimming in the water and a bald eagle screaming somewhere in the distance.
    Gold Creek Pond
  • Lake Wenatchee is a beautiful mountain lake within the Cascade Mountains which sits at an altitude of about 2000 feet above sea level. The lake is often full of salmon, and the forest surrounding the lake teams with wildlife.
    Lake Wenatchee
  • Spray Falls is a 300' cascading waterfall located near the north face of Mount Rainier at 5000' in elevation.
    Spray Falls
  • This beautiful, fast-moving stream flows down from the heights of West Tiger Mountain just east of Renton, Washington where it joins the Raging River about a half-mile downstream.
    West Tiger Mountain Stream
  • The lower of the two Twin Falls, this massive 150-foot cascade on the South Fork Snoqualmie River is located 35 miles east of Seattle, Wa.
    Twin Falls on the South Fork Snoqual..iver
  • The Green River Gorge near Enumclaw, Washington photographed from a single-lane bridge spanning this very windy gorge.
    Green River Gorge
  • A small stream accented with autumn snow on the eastern side of Mount Rainier.
    Mountain Stream
  • Silver Falls, one of the most spectacular and violent waterfalls to be seen on Mount Rainier.
    Silver Falls on Mount Rainier
  • The upper part of Christine Falls on the southern side of Mount Rainier.
    Waterfall on Mount Rainier
  • 180 degree view of early morning on the Suwannee River in North Florida on October 6, 2008. What a first sight as the sun came up that morning!!!
    Suwannee River
  • St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
    St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
  • A view of Chewacla Falls near Auburn, Alabama while the water level was low... still a beautiful place but better luck next time for lots of white water!
    Chewacla Falls, Alabama
  • Last light as the sun dips in into the Gulf of Mexico on Cape San Blas.
    Sunset on the Gulf of Mexico
  • A true infrared photograph of this majestic river on the Florida Panhandle.
    Apalachicola River
  • The Apalachicola River photographed from atop the bluffs in rural Liberty County, Florida.
    Apalachicola River
  • Early morning tranquility on the banks of the Santa Fe River in North-Central Florida with red filter applied.
    Santa Fe River
  • Limestone cliff with waterfall north of Lake City, Florida. I heard this waterfall long before I found it in the woods!
    Falling Creek Falls
  • Apalachicola River on the Florida Panhandle photographed from Torreya State Park.
    Apalachicola River
  • A beam of late afternoon sunlight hits this natural waterfall in an old hammock in North Florida.
    Falling Creek Falls
  • One of the best natural areas in all of Florida - Fisheating Creek in South-Central Florida. This creek is full of fish and alligators, and can only be accessed by canoe or kayak.
    Fisheating Creek
  • Dawn on the Myakka River in SW Florida.
    Dawn on the Myakka River
  • Early morning tranquility on the banks of the Santa Fe River in North-Central Florida.
    Santa Fe River
  • This rare natural waterfall is found on the edge of the Osceola National Forest in Columbia County,  north of Lake City. This is just one of the many extraordinary sights to be seen in rural Florida!
    Falling Creek Falls
  • Sunset over Ocean Pond - deep in the Osceola National Forest.
    Sunset over Ocean Pond
  • Spectacular sunset over Lake June-in-Winter in Central Florida.
    Boathouse Sunset
  • A wonderful waterfall from the Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area in northern South Carolina.
    Wildcat Falls
  • Cypress trees along the edge of a North Florida swamp.
    Cypress Swamp
  • Black & White image of driftwood and tree stumps on a rural beach on Cape San Blas, Florida.
    Timeless Florida Coast
  • Sea oats blowing in the wind of a chilly Atlantic breeze on Bald Head Island on one of North Carolina's most beautiful beaches.
    Sea Oats & Sunrise
  • Sabal palms in silhouette on a glorious sunset over Apalachicola Bay.
    A Sense of Place
  • An amazing sunset in a salt marsh in Estero, Florida. This shallow water was hot from the sun, and the mud could devour your shoes, but the reflection was gorgeous!
    Estero Bay Salt Marsh
  • A spectacular sunrise on the Atlantic coast on Bald Head Island, North Carolina.
    Sunrise on Bald Head Island
  • A setting sun in all its glory over the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. I was trying to create a sense of drama and movement with this photograph.
    Dramatic Sunset on Cape San Blas
  • Snow is still present on the mountains on a bright, crisp summer day in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming.
    Shoshone National Forest
  • A panoramic view of the Apalachicola photographed near Bristol, Florida.
    Apalachicola Bluffs Panorama
  • Lime Spring is one of the many beautiful tributaries to the Suwanne River in North Florida. This isolated view just blew me away and inspired this image - two photographs joined together to create a very detailed panorama with dazzling reflections and mysterious shadows - deep in the real Florida!
    Lime Spring
  • A sinkhole just outside of Tallahassee, Fl. This big water-filled cave pano is made up of 7 photos stitched together!
    Gopher Hole Sink
  • Santa Fe River in North Florida panorama made up of four photographs stitched together. This is my favorite view in all of Florida!!!
    Santa Fe River
  • 180 degree/7 photo panorama on the inside of a Florida Panhandle sink hole. Look closely and you can see rare ferns and flowering orchids.
    Inside a Sinkhole Panorama
  • Tiny waterfall photographed in Rainbow Springs State Park, Marion County, Fl.
    Rainbow Springs
  • One of the best natural areas in all of Florida - Fisheating Creek. Completely rural with no signs of modern life - this is our favorite canoe trip for stepping back into time!
    Fisheating Creek
  • Waterfall photographed in Rainbow Springs State Park, Marion County, Fl.
    Natural Spring Waterfall
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