It will be autumn in New Zealand, in May... One of my favorite times of year! I will be there a month, then return home to summer, and then autumn again. Of course, in the Pacific NW, June can be very spring-ish, so maybe I won't miss out on spring this year after all. Mind you, I am not... Sign in to see full entry.
There's Mt. Rainier peering over the hills southwest of this scene. You can see the shadow of the bridge in the glacial silt-laden river. The Carbon River, in the devastating rains of the December after the summer I took these pictures, flooded fiercely, and Majroj, the bridges I saw are no doubt... Sign in to see full entry.
And gapcohen, Mal gets credit for it, having left a comment as well. The surprise prize, Mal: give me a subject, a place, a theme or whatever you like, and I will try to match a picture to it out of my travel archives. Thank you to everyone who has visited since this one started in March, 2007, as I... Sign in to see full entry.
Across the expanse of the Carbon River's natural bed of sand and cobble, the summer waters run through several channels which, in winter rains and spring thaws, become one, with sand-banks here and there. I was there in the late summer a few years ago, and these bridges over each channel drew me on... Sign in to see full entry.
It doesn't take much to inspire a pine to grow, nor for a raptor to build a nest even in this stark landscape. To see this hawk's nest, you climb a path up a miniature volcano, --actually a fumarole that once stood on the lava plain spitting out assorted noxious steams and gasses, until the hot spot... Sign in to see full entry.
Like fossil footprints of passing dinosaurs: the molten lavas flowed beneath cooling surfaces, until they had flowed away, leaving pockets and tunnels. When the surface breaks under weathering, it lets in the light and the tourists. These caves have offered some rough shelter and dubious security to... Sign in to see full entry.
is conveniently located on Earth, in the far reaches of southern Idaho. It is not the only place to see the remnant lava fields of flows eons ago: travel on the interstate north from Pocatello and there is a wonderful rest area with trails through a protected area complete with signs of explanation.... Sign in to see full entry.
The Baltimore and Ohio canal runs alongside the Potomac River. It is only a scenic gem now, not a working canal, and its pockets of still water are some of the most perfect mirrors! Sign in to see full entry.
These were all taken a couple of Decembers ago. Sign in to see full entry.
It's the very white gypsum sand of White Sands, New Mexico Sign in to see full entry.