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| Mesa Arch, Utah. An exuberant hiker greets the dawning sun from atop Mesa Arch. Yup, that's me. Image ID: 18036 Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA | Hiker in North Window, sunset, western face. North Window is a natural sandstone arch 90 feet wide and 48 feet high. Image ID: 18159 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA | A hiker admiring the striated walls and dramatic light within Antelope Canyon, a deep narrow slot canyon formed by water and wind erosion. Image ID: 17993 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| Ancient Douglas fir trees in Cathedral Grove. Cathedral Grove is home to huge, ancient, old-growth Douglas fir trees. About 300 years ago a fire killed most of the trees in this grove, but a small number of trees survived and were the originators of what is now Cathedral Grove. Western redcedar trees grow in adundance in the understory below the taller Douglas fir trees. Image ID: 22456 Species: Douglas fir tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii Location: Cathedral Grove, MacMillan Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Pano dimensions: 9702 x 3043 | ||
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| The Milky Way galaxy arches over Arch Rock on a clear evening in Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 26792 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Hiker views Vogelsang Lake, and Vogelsang Peak (11516') at sunrise in Yosemite's High Sierra. Image ID: 23201 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | A hiker admiring the striated walls and dramatic light within Antelope Canyon, a deep narrow slot canyon formed by water and wind erosion. Image ID: 18009 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| Self portrait at sunrise, panorama of Crater Lake. Crater Lake is the six-mile wide lake inside the collapsed caldera of volcanic Mount Mazama. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh-deepest in the world. Its maximum recorded depth is 1996 feet (608m). It lies at an altitude of 6178 feet (1880m). Image ID: 19130 Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA Pano dimensions: 2726 x 9677 | ||
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| Rising sun creates the photographers shadow on a sandstone wall. Image ID: 26474 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA | Bubble ring. Image ID: 06998 | Stars over Corona Arch at Night, Moab, Utah. Image ID: 29241 Location: Corona Arch, Moab, Utah, USA |
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| Panoramic view from Vogelsang Pass (10685') in Yosemite's high country, looking south. A hiker appears twice in this curious panoramic photo, enjoying the spectacular view. Visible on the left are Parson's Peak (12147'), Gallison Lake and Bernice Lake, while Vogelsang Peak (11516') rises to the right. Image ID: 23210 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4512 x 17738 | ||
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| Delicate Arch and Milky Way, lit by quarter moon, hiker's flashlight and the fading blue sky one hour after sunset. Arches National Park, Utah. Image ID: 27855 Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA | A hiker admires an ancient bristlecone pine tree, on the Methuselah Walk in the Schulman Grove in the White Mountains at an elevation of 9500 above sea level. The oldest bristlecone pines in the world are found in the Schulman Grove, some of them over 4700 years old. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 23232 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Hiker in North Window, sunset, western face. North Window is a natural sandstone arch 90 feet wide and 48 feet high. Image ID: 18160 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Self portrait, panorama of Exit Glacier. Exit Glacier, one of 35 glaciers that are spawned by the enormous Harding Icefield, is the only one that can be easily reached on foot. Image ID: 19112 Location: Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA Pano dimensions: 4298 x 17211 | ||
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| The long shadow of a hiker lies on Mobius Arch, a natural stone arch in the Alabama Hills. Image ID: 21733 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA | Stars over Corona Arch at Night, Moab, Utah. Image ID: 29242 Location: Corona Arch, Moab, Utah, USA | Hiker, Paradise Meadows. Image ID: 13900 Location: Paradise Meadows, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA |
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| Milky Way and Stars over Delicate Arch, at night, Arches National Park, Utah. Image ID: 29291 Location: Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, USA | Hiker looks down on Stromness Harbour from the pass high above. Image ID: 24582 Location: Stromness Harbour, South Georgia Island | Hiker and Milky Way through North Window, Arches National Park. Image ID: 29278 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Self portrait in shadow, Jumbo Rocks, Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 29183 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 6704 x 10360 | Hiker views Vogelsang Lake and the western buttress of Fletcher Peak from a vantage point near Vogelsang Pass, looking north. Image ID: 23216 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, with flowing water, autumn cottonwood trees and towering red sandstone cliffs. Image ID: 26130 Location: Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Panorama of the Wave. The Wave is a sweeping, dramatic display of eroded sandstone, forged by eons of water and wind erosion, laying bare striations formed from compacted sand dunes over millenia. This panoramic picture is formed from thirteen individual photographs. Image ID: 20702 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA Pano dimensions: 4617 x 17432 | ||
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| Self portrait, underwater swimming through kelp forest. Image ID: 23492 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Bored photographer takes own picture. Image ID: 18973 Location: Tabletop, Cardiff by the Sea, California, USA | Exuberant hiker atop the Fire Wave, at night, stars and the evening sky. Image ID: 28450 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA |
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| Hiker in Buckskin Gulch. A hiker considers the towering walls and narrow passageway of Buckskin Gulch, a dramatic slot canyon forged by centuries of erosion through sandstone. Buckskin Gulch is the worlds longest accessible slot canyon, running from the Paria River toward the Colorado River. Flash flooding is a serious danger in the narrows where there is no escape. Image ID: 20716 Location: Buckskin Gulch, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | ||
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