Natural History Photography

Hardened mud playa and sand dunes, dawn, Mesquite dunes, Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California

Hardened mud playa and sand dunes, dawn, Mesquite dunes.
Location: Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 28679

Half Dome reflected in the Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California

Half Dome reflected in the Merced River.
Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 28692

Moon and Stars over Pauma Valley, viewed from Palomar Mountain State Park.
Location: Palomar Mountain State Park, California
Image ID: 28751
Panorama dimensions: 6487 x 14971

The moon sets over the Fire Wave, a beautiful sandstone formation exhibiting dramatic striations, striped layers in the geologic historical record.
Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Image ID: 26511

Star trails, rotating around the North Star (Polaris), seen from Death Valley.
Location: Milky Way Galaxy, The Universe
Image ID: 25270

Upper Yosemite Falls and lunar rainbow, moonbow. A lunar rainbow (moonbow) can be seen to the left of Yosemite Falls, where the moon illuminates the spray of the falls.
Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 27752

Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from the Mist Trail, Yosemite National Park, California

Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from the Mist Trail.
Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 34539
Panorama dimensions: 8256 x 5504

Cathedral Rocks at sunrise, reflected in a spring meadow flooded by the Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California

Cathedral Rocks at sunrise, reflected in a spring meadow flooded by the Merced River.
Location: Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 34546

El Capitan reflection mirrored in the Merced River, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36352

Three Brothers and Merced River in spring, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36353

El Capitan and the Merced River in spring, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36358

Thunderstorm Forming over Half Dome and the Yosemite High Country, from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36362
Panorama dimensions: 7209 x 21430

Lupine bloom in burned area after a forest fire, near Wawona, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36365

Half Dome in Spring, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36374

Royal Arches and Washington Column, in Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36375

El Capitan and Oak Trees, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36376

View of Yosemite Valley toward the west from the Four Mile Trail, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36388

Sunset light on Half Dome and Clouds Rest, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36390

Sunset over the Yosemite High Country, people on the precipice at Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36394

The Bachelor and Three Graces giant sequoia trees. Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor. Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36400

Black oaks in autumn in Yosemite National Park, fall colors, Quercus kelloggii, Quercus kelloggii

Black oaks in autumn in Yosemite National Park, fall colors, Quercus kelloggii.
Species: Black oak, Quercus kelloggii
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36459

Black oaks in autumn in Yosemite National Park, fall colors, Quercus kelloggii.
Species: Black oak, Quercus kelloggii
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36461

Black oaks in autumn in Yosemite National Park, fall colors, Quercus kelloggii.
Species: Black oak, Quercus kelloggii
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36464

Cathedral Rocks reflected in a meadow flooded by the Merced River, historical snowmelt following record snowfall floods Yosemite Valley in May 2023.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 39374

Meadow and Sierra Nevada peak Bear Creek Spire at sunrise, Little Lakes Valley, John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Little Lakes Valley, Inyo National Forest

Meadow and Sierra Nevada peak Bear Creek Spire at sunrise, Little Lakes Valley, John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest.
Location: Little Lakes Valley, Inyo National Forest, California
Image ID: 31176

Milky Way over Mineral King Valley, Sequoia National Park.
Location: Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, California
Image ID: 32256

Aspens show fall colors in Mineral King Valley, part of Sequoia National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California.
Location: Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, California
Image ID: 32266
Panorama dimensions: 5438 x 14110

Aspens show fall colors in Mineral King Valley, part of Sequoia National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California.
Location: Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, California
Image ID: 32268

Aspens show fall colors in Mineral King Valley, part of Sequoia National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California.
Location: Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, California
Image ID: 32271

Aspens show fall colors in Mineral King Valley, part of Sequoia National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California.
Location: Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, California
Image ID: 32272

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