An early morning view of the Chisos Mountains taken from the back porch of the Terlingua rental property we stayed in while visiting Big Bend National...
Mountains stretch off into the distance in this morning view taken on the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive in Big Bend National Park, Texas.
Low clouds shroud the top of some of the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park. This shot was taken on the main park road between the Chisos Basin...
Sotol Vista is a stop along the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive in Big Bend National Park. The views were spectacular when we stopped there shortly before sunset...
Let’s move away from Balanced Rock this week for some wider views of Big Bend National Park. I should warn, however, that, as with pretty much all Big Bend...
Continuing the Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park theme, here’s the view through the gap looking in the opposite direction from the first image...
This is the typical postcard view (really – you can buy someone else’s version of this view on a postcard in the park stores) of Balanced Rock...
A view of the landscape surrounding Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park, west Texas, shortly after sunrise on April 3rd, 2021. This was the scene immediately...
Balanced Rock Trail in Big Bend National Park starts at the end of a 7 mile stretch of washboard road that I wouldn’t recommend taking unless you’re...
I’m just back from a fantastic long weekend trip to Big Bend National Park in far west Texas so I’m going to break from the Atlanta pictures...
I suppose I’m cheating somewhat since this panorama only shows the right part of Capitol Peak as viewed from fairly close to the start of the Lighthouse...
An infra-red view of Mesquite Dunes in California’s Death Valley National Park.
Textures and colours in the eroded terrain at Zabriskie Point in California’s Death Valley National Park.
A pre-sunrise view of the canyons at Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah. This image was taken during our 2013 NxNW to Moab and the surrounding area.
An almost-abstract view taken at Badwater Basin in California’s Death Valley National Park back in 2010. This trip was supposed to be visiting Zion...
Ripples in the sand at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Here’s another image from one of this week’s spectacular sunsets in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This shot was taken about 15 minutes prior to the one I posted...
This is the last of this week’s “White Sands Textures” series. I’ll likely process a few more in the future and will add them to the gallery...
Another surreal view from White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. Even if you have not yet visited the park, you’ve likely seen it in films...
More shifting dunes from White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico.