Plate tectonics, subduction zones, magma, volcanoes, such are the facts of life in The Ring of Fire. The Cascade Mountains that stretch from Canada to California are a manifestation of these forces of nature. On May 18, 1980, they contributed…
The Devil's Garden Trail is located in Arches National Park, which is just one of many magnificent National Parks and Monuments in Utah. If you only had half a day to visit the park and you wanted to enjoy a…
The rooftops were covered with frost this morning, reminding me that even though the weather has been great for quite a while, winter is sneaking up on us. With rain in the forecast for tomorrow and significant drops in the…
On a recent trip to northern Wisconsin I was reminded how the fog can transform a scene into a mysterious or an ethereal experience. Due to lower overnight temperatures in the fall, it's not unusual for fog to capture the morning. One…
When you take a trip to a beautiful place and hope to capture some memorable images, you probably imagine your destination under sunny blue skies with fluffy white clouds. That's what I usually think of, but that's not always the…
I often photograph flowers. They're pretty, they're colorful, and they usually smell nice. But, every once in a while you run into one that refuses to conform. So, when I heard on the news last week about a big old…
My sister-in-law told my wife that she saw a Great Horned Owl in a tree in her neighbor's yard. During the day it mostly just sits way up in the tree and doesn't move around very much. She wondered if…
I went down to Kettle Pond yesterday afternoon to see how the Sandhill Cranes are doing. It had been 11 days since my last visit and I was anxious to see if they were still there and if both chicks…
They're only two days old and already the crane chicks are walking around having dinner with their parents. I don't know about you but this seems amazing to me. I'm not sure I like what's on the menu, however!