Category: Desert Southwest
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Baja Mexico Road Trip
Baja California is not in California, it’s in Mexico. The Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) is not in California, it’s in Mexico. But whatever it’s called, Baja Mexico is a place of much diversity, great landscapes and a vast desert environment surrounded by immense bodies of water. https://www.google.com/maps/@27.9998847,-113.5,6z It’s about a 1,000 mile (1,609…
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Photo of the Week or whenever I shoot a really good one!
The wind was whipping at about 40 miles per hour and just in front of me was a 1,200 foot drop to certain death. The trail I was on was covered with ice and snow. A mountain lion was stalking me throughout this shoot and the sun was setting fast. I knew I had to…
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Rainbows in the ground or Where does this color come from?
The following images were shot last week(March 2014) in Southern Utah in an area of fabulous geologic features. Since this area was under a sea of water over 200 million years ago, sediments were deposited into the landscape that formed various layers called sedimentary rock and soils. The formation I photographed is referred to as…
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South Coyote Buttes- A fantasy of hoodoos, teepees and some Salvidor Dali
If you can’t score a permit for “The Wave” at North Coyote Buttes, get a permit for the remarkable and sublime South Coyote Buttes on the Arizona/Utah border, 30 miles west of Page ,Arizona. You’ll need a 4 wheel drive vehicle with high clearance, a good map and a sense of adventure. Bring along a…
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Pics from my recent trip to Mars
Just got back from a trip to Mars. Yes, the planet Mars. I wasn’t expecting much life there, the food was terrible and the landscape was most unusual. Glad I brought my camera and my astronauts suit because it was very cold . The trip there usually takes 6-9 months but I found a wormhole…
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Aria Sign
I was in Vegas recently, staying at the Aria Resort, and was mesmerized by the gigantic electronic billboard they had out front on Las Vegas Blvd. Shot in Time Lapse, view in full screen. Here’s some free advertising Aria, how about a free room for a week?
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