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Content Published August 8, 2019

An Evening at Meig's Falls

When the sun goes down and the roads get quiet, that's the time when the waterfalls in the Great Smoky Mountains start to sing.

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Content Published July 26, 2018

Sunset Grand Tetons

We can better see the light when we see things absent color.

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Content Published June 16, 2018

Dancing at the Edge of Shadows

Light sprinkles flowers that live in water

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Content Published June 11, 2018

Filling the Bowl, Great Falls

Experiencing the elegance of raw power.

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Content Published May 22, 2018

Organized Chaos

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Content Published March 18, 2018

In the Shade of a Waterfall

The spray and ozone in the air on this hot summer day made sitting awhile below Oessel Falls in Montana compulsory.

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Content Published March 18, 2018

Rupple Dog

Seward Harbor, Alaska

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Content Published February 27, 2018

Tones of the Potomac

Old span bridge at Point of Rocks, Maryland sees itself in the mirror that is the Potomac River

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Content Published October 24, 2017

Woodlands Stream

Nature's drainage ditch, or nature's mirror in the forest?

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Content Published July 3, 2016

Looking for Smaller Creatures

A young sycamore bends far out over the stream to see what's there.

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Content Published May 20, 2016

Bifurcations

The elegance of a lone tree is only made greater when reflected.

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Content Published April 14, 2016

A Defensive Posture

As a wild animal might rear up and show claws and fangs against a predator, this fallen tree appears to warn the sea.

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Content Published April 13, 2016

St Gilgen am See

Quaint village in the Saltzkammergut region of Austria.

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Content Published April 10, 2016

Life in a Summer Pond

A time to sit and watch reflections and ripples under a spreading maple tree.

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Content Published April 8, 2016

Sunrise at Wimbee Creek

Stripped of the typical colors of sunrise, the salt marsh shows us its unique character of light.

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Content Published April 5, 2016

Shadows in the Surf

Folding several seconds of reality into a single moment shows us things we'd never notice otherwise.

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Content Published April 2, 2016

Aftermath

Relics of a vibrant forest laid bare by the ravaging of the sea, but at this moment, there is nothing but peace and beauty.

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Content Published March 30, 2016

Young Palmettos in Black Water

Waxy leaves of young palmettos seem to grab all the sunlight and prevent it reaching places where only shadows thrive.

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Content Published February 3, 2016

Tones of Yellowstone

Water always beats stone.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Blackwater Falls at Full Force

A sublime moment in the Appalachian Mountains.

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