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Grand Canyon Lodge June 18 2025
The gloriously beautiful Grand Canyon Lodge burned down on July 12, 13, 2025. I stayed there for four nights in June. I took this photograph from just below the Lodge. Observation room on the right; the huge dining room on the left. Great views from all windows.
Garden Flower
This is an experiment for a new series of flowers and landscapes. Series to make a near daily appearance in September with species or geographic information included for each.
Water Under Ice
Yerba Canyon, Taos County, February 8, 2023. Water flow blur.
Yosemite and Gaylor Peak
Yosemite National Park and Gaylor Peak Photographs July 31, 2017 Gaylor Peak (11,004') and the Granite Lakes are easily reached from the parking area at the east entrance to Yosemite National Park: Park, then start walking uphill on the trail. There may not be an...
Yosemite and Dana Plateau
Yosemite National Park and Dana Plateau Photographs July 29, 2017 It seems that the GOP (Grand Old Pederast) party had a bad night this week. Now that this latest outrage is sort of passed, time to go back to the world of beauty. The Dana Plateau sits on the eastern...
Yosemite Dome Photographs
Yosemite National Park and Dome Photographs July 28, 2017 For insight into the current political climate, take a look back at the year 2000 Ridley Scott movie, Gladiator. See if Emperor Commodus (d. 192 CE) reminds you of anyone in today's less than stellar set of...
Yosemite and Mono Pass
Yosemite National Park and Mono Pass Photographs July 27, 2017 The Mono Pass trailhead is located within Yosemite National Park a few miles south of the Tioga Pass entrance. Pristine and wonderful. Unlike some other places. There are now millions of climate change...
Eclipse Views from New Mexico
Eclipse Views from New Mexico August 21 2017 While I did not travel north to see this year's eclipse, I did travel uphill into the forest above Taos, New Mexico for views into the sky and onto the ground. Top photo: bottom center shows moon creating sun crescent....