Self portrait in shadow, Jumbo Rocks, Joshua Tree National Park.
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Image ID: 29183
Panorama dimensions: 6704 x 10360
Hiker views Vogelsang Lake and the western buttress of Fletcher Peak from a vantage point near Vogelsang Pass, looking north.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23216
Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, with flowing water, autumn cottonwood trees and towering red sandstone cliffs.
Location: Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah
Image ID: 26130
Panorama of the Wave. The Wave is a sweeping, dramatic display of eroded sandstone, forged by eons of water and wind erosion, laying bare striations formed from compacted sand dunes over millenia. This panoramic picture is formed from thirteen individual photographs.
Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20702
Panorama dimensions: 4617 x 17432
Chinle Formations, formed in the Upper Triassic period, are seen as striations in the deeply eroded Utah badlands.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38171
Chinle Formations, formed in the Upper Triassic period, are seen as striations in the deeply eroded Utah badlands.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38172
Hiker in Buckskin Gulch. A hiker considers the towering walls and narrow passageway of Buckskin Gulch, a dramatic slot canyon forged by centuries of erosion through sandstone. Buckskin Gulch is the worlds longest accessible slot canyon, running from the Paria River toward the Colorado River. Flash flooding is a serious danger in the narrows where there is no escape.
Location: Buckskin Gulch, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20716
Hiker traversing the John Muir Trail to Fletcher Peak and Vogelsang Peak through alpine meadow in Yosemite's high country, trail on approach to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23204
Hiker admires Townsley Lake (10396') and the Cathedral Range in Yosemite's High Sierra.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23227
The Fire Wave, a beautiful sandstone formation exhibiting dramatic striations, striped layers in the geologic historical record.
Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Image ID: 26500
Buckskin Gulch hiker. A hiker moves through the deep narrow passages of Buckskin Gulch, a slot canyon cut deep into sandstone by years of river-induced erosion. In some places the Buckskin Gulch narrows are only about 15 feet wide but several hundred feet high, blocking sunlight. Flash floods are dangerous as there is no escape once into the Buckskin Gulch slot canyons. This is a panorama made of sixteen individual photos.
Location: Buckskin Gulch, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20699
Panorama dimensions: 4771 x 15311
A hiker admires an ancient bristlecone pine tree, on the Methuselah Walk in the Schulman Grove in the White Mountains at an elevation of 9500 above sea level. The oldest bristlecone pines in the world are found in the Schulman Grove, some of them over 4700 years old. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.
Species: Bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva
Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California
Image ID: 23239