Ancient Bristlecone Haiku CaliforniaHaikuWhite Mountains

Ancient Bristlecone Haiku

Ancient Bristlecone Persisting through the Eons You must be so bored Bristlecone pine displays its characteristic gnarled, twisted form as it rises above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.Image ID: 17475Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaevaLocation: White Mountains, Inyo National…
March 8, 2020
The Ultimate Photographer’s Weekend in Page, Arizona Antelope CanyonArizonaHorseshoe BendSlot CanyonsThe American SouthwestThe WaveUtahWhite Pocket

The Ultimate Photographer’s Weekend in Page, Arizona

Great photography spots around Page, Arizona, including Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Canyon X, Radio Tower Rock, Rattlesnake Canyon, Stud Horse Point, Little Cut, the Toadstool Hoodoos, and the Wave and White Pocket. What visit to Page, Arizona is complete with a spectacular Horseshoe Bend sunrise? So you…
February 24, 2020
Aerial Photos of Iceland Aerial PhotographyIceland

Aerial Photos of Iceland

Our travels in Europe were primarily a mix of volleyball, cuisine, art and history. We shoe-horned a week in Iceland between Paris and London with priority on spa selfies at the Blue Lagoon. Secondary goals were taking in the waterfalls, Icelandic horses, black sand beaches and wide-open roads of the…
August 5, 2019
Diving British Columbia’s Browning Pass and God’s Pocket Provincial Marine Park Browning PassCanadaUnderwater Photography

Diving British Columbia’s Browning Pass and God’s Pocket Provincial Marine Park

"The Best Cold Water Diving in the World" Strong words. True? Probably. I recently spent a week diving in and around Browning Pass, a spectacular underwater ecosystem at the very north tip of Vancouver Island on the West Coast of British Columbia. The area is home to many islands, islets,…
May 7, 2018
Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas, in the California Kelp Forest CatalinaUnderwater Photography

Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas, in the California Kelp Forest

Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest Image ID: 33354 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island…
August 7, 2017
Photographs of Southern California’s Spring Wildflowers — the 2017 Super Bloom CarlsbadDesertJoshua TreeSan DiegoThe American SouthwestWildflowers

Photographs of Southern California’s Spring Wildflowers — the 2017 Super Bloom

During March and early April of this year I was chasing the wildflower bloom around the southernmost parts of California. The wildflower bloom was indeed spectacular and went on for weeks with vast displays of color. Was it a "super bloom"? I'm not sure. Somewhere during March the interwebs began…
July 16, 2017
Steller Sea Lions, Eumetopias jubatus, Hornby Island, British Columbia CanadaHornby IslandSea LionUnderwater Photography

Steller Sea Lions, Eumetopias jubatus, Hornby Island, British Columbia

Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada Image ID: 32660 Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada I have a real love for pinnipeds (seals and sea lions). I've been in the water with many big animals including whales, sharks, dolphins,…
February 17, 2017
Humpback Whale Underwater Bubble Streaming Among Rowdy Groups in Hawaii HawaiiHumpback Whale

Humpback Whale Underwater Bubble Streaming Among Rowdy Groups in Hawaii

During the years I worked for Dan Salden and Hawaii Whale Research Foundation studying humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hawaii, we usually looked for surface active groups ("rowdy groups") when possible, since these groups offered the greatest potential for collecting the social affiliation information that was the focus of Dan's…
May 7, 2016
The Spectacular Coral Reef Walls of Mount Mutiny, Bligh Waters, Fiji FijiSeascapesUnderwater PhotographyVatu i Ra Passage

The Spectacular Coral Reef Walls of Mount Mutiny, Bligh Waters, Fiji

One of most spectacular underwater sights I saw while in Fiji was the incredible wall at Mount Mutiny, a huge coral bommie in the Bligh Waters near the middle of the Fiji Islands. Mount Mutiny is surrounded by deep water and typically bathed in strong ocean currents rich with plankton,…
February 3, 2016
California Sea Lions at Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico MexicoSea LionSea of CortezUnderwater Photography

California Sea Lions at Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico

California sea lions underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico Image ID: 31205 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico In October, Tracy and I joined our friends Mike and Sherry, Skip, Shirley, Barb and Walt for 9 wonderful days diving in the Sea of Cortez…
January 29, 2016
Seven of my Favorite Images #challengeonnaturephotography AlaskaAntarcticaBald EagleCaliforniaFijiHawaiiMexicoOcean SunfishPenguinSurfUnderwater Photography

Seven of my Favorite Images #challengeonnaturephotography

In December a Facebook "challenge" was making the rounds named #challengeonnaturephotography. One of my favorite underwater photographers, Allison Vitsky Sallmon, nominated me to give it a try, and these are the seven images I plucked from my files to share. Each bears a special place in my personal history of…
January 16, 2016