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Some Favorites

Favorites

Below are some of my favorite panoramas & photos taken over the years.

Panoramas – Tap/click on a pano's thumbnail to show an interactive, moving panorama; use the on-screen control bar or your finger/mouse to move around:

Oneonta Gorge:

Fallen Roof Ruins, Road Canyon:

Fitz Roy Range in Autumn:

Kofa Queen Canyon:

Icefield Parkway's Bow Lake Sunrise:

Early Light on Minarets from Iceberg Lake, High Sierra:

Mono Lake Moonrise:

Broken Top's No Name Lake Sunrise, Oregon Cascades:

Image Gallery – Tap to view an individual image, then swipe to advance; use the top-right controls for auto play & other options (e.g, tap the curved arrow to open sharing options):

Second Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Second Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Vicuñas & Flamingos at Laguna Chulluncani, SW Bolivia

Flamingo at Laguna Hedionda, SW Bolivia

Salar de Uyuni, SW Bolivia

Early evening on Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Full moonrise over Andes from Valle de Luna, Chile

Hiking above Namche Bazaar, Everest/Khumbu Region, Nepal

Prayer Flags at Gokyo Lake, Everest Region, Nepal

Mani-Rimdu Festival, Tengboche Monastery, Everest Region, Nepal

Morning in Thame, Everest/Khumbu Region, Nepal

Thamserku (21,680'), Everest/Khumbu Region, Nepal

Last Light and Moonrise over Everest & Lhotse, Everest/Khumbu Region, Nepal

Moonrise over Everest & Lhotse, Everest/Khumbu Region, Nepal

Thamserku & Moon over Phortse village, Everest/Khumbu Region, Nepal

Clearing storm over Tre Cime, Italian Dolomites

Dawn on Sexten Group & rifugio chapel, Italian Dolomites

Santa Maddalena Church, Val di Funes, Italian Dolomites

St. Johann, Val di Funes, Italian Dolomites

Propera Crest & Valley, Italian Dolomites

Spring flowers with Mönch in background; above Mürren, Switzerland

Útigönguhöfði View, Iceland Highlands

Útigönguhöfði View, Iceland Highlands

Iceland Highlands

Iceland Highlands

Langisjór shoreline, Iceland Highlands

Iceland Highlands

Erg Chebbi sunrise, Morocco

Erg Chebbi sunset, Morocco

Chefchaouen, Morocco

Produce vendor at Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Thailand

Woodcarver doing laundry, Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Thailand

Mother and child, Haridwar, India

Sadhu waiting for evening meal, Haridwar, India

Nainar Village, Chhattisgarh, India

Sunset in Bagan, Myanmar

Sunrise at Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah

The Wave, North Coyote Buttes, Arizona

Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona

Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona

Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona

Little Wildhorse Canyon, Utah

, Zion National Park, Utahirgin River Narrows, , Zion National Park, Utah

Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah

Jacob Hamlin (aka Lobo) Arch, Utah

Jacob Hamblin (aka Lobo) Arch, Coyote Gulch, Escalante, Utah

Sunrise in Upper Cathedral Valley, Capitol Reef Nat'l Park, Utah

House on Fire Ruins, Mule Canyon, Utah

Fallen Roof Ruins, Road Canyon, Utah

Canyon de Chelley sunrise from Spider Rock Viewpoint, Arizona

Ha Ho No Geh Canyon Sunset, Arizona

Joshua Tree Cholla Sunrise, California

Kofa Queen Canyon, Arizona

Dawn on Lone Pine Peak & Mt. Whitney, California

Olancha Dunes Joshua Trees, Owens Valley, California

Mono Lake shoreline, California

Mono Lake sand tufas, California

Valley of Dreams dusk, New Mexico

Mud Flat Sunrise, Death Valley, California

Zabriskie Point Badlands, Death Valley, California

Mesquite Dunes dawn, Death Valley, California

Mesquite Dunes & Fox Kit Hills, Death Valley

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

Arizona Painted Desert

Arizona Painted Desert

Arizona Painted Desert Abstract

Arizona Painted Desert sunset

Factory Butte and San Rafael Reef/Monocline, Utah

Oregon's Painted Hills

Oregon's Painted Hills

Sunrise from Steptoe Butte, The Palouse, Washington

Palouse Falls, Washington

Laguna Torre & Beech tree in front of Cerro Torre, Patagonia, Argentina

First light on Cerro Torre, Patagonia, Argentina

First Light on Fitz Roy Range, Patagonia, Argentina

Fitz Roy & Arroyo del Salto, Patagonia, Argentina

Fitz Roy & Arroyo del Salto, Patagonia, Argentina

Fitz Roy & Arroyo del Salto Pond, Patagonia, Argentina

Sunrise on Fitz Roy Range & Rio de las Vueltas, Patagonia, Argentina

Sunrise on Cerro Torres, Patagonia, Argentina

Torres del Paine sunrise, Patagonia, Chile

Fiordo de las Montañas waterfall, Patagonia, Chile

Moonset behind North Sister from Awbrey Butte at sunrise, Bend, Oregon

Sunrise on Mt. Jefferson, Bend, Oregon

Sunset from Awbrey Butte, during Black Crater fire, Bend, Oregon

Dawn at Broken Top's No Name Lake, Oregon Cascades

Wildflowers at Broken Top, Oregon Cascades

Wildflowers at Broken Top, Oregon Cascades

Sparks Lake Sunrise, Oregon Cascades

Upper Canyon Creek Meadows & Three Fingered Jack, Oregon Cascades

Canyon Creek & Three Fingered Jack, Oregon Cascades

Sunrise on Coffin Mountain, Oregon Cascades

Lake Billy Chinook Sunset, Central Oregon

Steens Mountain's Little Blitzen Gorge stormy sunset, Oregon

Lower Oneonta Falls, Columbia Gorge, Oregon

Mossy Grotto Falls, Columbia Gorge, Oregon

Mossy Grotto Falls, Columbia Gorge, Oregon

Middle North Falls, Silver Falls, Oregon

Fall aspen, Fish Creek, Steens Mountain, Oregon

Steens Mountain's Fish Creek Autumn Color, Oregon

FIsh Creek aspen, Steens Mountain, Oregon

Larch Valley, Banff NP, Canada

Victoria Lake

Victoria Lake & Wiwaxy Peaks

Victoria Lake in Oesa Basin

Mary Lake

Lake O'Hara from Yukness Ledges Alpine Route

Big Indian Gorge, Steens Mountain, Oregon

Owens Valley Autumn color, California

Owens Valley Early Morning Color, California

Dawn on Owens River and Sierra, California

Owens River dawn, California

Owens River dawn, California

Owens River sunset, California

Sunrise on Mt. Tom, California

Volcanic Highland's "13 Moons" Petroglyph, California

Buttermilk Hills sentinal & Sierra crest, California

Going to the Sun landscape, Glacier NP, Montana

St. Mary Lake sunset, Glacier NP, Montana

St. Mary Lake sunset, Glacier NP, Montana

Avenue of Cottonwoods, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona

A "Sierra Wave" over Ritter Range, California

Sunrise on Catherdral Peak from Upper Cathedral Lake, Yosemite Nat'l Park, California

Sunrise on Minarets from Iceberg Lake, California

Sunrise on Minarets from Iceberg Lake, California

Sunrise on Minarets from Iceberg Lake, California

Sunrise on Minarets from Lake Ediza, California

Early fall snowfall, Lake Ediza, California

Lake Ediza, California

Sunrise from Butler Peak, San Bernardino Mountains, California

Milky Way over Broken Top, Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon

Death Valley's Aguereberry Point Milky Way & glow from Las Vegas & pre-dawn

Lee Flat Milky Way, Death Valley, California

Neowise Comet from Sparks Lake, Oregon Cascades