Gooseneck State Park
Description: From a few years back when I came down with Covid while on the road and had to adjust my plans. It meant, while I was in the recovery Continue Reading →
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Pick A Lane
Description: Where The 23 meets The 101, you need to pick a lane. Location: Ventura County, California, USA, North America Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved
Vernal Falls Black And White With A Low Flow
Description: I kind of felt bad that this was one of my brothers’ first view of Vernal Falls and the Mist Trail. No mist and not a lot of falling Continue Reading →
Dead Horse Point Observation Point
Description: I’m not sure if that’s what it is really called, but this photo is taken from the observation point at Dead Horse Point State Park. It shows the ‘other Continue Reading →
Crooked Alpine Pine
Description: The alpine environment in Sequoia National Park above 8000′ or so is a harsh land for all things that grow up. This pine tree, not more than a dozen Continue Reading →
Sunlight And Clouds
Descriptions: Ever have one of those days where a snappy title just doesn’t come to mind? Location: Death Valley National Park, California, USA, North America Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. Continue Reading →
Just Getting Started
Description: There’s a nice spot in Yosemite Valley by El Capitan where you can pull off the road and sit in a meadow and, with the help of binoculars, laze Continue Reading →
Muscleman Arch In Canyonlands National Park
Description: Lately WordPress, or more accurately, Jetpack, has been telling me my post titles are dull. It gives them a low score, like the one above only rating 40 on Continue Reading →
Blazing Sunrise In Utah’s Canyon Country
Description: Utah has a thing for their Canyon Country. It’s some of the most artful land in this broad country. The red rock that makes up most of Canyonlands National Continue Reading →
Eureka Dunes Patterns
Description: Eureka Dunes, in the Northern reaches of Death Valley National Park, is a place I plan to return to in cool months and camp. There’s space, there’s sand (piled Continue Reading →
Gooseneck Panorama
Description: One of the first stops on the White Rim Trail is a little place often seen on the meandering Colorado River: a gooseneck bend. On this one just below Continue Reading →
Classic Half Dome And Clouds Rest In Black And White
Description: Half Dome in Yosemite National Park on a perfect, blue-sky day this Fall. Location: Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California, USA, North America Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All Continue Reading →
Evening Light In Yosemite Valley
Description: Fall light coming through Yosemite Valley at sunset. A bit harsh from the clouds but any day with a sunset in Yosemite is a great day. Location: Yosemite National Continue Reading →
Impatient Long Exposure Mess-up
Description: I’m not sure why I like this mess-up. I was taking a vertical photo, or maybe it was a horizontal, and wanted to move the camera to the other Continue Reading →
Filling In The Cracks
Description: Now we get to the part of the White Rim Trail trip where the sun is up! This white cap stone is seen in the foreground but look at Continue Reading →
Juniper, The Colorado River And Endless Canyons
Description: This tenacious juniper tree grew out of a small crack in the sandstone with enough soil to feed its roots. While half certainly looks deal, the tree is bearing Continue Reading →
Evening In Canyonlands National Park
Description: Sitting on a bench down from the main Island In The Sky area of Canyonlands National Park is the white sandstone that gives the White Rim Trail its name. Continue Reading →
Pre-Sunrise Canyonlands Expanse
Description: Sticking with pre-sunrise photos this week, let’s close it out with one more from Canyonlands. This one is close to the Airport campground we stayed on our first night Continue Reading →
Trailing Morning Rain Tails
Description: Waiting for the sun to pop above the horizon, I looked to the South to see a whisper of rain colored differently than all the pink and purple clouds Continue Reading →
Canyonlands Of Utah Before Sunrise
Description: You know that time about an hour before sunrise when the sun, down low below the horizon, starts to light up clouds ever so perfectly? I love those moments Continue Reading →
Vernal Falls Low Flow
Description: In the Fall before the rains and snow show up to Yosemite National Park, the waterfalls are reduced to minor streams. Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA, North America Continue Reading →
Glacier View Looking To Half Dome
Description: To say the views from Yosemite Valley’s rim are phenomenal is an understatement. Glacier Point is an easy drive and walk and should be on your list if you Continue Reading →
The Merced River Far Below
Description: From over 3000′ high above, the meager Merced River in Autumn doesn’t pack much of a punch after months of no rain or snow. But soon enough, give it Continue Reading →
Tenaya Lake
Description: Who’s tired of Yosemite pictures? Not me! Tenaya Lake on the Tioga Pass Road. Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA, North America Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights Continue Reading →
Sunset Looking West In Yosemite Valley
Description: One thing I love about our National Parks is how sometimes it is silly easy to get great photos while visiting. Not all parks are as easy as Yosemite, Continue Reading →
Backwards View Of Yosemite Valley
Description: This view is t really backwards in any classical sense but it is looking the opposite direction of typical valley photos taken from Tunnel View. To be sure, Tunnel Continue Reading →
Climbers On El Capitan At Sunset
Description: While my brother and I waited for the sun to go down so we could see Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, it’s never a bad idea to swing a camera lens around Continue Reading →
Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas Above Yosemite Valley
Description: Sometimes you need to plan in order to get the photo you want. When I heard that our latest comet visitor, Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, was visible to the naked eye Continue Reading →
Emerald Lake Fall Colors
Description: It’s getting cold in the high up places (even if it was 100°F here today in LA). Location: Emerald Lake, Sequoia National Park, California, USA, North America Photograph copyright Continue Reading →
Hiking To Emerald Lake In Sequoia National Park
Lately I have been missing the high up places, big trees and alpine lakes. On Saturday I packed up a quick camping/hiking kit as it was supposed to be a Continue Reading →