Teton Range In The Morning
Description: Even from technically just outside the National Park, the Teton Range is a beautiful sight. Location: Just East of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, North America
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It’s Nest-Building Time!
Description: Not all the wildlife in Yellowstone is on the large end of the scale. Some of the little critters can be seen as cuter than their bigger brethren. Location: Continue Reading →
Wild West Icon
Description: I’m thankful all the bison were not eradicated from the American West. Inside Yellowstone National Park they are protected and flourish. Just don’t get too close to them. Location: Continue Reading →
Looking Down Into Haleakala’s Crater
Description: On the island of Maui is Haleakal?, a mountain topping out over 10,000′. It’s tall enough that, should you drive up from sea level like almost all visitors from Continue Reading →
The Merced River In The Fall
Description: It comes once a year and one of the best places in the world in Fall is Yosemite Valley. Early Fall that is, because the waterfalls and rivers can Continue Reading →
The Power To Carve A Canyon
Description: At the base of the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, it’s easy to see how the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone was carved. Taken Continue Reading →
Pushing Skyward
Description: One of the biggest joys of being in the mountains for me is the chaos towering peaks cause. Here one of the mountains in the Teton range rebuffs a Continue Reading →
The Simplicity Of Hundred-Year Old Wood
Description: Grain patterns in Bristlecone Pines in Great Basin National Park. Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved
2024 Wasn’t The Best For Pretty Photos
I don’t have a pretty little blog post of my 10 Best Photos From 2024! because 2024 kind of sucked, photo-wise. It didn’t suck life-wise, work-wise, or family-wise. All those Continue Reading →
The Largest Solar Telescope In The World Is On Maui
Description: Just down from Haleakal?’s 10,023′ summit is a batch of telescopes. Among them is the impressive Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. Completed in 2017, the telescope sits above about Continue Reading →
Breaking Through
Description: It was such a lovely contrast, the green grass poking through the crusted orange clay of Utah’s Canyonlands National Park. Location: Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA, North America Photograph Continue Reading →
Walking On The Bottom Of North America
Description: At around 282’ below sea level, Badwater Basin is aptly named. While there was water here this last winter, this photo was taken on a previous trip when temps Continue Reading →
Sunset, Right Down Yosemite Valley
Description: As a photographer, if there is ever a reason to revisit a beloved photography spot, it’s the change in light. After all, light is what makes a photo and Continue Reading →
Classic Mount Whitney With Snow In Black And White
Description: I like that Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in the Lower 48 Untied States is different than your typical high altitude peak. I grew up near Seattle and the Continue Reading →
Canyonlands Puddles At Sunrise
Description: Just before sunrise and a week after recent rains, there are still puddles on the floor of the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park. Location: Canyonlands National Park, Continue Reading →
Mount Whitney, Up Close And Personal
Description: That’s the peak of Mount Whiney, tallest point on the right at 14,505′. I’ve never been up there myself although I did make an attempt. The trail to hike Continue Reading →
Through A Stone Window
Description: The image you see below is a composite of five separate images. They were taken at different exposures because the harsh Utah sun was beating down and most of Continue Reading →
Amazing Awesome Canyonlands Sunset You Must See
Description: Sorry for the blaring title. I keep getting a low ‘score’ from one of the WordPress things that rates the ‘quality’ of my titles. These things are in ‘ Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →