Nature's Drama - Mount Wilson (14,246') and Wilson Peak (14,017'') Lizard Head Pass, Ophir, CO
"Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it makes me wonder
There's a feeling I get
When I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen
Rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who standing looking
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it really makes me wonder"
~ Led Zeppelin (Stairway to Heaven)
Songwriters: Jimmy Page / Robert Plant
Light Show Over Colorado Front Range, CO
”Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgandy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries.”
~ Jack Kerouac, ‘On the Road’
Sunrise Over White Sands National Monument, Alamogordo, NM
"I thought of the wilderness we had left behind us, open to sea and sky, joyous in its plenitude and simplicity, perfect yet vulnerable, unaware of what is coming, defended by nothing, guarded by no one."
― Edward Abbey, Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside
Sunset over Indian Peaks Wilderness, Nederland, CO
"But love of the wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only home we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need - if only we had eyes to see."
~ Edward Abbey
Panther Falls, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Wind River Valley, WA
"A waterfall cannot be silent, just as the wisdom! When they speak, the voice of power speaks!"
~ Mehmet Murat ildan
Front Range Sunrise, Mount Evans Wilderness, CO
"Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley."
~ Theodore Roethke
Summer Sunset - Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat, Boulder
"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Sunset over Colorado Mountain Ranges view from Mt. Evans Wilderness, Colorado
"The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only paradise we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need, if only we had the eyes to see."
~ Edward Abbey
Cape Kiwanda Sunset, Pacific City, OR
"The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace."
~ Kate Chopin
Cape Kiwanda Ocean Waves, Pacific City, OR
"Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fall, but because each time they fall they never fail to rise again."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sunset Over Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, CO
"I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages. In the tranquil landscape, and especially in the distant line of the horizon, man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rocky Mountains Sunset- Mt. Evans Wilderness, CO
Mount Bierstadt - 14,065'
Mount Evans - 14,265'
"Empty yourself of everything.
Let the mind become still.
The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return.
They grow and flourish and then return to the source.
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature."
~Lao Tzu
Predawn at White Sands National Monument, Alamogordo, NM
"Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity."
~ Oscar Wilde
Sunset Over Oregon Coast, Tillamook, OR
"The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire. I cried, "Behold! the barren beach of hell At ebb of tide."
~ Alexander Smith
Sunset Over Oregon Coastline, Tillamook, OR
"Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away."
~ Sarah Kay
Summer Boulder Sunset, Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat, Boulder
"In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds."
~ Robert Green Ingersoll
"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."
~Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds
Sunset Over Boulder Flatirons, Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat, Boulder
"From sunrise to sunset to sunrise, there is a lifetime of beauty, charm and elegance."
~Sandeep N. Tripathi
Sunset Over Oregon Beach, Tillamook, OR
"In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth."
~ Rachel Carson
Mount Evans Sunset, Mount Evans Wilderness, CO
"Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery."
~ John Ruskin
Sunrise over Gore Range, Silverthorne, CO
"A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching."
~ Swami Sivananda
Rocky Mountains Sunset- Mt. Evans Wilderness, CO
Mount Bierstadt - 14,065'
Mount Holy Cross - 14,009'
Grays Peak - 14,278'
Torreys Peak - 14,275'
Mount Evans - 14,265'
“One clear moment, one of trance
One missed step, one perfect dance
One missed shot, one and only chance
Life is all...but one fleeting glance.”
~ Sanober Khan
Bryce Canyon Amphitheater - Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
"What is real to me is the power of our awareness when we are focused on something beyond ourselves. It is a shaft of light shining in a dark corner. Our ability to shift our perceptions and seek creative alternatives to the conondrums of modernity is in direct proportion to our empathy. Can we imagine, witness, and ultimately feel the suffering of another?"
~ Terry Tempest Williams
First Light over Summit Lake, Mount Evans Wilderness, Evergreen, CO
"The sunrise, of course, doesn’t care if we watch it or not. It will keep on being beautiful, even if no one bothers to look at it."
~ Gene Amole
Sievers Mountain South, Maroon Bells - Snowmass Wilderness Aspen, Colorado
"Mountains know the secrets we need to learn. That it might take time, it might be hard, but if you just hold on long enough, you will find the strength to rise up."
~Tyler Knott Gregson
Mount Evans Wilderness, CO
"I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages. In the tranquil landscape, and especially in the distant line of the horizon, man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sangre de Cristos Range, Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, San Luis Valley, CO
"Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity."
~ Oscar Wilde
Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat, Boulder
"The setting sun, and music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in remembrance more than things long past."
~ William Shakespeare
Maroon Bells - Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, Aspen, CO
"No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being."
~ Ansel Adams (American Photographer, 1902-1984)
Front Range of Colorado Mountains, Squaw Pass, Colorado
"The higher you climb on the mountain, the harder the wind blows."
~ Sam Cummings
Mount Evans Wilderness, CO
"Wilderness. The word itself is music."
~ Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
La Sal Mountain Range, UT
La Sal Mountains as seen from Arches National Park.The La Sal Mountains are Utah's second highest mountain range. The range contains nine peaks that rise above 12,000 feet, and have 300+ feet of prominence, the tallest being Mount Peale at 12,721 feet.
"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
~ Eleonora Duse
Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat, Boulder
"Beauty is a primeval phenomenon. It never makes an appearance itself, but is a visible reflection in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind. It is as various as nature herself."
~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Rocky Mountain National Park. Colorado
"Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains."
~ William Shakespeare
Mears Peak and Sneffels Range, Near Ridgway, CO
"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity…"
~ John Muir
Maroon Bells, Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, Aspen, CO
"No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being."
~ Ansel Adams (American Photographer, 1902-1984)
Sunrise over Indian Peaks Wilderness-Lake Isabelle, Ward, CO
"How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!"
~ John Muir
Predawn at Mount Evans Wilderness, Evergreen, CO
"I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today."
~ Ken Wilber
Gore Range View from Ute Pass, Silverthorne, CO
"There is beauty, heartbreaking beauty, everywhere."
~ Edward Abbey
San Juan Skyway - Mt. Sneffels (14,158') on the left and Mears Peak (13,496') on the Right , after the Sunset. Near Ridgway, CO
"This mountain, the arched back of the earth risen before us, it made me feel humble, like a beggar, just lucky to be here at all, even briefly."
~Bridget Asher, The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted
Reflection of Mount Wilson (14,246') and Wilson Peak (14,017'') - Lizard Head Pass, Ophir, CO
"Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror." ~ Rabindranath Tagore
Mesa Arch Sunrise - Canyonlands National Park, UT
“A dawn always promises a new beginning,
Whereas...
A sunset always promises a beautiful ending.”
~ Anthony T. Hincks
Colorado Summer Sunset -Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, CO
"Silent night, soft and sweet
Waiting in the wings
Darkness, your symphony
I can hear you sing"
~ Moodyblues
