Magic Light Over White Sands National Park, Alamogordo, NM
Magic of the shadows can best be seen in the deserts.
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Guiding Force
"I know it's beauty too
It's warmth was now on my face and
I couldn't imagine being in any other place
I reached out with my bare hands &
it danced even more
And suddenly I felt it's heat deep within my core
Rising like a volcano ready to erupt
But somehow balanced & purposeful
I tried to hold fire once
until I realized that fire held me Passionately and
I was it's guiding force. "
~ Sanjo JendayiCO1943sunsetmountainsMt. EvansGrays PeakTorrey's Peak14ersColorado
Mount Hood -11,250', Hood River Country, OR
"If you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won't see why we go."
~Edmund Hillary
Launching Waves - Cape Kiwanda, OR
"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment."
~ Henry David ThoreauOR1730PWavesCape KiwandaORpacific oceannaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotography
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
.......................................................
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If there's a bustle in your hedgerow
Don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
And it makes me wonder
.......................................................
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it really makes me wonder"
~ Led Zeppelin (Stairway to Heaven)
Songwriters: Jimmy Page / Robert PlantCO1730PMount WilsonWilson PeakTellurideCOophirnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographycolorado
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’CO1854naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographydenvercoloradoCOarsenalwildliferefugewildernessphotographer
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 OutsideNM1702naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographydenvercoloradonewmiexicoNMwhitesands
The Promise of a New Day...Nirvana...
"The air was so soft and sweet
Hissing wind, clouds and fog passing by
Leaf whispers
Fading light
Part of landscape illuminated by light
Mysterious glow
Dark and deep
Glamorous sunset in the sky
Painted the sky orange, magenta, cotton candy and scarlet
Colors we can’t imagine
Raindrops..let the raindrops kiss you
Refreshing your mind
The world was suddenly rich with possibilities
Be blissful, healthy, and let all that pour over your heart
.......
The only nirvana we shall ever know and need
The promise of a new day"
.....
~MHCO1946SunsetwatercolormountainsMt. EvansGrays PeakTorreys Peakcloudsrainstormsthunderstormscolorado14ers
Winter in Roxborough State Park, CO
"Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world."
~ Jonah LehrerCO1531WinterRoxborough State ParkCOnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Sierra Nevada Range - Lone Pine, CA
"How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! To behold this alone is worth the pains of any excursion a thousand times over. The highest peaks burned like islands in a sea of liquid shade. Then the lower peaks and spires caught the glow, and long lances of light, streaming through many a notch and pass, fell thick on the frozen meadows."
~ John MuirCA1801Bmountwhitneylonepinepeaksierranevadasierracrestmountainphotographysunrisephotographycaliforanialonepinebishoppanoramaphotographyamericancordillerawildearthphotographynature photographerCA
San Juan Mountain Range, CO
“How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo. Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank. It shines on a good many folk, but on none, I dare bet, who are on a stranger errand than you and I. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!”
~ Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes
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 EmersonOR1712naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotography
Mesa Arch Sunrise - Canyonlands National Park, UT
“Life. This morning the sun made me adore it. It had, behind the dripping pine trees, the oriental brightness, orange and crimson, of a living being, a rose and an apple, in the physical and ideal fusion of a true and daily paradise.”
~ Juan Ramón Jiménez, Time and Space: A Poetic AutobiographyUT1215mesaarcharchmoabutahcanyonlandsnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotography
Alabama Hills Through Mobius Arch - Lone Pine, CA
“Outside the arch, always there seemed another arch. And beyond the remotest echo, a silence.”
~ E.M. Forster, A Passage to IndiaCA1808BmobiusarchalabamahillsmovieflatroadsierranevadalonepinecaliforniaCAnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotography
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 AbbeyCO1615naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographydenvercoloradoCOindianpeakswilderness
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 ildanWA1702Panther FallsGifford Pinchot National ForestWind River ValleyWAnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographywaterfalls
Mono Lake Tufa Sunset - Mono Lake, CA
“I breathe in...
…..
I gaze...
Across the turquoise ocean
Where the waves
Liberate my spirit...
From its shell
…….
breathe in...the silence
Of my own heart
Aching with tenderness...
With memories..
Of home
~ Sanober Khan, A touch, a tear, a tempestCA1802monolakeleeviningcaliforniaCAmonocountytufaoasisgreatbasinsaltnasineasternsierramonobasinnaturareservenaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotography
Front Range Sunrise, Mount Evans Wilderness, CO
"Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley."
~ Theodore RoethkeCO1714mountevansmtevansevergreenidahospingscoloradonaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographydenver
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 KayOR1719naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographydenvercoloradooregonpacificocean
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 TagoreCO1728naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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 AbbeyCO1610Mt. Evanscoloradomountain rangessunsetnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographydenver
Dusky Summer Sunset Over Colorado Mountains...
”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’CO1951mountainssunsetColoradoMt. EvansGrays PeakTorrey's PeakMount Bierstadt
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 WildeNM1707naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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 ChopinOR1715naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Colorado Summer Sunset -Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, CO
‘Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron. It’s the time of day when the sky looks like it has been spray-painted by a graffiti artist.’
~ Mia Kirshner, ‘I Live Here’CO1887coloradosunsetnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenver
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 EmersonCO1823Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife RefugeCOnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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 TzuCO1834Mt. EvansWildernessCOmountainnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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 SmithOR1718naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Summer Boulder Sunset, Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat, Boulder
"In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds."
~ Robert Green IngersollCO1725naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Sunset Over San Juan Mountains - Ridgway, CO
"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 BirdsCO1745SunsetSan Juan MountainsRidgwayCOtelluridemountainfallcolorsnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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. TripathiCO1721naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographydenvercoloradoboulderwildernessphotographer
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 Carsonnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Mount Evans Sunset, Mount Evans Wilderness, CO
"Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery."
~ John Ruskinnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Sunset 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 SivanandaCO1609naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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 Khannaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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 WilliamsUT1601Bryce CanyonUtahCanyonnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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 AmoleCO1606naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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 GregsonCO1518naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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 EmersonCO1710naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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 WildeCO1457sanddunescoloradonaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographydenver
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 Shakespearenaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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)naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Front Range of Colorado Mountains, Squaw Pass, Colorado
"The higher you climb on the mountain, the harder the wind blows."
~ Sam CummingsCO1611naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Mount Evans Wilderness, CO
"Wilderness. The word itself is music."
~ Edward Abbey, Desert SolitaireCO1709naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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 DuseUT1505naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Flaming Mountains
“Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.”
~ Jennifer LeeCO1944mountainssunsetColoradoMt. EvansGrays PeakTorrey's Peak
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 GoetheCO1727naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Rocky Mountain National Park. Colorado
"Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains."
~ William ShakespeareCO1612naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado