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 MuirCO1614naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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)CO1519naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Sunrise over Indian Peaks Wilderness-Lake Isabelle, Ward, CO
"How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!"
~ John MuirCO1608naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Predawn at Mount Evans Wilderness, Evergreen, CO
"I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today."
~ Ken WilberCO1604naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Gore Range View from Ute Pass, Silverthorne, CO
"There is beauty, heartbreaking beauty, everywhere."
~ Edward AbbeyCO1705naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographydenvercoloradogorerange
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 BrokenheartedCO1630naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Light Show Over Colorado Front Range
“Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.”
~ Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the HeartCO1858longspeakcoloradoColorado Front Rangesunsetnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenver
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
CO1762naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
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"
~ MoodybluesCO1880naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildearthphotographydenvercoloradowildliferefugearsenal
Reflection of Mt. Moran and Oxbow Bend - Grand Teton National Park, WY
"I am am settled in the scent of sage, Mount Moran's reflection at "Oxbow Bend" is more than a mirror of memories; it is the joy found in river otters, a reminder that there are places in the world we can return for peace unchanged.”
~ Terry Tempest WilliamsWY1120Mt. MoranOxbow BendGrand Teton National ParkWyomingWYnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotography
Light Beam Over Colorado Front Range
"The air is heady, like wine,
And the rosy body of the pines
Is naked in the sunset hour.
And the sunset itself on such waves of ether
That I just can’t comprehend
Whether it is the end of the day, the end of the world,
Or the mystery of mysteries in me again.”
~Anna Akhmatova, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
Sunset Over Gore Range, CO
Always be thankful for the little things...even the smallest
Mountain can hide the most breathtaking views.
~ Nyki Mack
Colorado Summer Sunset - Gore Range, CO
“The redness had seeped from the day and night was arranging herself around us. Cooling things down, staining and dyeing the evening purple and blue black.”
~ Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees
Sunset Over Oregon Coastline, Tillamook, OR
“Enjoy the beauty of a sunset nature’s farewell kiss for the night.”
~ Sharon Rene
Solitude and Silence -Land of Lost Borders
Listen to silence. It has so much to say.
~ Rumi
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Nature is silent,
Nature is healing,
Nature is calming,
Feel the bliss in the silence of mother nature.
~Unknown
Eagles Nest Wilderness - Gore Range, CO
Real freedom lies in wilderness, NOT in civilization.
~Charles Lindbergh
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
"So, 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. What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means and what life is for.”
~ George Leigh Mallory
Hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
A painted landscape is always more beautiful than a real one, because there's more there. Everything is more sensual, and one takes refuge in its beauty. And man needs spiritual expression and nourishing. It's why even in the prehistoric era, people would scrawl pictures of bison on the walls of caves. Man needs music, literature, and painting-all those oases of perfection that make up art-to compensate for the rudeness and materialism of life.
~ Fernando Botero
La Sal Mountains - Thelma & Louise Point Potash Road, Canyonlands National Park, UT
Canyonlands National Park, UT
Front Range - Mountain range in Colorado
“The mountains were his masters. They rimmed in life. They were the cup of reality, beyond growth, beyond struggle and death. They were his absolute unity in the midst of eternal change.”
~ Thomas Wolfe