Tag: landscape

  • Wallula Gap, Washington

    Wallula Gap, Washington

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    I recently had the experience of hiking through the mountains alongside the Columbia River in Wallula Gap, Washington. I saw the river from the vantage point at the top of a cliffed mountain, which I estimate is around 400 feet high. It’s a difficult hike – the gravel-strewn trail is steep and it’s fairly easy…

  • Midwest Plant Nursery

    Midwest Plant Nursery

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    Located just south of Morris, IL.

  • Warren Cove

    Warren Cove

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    This is a panoramic view of Warren Cove in Plymouth Bay, Cape Cod Massachusetts. This is a large file, so give it a few seconds.

  • Leland, NC – Approaching Storm

    Leland, NC – Approaching Storm

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    Here are a couple of shots above my neighborhood as a storm approaches. Both are multiple shots combined into panoramas.

  • Tokyo Cherry Blossoms

    Tokyo Cherry Blossoms

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    In 2014 I paid a visit to Tokyo, Shimane, and Matsue, Japan. I happened to be in Tokyo just as the cherry trees were in full bloom.

  • Montgomery Hill Park

    Montgomery Hill Park

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    I visited this park in San Jose, CA today. The views are pretty spectacular. It’s basically a giant field, but at a 45° angle. Next to Evergreen College, it’s situated between the college, a neighborhood and the mountains that surround Silicon Valley.

  • Unprocessed film discovered frozen in Antarctica

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    These 100 year old images were found frozen in the Antarctic ice. They were processed and revealed some fantastic photos from an expedition at the beginning of the last century. Read about it here. 100-Year-Old Negatives Discovered In Block of Ice in Antarctica via Antarctic Heritage Trust.

  • Photography by Michal Huniewicz

    Photography by Michal Huniewicz

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    There is a certain age at which everyone must have some sort of adventure. Michal Huniewicz had one in the country of Mauritania, where he rode on top of an iron ore train across the Sahara Desert, capturing incredible images along the way. His entire gallery is widely diverse, having traveled just about eveywhere from…

  • Terra Sacra Time Lapses

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    Sean F. White is a photographer who has created an amazing time lapse video of various locations around the world. It’s about six minutes long and features locations such as the pyramids in Egypt, penguins in Antarctica, ancient trees in Africa and shots of the Milky Way out in the desert. There are many timelapse…

  • Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge

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    The always outstanding Retronaut.co has some fantastic images that were taken during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, in the years leading up to 1937. The bridge got it’s name from the Golden Gate  – the body of water that connects the San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean –  and is one of…

  • Beached Whale on Carolina Beach.

    Beached Whale on Carolina Beach.

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    A small whale washed up on the beach here in Wilmington. It apparently is a Minke Whale. There is no cause of death at the moment, but officials from the local aquarium are picking up the carcass at some point to do a necropsy. The whale was torn up quite a bit, with a huge…

  • A little light, a little luck.

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    [singlepic id=317 w=320 h=240 float=left]Here’s a shot of a bridge that I took deep in the mountains of Alum Rock in San Jose, CA. I just came across this sitting on my hard drive and realized I’d never really shared it with anyone. Now, this was taken with a Droid X, but it’s a pretty…