Living in the mountains of central California provides many opportunities to record landscapes that humble the spirit and inspire a deeper appreciation for all the great creations around us.
Fly-in at sunset, Merced National Wildlife Refuge. Thousands of geese, cranes and ducks fill the air.
A quiet morning on a lake at 10,000 ft. Near Tioga Pass, California.
Nunataks are "Islands above the ice". Ancestors of lupines and other alpine plants survived the Ice Age on the Dana Plateau nunatak. After the ice retreated, the nunatak provided a storehouse of seeds to renew the land with life. Mt. Dana in the background. Near Tioga Pass, east of Yosemite and about 9600 ft. elevation.
Morning solitude - Lake Alpine, California
Back to the village - Inner Mongolia, Nov. 2004
