A cascade of glacier-fed water rushes through weathered rock, deep in a South Island gorge.
Motion and texture play over dark stone in a silent, fluid ballet.
Fresh morning dew outlines a patchwork of wild foliage in Oregon.
Two dogwood flowers bloom side by side on a branch in Yosemite's spring woodland.
A lone bloom, framed by vibrand green pads, stands out in a pond's tranquil symmetry.
Twin cascades split by Benson Bridge at Multnomah Falls.
A Yosemite road cuts through an open valley with fog shrouding the scene ahead.
Fading evening light illuminates mammatus cloud formwations.
Wind-carved dunes in Colorado form graceful S-curves of light and shadow.
A lone tree stands in the morning sun amid the rapids of the Merced River.
A single white dogwood blossom opens to the forest light in Yosemite Valley.
Corn lily leaves unfurl in graceful arcs.
Maple leaf detail lit by warm afternoon light.
Curved seed plumes of purple fountain grass catch rays of sunlight.
A single yellow maple leaf glows amid a bed of fading brown foliage.
Cottonwood trees shrouded in autum fog in Fort Collins.
Overlapping orange and red maple leaves form a rich autumn tapestry.
Lake, light, and snow converge in serene geometry.
A sweeping shadow curves along a dune edge in Great Sand Dunes National Park.
A lone juniper stands defiant atop a red rock promontory at Dead Horse Point.
Meandering formations etched by time and water across the Colorado Plateau.
Water plummets over the rock face of Vernal Falls in Yosemite.
Torres del Paine's jagged peaks illuminated at daybreak.
As clouds part briefly, the snowy peaks of Torres del Paine emerge over Lago Pehoé in soft, diffused morning light.
A warm-toned rock, coated with carbonate precipitates, contrasts a cool volcanic shore.
A fantastical, porous boulder resembling ancient coral lies perched atop striped volcanic slabs, sculpted by time in Torres del Paine.
The sharp glacial face buttressed by slow-moving radiant blue ice.
Glacial ice rises in jagged symmetry beneath a booding sky.
Ice crystals create a sun halo in the morning skies over Fiordland National Park.
Cloud wisps swirl around Mitre Peak as it rises above the calm surface of Milford Sound.
Low clouds curn over vertical granite walls on a stormy afternoon.
A narrow waterfall slips down a shadowed cliff, glimpsed through the dense forest of Fiordland.
Color and light emerge briefly amid dramatic weather.
Golden color ignites the underbelly of a brooding storm.
A winding stream, cradled by dry marsh grasses, mirrors the sky's pastel colors in the calm of dusk.
Light and shadow interlock along bold ribs and subtle curves.
Detail of fire-scarred tree from a forest burn zone in Yellowstone Nation Park.
A vibrant green vine carves a vivid path through decay.
Palm fronds splay outward like emerald blades, their rhythm sharp yet fluid.
Wandering Jew leaves shimmer with purple and green stripes, each one a delicate brushstroke in a natural tapestry.
Poppies burn orange over a bed of parched field.
A brilliant purple artichoke blossom buzzes with life, drawing bees to its royal display amid drying leaves.
The delicate symmetry of a single fern frond reveals nature's precise geometric design.
Graceful waterfalls descend like soft chords in a hidden amphitheater.
Fringe ice meets moving water on the Poudre River.
A solitary rock floats in the mirrored surface of the Poudre River, reflecting trees and clouds in painterly abstraction.
Intense reds and oranges stretch across the Croatian sky at sunset, mirrored in the placid water below.
A vertical plume of white cloud forms above the jagged islands of the Andaman Sea.
Low-angle winter sun adds glow to frozen landscape.
Winter casts a soft blue veil over the lake's alien surface.
Frosted grasses reach up from the lakeshore to frame the asbtract forms scattered on the lake's surface.
Light spills from a gap in thick early spring clouds, illuminating Longs Peak with radiant drama.
Warm earth tones meet soft, cool fog.
El Capitan rises above fog and forest as early sun filiters through Yosemite Valley, illuminating the Merced River below.
The lush greens of moss-covered pine trunks in Yosemite create a rich forest tapestry.
Trail and trees fade into depth in a fog-filled morning.
Gnarled bare branches of two bare cottonwoods trees connect in a dance.
The transition from meadow to mountain delineated by bare trees against the pine forest.
