Gallery of Home Page Slideshow Photos

Voodoo & Villages of West Africa - February 2023

Madagascar - Enchanting Lemurs & Baobab trees - November 2022

Quebec Province Fall colors - September 2022

Norway, Midnight Sun in the Arctic Circle - July 2022

Mountain-top monasteries of Meteora, Greece - June 2022

Wild, rarely visited Southern Utah deserts - May 2022

Winter in Red Rock Country - January 2022

Predators and other amazing creatures of Zambia & Botswana - November 2021

Copper Canyon, larger than the Grand Canyon - April 2021

Convivial Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon - March 2021

Tiger Sharks in Fiji & Humpback Whales in Tonga - September 2019

Exotic, Stunning Marine Creatures of the Philippines - November 2019

Dramatic Algarve Coast & Historic Andalucia - April 2019

Wild White Stallions of the Camargue - October 2018

Riotous Colorful Flamingos of the Camargue - October 2018

High Altitude Bolivia, Uyuni Salt Flats & Atacama Desert - July 2018

Southern Utah red rock Canyons - May 2018

Banda Sea snakes & other creatures, Indonesia - April 2018

Sumatra & its remarkable interactive Orangutans - March 2018

Thousands of Sharks in Fakarava & Rangiroa, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia - July 2017 & September 2014

Undiscovered Canyons of the Colorado Plateau - May/Oct 2017

Ethiopia, other-worldly landscapes & audacious tribal people - Nov. 2016

Jordan embodies "Peace in the Middle East" - October 2016

Dramatic white "Spirit Bears" of BCs Great Bear Wilderness - Sept. 2016

Humpback Whales in Hawaii, Mexico & British Columbia - September 2016

Dragons & Diving at Komodo Island, Indonesia - July 2016

Breathtaking Red-Rock Canyons of Southern Utah - June 2016

Bengal Tigers of Bandhavgarh National Park, central India - May 2016

Bhutan, a country of spirituality and "Gross National Happiness" - April 2016

Japan in Winter - exquisite snow, ice & snow monkeys - February 2016

Fiji - audacious riot of colorful soft corals - Nov. 2015

Dolomites, Italy - dramatic, vertical, ominous limestone mountains - Sept. 2015 (& 08 & 05)

Brazil - Jaguars & the amazing animals of the Pantanal - June 2015

VIDEO - OUR WONDERFUL WORLD AND THE SCIENCE OF AWE - 2015
"The Lost World" - Angel Falls & Venezuela's breathtaking, other-worldly beauty - November 2014

Iceland - wild, awe-inspiring land of waterfalls, fire & ice - August 2014

Leviathan Whale Sharks & underwater Limestone Caverns of Quintana Roo - July 2014

The real "Garden of Eden" - Croatia and Plitvice Lakes National Park - May 2014

Scenic California Coast, Point Lobos to Big Sur - April 2014

Breathtaking Mavericks Big-Wave Surfing Competition - January 2014

Antarctic Wonderland of Penguins, Marine Mammals & Ice - January 2014

High Sierra - John Muir Trail, Evolution Valley Loop, Rae Lakes Loop - 2014-2013

Wondrous Canyons and Arches in the Colorado Plateau - October 2013

Spectacular Geology and Wildlife of Salta & Jujuy Provinces, Northwestern Argentina - December 2013

Polar Bears, Grizzly Bears & Denali, Alaska - August 2013

Lush Rainforest Waterfalls of the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon/Washington - May 2013

Surprising & unknown Turkey - April 2013

Dramatic White Sands & Southwestern Deserts - March 2013

Raja Ampat - the greatest coral reef biological diversity in the world - November 2012

Death Hollow & Robbers' Roost, red-rock canyon wonderland - October 2012

Brilliantly-colored birds of the Selous Game Reserve, Southern Tanzania - July 2012

Exotic Zanzibar, the "Spice Islands" of Arab slave trading, & outrageous Red Colobus Monkeys - July 2012

Spectacular Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, December 2008 & March 2012

Yosemite National Park - September 2011

Tiger & Lemon Sharks/Manatees - Bahamas/Florida - November 2010

San Miguel de Allende, THE COOLEST town in Mexico, State of Guanajuato - November 2006

Remote Tribes of the Baliem Valley, West Papua, Indonesia - May 2005

Elegant Egrets of the San Francisco Bay Area
Created 22-Jul-13
Modified 22-Jul-13

Close Encounters with breathtaking Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda - July 2012

Serengeti Wildebeest chaos - the world's largest migration - July 2012

Chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains National Park, Lake Tanganyika - July 2012

Svalbard (the North Pole & Polar Bears) & Norway Fjordland - July 2011

Hiking around Grand Teton mountains - September 2012

"California's Galapagos," the Farallon Islands - August 1012

Dramatic Corsica, two weeks on foot - May 2012

Surprising Sardinia by bike - May 2012

Winter snow at the Matterhorn, Italian Alps & Canada - 2012

Cycling the Great American West, 500 miles at a time

Strange & wonderful underwater creatures, Alor, Indonesia - December 2011



Great Reno Balloon Race - September 2011

Utah - red rock slot canyons of Southern Utah - May 2011

Extraordinary Red Rock Canyons of Southern Utah - 2011-2005

China - World Heritage sites in Central China - October 2010

Powder Skiing - Canada & Europe

North Cascades, Washington State - mountains & flowers - September 2010


Namibia - May 2010
Created 23-Sep-11
Modified 23-Sep-11

South Africa, Cape of Good Hope - May 2010


Victoria Falls, Zambia - May 2010

Komodo Island, Indonesia - dragons and coral reefs - July 2009

San Francisco Hotels at Christmas - December 2008

Glacier National Park - August 2008

Falkland Islands - Rockhopper Penguins & Black-Browed Albatross - January 2008

South Georgia Island - 275,000 King Penguins January 2008

South Orkney Islands - Adelie & Chinstrap Penguins January 2008
Created 9-Oct-11
Modified 9-Oct-11

Antarctic Peninsula - Giant icebergs, Penguins & Leopard Seals - January 2008
Created 26-Apr-20
Modified 26-Apr-20

Iguazu Falls, Argentina - the greatest falls in the world - January 2008

Terracotta Warriors of Xian and climbing the historic Huashan - September 2007

Exotic Tibet - September 2007

Galápagos Islands, above & below water - June 2006

Giant Mantas, Sharks & Endangered Humpback Whales - Islas Revillagigedos - April 2006

Raja Ampat, Indonesia - greatest coral reef biodiversity in the world - May 05 & Oct 07

Tequila, Puerto Vallarta & south - December 2005

Day of the Dead, Oaxaca - November 2004

Spectacular Thai Karst Formations, Myanmar & underwater - April 2004

World-famous Titcomb Basin, Wyoming's Wind River Range - July 2003

Rugged Pyrenees Mountains - September 2003

Fauna & Flora of the World


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