Weeping LotusA lotus blossom nears the end of its seasonal existence and begins its collapse into back into the lake from which it arose.

Lofoten Islands

so you eat those thorns and show your little sister how it's done

The expansive boundaries of this engaging place are mostly outlined by water

features open-flat binding and cloth-cover over hardback design

A lone Oryx gently plods along beneath mammoth ruddy sand dunes in Namibia

Land lines

Independence Monument is one of a thousand features in Colorado National Monument

outside of Taos

Typically much human activity surrounds the area but due to a lightning storm at the time of this image capture all had retreated

From the Basin and the Range Province upward through escarpments to the dramatic Colorado Plateau

The Colorado River flows deep below the ground surface as it meanders through majestic canyons of its own making in near Moab

The sculpted temples date back a thousand years