In Close ProximityThe spray from this giant Oregon waterfall made this area almost un shootable. With some diligent wiping and lots of cloning of water spots, I was able to piece together an image of this wonderful place

Lava breaks out along the shores of Hawaii in molten fingers at dawn

A beautiful mountain lake high in the alpine wilderness of Montana's Glacier National Park

4 egrets rest in the bald cypress trees of the southern bayou in the pre-dawn hours

One of the best sunrises I've witnessed as the lenticular clouds of California catch fire before sunrise

It took centuries for water to carve the image of a woman with flowing hair deep in the slot canyons of Arizona

but I will remember it forever

It was shooting this image that I saw first hand how brilliant of a photographer Ryan Dyar is

A tremendous flow of lava erupts from the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland

Weeping walls of water pour into the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon after torrential winter rains

The overlook from which this image was taken is uncomfortably steep and drops straight into the ocean

And then I got lucky

I was finally rewarded with the beautiful light and color that only a dawn at 10