Looking back en route to the descent to Loipl

The sun rises at The Wave, a very unique rock formation in the Coyotte Buttes area on the border of Utah and Arizona.

grand canyon: The Altar at Altar of Ribbon Falls, Bright Angel Creek, 4 miles up from Phantom Ranch.

circa 1900 to 1930

A dramatic view through a narrow slot canyon reveals a sunlit opening at the end of a winding dirt trail.

A huge chunk of ice the size of an apartment building falls from the South Sawyer glacier in Alaska's Tracy Arm Fjord as a small group watches from their RHIB.

The giant red sandstone Chilojo Cliffs are one of the most dramatic natural features of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, within Greater Limpopo TFCA.

Rock formations at the Pillars of Hercules site in Hagen Canyon.

Camera Committee outing to Red Rock Canyon State Park, November 16-18, 2012.

Pillars of Hercules rock formation in Hagen Canyon.

Camera Committee outing to Red Rock Canyon State Park, November 16-18, 2012.

Weston Cliffs area in upper Hagen Canyon.

Camera Committee outing to Red Rock Canyon State Park, November 16-18, 2012.

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

The giant red sandstone Chilojo Cliffs are one of the most dramatic natural features of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, within Greater Limpopo TFCA.

Carole Scurlock and Larry Miller descending Nightmare Gulch.

Camera Committee outing to Red Rock Canyon State Park, November 16-18, 2012.

The sun rises at The Wave, a very unique rock formation in the Coyotte Buttes area on the border of Utah and Arizona.

The giant red sandstone Chilojo Cliffs are one of the most dramatic natural features of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, within Greater Limpopo TFCA.

Malham Cove. April 2, 2007: An epic journey, hiking from Malhalm to Settle in the Yorkshire Dales, England. Journey of the Chronicles of Sir Thomas Rhymer Oisin Leaf McGowan as he searched for the enchanted ring with the Lady Vanessa of the Rhine. To follow the journey, visit the Chronicles at www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=555 or the reviews at www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=1127. For information about the photograph, for permission to re-use or to purchase, visit www.technogypsie.com/photography/. (c) 2007: Leaf McGowan, Thoma Baurley, Technogypsie Productions

St. Bathans town. Otago, New Zealand

The giant red sandstone Chilojo Cliffs are one of the most dramatic natural features of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, within Greater Limpopo TFCA.

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Looking out of Lava Tubes.

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Half Dome Cableway, Yosemite Valley.

circa 1900 to 1930

Maureen Cates and Teddy the Shiba Inu Dog as seen through Lathe Arch in the Alabama Hills. California's Sierra Nevada range in the background, including Lone Pine Peak and Mount Whitney.

Lamberts Dome, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite Nat. Park.

circa 1900 to 1930

The Tracy Arm Fjord in Alaska's inside passage provides a dramatic landscape of ice and soaring cliffs.

Otago, New Zealand

The Monument Valley sits on the Navajo Nation and provides endless oportunities to view rare geological formations such as this during sunrise on a clear morning.

Looking down at the Owens River with the Sierra Nevada in the background.

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Lava fields extend for miles to the north from the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua.

Waterfall at Gordale Scar. Film setting for the Dark Crystal and Harry Potter. April 2, 2007: An epic journey, hiking from Malhalm to Settle in the Yorkshire Dales, England. Journey of the Chronicles of Sir Thomas Rhymer Oisin Leaf McGowan as he searched for the enchanted ring with the Lady Vanessa of the Rhine. To follow the journey, visit the Chronicles at www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=555 or the reviews at www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=1127. For information about the photograph, for permission to re-use or to purchase, visit www.technogypsie.com/photography/. (c) 2007: Leaf McGowan, Thoma Baurley, Technogypsie Productions

Cableway on Half Dome, Yosemite Valley.

circa 1900 to 1930

grand canyon from Lipan Point. Painted Desert in distance.

circa 1900 to 1930

Half Dome cableway, Yosemite Valley. 45 degree incline

circa 1900 to 1930

The giant red sandstone Chilojo Cliffs are one of the most dramatic natural features of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, within Greater Limpopo TFCA.

The giant red sandstone Chilojo Cliffs are one of the most dramatic natural features of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, within Greater Limpopo TFCA.

Tourists and scenery at the top of Grandfather Mountain, elev 5300ft, in the Blue Ridge Mountain range of the Appalachians, North Carolina. Nov 2007.

Exmoor National Park Devon