sand lines in the desert

Coleman Glacier on Heliotrope Ridge below Mount Baker, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

Cispus River headwaters in Cispus Basin within the Goat Rocks Wilderness, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington State, USA

Patterns made by receding waves on Shi Shi Beach along the Pacific Ocean in Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA

In the spring there are splashes of red everywhere with humingbirds buzzing and whizzing past your head to drink of the delicious nectar of this amazing flower.

The whole valley at Quail Springs is loud - and I do mean LOUD, with the sound of buzzing as the population of bees explodes in response to spring, warmer temps, and fragrant flowers.

Hikers at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA [No model releases; available only for editorial licensing]

Ice formations on a cold late autumn morning along Lehman Creek in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

In the recent storm the long grass was flattened making this nice texture.

Intricate boxwork in Wind Cave, a cave formation found here more than anywhere else, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, USA

Closeup of spectacular ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Closeup of spectacular ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

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Cloudy morning light on the Navajo Sandstone formations of White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Navajo Sandstone shaped like cauliflower, cracked into polygons, at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Osaka Japanese Gardens, Chicago.

The spectacular curtain-like ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Fungus and moss - Exmoor

Holland farmers market, MI

Layered sandstone formations in White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Layered sandstone formations in White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Saguaro

Coleman Glacier on Heliotrope Ridge belowf Mount Baker, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

Tilted and cropped.

Closeup of spectacular ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Patterns and lines in mudstone at low tide at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California, USA

Northern Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum pedatum, in Canadian Lakes in central Michigan, USA

[Helianthus]

Ice cave interior where stream melts snow under a snowfield, near Hogsback Camp below Heliotrope Ridge on the slopes of Mount Baker, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

Patterns in nature - Sunflower head

The spectacular curtain-like ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Closeup of fragile ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA