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

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

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

Gray Pine, Pinus sabiniana, needles close up in Pinnacles National Park, California, USA

Layered sandstone formations in 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

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

aeonium patterns

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

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

Saguaro

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

The spectacular curtain-like 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

sand lines in the desert

Brush-footed Butterflies puddling in the Garnet Range, Montana, USA

Layered sandstone formations in 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

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.

White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

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

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

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

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

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

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

Canadian Lakes, Michigan, USA

Deck rail scalloped by the sine wave undulations of an Eastern Gray Squirrel in winter in central Michigan, USA

Osaka Japanese Gardens, Chicago.

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

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

Fungus and moss - Exmoor