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When I wanted to explore the Canadian Rockies, I stayed in a town called Canmore, south of Banff, Alberta. This was one of my favorite locations in and around town where Rundle Forebay Reservoir reflected the pristine and awesome view of Ha Ling and Miner's Peak. Positively stunning! © 2013-Current.
"In 20 years, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than the things you did. So explore, dream, discover..."
-Mark Twain- ✨
Half Dome from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park during sunset. Removed from the park but worth the drive. Shot with Canon 5D mark 3
Can't really beat this beautiful star-filled view from the comfort of a cozy little backyard in the desert. | Phoenix, AZ
Still riding high on camp vibes from this past weekend -- a night spent snuggled up to red sandstone towers, under a bright waxing gibbous moon; waking up to the sound of rain drops lightly flicking the taut fabric of the tent, and deep breaths of that musky, dusty, creosote-laden smell that only the desert can create with a little rain. Feelin' humbled & whole. ♡
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Camp views provided by the ever-impressive Valley Of Fire State Park, NV
Reach for the sky
[Your limit is you]
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📷 Photo captures ancient Saguaro cactus arms reaching tall into the big blue sky. Tonto National Forest, AZ.
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💭 Did you know Saguaro cacti can grow to be 200+ years old and 40+ feet tall, in an environment that barely receives double-digit annual rainfall totals coupled with air temperatures routinely exceeding triple-digits?! 💪 Talk about perseverance in the face of extreme limitations! I find myself always awe-struck in the presence of these incredible feats of natural engineering.
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Next to the damaged reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a huge construction site is still frozen in time: units 5 and 6, never completed. Two cooling towers were being built for that expansion — one lower, one rising much higher. This is the taller one. If you look closely at the rim, you can still see the scaffolding and the formwork traces up there, like the last sentence of a project that was never allowed to end properly.
Inside, it’s pure scale. The white tiled skin curves upward into a perfect circle of sky, and the concrete pillars stand like unfinished punctuation marks. The catwalk leads the eye straight into that “eye” above — a view that had been stuck in my head for a long time, and one I hadn’t seen before in quite this way.
Getting to the spot wasn’t casual. It was dangerous — but it wasn’t reckless. Roughly ten meters up, balancing on a narrow concrete beam, you feel every step and every shift of weight. The only way it makes sense is with a clear plan, full focus, and an honest assessment of what you can handle. With a partner handing up the camera it becomes more manageable and predictable. Alone, the same line would carry a very different kind of risk — not just physically, but mentally too, because there’s no buffer if something goes wrong.
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