To tour Mesa Verde National Park in southwest cornet of Colorado state is to learn how Ancestral Puebloans lived for 700 years during A.D. 600 to 1300. They were also referred as Anasazi people or in Navajo’s word of “ancient people”. It is the best […]
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Autumn Colors of Great Smoky Mountains
We missed the peak colors of the foliage probably by two weeks when we arrived the Smokies last week. However, we still came across some beautiful autumn scenes as we drove around the park. It rained half of the time during our 5-day stay and […]
“Big Tree” in Redwoods National Park in California
This “Big Tree” is located along Newton Drury Scenic Parkway in the Redwood National Park. It stands about 300 feet (100 meters) tall with diameter of 21.5 feet (6.5 meters) and circumference of 68 feet (20.7 meters) and is estimated to be approximately 1,500 years old.
Redwoods National Park in Northern California
We toured Redwoods National Park near Eureka, California for three days this week. These giant redwoods are just totally awesome and one can not truly appreciate their beauty and greatness until taking a stroll in the trails. The first two days we did not see […]
Capturing the Golden Hour Light at Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon is one of the most visited National Parks in the Nation. It is an immense and vast canyon and very impressive when looking down from the Rim to Colorado River. However, one can not appreciate the magnificent beauty of the Canyon unless you […]
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona (12 Images)
Petrified Forest National Park was established in 1906 to preserve and protect the petrified woods for scientific research – see the link http://www.nps.gov/pefo/learn/nature/petrified-wood.htm for the information of how petrified woods come to being. It is not just about petrified woods but the spectacular landscape especially […]
Arches National Park, Utah (14 Images)
Turret Arch The Windows Landscape Arch Balanced Rock Milky Way – 2014.6.25. Star Trails – 2014.6.25.
Mesa Arch of Canyonlands National Park (3 Images)
Is it worthy the time and efforts to get up so early and drive for an hour in the dark to shoot the sunrise? Apparently, a lot of photographers think so because when we got there at 5:30 am we could hardly find good spots […]
Capturing Colors at Bryce Canyon, Utah (10 Images) – Updated
The colors of rocks, hoodoos and the entire canyon are magically beautiful during the early morning and late afternoon hours. Updated for easier viewing of all images – 2015.10.3
Misty Great Falls (6)
Misty Great Falls photos taken during the fall. The window of taking such images is small because the air and water temperatures have to be right on to produce the river mist (fog).
