rarely does an insect stay put long enough for us to go through our setup process, but this large dragonfly was very trusting and didn't move while we choose a good macro lens, took light readings, test exposures, and finally this shot.

It's been raining most of the day and it's paying off by making this typically smaller waterfall much more voluminous.

female brown bear taking it easy (Aleutian Islands)

an unusual grouping of various flowers

as the snow accumulates in the high mountains, it stacks up and begins to slide down the mountain side as a glacier. as the glacier continues to get pushed from behind (from more incoming snow), it becomes packed into a very dense ice and can travel decades across the country side. sometimes they end by finally giving way to the heat, and turn into a stream of icy cold water. other times they end by crumbling into an ocean like this one.

dense bamboo forest in southern Maui

aerial view of clouds forming over Gulf of Mexico