an 80-foot waterdrop along the McKenzie River in Willamette National Forest

I'm climbing down inside a volcano crater and am amazed with the variety of rock/soil colours that are so neatly piled about.

peeking through the trees toward Horseshoe Lake mostly covered with lily-pads and blooms

Yucca tree (Yucca brevifolia) in Mojave desert.

a lovely and unique treasure discovered while roaming the hawaiian rainforest

unique purple lily blooms in southern China

although pesky, once you start to explore the common housefly, all sorts of amazing discoveries can be made. this is a super-closeup shot of the shiny metallic area on a blue bottle fly (blue housefly) capturing an area about the thickness of a playing card. the surface contains deep dimple-like cavities (similar to a golf ball) with an ultra tiny hair (about 1/8000 of an inch) in each one. the blue metallic colouring is mirror-like and reflects our lighting around like a highly polished automobile.

from the beautiful and tropical Wailea, Maui