cluster of Dendrobium orchids in China rain-forest

hiking through Waimea canyon on Kauai

sunny day following a heavy snow in northern Indiana

close-up shot of Niagara Falls (American side)

Looks like these two are watching each others' back preparing for a mission.

This is a straight-down shot of a young corn lily plant (Veratrum californicum) common in moist meadows along the west coast. The accordion-shaped leaves look just like my camera bellows, but the plant is quite poisonous. In fact, if animals eat the foliage, their offspring can be born with cyclopia (one large eye in center of head).

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.

cliff-edge walkway through the mountains and trees in Pennsylvania