just as you are wondering how we captured such a fantastic shot of a distant mountain at the same time as a network of caverns below it, the truth behind this photo is even more fantastic. this is really a closeup shot of a rose thorn broken off it's stem. the lower 2/3 of the photo is the inside part of the thorn where it used to be attached. the 'landscape' at top is the outer surface of the thorn that happened to have a bump shaped like a mountain (measuring 0.014 inches wide which is about the thickness of a playing card). to hold it steady during photography, we have the sharp point stuck into a piece of blue plastic which created our sky and blue reflections on the distant 'mountains'. the underground 'diamonds' are white crystal-looking cells that reflected our lighting like little mirrors.

Multiple storms and patches of sunlight just off-shore of Guam.

sunset above the clouds near hawaiian islands

foliage on the tropical island of Guam

Below ground caverns in Arizona wilderness, carved out by centuries of flash flood waters from rain many miles away.

crown-shaped pinnacle in Colorado

JiuZhaiGou Valley