CreationThe misty atmosphere settling in amongst these Colorado aspens was created not by fog, but by dust from passing cars

The water creeping up onto this Norwegian beach was so shallow you could walk out for what seemed like forever

First light begins to emerge over my beautiful home city of Portland

An odd mountain formation in eastern Washington with colorful balsamroot blooming below

The wind erodes the sandstones of New Mexico into a wild collection of shapes

A lava outbreak at the ocean entry of Kilauea on Hawaii pierces the pre-dawn sky

it was all I could do to keep it out of the trees

A lonely sea stack gets battered by the Pacific along the Washington coast

the soft light settles onto the Badland peaks and spills into the valleys creating a beautiful scene with rich colors

Thunderstorms in the Pacific Northwest are extremely rare

Waves crash over an old lava flow beneath a vibrant sunrise on the shores of Hawaii

The large telescopes at the Mauna Kea observatory on Hawaii peer deep into space looking for the origins of the universe

This was my first trip back shooting with friend and mentor Ryan Dyar after months of recovery from cancer