Realm of Giants

Prairie Tempest

I stood at the edge of the Upper Prairie in the Badlands National Park and watched a storm rolling in from the plains. The wind was gusting immensely as I attempted to film the sunset, and my tripod kept falling over. I never realized how much trees can make a difference in slowing the wind until I came to the prairie lands...

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The Calm Before

I stood at the edge of the Upper Prairie in the Badlands National Park and watched a storm rolling in from the plains. Before the tempest arrived, the prairie fell quiet. The Sun was setting, adding even more contrast to the clouds that were quietly forming an enormous thunderhead...

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Spine of the Earth

If I were to imagine a place where giants once roamed, it would be in the land that the common folk know as Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming. As you drive west down highway 16 from the town of Buffalo, you will begin to notice the great stones and boulders seemingly out of place in the rolling hills before the mountains...

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Land of Sleeping Giants

On US-20, between the town of Cody, WY and the eastern entrance to Yellowstone National Park, you will find yourself enchanted and perhaps overcome with a sense of being small. The beauty that surrounds you will leave you in a wonder induced trance, while a sense of tranquility washes over you, like the clearness of the river that winds down between the land of sleeping giants...

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On Top of the World, III

A view of Wizard's Island on Crater Lake from the outer rim vista-point. The water in the lake is deep blue and calm. A patch of snow is on the hillside along with ancient white pines.

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On Top of the World, II

A wide-angle view of Crater Lake from a rim vista-point. The Sun shines through a light cloud-cover and reflects of the crystal waters of the lake.

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Towering Giants

Looking upward, canopy of towering Redwood trees. A path winds through the shaded forest, between the tall trunks of the giants.

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Among the Giants, Panorama

A well-maintained trail winds through a forest of Redwood trees with lush vegetation all around. The forest beneath is shaded by the canopy of ancient, towering giants. California

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Mountain Vista, I

A gravel road stretches into the distance where a grey-green mountain range touches white puffy clouds in a blue sky. the landscape around is desert, dotted with green vegetation. Some powerlines follow the road into the distance.

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On Top of the World, I

A view of a mountain peak from the summit of another mountain, with the darkening sky and haze at dusk.

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Desert Vista, I

A desert road stretching into a landscape with rising rock formations and view of mountains rising up in the distance, with a big open sky and clouds in the horizon.

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