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Tufa Nation: A magic evening spent on Mono Lake in CA's Eastern Sierra region. Camped out that night with fellow photographer and good friend Rob Hirsch. These eerie shaped forms are called tufa towers and are formed by underwater springs rich in calcium, which mix with lake water rich in carbonates. As the calcium contacts the carbonates, a chemical reaction occurs forming calcium carbonate--limestone. Over the course of decades to centuries, a tufa tower will grow underwater. When lake levels fall, tufa towers are revealed.

Forever Patagonia: Looking out across Lake Pehoé and towards Cerro Paine Grande (left) and Cerros del Paine (right), I was awestruck by the timelessness and power of these incredibly majestic mountains. As high winds swept across the peaks the light was changing by the instant. Another day was coming to an end in Torres del Paine National Park of Chile. The man-made world and its concerns feels so far away in Patagonia where an ancient landscape lives on forever.

Ice Tide: Glacier ice washes up on a black volcanic beach on the Southern coast of Iceland. The photograph captures a process that takes thousands of years to unfold (although it's happening now at an alarmingly faster rate than ever before). Large formations of glacial ice break off Iceland's biggest glacier Vatnajökull and float into Jökulsárlón a glacier lagoon. From there the icebergs are pulled by the tides out to sea before they crash back up onto the beach and melt away.

Algonquin: Early in the morning when the world is fast asleep there is a special place that I like to go on Squam Lake in NH. Settlement fortunately came relatively late to the Squam area, which is a beautiful lake region in central NH surrounded by rugged mountains. Thanks to the Squam Lakes Conservation Society much of the surrounding land has put in conservation for the benefit of all present and future residents and visitors. The name Algonquin pays tribute to the Native Americans who originally called Squam Lake, Keeseenunknipee, which meant "the goose lake in the highlands."

Smoking Mountain: A predawn hike via headlamp down from my campsite led me to this majestic view of Fitz Roy from the rambling Arroyo del Salto (creek) located in Los Glaciares National Park of Argentina. The indigenous natives (Tehuelche) referred to Fitz Roy as Chaltén meaning "smoking mountain" due to a cloud that usually forms around the mountain's peak. The morning was quiet with little wind (a rarity in Patagonia), but the Glacier de los Tres fed Salto creek was definitely frigid!

Sedona Heights: Good friend, Sedona resident, photographer, and all around cool dude, Ian Whitehead, and I scrambled off trail for a unique "backdoor" view on Chimney Rock (middle-ground right). This is unique angle of one of Arizona's iconic landmarks is not likely to have been photographed by too many considering the effort (read: insanity) it took to work our way out to this cliffy perch. Definitely a no fall zone.

Seljalandsfoss: Seljalandsfoss is one of the higher waterfalls in Iceland (60m / 196 ft.). A path at the bottom of the cliff makes it possible to walk behind the falls. Seljalandsfoss is located near Seljaland farm where many small caves are found, including Kverkarhellir, which was previously used for official Viking gatherings. Above the farm is the cave Seljalandshellir, sometimes called Papahellir, where there are many ancient remains, and cross marks in the walls.

Green Day: Before visiting Iceland I imagined it to be a landscape of deep ice blues and cold grays...now, having had the chance to trek around its desolate interior, I think of bright green moss growing on black volcanic rock formations. Iceland is a dynamic landscape still evolving and changing by the day. These erosion lines etched their mark into my memory forever.

Midnight Blue: Red Hill on Squam Lake captured in wee hours of the day (or night depending on how you look at it). Squam Lake was originally called Keeseenunknipee, which meant "the goose lake in the highlands." The white settlers that followed shortened the name to Kusumpy and/or Kesumpe around 1779. In the early 19th century, the lake was given another Abenaki name, Asquam, which means "water." Finally, in the early 20th century, Asquam was shortened to its present version, Squam.

Tufa Nation: A magic evening spent on Mono Lake in CA's Eastern Sierra region. Camped out that night with fellow photographer and good friend Rob Hirsch. These eerie shaped forms are called tufa towers and are formed by underwater springs rich in calcium, which mix with lake water rich in carbonates. As the calcium contacts the carbonates, a chemical reaction occurs forming calcium carbonate--limestone. Over the course of decades to centuries, a tufa tower will grow underwater. When lake levels fall, tufa towers are revealed.

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