Southwest

061 - Superstition Snow Storm

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063 - Snow in the Desert, Superstition Mountains, Arizona

It’s a rare thing to see the Superstion Mountains covered in snow like this.

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Beautiful Green Spring Desert, Superstitions Mountains, AZ

This gorgeous blue sky backdrops this beautiful sunrise shot of a green covered Superstition Mountain.

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100 - Fall Colors and Beautiful Sunrise, Arches National Park, Utah

The right sunset, with high wispy clouds, fall colored bushes and this crazy and beautiful landscape in Arches National Park.

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093 - Monuments of the Ancients, Monument Valley, Arizona

Rich desert landscapes full of sacred monuments.

Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Lots to look forward to, traversing the Bright Angel trail.

Alone under the Milky Way, Florence, Arizona

Standing on this boulder can make you feel pretty small under these that amazing night sky.

Cracks in the Ground, Vermillion Cliffs, Arizona

The Arizona desert is so diverse.

Summer Storms, Desert Arizona

Waiting for the rain.

Night Blooms Under the Milky Way, Arizona Desert

Saguaro’s and the Milky Way.

Dead Horse Point at Sunrise, Utah

Canyonlands in Utah with all of its crevices and unexplored places.

090 - Horseshoe Bend, Page, Arizona

Brilliant red rock colors stand out just before sunrise at Horseshoe Bend in the early morning light

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A Superstition Night, Arizona

Broad view of the Milky Way across the Arizona sky.

AstroPhotography Lighting up Desert Night, Arizona

Milky Way rotating by through the night at the boulders.

Starry Sky over, Heber, Utah

This little pond made for some great reflections of the scene above.

111 - Red Rock Crazy Formations, Hanksville, Utah

Drones take us up close and personal with these crazy rock formations in the southern Utah desert.

Stone Pillar of Zion National Park, Utah

Love all the crazy formations you find in Zion National Park, Utah.

058 - Double Rainbow Desert, Arizona

Capturing this double rainbow after the storm pushed through, leaving a wet dessert with the sun shining between the clouds.

144 - Vibrant Colors, Nebo Creek, Maple Canyon, Utah

This Earth is a beautiful place.

Majestic Saguaros against the Superstition Mountains

Apache Junction, Arizona

Arizona Landscape - Lake Powell

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Rock Formation at Lake Powell

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Desert Star Trails, Arizona

Center on the North Star and watch the world move past.

032 - Horseshoe Bend Star Trails, Page Arizona

Star-trails over Horseshoe Bend. Its gratifying in some way for me as a photographer to come across symmetry in nature - and Horseshoe Bend is definitely one of those places. I've done a lot of shooting in the deserts of the southwest in the middle of the night but this has got to be one of the most dangerous. Thats because I have to hike around the edge of an 800 ft ledge, equipment in hand, setting up and moving the tripod around to find the right frame - all without stumbling over the edge and screaming all the way down. As a safety thing, I regularly try to visualize that happening in order to wrap my head around that very real potential. And it has worked ... so far.

Arizona Desert Saguaro Astrophotography

It’s all about seeing the depths and colors of the Milky Way.

Stars over the Superstitions, Mesa, Arizona

City lights illuminate the mountain with the amazing Milky Way band overhead

112 - Aerial Valley of the Gods, Mexican Hat, Utah

Aerial shot of one of the spectacular pinnacles at Valley of the Gods.

River by Night, Zion National Park, Utah

Milky Way leading to the Virgin River as is flows through Zion National Park.

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Desert Monsoon, Arizona

Loved this gnarly old saguaro watching the Arizona summer storm.

056 - Beautiful Green Spring Desert, Superstitions Mountains, AZ

This gorgeous blue sky backdrops this beautiful sunrise shot of a green covered Superstition Mountain.

Mexican Hat Rock, Utah

On the edge of the Navajo Nation and the San Jaun River in Utah.

077 - Levels Forever, Grand Canyon, Arizona

This epic scene never gets old.

024 - Saguaro's Pointing Upward, Martinez Canyon, Arizona

I had taken my 99 Isuzu Rodeo into this area east of Florence, Arizona for a late night astrophotography attempt trying to get into some old coke ovens that have been there since the 1890s I guess - 4 of them all in a row, very cool. But couldn't make it past one bad spot in the road - need about a foot more clearance I think. So ... turn around and shoot something else. Which is how this shot happened. Came across this cool stand of Saguaros against an excellent rugged AZ desert mountain skyline and the Milky Way positioned just right. So I stopped and framed it up with the tripod just behind the Isuzu, opened the shutter (25 second exposures) and ran up the road a bit to light the cactus systematically with a little LED flashlight. Little tricky because I can't turn my lights on to run up the road - have to do that in complete darkness. Also near impossible to get all the cactus lit just right in a single shot so I combined about 4 shots in order to get all the cactus lit the same for the final image.