Year: 2021

This is the heart of Ligonier, Pennsylvania. A town with a large diamond that is guarded by a fort. A beautiful historic small town nestled in the Laurel Highlands. Here The Wild Images Team used a timer to capture a team selfie in the frigid conditions of the holiday season. This is the bandstand. That is the name of the centerpiece gazebo. And this is also the diamond. That is the name used for their town square. Just a few steps over is Fort Ligonier. Built in 1758 to serve the British during the French and Indian War, it defended Ligonier and was never captured by an enemy. We have captured other great photos throughout Pennsylvania, including the postgame fireworks over the Andy Warhol Bridge, the colorful bursts of Independence Day fireworks over the Ohio River, the view as delicate flowers bloom in the Laurel Highlands, and the very early lantana at the University Park Flower Gardens, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Pennsylvania have documented the Halloween moment when hundreds of witches converged on Mellon Park and then later performed a choreographed dance routine, when The Wild Images Team attended an interfaith wedding ceremony during which our Coordinator Christina Orban was a bridesmaid, a look inside of the ornate St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica, the side yard greenhouse vividly reflecting light displays, the scene dominated by vibrant strands of holiday lights on a tree, the many hues of a very festive holiday house along McColly Street, the colorful view of the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Fall Foliage Train, the burst trails of fireworks over the Allegheny River, the red, white, and blue trail fireworks over the Roberto Clemente Bridge, the palette of colors with fireworks bursting over the Ohio River, the hundreds of American flags flying over Blairsville Cemetery, the fall leaves surrounding the Tyrone Division of the Pennsylvania System World War I Monument, the many colors of a flower soaking up sunshine, and the dichotomy created by a floral battle of yellow versus red. During our trips to New York on the other side of the state we have captured many photos such as in the Corning Museum of Glass antique cruets and dishware overlap, then in New York City itself the sudden snow squall over the Garment District, the scene of the Sherry-Netherland towering over a sculpture, and the opposite directed festive view of West 58th Street, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our New York blog posts document the Corning Museum of Glass plate of colorful giant glass fruit, the intricate stained glass vines and bubbles over a figure, and the suspended glass knives in front of a red stack tower, then in New York City itself the Empire State Building shining like a beacon, the perpetual hustle and bustle of Times Square, the impressive bronze Alice in Wonderland sculpture, the memorial bronze statue of legendary Balto and its accompanying dedicated to the indomitable spirit plaque, the animated bronze animals and the Delacorte Clock, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina with Spongebob SquarePants, the festive view of a large toy train in Rockefeller Center Station, the late night giant holiday lights on the sidewalks, and the piles of giant holiday ornaments in Liholts Pooley Pool.

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This image comes with a background story. During this holiday season, The Wild Images Team searched through the small mountain town of Ligonier, Pennsylvania, for great holiday light displays to capture, such as this vibrantly festive scene of holiday decorations covering a house located along McColly Street. We have captured other great photos throughout Pennsylvania, including the postgame fireworks over the Andy Warhol Bridge, the colorful bursts of Independence Day fireworks over the Ohio River, the view as delicate flowers bloom in the Laurel Highlands, and the very early lantana at the University Park Flower Gardens, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Pennsylvania have documented the Halloween moment when hundreds of witches converged on Mellon Park and then later performed a choreographed dance routine, when The Wild Images Team attended an interfaith wedding ceremony during which our Coordinator Christina Orban was a bridesmaid, a look inside of the ornate St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica, the side yard greenhouse vividly reflecting light displays, the scene dominated by vibrant strands of holiday lights on a tree, the colorful view of the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Fall Foliage Train, the burst trails of fireworks over the Allegheny River, the red, white, and blue trail fireworks over the Roberto Clemente Bridge, the palette of colors with fireworks bursting over the Ohio River, the hundreds of American flags flying over Blairsville Cemetery, the fall leaves surrounding the Tyrone Division of the Pennsylvania System World War I Monument, the many colors of a flower soaking up sunshine, and the dichotomy created by a floral battle of yellow versus red. During our trips to New York on the other side of the state we have captured many photos such as in the Corning Museum of Glass antique cruets and dishware overlap, then in New York City itself the sudden snow squall over the Garment District, the scene of the Sherry-Netherland towering over a sculpture, and the opposite directed festive view of West 58th Street, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our New York blog posts document the Corning Museum of Glass plate of colorful giant glass fruit, the intricate stained glass vines and bubbles over a figure, and the suspended glass knives in front of a red stack tower, then in New York City itself the Empire State Building shining like a beacon, the perpetual hustle and bustle of Times Square, the impressive bronze Alice in Wonderland sculpture, the memorial bronze statue of legendary Balto and its accompanying dedicated to the indomitable spirit plaque, the animated bronze animals and the Delacorte Clock, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina with Spongebob SquarePants, the festive view of a large toy train in Rockefeller Center Station, the late night giant holiday lights on the sidewalks, and the piles of giant holiday ornaments in Liholts Pooley Pool.

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For the holiday season this year, The Wild Images Team has returned to the small town of Ligonier, a picturesque village nestled in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania. It is from this same small town that our wonderful Coordinator, Christina Orban, was born and raised. We spent some of the time there looking for great holiday light displays to capture, such as the strands of lights on this colorful tree located at the corner of Franklin Street and Bell Street. We have captured other great photos throughout Pennsylvania, including the postgame fireworks over the Andy Warhol Bridge, the colorful bursts of Independence Day fireworks over the Ohio River, the view as delicate flowers bloom in the Laurel Highlands, and the very early lantana at the University Park Flower Gardens, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Pennsylvania have documented the Halloween moment when hundreds of witches converged on Mellon Park and then later performed a choreographed dance routine, when The Wild Images Team attended an interfaith wedding ceremony during which our Coordinator Christina Orban was a bridesmaid, a look inside of the ornate St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica, the side yard greenhouse vividly reflecting light displays, the colorful view of the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Fall Foliage Train, the burst trails of fireworks over the Allegheny River, the red, white, and blue trail fireworks over the Roberto Clemente Bridge, the palette of colors with fireworks bursting over the Ohio River, the hundreds of American flags flying over Blairsville Cemetery, the fall leaves surrounding the Tyrone Division of the Pennsylvania System World War I Monument, the many colors of a flower soaking up sunshine, and the dichotomy created by a floral battle of yellow versus red. During our trips to New York on the other side of the state we have captured many photos such as in the Corning Museum of Glass antique cruets and dishware overlap, then in New York City itself the sudden snow squall over the Garment District, the scene of the Sherry-Netherland towering over a sculpture, and the opposite directed festive view of West 58th Street, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our New York blog posts document the Corning Museum of Glass plate of colorful giant glass fruit, the intricate stained glass vines and bubbles over a figure, and the suspended glass knives in front of a red stack tower, then in New York City itself the Empire State Building shining like a beacon, the perpetual hustle and bustle of Times Square, the impressive bronze Alice in Wonderland sculpture, the memorial bronze statue of legendary Balto and its accompanying dedicated to the indomitable spirit plaque, the animated bronze animals and the Delacorte Clock, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina with Spongebob SquarePants, the festive view of a large toy train in Rockefeller Center Station, the late night giant holiday lights on the sidewalks, and the piles of giant holiday ornaments in Liholts Pooley Pool.

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This year, after two consecutive years in the Sonoran Desert, the holiday season was spent in the much cooler northern climate of Ligonier, a small town situated in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania. It is this same small town that was the birthplace of our wonderful Coordinator, Christina Orban. We spent some of the time there looking for great holiday light displays to capture, such as this colorful greenhouse along North Market Street. We have captured other great photos throughout Pennsylvania, including the postgame fireworks over the Andy Warhol Bridge, the colorful bursts of Independence Day fireworks over the Ohio River, the view as delicate flowers bloom in the Laurel Highlands, and the very early lantana at the University Park Flower Gardens, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Pennsylvania have documented the Halloween moment when hundreds of witches converged on Mellon Park and then later performed a choreographed dance routine, when The Wild Images Team attended an interfaith wedding ceremony during which our Coordinator Christina Orban was a bridesmaid, a look inside of the ornate St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica, the colorful view of the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Fall Foliage Train, the burst trails of fireworks over the Allegheny River, the red, white, and blue trail fireworks over the Roberto Clemente Bridge, the palette of colors with fireworks bursting over the Ohio River, the hundreds of American flags flying over Blairsville Cemetery, the fall leaves surrounding the Tyrone Division of the Pennsylvania System World War I Monument, the many colors of a flower soaking up sunshine, and the dichotomy created by a floral battle of yellow versus red. During our trips to New York on the other side of the state we have captured many photos such as in the Corning Museum of Glass antique cruets and dishware overlap, then in New York City itself the sudden snow squall over the Garment District, the scene of the Sherry-Netherland towering over a sculpture, and the opposite directed festive view of West 58th Street, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our New York blog posts document the Corning Museum of Glass plate of colorful giant glass fruit, the intricate stained glass vines and bubbles over a figure, and the suspended glass knives in front of a red stack tower, then in New York City itself the Empire State Building shining like a beacon, the perpetual hustle and bustle of Times Square, the impressive bronze Alice in Wonderland sculpture, the memorial bronze statue of legendary Balto and its accompanying dedicated to the indomitable spirit plaque, the animated bronze animals and the Delacorte Clock, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina with Spongebob SquarePants, the festive view of a large toy train in Rockefeller Center Station, the late night giant holiday lights on the sidewalks, and the piles of giant holiday ornaments in Liholts Pooley Pool.

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Ravens tend to roost here. Well, at least during the brief couple of months that mark summer time in the high altitude of Dunraven Pass in Yellowstone National Park of Wyoming. Snows often linger here until July, and will begin falling again as soon as late August, with significant accumulation by September. But during the months of July and August, adequate sunshine will bring warmth even to this region nestled in the shoulder between Mount Washburn and Dunraven Peak. Wildflowers will bloom and ravens will roost. But strangely enough, the region is not named for the ravens that come there but rather for Lord Dunraven, an Irish nobleman who visited the park in 1874, just two years after its creation, and was so impressed by it that he devoted 150 pages to Yellowstone National Park in his book The Great Divide, published in 1874. In return, he had the nearby Duraven Peak and the Dunraven Pass named after him. Yet ravens do flock here in the warm summer season, such as the one perching in the above image captured by The Wild Images Team. It was this inspiration that led us to capture this beautiful view with a raven from the altitude of Dunraven Pass that is now available for sale in our newly created page 3 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Yellowstone National Park including a Beehive Geyser eruption with a massive rainbow, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser with water textures, a towering Grand Geyser pause burst eruption, a sunset Castle Geyser eruption with a bright rainbow, an afternoon Riverside Geyser eruption with a rainbow, an early morning Lion Geyser eruption with a rainbow, a very difficult to catch Oblong Geyser blue burst eruption, the extremely powerful Artemisia Geyser eruption with deep bursts, the very moment of waves from a Great Fountain Geyser initial eruption, an iconic White Dome Geyser eruption at sunset, the large bursts of a Fountain Geyser eruption in steam, the delicate red light on a Grotto Fountain Geyser eruption at sunset, the defining moment of a Rocket Geyser eruption at sunset, the extremely brief Aurum Geyser eruption with colors, a view through a Cliff Geyser eruption of Black Sand Basin, the colorful patterns of bacterial mats in Midway Geyser Basin, the changing conditions that cause a rainbow to parallel the Snow Lodge, the Biscuit Basin duo of Black Diamond Pool and Opal Pool, the colorfully pock marked waterways of the erupting Blood Geyser, the active steppes of the Mineral Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, the distant double rainbow over the Lewis River Canyon, the before eruption reflections of sunset over the terraces of Great Fountain Geyser, the deep colors of sky reflections over Beauty Pool, the thermally induced sunset light filters through the steamy trees, the intense moment of mammatus clouds over the Firehole River, the very early morning fog surrounding Lower Yellowstone Falls, the runoff created reflections over the colorful runoff pan of Constant Geyser, the unworldly terrain of the extensive Porcelain Geyser Basin in Norris, the deeply hued steam over colorful bacterial mat reflections of Grand Prismatic Spring, the contrast of runoff channels surrounding the blue superheated water of Sapphire Pool, differing wave patterns created by the colorful submerged Fishing Cone Geyser, the strong green created by the record depths of mysterious Abyss Pool, the moment the full moon rises over the Grant Village Lakehouse, the cloud symmetry of a sunset reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, and moments earlier with a cloud shelf reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Yellowstone National Park have documented the Old Faithful Geyser eruptions, the steamy Oblong Geyser eruptions, the deep drain Uncertain Geyser eruptions, the steep crater Depression Geyser eruptions, the amphitheater Grand Geyser eruptions, the impressive Fan and Mortar Geyser eruptions, the very quick Aurum Geyser eruptions, the rooster tail Whirligig Geyser eruptions, the series type Lion Geyser eruptions, the tall grotto White Dome Geyser eruptions, the frequent Sawmill Geyser eruptions, the double cone Atomizer Geyser eruptions, the nozzled Beehive Geyser eruptions, the cratered Fountain Geyser eruptions, the deep pool Artemisia Geyser eruptions, the playful Vixen Geyser eruptions, the scenic Riverside Geyser eruptions, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from above, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from below, the gurgling Tilt’s Baby Geyser eruptions, the bursts of Great Fountain Geyser eruptions, the hidden Dome Geyser eruptions, the tilted Daisy Geyser eruptions, the remote Pink Cone Geyser eruptions, the long Castle Geyser eruption water phases, the loud Castle Geyser eruption steam phases, the stark Constant Geyser eruptions, the rim wall Cliff Geyser eruptions, the initiation from Grotto Fountain Geyser eruptions, the continuation of Grotto Geyser eruptions, the defining moment of Rocket Geyser eruptions, the marathon Spa Geyser eruptions, the blue waters of a Spouter Geyser eruption, the isolated Artist Paint Pots throwing mud, the little seen intricate burst of a mud volcano, a view of a dozen visitors under a Beehive Geyser rainbow, the eruption through numerous vents of Fan and Mortar Geysers, the enormous amount of water through the runoff channels of Excelsior Geyser, the otherworldly view of cloudy blue runoff pools in the Porcelain Basin, the moment that a large bison bull rolled in his claimed dirt pile, the rule for the right of way wildlife, the high altitudes where a large raven that perches over the Dunraven Pass, the the day that a phoenix streaked across the backcountry sky, the trail from Grant Village that crosses over this suspended bridge, The Wild Images Team in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, our Photographer Jeremy Robinson shadowed in Morning Glory Pool, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the Yellowstone National Park entrance sign.

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Of all the architecture characteristics of the historic French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana, the most well known are likely the intricately designed balconies found on most buildings. Perhaps due to their use during the festivities of Mardi Gras, the balconies have become as iconic to the French Quarter in New Orleans as Bourbon Street itself. They are found on all streets in the French Quarter, and some of the most ornate ones are located far down the streets away from the throngs of visitors that dominate Canal Street and the first few blocks into the French Quarter, especially along Bourbon Street. The Wild Images Team was drawn to this trio of colorfully intricate balconies that stand side by side by side far down Chartres Street towards Esplanade Avenue, beyond where most visitors will tread. It was the balcony on the far left that led The Wild Images Team to capture the flowery scene of the beaded lamp below balconies next to the Beauregard-Keyes House that is available for sale in the newly created page 3 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in New Orleans including the prominent Hotel Monteleone and surrounding buildings, beautiful French Quarter ironwork view through the cornstalk fence, intricate designs of a house facade and lamp shadows, nice reflection of a bridge in the Louis Armstrong Park, dynamic view as a Canal Line streetcar passes a St. Charles Line streetcar, the eerie nighttime view of Pirates Alley of the French Quarter, an example of an urban art sign stenciled on the wall, the distant building and colorful lights of the French Market, chance encounter with a teddy bear silhouette in French Market window, more north can be found an ornate mausoleum of Greenwood Cemetery, elsewhere is a heavenly scene over Cypress Grove Cemetery, more south was a sunset over the Mississippi River delta, all of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts of New Orleans document the midnight crowd at always busy Cafe du Monde, the dimly lit stocked shelves of Loa Bar in the International House Hotel, the colorful French Quarter Wedding Chapel at night, the happy couple leading a wedding procession on Chartres Street, far down the French Quarter where intricately colorful balconies stand above Chartres Street, the moment when entertainers welcomed crowds to the Jax Brewery, the street performer human statue Uncle Louis poses with a visitor, the pink hues of a rare colorful mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery, the long shadows of bikes chained to old pump lamp posts, reflections of the bus commuters in front of a St. Charles Line Streetcar, a view of the city reflected in the Steamboat Natchez searchlight, the nighttime view of lighted tugboats along the Mississippi River, the steampunk view of the PBF Petroleum Refinery along the Mississippi River, the St. Charles Avenue Irish House Guinness Toucan Time For A Pint clock, the humorous but serious condominium listing warning that the place for lease is haunted, the listing that creates relief by being not haunted, our always entertaining Team Coordinator Christina in Cafe Maspero, and again our Team Coordinator under the Guinness Toucan clock. A distance away from New Orleans to the west are the enormous swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin, where we have captured numerous great photos such as the alligator with cypress tree reflections, a group of alligators with dragonflies, a very large cypress tree and Spanish moss, a thick cypress tree grove reflects in the still water, a large swarm of dragonflies congregate on a marsh plant, a very red sunset through the cypress trees, and a reflective sunset through the Spanish moss, each of which is available for sale in our store. Another image captured much further away to the west along the Gulf of Mexico coast is this very remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay, and much further away to the north up the Mississippi River is the Myrtles Plantation front yard walkway, each of which are available for sale in our store. We have also documented much of our time in Louisiana in many different blog posts such as in the Atchafalaya Basin where we encountered an open style honeybee hive and Spanish moss and down near the gulf coast with another view of the remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay.

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Kluane Lake is the largest lake contained completely within the borders of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It currently has 158 square miles of water surface, though it remains to be seen what may happen to this in the very near future. The extensive mudflats seen in this image are the remains of the once heavily flowing A’ay Chu, also known as the Slims River. This is one of two rivers that split and share the drainage from the Kaskawulsh Glacier. The other, known as the Kaskawulsh River, flows away to the Gulf of Alaska. But due to the retreating Kuskawalsh Glacier attributed to global climate change, the prominent flow of its melt waters switched over to being solely the Kuskawalsh River, leaving the A’ay Chu completely dry in a matter of 4 days. This marks the first example of climate change being implicated in the reorganization of a river. As the main source of water into Kluane Lake, sadly it is expected that the lake will continue to shrink and expose even more mudflats. But for now, the lake is still a beautiful region as seen in this image captured by The Wild Images Team where sparse wildflower bushes grow on the pebbled beaches of Kluane Lake, now available for sale on the newly created page 3 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many photos during our journey up to Alaska through western and northern Canada including colorful canoes standing at the edge of Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, a moment of isolation as a canoe crosses Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, the scene when a grizzly mother is grazing with two cubs, a practically newborn grizzly cub is shorter than the grass, near the Rancheria River where a massive blonde grizzly steps out of the brush, where the remote Liard River wanders through woods and mountains, an action shot when two bison calves are learning to spar, and another action shot as a large bull moose runs through the woods, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from our journey through Canada document the dark background storm clouds while the grain silos shine in the sunlight of Saskatchewan, the sheer terrain of Cascade Mountain towering over the Bow River valley, the velvet covered antlers of an elk as it passes by in Jasper National Park, the welcome sign declaring you are now entering the world famous Alaska Highway, the very iconic mile 0 signpost found at the start of the Alaska Highway, the desolate road of the Alaska Highway drops down into clouds of the Yukon Territory, the very remote road of the Alaska Highway rounds a mountain within clouds of the Yukon Territory, as the Alaska Highway heads straight towards a giant peak along Kluane Lake, the tall snow-capped peaks along the Alaska Highway west of Whitehorse, the shore lining patterned designs of mudflats from the missing A’ay Chu, as The Wild Images Team Photographer Jeremy Robinson hides in the Signpost Forest, and as The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina hides in the Signpost Forest. The Wild Images Team has also captured many other images while in Alaska including the terminal moraines of a glacier winding down from the Chugach Mountains, the many splendid colors of the Sheep Mountain chromatic peaks in the Talkeetna Range, as a seal watches over the thick floating ice in Kenai Fjords National Park, as very fast moving seals cut tracks through the ice, as an entertaining seal strikes a pose on Northwestern Lagoon ice, the many miles of Northwestern Glacier reflecting over the turquoise waters, the awe inspiring rumble when a glacier calves of the cliffs in Kenai Fjords National Park, the moment when clouds crown a peak in Kenai Fjords National Park, the long summer days when fireweed enjoys the land of the midnight sun, and as a very playful Dall’s porpoise breaches the ocean surface in Aialik Bay, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Alaska document the moment we realized that no bananas on a boat is a very serious rule, as our kayak carrying water taxi Michael A launches from Miller’s Landing, the chaotic scene during a feeding frenzy floating island of seagulls, the majestic bald eagle scanning the coastline from a tree, the expansive view of a colorfully banded rock island reflection, the chaotic jumble of very noticeable blue ice of Northwest Glacier, the reflective view over briefly calm waters of the far northern Pacific Ocean under the Harding Icefield, when The Wild Images Team was photographed at the mouth of a glacier draining tunnel, the intimidating view from the snout of a very large and very steep glacier, and when our Coordinator Christina Orban keeps tradition by kissing the snout of this glacier.

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Grand historic homes are located throughout the Historic District of Charleston, South Carolina. Many homes here were built between 150 to 200 years ago. But the section of the Historic District that was mostly favored by the wealthy was the Battery District, the most southern portion of the peninsula on which Charleston was built. Here, beautifully ornate homes line the old streets, such as this grand structure with its ornamental balustrades that line the sidewalk along East Battery, which itself runs right along the Atlantic Ocean in the Charleston Bay. One side of the street looks like this, and the other side is miles of water. So the views from here are absolutely stunning to say the least, and the wealthiest citizens built their estates here. Each level of this home features massive deck balconies connected by a spiral staircase. While we were capturing this series of images, one of the people who live here came out onto the balcony briefly. It is amazing that people are able to own such a beautiful structure. Perhaps they are descendants of the original owners or spent a fortune to purchase it. But we are sure they love it there either way. This same night took us into the darker internal streets of the Battery District, where we captured this narrow view down the dark night time alley to the distant double doors that is now available for sale in the newly created page 3 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in the Historic District of Charleston including the colorful walkway with lights through humidity, a photo of the ornate house through trees branches, and in the bay where the Schooner named Pride sailed through, each of which are available for sale in our store. Charleston blog posts have documented when The Wild Images Team sought refuge from a historic downpour, which subsequently flooded the Charleston streets, that led to the stranding of our Coordinator Christina, photographed on a humid night as Christina poses in the steamy view, and then on a drier day as Christina rides the ferry to Fort Sumter, which formed these reflective wake trails towards the fort, a late night view through the back gate of a house in the Battery District, and then an image of decorative folk art in a courtyard. In the nearby Historic District of Savannah, Georgia, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as the haunting photo of houses of Calhoun Square through Spanish moss, this view of an ornate house from Lafayette Square, and the mystical aura surrounding the Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park, each of which are available for sale in our store. Savannah blog posts have documented as a boat is dwarfed by the massive Hapag-Lloyd Budapest Express, an evening view of the Savannah River terminals and the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, the amazing story of the Florence Martus Waving Girl Statue, the very detailed National Maritime Day Monument and a photo of its associated Propeller Club Dedication plaque, the perfectly framed view of the William Jasper Monument, the very functional historic armillary sphere of Troup Square, a lucky shot of a ghostly woman in a green dress standing in the doorway, an image of the geometric spiral patterns that fill a stairwell, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome catching some rays and then doing the backstroke in the rooftop pool. In nearby North Carolina, The Wild Images Team has captured photos such as the Cape Lookout Island scenic backdoor view of the lightkeepers house which is available for sale in our store. Blog posts from North Carolina include the standard vegetation as Cape Lookout Lighthouse is framed by pine trees. In the somewhat nearby Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, The Wild Images Team has captured images including the wispy clouds over ornate Front Gates of the Governor’s Palace and a night time view of Josiah Chowning’s Tavern with waitstaff, each of which are available for sale in our store. Colonial Williamsburg blog posts have documented where dianthus barbatus also known as Sweet William grows in the Governor’s Palace Gardens, the day our Travel Gnome jumped the Governor’s Palace wall, was quickly taken into custody by a guard, and sentenced to serve time in the stockade, to which The Wild Images Team was also sentenced thanks to our Travel Gnome, and during a freer time the moment that a couple is married in a jumping the broom ceremony.

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This is one of the tens of thousands of toadstool hoodoos, named goblins due to their mystical appearance, that cover the entire region of Utah desert within Goblin Valley State Park. This remote state park has some of the most dramatic eroded terrain in the entire world. Softer layers of sandstone lie under a much harder top layer. As ice, water, and wind slowly erode away the softer under layers at a quicker rate, the top layer ends up becoming larger and forms a mushroom caprock, creating the toadstool shaped hoodoo known here as a goblin. And this particular image captured by The Wild Images Team creates and interesting comparison of apparent sizes. While the view is dominated by the goblin here that stands perhaps 15 feet tall, under the right side of its cap and to the right of its stem is massive Wild Horse Butte, which stands 800 feet tall above the valley terrain! But from this vantage point, it is miles away and so appears small. During this series of images, we also captured the detailed sky over a large toadstool hoodoo in the jumble that is now for sale on the newly created page 3 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Utah including the competition between cliff colors and clouds in Zion National Park, the intricate designs of the high altitude patterned wall in Zion National Park, distant rain curtains over the colorful cliffs of Bryce Canyon National Park, cloud shadows defining the colorful pinnacles of Bryce Canyon National Park, the scenic view as the full moon rises over Red Canyon, the Goblin Valley State Park thunderstorm and lightning strike over goblins, the impenetrable colorful rim wall of Goblin Valley State Park, the gravity defying balanced rock with snow in Arches National Park, the moment in Arches National Park when a winter storm clears over pinnacles and the La Sal Mountains, the very bright but fleeting rainbow beyond The Hand in Arches National Park, the instance In Arches National Park when lightning strikes near the Three Gossips, the green slopes of Sandy Mountain guarded by red lichen rock sentinels, the wild clouds over the elevated plains of the Grand Staircase-Escalante, and finally in Midway where the five flags of the military fly over Memorial Hill, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts documenting our time in Utah include the road towards the extremely remote Valley of the Gods, an expansive view of the major formations of Zion National Park, the road winding through Fremont cottonwoods in Zion National Park, the road through intricately carved highlands in Zion National Park, the road through red and white rock cliffs in Zion National Park, The Wild Images Team vehicle on a dirt road in Red Canyon, the high altitude scene where a thistle soaks up the brief summer season sunshine, the moment a snake slithers over water plants in Cascade Springs, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the entrance to Cascade Springs, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome standing proudly in Goblin Valley, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at The Brick Oven Restaurant, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at an overlook of Bryce Canyon National Park, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome in front of the rock pinnacles of Bryce Canyon National Park, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the entrance of Zion National Park, and finally The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome in front of the cliffs of Zion National Park.

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This is the view of a portion of Black Sand Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park of Wyoming. This particular section is hot and therefore sparse with the vegetation. The scene is broken up by the distant orange runoff channels of the more densely packed thermal features on the other side of Iron Spring Creek, and by the lonesome bright blue waters of Spouter Geyser during one of its eruptions. This side of Iron Spring Creek is more desolate and wild, dominated by size of Spouter Geyser. Unlike the thermal features on the other side, which runoff straight into Iron Spring Creek, the runoff from Spouter Geyser flows away from Iron Spring Creek towards the right of the above image. Instead of draining into a flowing creek, it collects into a catch basin known as Opalescent Pool. Due to it being a pool and not a hot spring, Opalescent Pool no longer has its own underground thermal source. While it was likely a geyser or hot spring in the past, it has since filled in any underground vents and is now heated and filled solely by the runoff of Spouter Geyser. Opalescent Pool is a gorgeous sight, its waters are a striking milky blue color due to the high amount of suspended silicate particulates. It was this inspiration that led The Wild Images Team to capture the view of Opalescent Pool reflecting the clouds and bobby socks trees that is now available for sale on page 3 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Yellowstone National Park including a Beehive Geyser eruption with a massive rainbow, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser with water textures, a towering Grand Geyser pause burst eruption, a sunset Castle Geyser eruption with a bright rainbow, an afternoon Riverside Geyser eruption with a rainbow, an early morning Lion Geyser eruption with a rainbow, a very difficult to catch Oblong Geyser blue burst eruption, the extremely powerful Artemisia Geyser eruption with deep bursts, the very moment of waves from a Great Fountain Geyser initial eruption, an iconic White Dome Geyser eruption at sunset, the large bursts of a Fountain Geyser eruption in steam, the delicate red light on a Grotto Fountain Geyser eruption at sunset, the defining moment of a Rocket Geyser eruption at sunset, the extremely brief Aurum Geyser eruption with colors, a view through a Cliff Geyser eruption of Black Sand Basin, the colorful patterns of bacterial mats in Midway Geyser Basin, the changing conditions that cause a rainbow to parallel the Snow Lodge, the Biscuit Basin duo of Black Diamond Pool and Opal Pool, the colorfully pock marked waterways of the erupting Blood Geyser, the active steppes of the Mineral Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, the distant double rainbow over the Lewis River Canyon, the before eruption reflections of sunset over the terraces of Great Fountain Geyser, the deep colors of sky reflections over Beauty Pool, the thermally induced sunset light filters through the steamy trees, the intense moment of mammatus clouds over the Firehole River, the very early morning fog surrounding Lower Yellowstone Falls, the runoff created reflections over the colorful runoff pan of Constant Geyser, the unworldly terrain of the extensive Porcelain Geyser Basin in Norris, the deeply hued steam over colorful bacterial mat reflections of Grand Prismatic Spring, the contrast of runoff channels surrounding the blue superheated water of Sapphire Pool, differing wave patterns created by the colorful submerged Fishing Cone Geyser, the strong green created by the record depths of mysterious Abyss Pool, the moment the full moon rises over the Grant Village Lakehouse, the cloud symmetry of a sunset reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, and moments earlier with a cloud shelf reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Yellowstone National Park have documented the Old Faithful Geyser eruptions, the steamy Oblong Geyser eruptions, the deep drain Uncertain Geyser eruptions, the steep crater Depression Geyser eruptions, the amphitheater Grand Geyser eruptions, the impressive Fan and Mortar Geyser eruptions, the very quick Aurum Geyser eruptions, the rooster tail Whirligig Geyser eruptions, the series type Lion Geyser eruptions, the tall grotto White Dome Geyser eruptions, the frequent Sawmill Geyser eruptions, the double cone Atomizer Geyser eruptions, the nozzled Beehive Geyser eruptions, the cratered Fountain Geyser eruptions, the deep pool Artemisia Geyser eruptions, the playful Vixen Geyser eruptions, the scenic Riverside Geyser eruptions, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from above, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from below, the gurgling Tilt’s Baby Geyser eruptions, the bursts of Great Fountain Geyser eruptions, the hidden Dome Geyser eruptions, the tilted Daisy Geyser eruptions, the remote Pink Cone Geyser eruptions, the long Castle Geyser eruption water phases, the loud Castle Geyser eruption steam phases, the stark Constant Geyser eruptions, the rim wall Cliff Geyser eruptions, the initiation from Grotto Fountain Geyser eruptions, the continuation of Grotto Geyser eruptions, the defining moment of Rocket Geyser eruptions, the marathon Spa Geyser eruptions, the blue waters of a Spouter Geyser eruption, the isolated Artist Paint Pots throwing mud, the little seen intricate burst of a mud volcano, a view of a dozen visitors under a Beehive Geyser rainbow, the eruption through numerous vents of Fan and Mortar Geysers, the enormous amount of water through the runoff channels of Excelsior Geyser, the otherworldly view of cloudy blue runoff pools in the Porcelain Basin, the moment that a large bison bull rolled in his claimed dirt pile, the rule for the right of way wildlife, the high altitudes where a large raven that perches over the Dunraven Pass, the the day that a phoenix streaked across the backcountry sky, the trail from Grant Village that crosses over this suspended bridge, The Wild Images Team in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, our Photographer Jeremy Robinson shadowed in Morning Glory Pool, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the Yellowstone National Park entrance sign.

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Our last series of photos captured during our long stay in the Sonoran Desert was a long three day event right at the height of the spring bloom of the Palo Verde trees. We have never encountered so many honeybees at one time. The trees are literally buzzing from the collective sound of thousands of honeybees hard at work collecting pollen during the short few days that the Palo Verde trees are in bloom. As a typical day in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, it was sunny, it was hot, and there was a breeze created by the flow of the heated desert floor. This caused complications in our photographic efforts as the branches kept swaying, the honeybees kept moving, the sun was beating down, and the heat was tremendous. But nonetheless, we spent three straight days capturing about 1000 photos, of which 3 of them made it into the new page 3 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Arizona, such as the colorful storm buildup in the painted desert, the stark view of an incredibly tall monsoon cloud over desert, the sky covering massive anvil cloud over the mountains, the isolation in the curtains of rain over the Navajo Nation, the deep red lightning scene in the Mazatzals, the moment Zeus throws a bolt over Cave Creek, the network of colorful bolts over the Sedona ridges, the rainfall created colorful dry wash in bloom, the dangerous stripe-tailed scorpion climbing plants, the deep desert late night glowing bark scorpions, the dynamic image of a honeybee on an exotic wildflower, the view of a hummingbird among the thick wildflowers, a lucky shot of a great horned owl roosting in mesquite tree, the evening view of an organ pipe cactus, the serene scene of ocotillos and saguaro cacti, the view from Bell Rock of scrub brush and phenomenally colorful cliffs, this precarious Wupatki box canyon dwelling, a look up at the very majestic Wukoki Pueblo ruins, a chance encounter with a thunderstorm through a Wukoki Pueblo window, and the spiny sharp glass sculpture with cacti, each of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Arizona have documented the close up of a large stripe-tailed scorpion, the animated behavior of a great horned owl, the nearly daily encounters with the multitude of rattlesnakes, the mysterious darkness created by a very prominent Alexander’s Band between two brilliant rainbows, the crazy late sunset when red rain fell over the Mazatzal Mountains, monsoon season forming rain curtains hanging in front of the sunset, the sunset moment when delicate rain curtains fell in front of a darkening sky, spring rainfall creating a colorful desert bloom in a dry wash, the dynamic view of a honeybee equipped with dual pollen baskets among the blooms, the red sunlit clouds with a rainbow over the foothills of Black Mountain, the massive spectacle of a giant spiderweb of lightning over Black Mountain, near Sedona where red cliffs are framed by cane chollas, the reddish glow of sunset lighting an organ pipe cactus, the precarious location of the cliff edge Box Canyon ruins, the strategic location of the majestic Montezuma Castle Sinagua dwellings, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina at a scenic Grand Canyon overlook, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina in front of the Wupatki Pueblo, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina at the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tombstone and the Original Bird Cage Theatre history, its interior eponymic Bird Cage balcony seats, its secretive hidden door beneath the stage, through which lies the underground hidden gambling room, next to a hidden room for a lady of the night, the OK Corral Morgan Earp, Doc Holliday, Virgil Earp and Wyatt Earp and their gun fight with Tom McClaury, Frank McClaury, and Billy Clanton, the Boothill Graveyard headstone of Lester Moore and the headstone of John Heath, the reflective multicolored boatload of glass, the mass of blue and white glass atop a wall, the lighted view of purple stem vegetation glass, the lighted view of red stem vegetation glass, the closer view of the textures and shapes of Chihuly glass, the overlook view of Comet Neowise with a saguaro, which was brightly shining over the town of Cave Creek, eventually with its bright green coma and tail, as it appears to drop down into a saguaro grove, the day when rare snow fell in the Sonoran Desert and covered Black Mountain in a white blanket, the weeks of a devastating large record setting Bush Fire that continuously raged through the Superstition Mountains, the day when the Aquila Fire burned through Desert Hills causing massive destruction to a few structures, the day that the East Desert Fire nearly burned into the Cave Creek area, and then two weeks later the day when the devastating Ocotillo Fire did burn down into and throughout the estates which were protected by spectacular firefighting around the town of Cave Creek leaving behind this iconic image.

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Due to the ongoing long term construction of the St. Charles Streetcar Line in New Orleans, Louisiana, buses are provided to carry passengers across the currently missing section of track, before allowing them to disembark and continue on the streetcar line once again. The Wild Images Team was riding this connecting bus one evening, when we were amazed by the very clear reflections of the commuters on the inside of the bus windows, while the lighted background also clearly carries through. It was this inspiration and the series of photos that led to the image of bus commuters in front of a St. Charles Line Streetcar that is currently for sale on page 5 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in New Orleans including the prominent Hotel Monteleone and surrounding buildings, beautiful French Quarter ironwork view through the cornstalk fence, intricate designs of a house facade and lamp shadows, nice reflection of a bridge in the Louis Armstrong Park, dynamic view as a Canal Line streetcar passes a St. Charles Line streetcar, the eerie nighttime view of Pirates Alley of the French Quarter, an example of an urban art sign stenciled on the wall, the distant building and colorful lights of the French Market, chance encounter with a teddy bear silhouette in French Market window, more north can be found an ornate mausoleum of Greenwood Cemetery, elsewhere is a heavenly scene over Cypress Grove Cemetery, more south was a sunset over the Mississippi River delta, all of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts of New Orleans document the midnight crowd at always busy Cafe du Monde, the dimly lit stocked shelves of Loa Bar in the International House Hotel, the colorful French Quarter Wedding Chapel at night, the happy couple leading a wedding procession on Chartres Street, far down the French Quarter where intricately colorful balconies stand above Chartres Street, the moment when entertainers welcomed crowds to the Jax Brewery, the street performer human statue Uncle Louis poses with a visitor, the pink hues of a rare colorful mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery, the long shadows of bikes chained to old pump lamp posts, reflections of the bus commuters in front of a St. Charles Line Streetcar, a view of the city reflected in the Steamboat Natchez searchlight, the nighttime view of lighted tugboats along the Mississippi River, the steampunk view of the PBF Petroleum Refinery along the Mississippi River, the St. Charles Avenue Irish House Guinness Toucan Time For A Pint clock, the humorous but serious condominium listing warning that the place for lease is haunted, the listing that creates relief by being not haunted, our always entertaining Team Coordinator Christina in Cafe Maspero, and again our Team Coordinator under the Guinness Toucan clock. A distance away from New Orleans to the west are the enormous swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin, where we have captured numerous great photos such as the alligator with cypress tree reflections, a group of alligators with dragonflies, a very large cypress tree and Spanish moss, a thick cypress tree grove reflects in the still water, a large swarm of dragonflies congregate on a marsh plant, a very red sunset through the cypress trees, and a reflective sunset through the Spanish moss, each of which is available for sale in our store. Another image captured much further away to the west along the Gulf of Mexico coast is this very remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay, and much further away to the north up the Mississippi River is the Myrtles Plantation front yard walkway, each of which are available for sale in our store. We have also documented much of our time in Louisiana in many different blog posts such as in the Atchafalaya Basin where we encountered an open style honeybee hive and Spanish moss and down near the gulf coast with another view of the remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay.

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Of all the crazy landscapes found around the thermal areas of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, nothing is as strangely exotic as the Porcelain Basin. It has terrain more similar to Io, the volcanic moon of Jupiter. In the porcelain basin, the ground is covered over by large sheets of bright white siliceous sinter, the gesyerite that is constantly brought out of the earth by the near boiling waters of thermal features. But the Porcelain Basin, the lowlands located in the Norris Geyser Basin of Yellowstone, has the highest subsurface temperatures as well as the most acidic water in all of the National Park. Coupled together with the large amount of thermal features, there is a heavy supply of siliceous sinter that is constantly spread, layer by layer, over the entire area by large amounts of runoff water. Some of the water collects together in catch basins, which themselves may or may not also be a thermal source. In the above image these two catch pools are not thermal sources, but rather just catch some of the runoff in the area. Their milky blue color is due to a heavy amount of suspended silicates. In the background, distant storm clouds complement the sky. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Yellowstone National Park including a Beehive Geyser eruption with a massive rainbow, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser with water textures, a towering Grand Geyser pause burst eruption, a sunset Castle Geyser eruption with a bright rainbow, an afternoon Riverside Geyser eruption with a rainbow, an early morning Lion Geyser eruption with a rainbow, a very difficult to catch Oblong Geyser blue burst eruption, the extremely powerful Artemisia Geyser eruption with deep bursts, the very moment of waves from a Great Fountain Geyser initial eruption, an iconic White Dome Geyser eruption at sunset, the large bursts of a Fountain Geyser eruption in steam, the delicate red light on a Grotto Fountain Geyser eruption at sunset, the defining moment of a Rocket Geyser eruption at sunset, the extremely brief Aurum Geyser eruption with colors, a view through a Cliff Geyser eruption of Black Sand Basin, the colorful patterns of bacterial mats in Midway Geyser Basin, the changing conditions that cause a rainbow to parallel the Snow Lodge, the Biscuit Basin duo of Black Diamond Pool and Opal Pool, the colorfully pock marked waterways of the erupting Blood Geyser, the active steppes of the Mineral Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, the distant double rainbow over the Lewis River Canyon, the before eruption reflections of sunset over the terraces of Great Fountain Geyser, the deep colors of sky reflections over Beauty Pool, the thermally induced sunset light filters through the steamy trees, the intense moment of mammatus clouds over the Firehole River, the very early morning fog surrounding Lower Yellowstone Falls, the runoff created reflections over the colorful runoff pan of Constant Geyser, the unworldly terrain of the extensive Porcelain Geyser Basin in Norris, the deeply hued steam over colorful bacterial mat reflections of Grand Prismatic Spring, the contrast of runoff channels surrounding the blue superheated water of Sapphire Pool, differing wave patterns created by the colorful submerged Fishing Cone Geyser, the strong green created by the record depths of mysterious Abyss Pool, the moment the full moon rises over the Grant Village Lakehouse, the cloud symmetry of a sunset reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, and moments earlier with a cloud shelf reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Yellowstone National Park have documented the Old Faithful Geyser eruptions, the steamy Oblong Geyser eruptions, the deep drain Uncertain Geyser eruptions, the steep crater Depression Geyser eruptions, the amphitheater Grand Geyser eruptions, the impressive Fan and Mortar Geyser eruptions, the very quick Aurum Geyser eruptions, the rooster tail Whirligig Geyser eruptions, the series type Lion Geyser eruptions, the tall grotto White Dome Geyser eruptions, the frequent Sawmill Geyser eruptions, the double cone Atomizer Geyser eruptions, the nozzled Beehive Geyser eruptions, the cratered Fountain Geyser eruptions, the deep pool Artemisia Geyser eruptions, the playful Vixen Geyser eruptions, the scenic Riverside Geyser eruptions, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from above, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from below, the gurgling Tilt’s Baby Geyser eruptions, the bursts of Great Fountain Geyser eruptions, the hidden Dome Geyser eruptions, the tilted Daisy Geyser eruptions, the remote Pink Cone Geyser eruptions, the long Castle Geyser eruption water phases, the loud Castle Geyser eruption steam phases, the stark Constant Geyser eruptions, the rim wall Cliff Geyser eruptions, the initiation from Grotto Fountain Geyser eruptions, the continuation of Grotto Geyser eruptions, the defining moment of Rocket Geyser eruptions, the marathon Spa Geyser eruptions, the blue waters of a Spouter Geyser eruption, the isolated Artist Paint Pots throwing mud, the little seen intricate burst of a mud volcano, a view of a dozen visitors under a Beehive Geyser rainbow, the eruption through numerous vents of Fan and Mortar Geysers, the enormous amount of water through the runoff channels of Excelsior Geyser, the otherworldly view of cloudy blue runoff pools in the Porcelain Basin, the moment that a large bison bull rolled in his claimed dirt pile, the rule for the right of way wildlife, the high altitudes where a large raven that perches over the Dunraven Pass, the the day that a phoenix streaked across the backcountry sky, the trail from Grant Village that crosses over this suspended bridge, The Wild Images Team in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, our Photographer Jeremy Robinson shadowed in Morning Glory Pool, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the Yellowstone National Park entrance sign.

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This was the view from one of the several camping spots utilized by The Wild Images Team during our kayak trip through the Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. The entire area is defined by glaciers. Of course, in the image above, there are multiple glaciers seen, including the massive Northwestern Glacier in the distance on the far right. Strangely enough, this glacier was actually named for Northwestern University, which is located 3700 miles away! But the entire landscape was formed by ancient glaciers during the last ice age, when this entire area would have been under ice, except for perhaps the highest peaks. This stone beach would have been on the side of a massive glacier that slowly slid down over the surrounding land, carving out a deep canyon that filled with water as the ice receded, leaving the fjord that now has smaller glaciers feeding into it. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images while in Alaska including the terminal moraines of a glacier winding down from the Chugach Mountains, the many splendid colors of the Sheep Mountain chromatic peaks in the Talkeetna Range, as a seal watches over the thick floating ice in Kenai Fjords National Park, as very fast moving seals cut tracks through the ice, as an entertaining seal strikes a pose on Northwestern Lagoon ice, the many miles of Northwestern Glacier reflecting over the turquoise waters, the awe inspiring rumble when a glacier calves of the cliffs in Kenai Fjords National Park, the moment when clouds crown a peak in Kenai Fjords National Park, the long summer days when fireweed enjoys the land of the midnight sun, and as a very playful Dall’s porpoise breaches the ocean surface in Aialik Bay, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Alaska document the moment we realized that no bananas on a boat is a very serious rule, as our kayak carrying water taxi Michael A launches from Miller’s Landing, the chaotic scene during a feeding frenzy floating island of seagulls, the majestic bald eagle scanning the coastline from a tree, the expansive view of a colorfully banded rock island reflection, the chaotic jumble of very noticeable blue ice of Northwest Glacier, the reflective view over briefly calm waters of the far northern Pacific Ocean under the Harding Icefield, when The Wild Images Team was photographed at the mouth of a glacier draining tunnel, the intimidating view from the snout of a very large and very steep glacier, and when our Coordinator Christina Orban keeps tradition by kissing the snout of this glacier. The Wild Images Team has also captured many photos during our journey up to Alaska through western and northern Canada including colorful canoes standing at the edge of Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, a moment of isolation as a canoe crosses Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, the scene when a grizzly mother is grazing with two cubs, a practically newborn grizzly cub is shorter than the grass, near the Rancheria River where a massive blonde grizzly steps out of the brush, where the remote Liard River wanders through woods and mountains, an action shot when two bison calves are learning to spar, and another action shot as a large bull moose runs through the woods, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from our journey through Canada document the dark background storm clouds while the grain silos shine in the sunlight of Saskatchewan, the sheer terrain of Cascade Mountain towering over the Bow River valley, the velvet covered antlers of an elk as it passes by in Jasper National Park, the welcome sign declaring you are now entering the world famous Alaska Highway, the very iconic mile 0 signpost found at the start of the Alaska Highway, the desolate road of the Alaska Highway drops down into clouds of the Yukon Territory, the very remote road of the Alaska Highway rounds a mountain within clouds of the Yukon Territory, as the Alaska Highway heads straight towards a giant peak along Kluane Lake, the tall snow-capped peaks along the Alaska Highway west of Whitehorse, the shore lining patterned designs of mudflats from the missing A’ay Chu, as The Wild Images Team Photographer Jeremy Robinson hides in the Signpost Forest, and as The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina hides in the Signpost Forest.

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Sweet William, the personification of a lovelorn young lad in English literature, was named after these flowers. Dianthus Barbatus, known by the common name of Sweet William, was itself named for one of the great figures of British history, such as Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, or Saint William of York, or William the Conqueror, or the Bard of Avon himself, William Shakespeare. While it is not completely known which one of these historical figures was honored with the namesake Sweet William, the flowers themselves are also quite popular in English history. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in Colonial Williamsburg such as the wispy clouds over ornate Front Gates of the Governor’s Palace and a night time view of Josiah Chowning’s Tavern with waitstaff, each of which are available for sale in our store. Colonial Williamsburg blog posts have documented where dianthus barbatus also known as Sweet William grows in the Governor’s Palace Gardens, the day our Travel Gnome jumped the Governor’s Palace wall, was quickly taken into custody by a guard, and sentenced to serve time in the stockade, to which The Wild Images Team was also sentenced thanks to our Travel Gnome, and during a freer time the moment that a couple is married in a jumping the broom ceremony.In the nearby Historic District of Charleston, South Carolina, the Wild Images Team has captured many other images including the colorful walkway with lights through humidity, a photo of the ornate house through trees branches, and in the bay where the Schooner named Pride sailed through, each of which are available for sale in our store. Charleston blog posts have documented when The Wild Images Team sought refuge from a historic downpour, which subsequently flooded the Charleston streets, that led to the stranding of our Coordinator Christina, photographed on a humid night as Christina poses in the steamy view, and then on a drier day as Christina rides the ferry to Fort Sumter, which formed these reflective wake trails towards the fort, the Battery District where ornamental balustrades line the street along East Battery, a late night view through the back gate of a house in the Battery District, and then an image of decorative folk art in a courtyard. In the somewhat nearby North Carolina, The Wild Images Team has captured photos such as the Cape Lookout Island scenic backdoor view of the lightkeepers house which is available for sale in our store. Blog posts from North Carolina include the standard vegetation as Cape Lookout Lighthouse is framed by pine trees. In the somewhat nearby Historic District of Savannah, Georgia, The Wild Images Team has captured images including the haunting photo of houses of Calhoun Square through Spanish moss, this view of an ornate house from Lafayette Square, and the mystical aura surrounding the Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park, each of which are available for sale in our store. Savannah blog posts have documented as a boat is dwarfed by the massive Hapag-Lloyd Budapest Express, an evening view of the Savannah River terminals and the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, the amazing story of the Florence Martus Waving Girl Statue, the very detailed National Maritime Day Monument and a photo of its associated Propeller Club Dedication plaque, the perfectly framed view of the William Jasper Monument, the very functional historic armillary sphere of Troup Square, a lucky shot of a ghostly woman in a green dress standing in the doorway, an image of the geometric spiral patterns that fill a stairwell, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome catching some rays and then doing the backstroke in the rooftop pool.

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Since the city of New Orleans is situated below sea level, but yet at the same time also exists right next to inlets of the ocean as well as the lower Mississippi River, it is directly next to water that it actually sits lower than. To accommodate this, the city is surrounded by dikes on all water sides including the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain, the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal also known as the Industrial Canal, and the three Outfall Canals, which themselves are responsible for pumping water out of the city proper and back into Lake Pontchartrain. Due to the high water levels surrounding the city, and the accompanying high water table of its ground, deceased individuals are not interred underground but instead are laid to rest in above ground mausoleums. So the cemeteries in New Orleans have a distinctive look of rows upon rows of stone mausoleums, usually adorned with crosses, angels, and other heavenly icons. The Wild Images Team took advantage of the formation of a large cumulonimbus cloud to capture this image of a uniquely colored pink mausoleum, which really stands out amongst the typical gray and white stones underneath the large white clouds. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in New Orleans including the prominent Hotel Monteleone and surrounding buildings, beautiful French Quarter ironwork view through the cornstalk fence, intricate designs of a house facade and lamp shadows, nice reflection of a bridge in the Louis Armstrong Park, dynamic view as a Canal Line streetcar passes a St. Charles Line streetcar, the eerie nighttime view of Pirates Alley of the French Quarter, an example of an urban art sign stenciled on the wall, the distant building and colorful lights of the French Market, chance encounter with a teddy bear silhouette in French Market window, more north can be found an ornate mausoleum of Greenwood Cemetery, elsewhere is a heavenly scene over Cypress Grove Cemetery, more south was a sunset over the Mississippi River delta, all of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts of New Orleans document the midnight crowd at always busy Cafe du Monde, the dimly lit stocked shelves of Loa Bar in the International House Hotel, the colorful French Quarter Wedding Chapel at night, the happy couple leading a wedding procession on Chartres Street, far down the French Quarter where intricately colorful balconies stand above Chartres Street, the moment when entertainers welcomed crowds to the Jax Brewery, the street performer human statue Uncle Louis poses with a visitor, the pink hues of a rare colorful mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery, the long shadows of bikes chained to old pump lamp posts, reflections of the bus commuters in front of a St. Charles Line Streetcar, a view of the city reflected in the Steamboat Natchez searchlight, the nighttime view of lighted tugboats along the Mississippi River, the steampunk view of the PBF Petroleum Refinery along the Mississippi River, the St. Charles Avenue Irish House Guinness Toucan Time For A Pint clock, the humorous but serious condominium listing warning that the place for lease is haunted, the listing that creates relief by being not haunted, our always entertaining Team Coordinator Christina in Cafe Maspero, and again our Team Coordinator under the Guinness Toucan clock. A distance away from New Orleans to the west are the enormous swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin, where we have captured numerous great photos such as the alligator with cypress tree reflections, a group of alligators with dragonflies, a very large cypress tree and Spanish moss, a thick cypress tree grove reflects in the still water, a large swarm of dragonflies congregate on a marsh plant, a very red sunset through the cypress trees, and a reflective sunset through the Spanish moss, each of which is available for sale in our store. Another image captured much further away to the west along the Gulf of Mexico coast is this very remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay, and much further away to the north up the Mississippi River is the Myrtles Plantation front yard walkway, each of which are available for sale in our store. We have also documented much of our time in Louisiana in many different blog posts such as in the Atchafalaya Basin where we encountered an open style honeybee hive and Spanish moss and down near the gulf coast with another view of the remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay.

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Believe it or not, it is water! And yes, it was literally that red, no photo editing has been done to this image. So how could rain water appear that red? It requires a rare set of conditions where the sun has long set over the surrounding land but it is still shining on the tops of the giant monsoon clouds, tens of thousands of feet above. The diffuse red light then illuminates down through the clouds and into the rain curtains. It was a haunting sight that we will never forget! And then moments later bolts of lightning began striking down through it all! Today we have officially launched page 3 of our store. This has been about 6 months in the making beginning with searching through our extensive library of thousands of photos to choose the top ones, whittling those down to just eighty, putting them through the process of preparing for display, creating the website pages for each, placing the images in each, and finally publishing them. This has required hundreds of hours of preparation time, so we are glad it is done. In honor of the launch of page 3, we are presenting the above image that was part of the series captured at very late sunset that included this stunning lightning photo available for sale on page 3 as well as this breathtaking lightning photo available for sale on page 1 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Arizona, such as the colorful storm buildup in the painted desert, the stark view of an incredibly tall monsoon cloud over desert, the sky covering massive anvil cloud over the mountains, the isolation in the curtains of rain over the Navajo Nation, the deep red lightning scene in the Mazatzals, the moment Zeus throws a bolt over Cave Creek, the network of colorful bolts over the Sedona ridges, the rainfall created colorful dry wash in bloom, the dangerous stripe-tailed scorpion climbing plants, the deep desert late night glowing bark scorpions, the dynamic image of a honeybee on an exotic wildflower, the view of a hummingbird among the thick wildflowers, a lucky shot of a great horned owl roosting in mesquite tree, the evening view of an organ pipe cactus, the serene scene of ocotillos and saguaro cacti, the view from Bell Rock of scrub brush and phenomenally colorful cliffs, this precarious Wupatki box canyon dwelling, a look up at the very majestic Wukoki Pueblo ruins, a chance encounter with a thunderstorm through a Wukoki Pueblo window, and the spiny sharp glass sculpture with cacti, each of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Arizona have documented the close up of a large stripe-tailed scorpion, the animated behavior of a great horned owl, the nearly daily encounters with the multitude of rattlesnakes, the mysterious darkness created by a very prominent Alexander’s Band between two brilliant rainbows, the crazy late sunset when red rain fell over the Mazatzal Mountains, monsoon season forming rain curtains hanging in front of the sunset, the sunset moment when delicate rain curtains fell in front of a darkening sky, spring rainfall creating a colorful desert bloom in a dry wash, the dynamic view of a honeybee equipped with dual pollen baskets among the blooms, the red sunlit clouds with a rainbow over the foothills of Black Mountain, the massive spectacle of a giant spiderweb of lightning over Black Mountain, near Sedona where red cliffs are framed by cane chollas, the reddish glow of sunset lighting an organ pipe cactus, the precarious location of the cliff edge Box Canyon ruins, the strategic location of the majestic Montezuma Castle Sinagua dwellings, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina at a scenic Grand Canyon overlook, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina in front of the Wupatki Pueblo, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina at the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tombstone and the Original Bird Cage Theatre history, its interior eponymic Bird Cage balcony seats, its secretive hidden door beneath the stage, through which lies the underground hidden gambling room, next to a hidden room for a lady of the night, the OK Corral Morgan Earp, Doc Holliday, Virgil Earp and Wyatt Earp and their gun fight with Tom McClaury, Frank McClaury, and Billy Clanton, the Boothill Graveyard headstone of Lester Moore and the headstone of John Heath, the reflective multicolored boatload of glass, the mass of blue and white glass atop a wall, the lighted view of purple stem vegetation glass, the lighted view of red stem vegetation glass, the closer view of the textures and shapes of Chihuly glass, the overlook view of Comet Neowise with a saguaro, which was brightly shining over the town of Cave Creek, eventually with its bright green coma and tail, as it appears to drop down into a saguaro grove, the day when rare snow fell in the Sonoran Desert and covered Black Mountain in a white blanket, the weeks of a devastating large record setting Bush Fire that continuously raged through the Superstition Mountains, the day when the Aquila Fire burned through Desert Hills causing massive destruction to a few structures, the day that the East Desert Fire nearly burned into the Cave Creek area, and then two weeks later the day when the devastating Ocotillo Fire did burn down into and throughout the estates which were protected by spectacular firefighting around the town of Cave Creek leaving behind this iconic image.

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Today The Wild Images Team has officially launched our page 3 of the store! This has been about 6 months in the making beginning with searching through our extensive library of thousands of photos to choose the top ones, whittling those down to just eighty, putting them through the process of preparing for display, creating the website pages for each, placing the images in each, and finally publishing them. This has required hundreds of hours of preparation time, so we are glad it is done. In honor of the launch of page 3, we are presenting the above image captured along the runoff channels of incredibly massive but currently dormant Excelsior Geyser. It was the above image that was part of a series of photographing these colorful runoff channels, where we also captured this amazing photo available for sale on page 3 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Yellowstone National Park including a Beehive Geyser eruption with a massive rainbow, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser with water textures, a towering Grand Geyser pause burst eruption, a sunset Castle Geyser eruption with a bright rainbow, an afternoon Riverside Geyser eruption with a rainbow, an early morning Lion Geyser eruption with a rainbow, a very difficult to catch Oblong Geyser blue burst eruption, the extremely powerful Artemisia Geyser eruption with deep bursts, the very moment of waves from a Great Fountain Geyser initial eruption, an iconic White Dome Geyser eruption at sunset, the large bursts of a Fountain Geyser eruption in steam, the delicate red light on a Grotto Fountain Geyser eruption at sunset, the defining moment of a Rocket Geyser eruption at sunset, the extremely brief Aurum Geyser eruption with colors, a view through a Cliff Geyser eruption of Black Sand Basin, the colorful patterns of bacterial mats in Midway Geyser Basin, the changing conditions that cause a rainbow to parallel the Snow Lodge, the Biscuit Basin duo of Black Diamond Pool and Opal Pool, the colorfully pock marked waterways of the erupting Blood Geyser, the active steppes of the Mineral Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, the distant double rainbow over the Lewis River Canyon, the before eruption reflections of sunset over the terraces of Great Fountain Geyser, the deep colors of sky reflections over Beauty Pool, the thermally induced sunset light filters through the steamy trees, the intense moment of mammatus clouds over the Firehole River, the very early morning fog surrounding Lower Yellowstone Falls, the runoff created reflections over the colorful runoff pan of Constant Geyser, the unworldly terrain of the extensive Porcelain Geyser Basin in Norris, the deeply hued steam over colorful bacterial mat reflections of Grand Prismatic Spring, the contrast of runoff channels surrounding the blue superheated water of Sapphire Pool, differing wave patterns created by the colorful submerged Fishing Cone Geyser, the strong green created by the record depths of mysterious Abyss Pool, the moment the full moon rises over the Grant Village Lakehouse, the cloud symmetry of a sunset reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, and moments earlier with a cloud shelf reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Yellowstone National Park have documented the Old Faithful Geyser eruptions, the steamy Oblong Geyser eruptions, the deep drain Uncertain Geyser eruptions, the steep crater Depression Geyser eruptions, the amphitheater Grand Geyser eruptions, the impressive Fan and Mortar Geyser eruptions, the very quick Aurum Geyser eruptions, the rooster tail Whirligig Geyser eruptions, the series type Lion Geyser eruptions, the tall grotto White Dome Geyser eruptions, the frequent Sawmill Geyser eruptions, the double cone Atomizer Geyser eruptions, the nozzled Beehive Geyser eruptions, the cratered Fountain Geyser eruptions, the deep pool Artemisia Geyser eruptions, the playful Vixen Geyser eruptions, the scenic Riverside Geyser eruptions, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from above, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from below, the gurgling Tilt’s Baby Geyser eruptions, the bursts of Great Fountain Geyser eruptions, the hidden Dome Geyser eruptions, the tilted Daisy Geyser eruptions, the remote Pink Cone Geyser eruptions, the long Castle Geyser eruption water phases, the loud Castle Geyser eruption steam phases, the stark Constant Geyser eruptions, the rim wall Cliff Geyser eruptions, the initiation from Grotto Fountain Geyser eruptions, the continuation of Grotto Geyser eruptions, the defining moment of Rocket Geyser eruptions, the marathon Spa Geyser eruptions, the blue waters of a Spouter Geyser eruption, the isolated Artist Paint Pots throwing mud, the little seen intricate burst of a mud volcano, a view of a dozen visitors under a Beehive Geyser rainbow, the eruption through numerous vents of Fan and Mortar Geysers, the enormous amount of water through the runoff channels of Excelsior Geyser, the otherworldly view of cloudy blue runoff pools in the Porcelain Basin, the moment that a large bison bull rolled in his claimed dirt pile, the rule for the right of way wildlife, the high altitudes where a large raven that perches over the Dunraven Pass, the the day that a phoenix streaked across the backcountry sky, the trail from Grant Village that crosses over this suspended bridge, The Wild Images Team in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, our Photographer Jeremy Robinson shadowed in Morning Glory Pool, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the Yellowstone National Park entrance sign.

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It is the newly built body of a passenger plane glowing in the setting sun, being transported to where it will be outfitted with its wings, tail, landing gear, electronics, and controls. Today The Wild Images Team has officially launched our page 3 of the store! This has been about 6 months in the making beginning with searching through our extensive library of thousands of photos to choose the top ones, whittling those down to just eighty, putting them through the process of preparing for display, creating the website pages for each, placing the images in each, and finally publishing them. This has required hundreds of hours of preparation time, so we are glad it is done. In honor of the launch of page 3, we are presenting the above image captured in the Thunder Basin National Grasslands in the remote region of northeast Wyoming. It was the above image that caused us to chase the train that we could see in the distance near the bottom of the grasslands valley, until we had passed it by for several minutes, then turned off onto the miles of dirt road that led to this isolated crossing where we also captured this gorgeous photo available for sale on page 3 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images from Wyoming such as the contrast found in the colorful grasslands and background Grand Teton National Park peaks, the varying landscape of Grand Teton National Park rocky peaks and clouds, the large antlers on display as an elk takes a look back in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, the vertical abruptness as Devils Tower rises above the red rocks and green pines, and the many hues found as the colorful badlands cover over this very remote region, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Wyoming have documented as the rugged snowy peaks rise above wildflowers, and as The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome poses for a picture at the Meeteetse “Where Chiefs Meet” welcome sign. In neighboring Montana, we have captured images such as a group of white mountain goats as they graze the highlands, an expansive view of rocky ridges extending to the horizon, the colorfully massive wall of Hidden Lake, high altitude view of tundra and glacial lakes, a very remote reflective alpine lake covered with rocks, and an ominously approaching heavy downpour over the green foothills, all of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Montana have documented the very deep blue waters of McDonald Creek and the panoramic view of The Wild Images Team at Hidden Lake. In neighboring South Dakota we have captured images such as the bright flash of a colorful lightning strike over the badlands, the moment that a pronghorn displays its phenomenal physique, and the time that a massive bison bull came meandering past, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from South Dakota have documented the centuries long carving of the massive Crazy Horse Monument, the very majestic Mount Rushmore and the Avenue of Flags, the expansive view as wild burros walk through the rolling prairies, the ever wary prairie dog stands at attention in the prairie, the amazing location of the granite roadways through Custer State Park, when The Wild Images Team encountered a remote end of trail sign in the middle of nowhere, this close up image of textures in a colorful badlands mound, the interesting time when a flock of turkeys photobombed our image, and The Wild Images Team sunset shadows over Badlands National Park. In nearby North Dakota, we have captured images such as the contrast created by the horizontal color bands cross through yellow badlands and the entire herd as a group of wild horses cluster together on a hilltop, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts of North Dakota have documented the herd of bison grazing in the grasslands and the ever changing colorful badland mound that caps a rolling ridge.

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Today The Wild Images Team has officially launched our page 3 of the store! This has been about 6 months in the making beginning with searching through our extensive library of thousands of photos to choose the top ones, whittling those down to just eighty, putting them through the process of preparing for display, creating the website pages for each, placing the images in each, and finally publishing them. This has required hundreds of hours of preparation time, so we are glad it is done. In honor of the launch of page 3, we are presenting the above image captured on the far side of the French Quarter where the locals reside and hang out. It was the above image at sunset that guided us to the scene found on this beautiful photo available for sale on page 3 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in New Orleans including the prominent Hotel Monteleone and surrounding buildings, beautiful French Quarter ironwork view through the cornstalk fence, intricate designs of a house facade and lamp shadows, nice reflection of a bridge in the Louis Armstrong Park, dynamic view as a Canal Line streetcar passes a St. Charles Line streetcar, the eerie nighttime view of Pirates Alley of the French Quarter, an example of an urban art sign stenciled on the wall, the distant building and colorful lights of the French Market, chance encounter with a teddy bear silhouette in French Market window, more north can be found an ornate mausoleum of Greenwood Cemetery, elsewhere is a heavenly scene over Cypress Grove Cemetery, more south was a sunset over the Mississippi River delta, all of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts of New Orleans document the midnight crowd at always busy Cafe du Monde, the dimly lit stocked shelves of Loa Bar in the International House Hotel, the colorful French Quarter Wedding Chapel at night, the happy couple leading a wedding procession on Chartres Street, far down the French Quarter where intricately colorful balconies stand above Chartres Street, the moment when entertainers welcomed crowds to the Jax Brewery, the street performer human statue Uncle Louis poses with a visitor, the pink hues of a rare colorful mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery, the long shadows of bikes chained to old pump lamp posts, reflections of the bus commuters in front of a St. Charles Line Streetcar, a view of the city reflected in the Steamboat Natchez searchlight, the nighttime view of lighted tugboats along the Mississippi River, the steampunk view of the PBF Petroleum Refinery along the Mississippi River, the St. Charles Avenue Irish House Guinness Toucan Time For A Pint clock, the humorous but serious condominium listing warning that the place for lease is haunted, the listing that creates relief by being not haunted, our always entertaining Team Coordinator Christina in Cafe Maspero, and again our Team Coordinator under the Guinness Toucan clock. A distance away from New Orleans to the west are the enormous swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin, where we have captured numerous great photos such as the alligator with cypress tree reflections, a group of alligators with dragonflies, a very large cypress tree and Spanish moss, a thick cypress tree grove reflects in the still water, a large swarm of dragonflies congregate on a marsh plant, a very red sunset through the cypress trees, and a reflective sunset through the Spanish moss, each of which is available for sale in our store. Another image captured much further away to the west along the Gulf of Mexico coast is this very remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay, and much further away to the north up the Mississippi River is the Myrtles Plantation front yard walkway, each of which are available for sale in our store. We have also documented much of our time in Louisiana in many different blog posts such as in the Atchafalaya Basin where we encountered an open style honeybee hive and Spanish moss and down near the gulf coast with another view of the remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay.

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When visiting Yellowstone National Park, a very large national park in northeast Wyoming, there are different locations to stay according to what experiences a visitor desires. For the year round amenities of a small town nestled under the beautiful mineral terraces, there is Mammoth Hot Springs. For the rustic feel of a frontier cabin with a potbelly stove situated amongst the wildlife of remote Lamar Valley, there is Roosevelt. For the proximity to the wildly colorful Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone with fantastic views of the upper and lower falls, there is Canyon. For proximity to the rolling plains and abundant wildlife of Hayden Valley and for RV hookups, there is Fishing Bridge. For a peaceful setting overlooking the largest high altitude freshwater lake in North America and breathtaking sunrises and sunsets, there is the Lake Hotel and Cabins. For proximity to the vast thermal areas and geysers while in a historic large lodge, there is the Old Faithful Inn. For proximity to the vast thermal areas and geysers while in a more modern small hotel that is open year round, there is the Snow Lodge. For an experience of tenting along the banks of the Madison River with all of its warm runoff from the various thermal areas, there is Madison. And then if the reservations are made too late and everything else is taken, there is Grant Village. Literally. No one chooses to stay in Grant Village, it chooses them by having no other options. It is not near much of anything in the park, about 45 minutes from the geysers in one direction, about 45 minutes from the wildlife of Hayden Valley in another direction, and about 90 minutes from the Grand Tetons out of the South Entrance. But it does have some saving graces. It is the closest place to stay to the West Thumb Geyser Basin, which has some pretty spectacular though often overlooked scenery. And the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake with its scenic Lakehouse is only a short walk away through the woods. The Wild Images Team has had to stay in Grant Village during one of our visits in Yellowstone. While we had booked a stay for about 35 days at the Snow Lodge among the thermal areas, there were 2 days in that 35 day span where the Snow Lodge was completely sold out. So we had to move out and over the Ina Pass into Grant Village for those 2 days, just to move back over the Ina Pass and into the Snow Lodge for the remainder of the days. But we made the most of our time there including exploring the trail that connects the Village to the nearby campground, where all of the campers who did not book Madison early enough are staying. The trail reaches a deep ravine that is crossed over by this very scenic suspended footbridge as seen in the above photo. Beauty can be found anywhere in the wilderness, even a less favorable location! The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Yellowstone National Park including a Beehive Geyser eruption with a massive rainbow, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser with water textures, a towering Grand Geyser pause burst eruption, a sunset Castle Geyser eruption with a bright rainbow, an afternoon Riverside Geyser eruption with a rainbow, an early morning Lion Geyser eruption with a rainbow, a very difficult to catch Oblong Geyser blue burst eruption, the extremely powerful Artemisia Geyser eruption with deep bursts, the very moment of waves from a Great Fountain Geyser initial eruption, an iconic White Dome Geyser eruption at sunset, the large bursts of a Fountain Geyser eruption in steam, the delicate red light on a Grotto Fountain Geyser eruption at sunset, the defining moment of a Rocket Geyser eruption at sunset, the extremely brief Aurum Geyser eruption with colors, a view through a Cliff Geyser eruption of Black Sand Basin, the colorful patterns of bacterial mats in Midway Geyser Basin, the changing conditions that cause a rainbow to parallel the Snow Lodge, the Biscuit Basin duo of Black Diamond Pool and Opal Pool, the colorfully pock marked waterways of the erupting Blood Geyser, the active steppes of the Mineral Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, the distant double rainbow over the Lewis River Canyon, the before eruption reflections of sunset over the terraces of Great Fountain Geyser, the deep colors of sky reflections over Beauty Pool, the thermally induced sunset light filters through the steamy trees, the intense moment of mammatus clouds over the Firehole River, the very early morning fog surrounding Lower Yellowstone Falls, the runoff created reflections over the colorful runoff pan of Constant Geyser, the unworldly terrain of the extensive Porcelain Geyser Basin in Norris, the deeply hued steam over colorful bacterial mat reflections of Grand Prismatic Spring, the contrast of runoff channels surrounding the blue superheated water of Sapphire Pool, differing wave patterns created by the colorful submerged Fishing Cone Geyser, the strong green created by the record depths of mysterious Abyss Pool, the moment the full moon rises over the Grant Village Lakehouse, the cloud symmetry of a sunset reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, and moments earlier with a cloud shelf reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Yellowstone National Park have documented the Old Faithful Geyser eruptions, the steamy Oblong Geyser eruptions, the deep drain Uncertain Geyser eruptions, the steep crater Depression Geyser eruptions, the amphitheater Grand Geyser eruptions, the impressive Fan and Mortar Geyser eruptions, the very quick Aurum Geyser eruptions, the rooster tail Whirligig Geyser eruptions, the series type Lion Geyser eruptions, the tall grotto White Dome Geyser eruptions, the frequent Sawmill Geyser eruptions, the double cone Atomizer Geyser eruptions, the nozzled Beehive Geyser eruptions, the cratered Fountain Geyser eruptions, the deep pool Artemisia Geyser eruptions, the playful Vixen Geyser eruptions, the scenic Riverside Geyser eruptions, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from above, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from below, the gurgling Tilt’s Baby Geyser eruptions, the bursts of Great Fountain Geyser eruptions, the hidden Dome Geyser eruptions, the tilted Daisy Geyser eruptions, the remote Pink Cone Geyser eruptions, the long Castle Geyser eruption water phases, the loud Castle Geyser eruption steam phases, the stark Constant Geyser eruptions, the rim wall Cliff Geyser eruptions, the initiation from Grotto Fountain Geyser eruptions, the continuation of Grotto Geyser eruptions, the defining moment of Rocket Geyser eruptions, the marathon Spa Geyser eruptions, the blue waters of a Spouter Geyser eruption, the isolated Artist Paint Pots throwing mud, the little seen intricate burst of a mud volcano, a view of a dozen visitors under a Beehive Geyser rainbow, the eruption through numerous vents of Fan and Mortar Geysers, the enormous amount of water through the runoff channels of Excelsior Geyser, the otherworldly view of cloudy blue runoff pools in the Porcelain Basin, the moment that a large bison bull rolled in his claimed dirt pile, the rule for the right of way wildlife, the high altitudes where a large raven that perches over the Dunraven Pass, the the day that a phoenix streaked across the backcountry sky, the trail from Grant Village that crosses over this suspended bridge, The Wild Images Team in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, our Photographer Jeremy Robinson shadowed in Morning Glory Pool, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the Yellowstone National Park entrance sign.

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Nothing describes the northern Rocky Mountains better than the word sheer. There are not many locations in the world that have such a drastic incline. What shaped the landscape to appear this way is ongoing to this day, though certainly on a much smaller scale. It is the work of water, low temperatures, and the never ending pull of gravity. As can be seen in the above image of Cascade Mountain of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, there are year round snow fields at the higher altitudes that fill in the cracks and crevasses of the mountain. Yearly snowfall packs in more solid water at the frozen altitudes of the mountain. The weight of the snow causes large pressures underneath, and it often packs to an even more solid form of water: ice. And gravity continuously pull on the great sheets of ice that somehow cling to the upper steep slopes. As the sheets are slid down across the rock face, the slowly grind away at the surface removing small bits of rock called glacial till. While the amount remove is slow over the course of a season, over many years it can add up tremendously. Of course in the past, the world has been much colder, especially during the last ice age 10,000 years ago and for tens of thousands of years before then. The ice sheets then were massive glaciers that would have also filled up and carved out the Bow River valley seen below the massif of Cascade Mountain in the above photo. But the world eventually did warm up, causing the glaciers to retreat back into the higher altitude and more northerly locations. The melt water drained away, helping to carve out the river channels that still flow today. While the mountain has not experienced such a drastic change in climate since then, it does cycle through the periodic snow and ice cover during the winter followed by the late spring meltdown. The smaller amount of water still carve the mountain side, slowly modifying its overall shape. As a matter of fact, Cascade Mountain was named for the very tall waterfall cascade seen in the steep cliffs of the above image on the left of center near the bottom. Tracing the path of the water flow for thousands of feet upward will arrive at a dark notch carved out of the left side of the top cliffs. Other water channels can also clearly be seen carved on either side of this one, but it has the most noticeable waterfalls. The Wild Images Team has captured many photos during our journey up to Alaska through western and northern Canada including colorful canoes standing at the edge of Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, a moment of isolation as a canoe crosses Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, the scene when a grizzly mother is grazing with two cubs, a practically newborn grizzly cub is shorter than the grass, near the Rancheria River where a massive blonde grizzly steps out of the brush, where the remote Liard River wanders through woods and mountains, an action shot when two bison calves are learning to spar, and another action shot as a large bull moose runs through the woods, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from our journey through Canada document the dark background storm clouds while the grain silos shine in the sunlight of Saskatchewan, the sheer terrain of Cascade Mountain towering over the Bow River valley, the velvet covered antlers of an elk as it passes by in Jasper National Park, the welcome sign declaring you are now entering the world famous Alaska Highway, the very iconic mile 0 signpost found at the start of the Alaska Highway, the desolate road of the Alaska Highway drops down into clouds of the Yukon Territory, the very remote road of the Alaska Highway rounds a mountain within clouds of the Yukon Territory, as the Alaska Highway heads straight towards a giant peak along Kluane Lake, the tall snow-capped peaks along the Alaska Highway west of Whitehorse, the shore lining patterned designs of mudflats from the missing A’ay Chu, as The Wild Images Team Photographer Jeremy Robinson hides in the Signpost Forest, and as The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina hides in the Signpost Forest. The Wild Images Team has also captured many other images while in Alaska including the terminal moraines of a glacier winding down from the Chugach Mountains, the many splendid colors of the Sheep Mountain chromatic peaks in the Talkeetna Range, as a seal watches over the thick floating ice in Kenai Fjords National Park, as very fast moving seals cut tracks through the ice, as an entertaining seal strikes a pose on Northwestern Lagoon ice, the many miles of Northwestern Glacier reflecting over the turquoise waters, the awe inspiring rumble when a glacier calves of the cliffs in Kenai Fjords National Park, the moment when clouds crown a peak in Kenai Fjords National Park, the long summer days when fireweed enjoys the land of the midnight sun, and as a very playful Dall’s porpoise breaches the ocean surface in Aialik Bay, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Alaska document the moment we realized that no bananas on a boat is a very serious rule, as our kayak carrying water taxi Michael A launches from Miller’s Landing, the chaotic scene during a feeding frenzy floating island of seagulls, the majestic bald eagle scanning the coastline from a tree, the expansive view of a colorfully banded rock island reflection, the chaotic jumble of very noticeable blue ice of Northwest Glacier, the reflective view over briefly calm waters of the far northern Pacific Ocean under the Harding Icefield, when The Wild Images Team was photographed at the mouth of a glacier draining tunnel, the intimidating view from the snout of a very large and very steep glacier, and when our Coordinator Christina Orban keeps tradition by kissing the snout of this glacier.

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Giant Sequoia National Park is located in the higher altitudes of the Sierra Nevada Range in California, and is therefore accessible only by this very long and winding road. But the time spent to reach there is well worth the effort, as suddenly the forest becomes absolutely enormous. While the trees here are perhaps a shade shorter than the more often visited coastal redwoods found near the populated California Coast, giant sequoias are much more massive than coastal redwoods by being many times thicker in girth (diameter). The giant sequoia was named by the Austrian linguist and botanist Stephen L. Endlicher in honor of Sequoyah, the Cherokee Nation man who designed the Cherokee syllabary that made reading and writing in Cherokee possible. Before completing this task, Sequoyah was completely illiterate as his people had no method of reading or writing. So he completed the arduous task of designing the written language, allowing himself to become literate in the process. He eventually settled on creating 85 characters, similar to letters in other languages, but instead of representing a single letter, each symbol represented an entire syllable, allowing for much shorter words than other languages. Stephen Endlicher was so impressed by this feat that he named the mighty tree after Sequoyah. And wow are these trees impressive! Part of what makes them so impressive isn’t just how thick they are at the base; it is that they do not taper off on the way up but instead retain a consistent girth (diameter) over the entire height. Combine this with a typical diameter of 15 to 25 feet, and the result is one massively thick tree! The above image does a great job of illustrating this as a tree with a diameter around 25 feet is shown to retain its thickness up into its first branches. A sense of scale is sort of missing here until you realize that the lower branches of sequoias themselves are thicker than most trees, being easily several feet thick themselves. It is also common for the very lowest branches of sequoias to be up to 150 feet off of the ground, so that the massive columnar trunks are very visible. The Wild Images captured the above photo during one of our visits to Sequoia National Park. Another giant sequoia can be seen on the right side of the image, but the remaining trees are much smaller species. Technically there is one more giant sequoia in the photo, seen with its needle crown sticking out to the right of the trunk near the bottom center. However, the bulk of this tree is hidden from view. While giant sequoias are found in groves, the clusters of sequoias are always surrounded by other pines that are often themselves of great height but much less in girth. The difference in bark colors are pretty apparent. The giant sequoia bark has a very orange red color, leading to their inclusion as a type of redwood, in contrast to the gray bark found on other pines in the area. This allows the sequoias to be noticed at large distances even in very thick pine forests. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos from California such as the scene of a blooming thunderstorm over Joshua Tree National Park, the lava flow created streaked ridge in Lassen Volcanic National Park, and the high altitudes where a giant sequoia is larger and redder than others, the steep Hyde Street view of Alcatraz Island and San Francisco Bay, the drastic slope of the abrupt drop off of Taylor Street, the Pine Street colorful terraced houses with background buildings, the historic looking beautiful terraced houses and a Classic VW Beetle, and the Asian inspired intricately ornate Chinatown scene, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from California have documented the long and winding road climb to the giants of Sequoia National Park, the size comparison of The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina and the giant tree, the massive view where giant sequoias maintain their diameters over hundreds of feet, an overlook into the Merced River Valley with Liberty Cap, the road heading towards the sheer monolith of El Capitan, the road heading towards desolate ridges of Joshua Tree National Park, the location where the road rises out of Bumpass Hell, a beach dune covered view of the secret underground World War II bunker, the reflective tower of the Marriott Marquis over the Yerba Buena Gardens, the distinctively ornate Asian architecture and decor of Chinatown, the musically inspired melting records with album covers mural, the long strange trip of the Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia mural, the places where steep sidewalks have stairs cut into them, the street where a tree gives a sense of the steepness, the expansive view of Nob Hill from Telegraph Hill and the oppositely directed view from Telegraph Hill to the northeast, the descent in the upper portion of the Filbert Steps, followed by the middle portion of the Filbert Steps with a pose by The Wild Images Team Coordinator on the steps, followed by the lower portion of the Filbert Steps, and at the bottom a view up the Filbert Street steps again with a pose by The Wild Images Team Coordinator below the steps. From our travels in the nearby Oregon and Washington, we have captured photos such as the deep blue hues of swirled clouds and rim peaks reflected in Crater Lake, the Hoh Rainforest green moss covers every possible branch, and the right place at the right time rainbow over the Mt. St. Helens remnants, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Oregon and Washington include the sharp looking view through the Lava Cast Forest, the optical illusion of blue waters and white streaks in Crater Lake, the starkly colorful rainbow rises over the devastation of Mt. St. Helens, the moment The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina is imprisoned by rainforest tree roots, the interesting story of the Port Angeles waterfront Rocktopus Sculpture, and its accompanying bronze plaque of charitable organizations.

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Troup Square is one of the more remote squares located in the Historic District of Savannah, Georgia. It is also one of the smallest of the 22 squares found there, but it is certainly not the least in terms of design. The most prominent feature is a large armillary sphere located at the very center of the square. Armillary spheres were developed independently in the Greek Empire and China during the 3rd and 4th centuries B.C. as a way of tracking the apparent motion of celestial bodies including the moon, the planets, the sun, and all other background stars due to both the rotation of earth and its orbit around the sun. An armillary sphere functions both as a sundial, by determining the time of day due to the sun’s shadow cast on the inner side of the ring, and as a calendar, by determining the month and day of the month by locating the sun along the outer portion of the ring. Inspection of the above image will reveal signs of the zodiac beginning with the Vernal Equinox notated by the intersection with the ribbed ring at the bottom left, followed by Aries the ram, Taurus the bull, Gemini the twins, the Summer Solstice notated by the intersection with the thin ring, followed by Cancer the crab, and barely seen above that Leo the lion. Unseen in the photo but continuing on in order would be Virgo the maiden, the Autumnal Equinox notated by the intersection with the ribbed ring at the upper right, Libra the scales, Scorpio the scorpion, Sagittarius the archer, the Winter Solstice notated by the intersection with the thin ring, Capricorn the goat, Aquarius the water bearer, and Pisces the fish. Regardless of the metaphysical belief behind the zodiac signs themselves, the Zodiacal Calendar is more useful in that the year begins just after an equinox, such that the two equinoxes and two solstices each year occur during the transition between signs (months), whereas in the Gregorian calendar they fall randomly on the 21st or 22nd day of the month the during four months where they occur in the year: March for the Vernal Equinox, June for the Summer Solstice, September for the Autumnal Equinox, and December for the Winter Solstice. The Gregorian year then begins on January 1 about ten days after the beginning of a solstice, an anomaly created by the drift of calendar days when a leap year was added exactly every four years. Since the length of a year is a little less than 365.25 days, over many centuries the days and months began to slowly drift. Eventually the Gregorian Calendar was established to account for removal of leap days on certain years. But the calendar had already drifted back by about ten days at this point, and it has remained this way to modern times. This is why the Zodiacal Calendar is offset from the Gregorian Calendar for both the beginning of the year as well the beginning of each month. But the Zodiacal Calendar actually follows the special solar moments during the year much better. The Troup Square armillary sphere was captured by The Wild Images Team during one of our visits to the square, and the sphere rests atop six mythological World Turtles. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in the Historic District of Savannah such as the haunting photo of houses of Calhoun Square through Spanish moss, this view of an ornate house from Lafayette Square, and the mystical aura surrounding the Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park, each of which are available for sale in our store. Savannah blog posts have documented as a boat is dwarfed by the massive Hapag-Lloyd Budapest Express, an evening view of the Savannah River terminals and the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, the amazing story of the Florence Martus Waving Girl Statue, the very detailed National Maritime Day Monument and a photo of its associated Propeller Club Dedication plaque, the perfectly framed view of the William Jasper Monument, the very functional historic armillary sphere of Troup Square, a lucky shot of a ghostly woman in a green dress standing in the doorway, an image of the geometric spiral patterns that fill a stairwell, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome catching some rays and then doing the backstroke in the rooftop pool. In the nearby Historic District of Charleston, South Carolina, the Wild Images Team has captured many other images including the colorful walkway with lights through humidity, a photo of the ornate house through trees branches, and in the bay where the Schooner named Pride sailed through, each of which are available for sale in our store. Charleston blog posts have documented when The Wild Images Team sought refuge from a historic downpour, which subsequently flooded the Charleston streets, that led to the stranding of our Coordinator Christina, photographed on a humid night as Christina poses in the steamy view, and then on a drier day as Christina rides the ferry to Fort Sumter, which formed these reflective wake trails towards the fort, the Battery District where ornamental balustrades line the street along East Battery, a late night view through the back gate of a house in the Battery District, and then an image of decorative folk art in a courtyard. In the somewhat nearby North Carolina, The Wild Images Team has captured photos such as the Cape Lookout Island scenic backdoor view of the lightkeepers house which is available for sale in our store. Blog posts from North Carolina include the standard vegetation as Cape Lookout Lighthouse is framed by pine trees. In the somewhat nearby Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, The Wild Images Team has captured images including the wispy clouds over ornate Front Gates of the Governor’s Palace and a night time view of Josiah Chowning’s Tavern with waitstaff, each of which are available for sale in our store. Colonial Williamsburg blog posts have documented where dianthus barbatus also known as Sweet William grows in the Governor’s Palace Gardens, the day our Travel Gnome jumped the Governor’s Palace wall, was quickly taken into custody by a guard, and sentenced to serve time in the stockade, to which The Wild Images Team was also sentenced thanks to our Travel Gnome, and during a freer time the moment that a couple is married in a jumping the broom ceremony.

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Sedona, Arizona is a small town with a population of only about 10,000 people, but it lies in heart of some very beautiful red sandstone cliffs, for which has become a very popular tourist destination. Most visitors come to Sedona for one of four things: the outdoor activities such as hiking through the rocks, the local fare served at various restaurants, the pampering in the famous spas, or to seek spiritual enlightenment in the New Age district. But all visitors come to see the beauty of the landscape surrounding the town. And this beauty makes for a great photographic destination. As such, The Wild Images Team has visited Sedona on multiple occasions, mainly for the outdoor activities and photography, but we have also taken the time to try out a couple of restaurants in town. Sedona sits about half way between Phoenix at an elevation of 1000 feet in the Valley of the Sun and northward to Flagstaff at an elevation of 7000 feet on the Colorado Plateau. The land continuously slopes upward for the 100 miles between the two cities. Sedona sits along the slope at an altitude of 4200 feet. This altitude is above the range of the Sonoran Desert saguaro cacti which favor the warmer locations of the Valley of the Sun and southward into Mexico. But other cacti do grow at higher altitudes and have more northerly ranges. The cane cholla, also known as the walking stick cholla, is found in hot places such as the Valley of the Sun, but are also found in the cooler climate around Sedona. In the spring cane cholla begin to form their flower buds. While the eventual flowers that bloom will be brilliant reds and magentas, before they bloom their buds are a striking color of yellow. So The Wild Images Team captured the above image in the month of April, just before the flowers bloomed but as the buds were fully grown. Here the photo is composed of many hues including the pink spiny arms of the cane chollas, the bright yellow buds, the green desert shrubbery in the background, the deep red cliffs towering above, topped by a bright blue sky streaked by white clouds. What an amazing desert palette! The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Arizona, such as the colorful storm buildup in the painted desert, the stark view of an incredibly tall monsoon cloud over desert, the sky covering massive anvil cloud over the mountains, the isolation in the curtains of rain over the Navajo Nation, the deep red lightning scene in the Mazatzals, the moment Zeus throws a bolt over Cave Creek, the network of colorful bolts over the Sedona ridges, the rainfall created colorful dry wash in bloom, the dangerous stripe-tailed scorpion climbing plants, the deep desert late night glowing bark scorpions, the dynamic image of a honeybee on an exotic wildflower, the view of a hummingbird among the thick wildflowers, a lucky shot of a great horned owl roosting in mesquite tree, the evening view of an organ pipe cactus, the serene scene of ocotillos and saguaro cacti, the view from Bell Rock of scrub brush and phenomenally colorful cliffs, this precarious Wupatki box canyon dwelling, a look up at the very majestic Wukoki Pueblo ruins, a chance encounter with a thunderstorm through a Wukoki Pueblo window, and the spiny sharp glass sculpture with cacti, each of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Arizona have documented the close up of a large stripe-tailed scorpion, the animated behavior of a great horned owl, the nearly daily encounters with the multitude of rattlesnakes, the mysterious darkness created by a very prominent Alexander’s Band between two brilliant rainbows, the crazy late sunset when red rain fell over the Mazatzal Mountains, monsoon season forming rain curtains hanging in front of the sunset, the sunset moment when delicate rain curtains fell in front of a darkening sky, spring rainfall creating a colorful desert bloom in a dry wash, the dynamic view of a honeybee equipped with dual pollen baskets among the blooms, the red sunlit clouds with a rainbow over the foothills of Black Mountain, the massive spectacle of a giant spiderweb of lightning over Black Mountain, near Sedona where red cliffs are framed by cane chollas, the reddish glow of sunset lighting an organ pipe cactus, the precarious location of the cliff edge Box Canyon ruins, the strategic location of the majestic Montezuma Castle Sinagua dwellings, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina at a scenic Grand Canyon overlook, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina in front of the Wupatki Pueblo, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina at the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tombstone and the Original Bird Cage Theatre history, its interior eponymic Bird Cage balcony seats, its secretive hidden door beneath the stage, through which lies the underground hidden gambling room, next to a hidden room for a lady of the night, the OK Corral Morgan Earp, Doc Holliday, Virgil Earp and Wyatt Earp and their gun fight with Tom McClaury, Frank McClaury, and Billy Clanton, the Boothill Graveyard headstone of Lester Moore and the headstone of John Heath, the reflective multicolored boatload of glass, the mass of blue and white glass atop a wall, the lighted view of purple stem vegetation glass, the lighted view of red stem vegetation glass, the closer view of the textures and shapes of Chihuly glass, the overlook view of Comet Neowise with a saguaro, which was brightly shining over the town of Cave Creek, eventually with its bright green coma and tail, as it appears to drop down into a saguaro grove, the day when rare snow fell in the Sonoran Desert and covered Black Mountain in a white blanket, the weeks of a devastating large record setting Bush Fire that continuously raged through the Superstition Mountains, the day when the Aquila Fire burned through Desert Hills causing massive destruction to a few structures, the day that the East Desert Fire nearly burned into the Cave Creek area, and then two weeks later the day when the devastating Ocotillo Fire did burn down into and throughout the estates which were protected by spectacular firefighting around the town of Cave Creek leaving behind this iconic image.

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Dedicated In The Honor Of Those Employes Of Tyrone Division Of The Pennsylvania System Who Fought In The World War, Those Who Fought And Lived And Those Who Fought And Died, Those Who Gave Much And Those Who Gave All. This is the exact word for word inscription with correct spelling (the word employes is an old version of the word employees) on the bronze plaque attached to the wall beneath the Tyrone Division Of The Pennsylvania System World War I Memorial located in Soldier’s Park in the small town of Tyrone, Pennsylvania. This monument was erected at least 100 years ago, and can be seen in an old archival photo from 1922, which obviously was not captured by The Wild Images Team, but rather by The Baltimore and Ohio Magazine photographers. The plaque accompanying the monument lists the names of all of the brave individuals from Tyrone who were part of the World War I theater of operations in Europe from 1917 through 1919, with those who lost their lives in the war honored In Memoriam. Regardless of public stance on war, there have been a few unfortunate times in our past when it became a necessity to uphold our freedoms and liberties that we hold so dear. One of these was The Great War, as it was known at the time, before its name was changed to World War I due to a second worldwide war, World War II, not much more than 20 years later. Let us hope that these two wars will remain the only global sized confrontations, that understanding and reason will overcome differences, and the world as a whole will remain in peace. We therefore will never forget those who gave their lives defending this great nation that stands as a shining beacon of freedom to the rest of the world. The Wild Images Team stumbled across Soldiers Park where this monument and several others are located as we were wandering through the town of Tyrone after disembarking from the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Fall Foliage Train while it had an hour long stopover at the local station. We were told that the train would blow three long blasts to indicate a ten minute warning that it would depart again. Sure enough, just minutes after the above image was taken, we heard the blasts of the train horn and made our way back. But not before taking a series of images with the beautiful fall colors as a background. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos throughout Pennsylvania, including the postgame fireworks over the Andy Warhol Bridge, the colorful bursts of Independence Day fireworks over the Ohio River, the view as delicate flowers bloom in the Laurel Highlands, and the very early lantana at the University Park Flower Gardens, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Pennsylvania have documented the Halloween moment when hundreds of witches converged on Mellon Park and then later performed a choreographed dance routine, when The Wild Images Team attended an interfaith wedding ceremony during which our Coordinator Christina Orban was a bridesmaid, a look inside of the ornate St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica, the side yard greenhouse vividly reflecting light displays, the scene dominated by vibrant strands of holiday lights on a tree, the many hues of a very festive holiday house along McColly Street, the colorful view of the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Fall Foliage Train, the burst trails of fireworks over the Allegheny River, the red, white, and blue trail fireworks over the Roberto Clemente Bridge, the palette of colors with fireworks bursting over the Ohio River, the hundreds of American flags flying over Blairsville Cemetery, the fall leaves surrounding the Tyrone Division of the Pennsylvania System World War I Monument, the many colors of a flower soaking up sunshine, and the dichotomy created by a floral battle of yellow versus red. During our trips to New York on the other side of the state we have captured many photos such as in the Corning Museum of Glass antique cruets and dishware overlap, then in New York City itself the sudden snow squall over the Garment District, the scene of the Sherry-Netherland towering over a sculpture, and the opposite directed festive view of West 58th Street, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our New York blog posts document the Corning Museum of Glass plate of colorful giant glass fruit, the intricate stained glass vines and bubbles over a figure, and the suspended glass knives in front of a red stack tower, then in New York City itself the Empire State Building shining like a beacon, the perpetual hustle and bustle of Times Square, the impressive bronze Alice in Wonderland sculpture, the memorial bronze statue of legendary Balto and its accompanying dedicated to the indomitable spirit plaque, the animated bronze animals and the Delacorte Clock, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina with Spongebob SquarePants, the festive view of a large toy train in Rockefeller Center Station, the late night giant holiday lights on the sidewalks, and the piles of giant holiday ornaments in Liholts Pooley Pool.

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Prairie dogs are entertaining creatures to observe. First of all they are very communal creatures, living in large prairie dog towns comprised of dozens of openings in the ground, surrounded by bare dirt mounds. Due to this, if you see one prairie dog, generally you will see many more as well, often times emanating from the same hole in the ground. The best words to describe prairie dogs are skittish and wary. They are constantly aware of any small sound out of the ordinary or any small movement around them. It requires great patience to capture an image like this of a prairie dog. Even the click of a camera shutter is enough to send them fleeing to the nearest hole in their town. But by standing very still and very quiet, coupled together with a long range zoom lens, it is possible to photograph a moment that one is standing at attention due to a noise elsewhere. This is one of the many prairie dog towns of Wind Cave National Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The terrain here is rolling prairie grasslands running up and over the high ridges that are in places crowned with trees. Wildlife is abundant here, especially bison, pronghorn, mule deer, coyotes, and black-tailed prairie dogs. This particular area in the above image is quite remote, reached through a series of dirt roads in the higher country of Wind Cave National Park. It is possible to go for hours without encountering another human here, but the wildlife itself is constantly active, allowing for long periods of undisturbed silence. Prairie dogs have one of the most sophisticated communication systems in the world, and any small disturbance will cause calls to occur, especially if a predator is present. Their yipping chirp type calls are actually unique for different intruders, and the subsequent behavior of the town is done in response to the type of call. Unfortunately, the call for the presence of a human causes the entire town of prairie dogs to run and dive into their holes, greatly complicating the ability for a good shot. But The Wild Images Team was patient enough for this photo during one of our visits to Wind Cave National Park. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images from South Dakota such as the bright flash of a colorful lightning strike over the badlands, the moment that a pronghorn displays its phenomenal physique, and the time that a massive bison bull came meandering past, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from South Dakota have documented the centuries long carving of the massive Crazy Horse Monument, the very majestic Mount Rushmore and the Avenue of Flags, the expansive view as wild burros walk through the rolling prairies, the ever wary prairie dog stands at attention in the prairie, the amazing location of the granite roadways through Custer State Park, when The Wild Images Team encountered a remote end of trail sign in the middle of nowhere, this close up image of textures in a colorful badlands mound, the interesting time when a flock of turkeys photobombed our image, and The Wild Images Team sunset shadows over Badlands National Park. In neighboring North Dakota, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as the contrast created by the horizontal color bands cross through yellow badlands and the entire herd as a group of wild horses cluster together on a hilltop, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts of North Dakota have documented the herd of bison grazing in the grasslands and the ever changing colorful badland mound that caps a rolling ridge. In neighboring Wyoming, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as the contrast found in the colorful grasslands and background Grand Teton National Park peaks, the varying landscape of Grand Teton National Park rocky peaks and clouds, the large antlers on display as an elk takes a look back in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, the vertical abruptness as Devils Tower rises above the red rocks and green pines, and the many hues found as the colorful badlands cover over this very remote region, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Wyoming have documented as the rugged snowy peaks rise above wildflowers, and as The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome poses for a picture at the Meeteetse “Where Chiefs Meet” welcome sign. In neighboring Montana, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as a group of white mountain goats as they graze the highlands, an expansive view of rocky ridges extending to the horizon, the colorfully massive wall of Hidden Lake, high altitude view of tundra and glacial lakes, a very remote reflective alpine lake covered with rocks, and an ominously approaching heavy downpour over the green foothills, all of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Montana have documented the very deep blue waters of McDonald Creek and the panoramic view of The Wild Images Team at Hidden Lake.

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The Wild Images Team captured this photo while cruising the Mississippi River aboard the Steamboat Natchez, the last remaining steam powered boat on the Mighty Mississippi. We were drawn to the very mechanical steampunk look of the refinery and its docks, in contrast to the natural scenery found along most of the Mississippi River this far south as it nears its massive delta in the Gulf of Mexico. The above image is that of the PBF Energy Petroleum Refinery located in Chalmette, Louisiana. PBF Energy is a joint venture between Petroplus Holdings and the private equity companies Blackstone Group and First Reserve. PBF Energy is one of the largest unbranded independent petroleum companies in the world, a title gained when they purchased the above refinery from ExxonMobil for $322 million. The PBF Petroleum Refinery in Chalmette refines a whopping 189,000 barrels of crude oil a day! As such, it is a pretty sizable refinery that makes for stunning steampunk urban photography, especially as the sun sets in the west due to its location on the eastern banks of the Mississippi. The nearby town of Chalmette was one of the unfortunate locations to bear the brunt of the flooding from Hurricane Katrina, when most of the town ended up underwater up to 15 feet deep. The entire town had been evacuated at the time, but many did not return after the disaster as almost all of the homes had to be razed and rebuilt. Therefore the population plummeted to just half of what it was before the hurricane due to all of the displacement and enormous destruction. However, the refinery stood strong and remained operational, providing much needed income to the residents. The above image was technically captured while it was still named the ExxonMobil Refinery, just prior to the sale over to PBF Energy. To gain a better sense of the scale in the photo, close inspection will reveal a tugboat floating below the truss framework just to the left of bottom center. Even the truss framework towering over it are pretty massive! The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in the bayou such as the alligator with cypress tree reflections, a group of alligators with dragonflies, a very large cypress tree and Spanish moss, a thick cypress tree grove reflects in the still water, a large swarm of dragonflies congregate on a marsh plant, a very red sunset through the cypress trees, and a reflective sunset through the Spanish moss, each of which is available for sale in our store. Another image captured further away to the south along the Gulf of Mexico coast is this very remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay, and much further away to the north up the Mississippi River is the Myrtles Plantation front yard walkway, each of which are available for sale in our store. We have also documented much of our time in Louisiana in many different blog posts such as in the Atchafalaya Basin where we encountered an open style honeybee hive and Spanish moss and down near the gulf coast with another view of the remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images much further away to the east in New Orleans including the prominent Hotel Monteleone and surrounding buildings, beautiful French Quarter ironwork view through the cornstalk fence, intricate designs of a house facade and lamp shadows, nice reflection of a bridge in the Louis Armstrong Park, dynamic view as a Canal Line streetcar passes a St. Charles Line streetcar, the eerie nighttime view of Pirates Alley of the French Quarter, an example of an urban art sign stenciled on the wall, the distant building and colorful lights of the French Market, chance encounter with a teddy bear silhouette in French Market window, more north can be found an ornate mausoleum of Greenwood Cemetery, elsewhere is a heavenly scene over Cypress Grove Cemetery, more south was a sunset over the Mississippi River delta, all of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts of New Orleans document the midnight crowd at always busy Cafe du Monde, the dimly lit stocked shelves of Loa Bar in the International House Hotel, the colorful French Quarter Wedding Chapel at night, the happy couple leading a wedding procession on Chartres Street, far down the French Quarter where intricately colorful balconies stand above Chartres Street, the moment when entertainers welcomed crowds to the Jax Brewery, the street performer human statue Uncle Louis poses with a visitor, the pink hues of a rare colorful mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery, the long shadows of bikes chained to old pump lamp posts, reflections of the bus commuters in front of a St. Charles Line Streetcar, a view of the city reflected in the Steamboat Natchez searchlight, the nighttime view of lighted tugboats along the Mississippi River, the steampunk view of the PBF Petroleum Refinery along the Mississippi River, the St. Charles Avenue Irish House Guinness Toucan Time For A Pint clock, the humorous but serious condominium listing warning that the place for lease is haunted, the listing that creates relief by being not haunted, our always entertaining Team Coordinator Christina in Cafe Maspero, and again our Team Coordinator under the Guinness Toucan clock.

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Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming is known for several things including the status as being the location where by far the most thermal features in the entire world are concentrated and having the largest and most active geysers in the world. Yet it is also possibly equally or perhaps better well known for its wildlife. The Wild Images Team has spent several months photographing the entirety of Yellowstone National Park, and our experience have shown that more visitors are there to see the wildlife than all of the thermal features themselves, with the exception of Old Faithful Geyser. The wildlife can be found just about anywhere in the park, and we have encountered bears, wolves, bison, elk, coyotes, and marmots around even the thermal feature locations. But the odds are much higher of finding wildlife in the eastern half of the park north of Yellowstone Lake, such as the wide expanses of Hayden Valley or the much more distant and isolated Lamar Valley in the little visited northeast section of the park. The Lamar Valley is a wide canyon carved by the Lamar River which originates from the high peaks to the south, drops down where it is blocked by even higher peaks to the north, and is therefore forced to travel west where it eventually meets the Yellowstone River. The highest concentration of wolves are found in the Lamar Valley, likely mainly due to its isolation and the nearby high country. It is also home to the incredibly fast pronghorn which seem to prefer open prairie land, and large herds of bison that slowly migrate up the valley during the summer and back down as fall and winter approach. The Wild Images Team has observed the behavior of bison here and elsewhere on many occasions, and one common theme arises. The bison bulls often claim a patch of bare dirt, usually routinely turned up by their hooves, and will be seen laying standing in the area for days at a time. We even had to keep an eye out one time as a lone bison bull spent almost a week in a dirt patch near to Oblong Geyser, before just as suddenly disappearing one night! Occasionally the bull in a dirt patch will drop down onto its back and roll around while kicking its hooves high into the air. That is the exact moment at which we caught the above image. It is absolutely comical to see a 2500 pound beast behaving like a puppy, but it happens! The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Yellowstone National Park including a Beehive Geyser eruption with a massive rainbow, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser with water textures, a towering Grand Geyser pause burst eruption, a sunset Castle Geyser eruption with a bright rainbow, an afternoon Riverside Geyser eruption with a rainbow, an early morning Lion Geyser eruption with a rainbow, a very difficult to catch Oblong Geyser blue burst eruption, the extremely powerful Artemisia Geyser eruption with deep bursts, the very moment of waves from a Great Fountain Geyser initial eruption, an iconic White Dome Geyser eruption at sunset, the large bursts of a Fountain Geyser eruption in steam, the delicate red light on a Grotto Fountain Geyser eruption at sunset, the defining moment of a Rocket Geyser eruption at sunset, the extremely brief Aurum Geyser eruption with colors, a view through a Cliff Geyser eruption of Black Sand Basin, the colorful patterns of bacterial mats in Midway Geyser Basin, the changing conditions that cause a rainbow to parallel the Snow Lodge, the Biscuit Basin duo of Black Diamond Pool and Opal Pool, the colorfully pock marked waterways of the erupting Blood Geyser, the active steppes of the Mineral Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, the distant double rainbow over the Lewis River Canyon, the before eruption reflections of sunset over the terraces of Great Fountain Geyser, the deep colors of sky reflections over Beauty Pool, the thermally induced sunset light filters through the steamy trees, the intense moment of mammatus clouds over the Firehole River, the very early morning fog surrounding Lower Yellowstone Falls, the runoff created reflections over the colorful runoff pan of Constant Geyser, the unworldly terrain of the extensive Porcelain Geyser Basin in Norris, the deeply hued steam over colorful bacterial mat reflections of Grand Prismatic Spring, the contrast of runoff channels surrounding the blue superheated water of Sapphire Pool, differing wave patterns created by the colorful submerged Fishing Cone Geyser, the strong green created by the record depths of mysterious Abyss Pool, the moment the full moon rises over the Grant Village Lakehouse, the cloud symmetry of a sunset reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, and moments earlier with a cloud shelf reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Yellowstone National Park have documented the Old Faithful Geyser eruptions, the steamy Oblong Geyser eruptions, the deep drain Uncertain Geyser eruptions, the steep crater Depression Geyser eruptions, the amphitheater Grand Geyser eruptions, the impressive Fan and Mortar Geyser eruptions, the very quick Aurum Geyser eruptions, the rooster tail Whirligig Geyser eruptions, the series type Lion Geyser eruptions, the tall grotto White Dome Geyser eruptions, the frequent Sawmill Geyser eruptions, the double cone Atomizer Geyser eruptions, the nozzled Beehive Geyser eruptions, the cratered Fountain Geyser eruptions, the deep pool Artemisia Geyser eruptions, the playful Vixen Geyser eruptions, the scenic Riverside Geyser eruptions, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from above, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from below, the gurgling Tilt’s Baby Geyser eruptions, the bursts of Great Fountain Geyser eruptions, the hidden Dome Geyser eruptions, the tilted Daisy Geyser eruptions, the remote Pink Cone Geyser eruptions, the long Castle Geyser eruption water phases, the loud Castle Geyser eruption steam phases, the stark Constant Geyser eruptions, the rim wall Cliff Geyser eruptions, the initiation from Grotto Fountain Geyser eruptions, the continuation of Grotto Geyser eruptions, the defining moment of Rocket Geyser eruptions, the marathon Spa Geyser eruptions, the blue waters of a Spouter Geyser eruption, the isolated Artist Paint Pots throwing mud, the little seen intricate burst of a mud volcano, a view of a dozen visitors under a Beehive Geyser rainbow, the eruption through numerous vents of Fan and Mortar Geysers, the enormous amount of water through the runoff channels of Excelsior Geyser, the otherworldly view of cloudy blue runoff pools in the Porcelain Basin, the moment that a large bison bull rolled in his claimed dirt pile, the rule for the right of way wildlife, the high altitudes where a large raven that perches over the Dunraven Pass, the the day that a phoenix streaked across the backcountry sky, the trail from Grant Village that crosses over this suspended bridge, The Wild Images Team in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, our Photographer Jeremy Robinson shadowed in Morning Glory Pool, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the Yellowstone National Park entrance sign.

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The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought thousands of people to the state, often from very distant locations. Some made their way across the great plains and over the mountains. Others arrived by boat, even originating from other countries, but none more so than from China. Thousands of Chinese working class immigrants arrived in the early 1850’s, and almost all came through the Port of San Francisco. While some were able to become successful independent prospectors, others became employed by various mining companies throughout the Old West, but most found jobs working with growing companies in need of large labor pools, especially the Central Pacific during their building of the Transcontinental Railroad. The availability of railroad jobs brought yet more Chinese immigrants through the Port of San Francisco. With such a large influx of Chinese people, it wasn’t long before an entire section of the city began to be dominated by Chinese culture. Shops and restaurants catering to the people were built on the ground floors, while the few floors above were devoted mainly to tenements. Interestingly, the same Transcontinental Railroad that many Chinese immigrants had worked on brought large amounts of settlers and visitors across the country, and the tourist industry of San Francisco and especially Chinatown itself was born. So the popularity of Chinatown has existed for over 150 years! Most visitors to Chinatown were interested in experiencing the exotic and mysterious culture from far across the Pacific Ocean. As such, Chinatown became a hotspot for where West meets the East. And it has only grown in popularity since then. Today, Chinatown is the largest tourist destination in San Francisco, beating even that of the Golden Gate Bridge. While the massive earthquake of 1906 destroyed all of Chinatown, which at the time was mainly dilapidated buildings, it allowed city planners and architects to reconstruct a cleaner Chinatown with a much more Asian inspired architecture and decor. The above image shows a typical example of this, taken along the heart of Grant Avenue. Captured by The Wild Images Team during one of our treks through Chinatown, it highlights many aspects of Asian culture and architecture. This includes the colorful designs of the New Shanghai building, the iconic dragon streetlamps, and a view of the famous Empress of China banquet hall through the lanterns strung across the street. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos from California such as the scene of a blooming thunderstorm over Joshua Tree National Park, the lava flow created streaked ridge in Lassen Volcanic National Park, and the high altitudes where a giant sequoia is larger and redder than others, the steep Hyde Street view of Alcatraz Island and San Francisco Bay, the drastic slope of the abrupt drop off of Taylor Street, the Pine Street colorful terraced houses with background buildings, the historic looking beautiful terraced houses and a Classic VW Beetle, and the Asian inspired intricately ornate Chinatown scene, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from California have documented the long and winding road climb to the giants of Sequoia National Park, the size comparison of The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina and the giant tree, the massive view where giant sequoias maintain their diameters over hundreds of feet, an overlook into the Merced River Valley with Liberty Cap, the road heading towards the sheer monolith of El Capitan, the road heading towards desolate ridges of Joshua Tree National Park, the location where the road rises out of Bumpass Hell, a beach dune covered view of the secret underground World War II bunker, the reflective tower of the Marriott Marquis over the Yerba Buena Gardens, the distinctively ornate Asian architecture and decor of Chinatown, the musically inspired melting records with album covers mural, the long strange trip of the Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia mural, the places where steep sidewalks have stairs cut into them, the street where a tree gives a sense of the steepness, the expansive view of Nob Hill from Telegraph Hill and the oppositely directed view from Telegraph Hill to the northeast, the descent in the upper portion of the Filbert Steps, followed by the middle portion of the Filbert Steps with a pose by The Wild Images Team Coordinator on the steps, followed by the lower portion of the Filbert Steps, and at the bottom a view up the Filbert Street steps again with a pose by The Wild Images Team Coordinator below the steps. From our travels in the nearby Oregon and Washington, we have captured photos such as the deep blue hues of swirled clouds and rim peaks reflected in Crater Lake, the Hoh Rainforest green moss covers every possible branch, and the right place at the right time rainbow over the Mt. St. Helens remnants, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Oregon and Washington include the sharp looking view through the Lava Cast Forest, the optical illusion of blue waters and white streaks in Crater Lake, the starkly colorful rainbow rises over the devastation of Mt. St. Helens, the moment The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina is imprisoned by rainforest tree roots, the interesting story of the Port Angeles waterfront Rocktopus Sculpture, and its accompanying bronze plaque of charitable organizations.

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The above photo was captured by The Wild Images Team during our kayak trip through Kenai Fjords National Park to demonstrate how very blue ice can become. The above image is not edited in anyway, nor has the ice been dyed or covered by any foreign substance. What you are looking at is pure ice after it has been put under pressure. As most people know, water has a chemical composition of H2O, or two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom comprising each water molecule. Each of the two hydrogen atoms are bonded directly to the central oxygen atom. Water found at low temperatures in its solid form, ice, is no exception to this; the molecules are still comprised of two hydrogen atoms, each bonded directly to the central oxygen atom. The only difference with the solid form of water is that the molecules themselves are more strongly bonded to each other, which naturally occurs at lower temperatures, making the substance more rigidly solid and less splashy liquid. The bonds between the oxygen atom and the two hydrogen atoms are very good at absorbing red, orange, yellow, and green light to create vibrations and stretches in the bond. However, blue and violet light is not readily absorbed by either liquid water or ice, imparting a characteristic blue tint. This blue tint is not noticeable in small quantities of water. However, large quantities of water such as a deep lake or ocean will show the blue color as long as there is no chemical impurities or silty suspensions. But as you probably know, ice generally appears either clear or white even when seen in large quantities. This is due to the microscopic streaks and globules within ice that are actually tiny pockets of trapped air, representing impurities in the ice crystal structure. This defines the color of ice and snow to be white. But when ice is put under enormous pressure, such as under the millions of tons of weight found in a glacier, the small pockets of air are completely squeezed out, allowing the ice crystals to combine across the entire volume, producing the blue color characteristic of large glaciers such as Northwestern Glacier in the above image. The deep down blue ice is greatly exposed as the glacier drops quickly to the ocean waters below. To reach this location, The Wild Images Team had to bump our kayaks through the miles of ice seen in the bottom portion of the photo, where many seals can be seen to be perfectly at home in this frozen location. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images while in Alaska including the terminal moraines of a glacier winding down from the Chugach Mountains, the many splendid colors of the Sheep Mountain chromatic peaks in the Talkeetna Range, as a seal watches over the thick floating ice in Kenai Fjords National Park, as very fast moving seals cut tracks through the ice, as an entertaining seal strikes a pose on Northwestern Lagoon ice, the many miles of Northwestern Glacier reflecting over the turquoise waters, the awe inspiring rumble when a glacier calves of the cliffs in Kenai Fjords National Park, the moment when clouds crown a peak in Kenai Fjords National Park, the long summer days when fireweed enjoys the land of the midnight sun, and as a very playful Dall’s porpoise breaches the ocean surface in Aialik Bay, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Alaska document the moment we realized that no bananas on a boat is a very serious rule, as our kayak carrying water taxi Michael A launches from Miller’s Landing, the chaotic scene during a feeding frenzy floating island of seagulls, the majestic bald eagle scanning the coastline from a tree, the expansive view of a colorfully banded rock island reflection, the chaotic jumble of very noticeable blue ice of Northwest Glacier, the reflective view over briefly calm waters of the far northern Pacific Ocean under the Harding Icefield, when The Wild Images Team was photographed at the mouth of a glacier draining tunnel, the intimidating view from the snout of a very large and very steep glacier, and when our Coordinator Christina Orban keeps tradition by kissing the snout of this glacier. The Wild Images Team has also captured many photos during our journey up to Alaska through western and northern Canada including colorful canoes standing at the edge of Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, a moment of isolation as a canoe crosses Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, the scene when a grizzly mother is grazing with two cubs, a practically newborn grizzly cub is shorter than the grass, near the Rancheria River where a massive blonde grizzly steps out of the brush, where the remote Liard River wanders through woods and mountains, an action shot when two bison calves are learning to spar, and another action shot as a large bull moose runs through the woods, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from our journey through Canada document the dark background storm clouds while the grain silos shine in the sunlight of Saskatchewan, the sheer terrain of Cascade Mountain towering over the Bow River valley, the velvet covered antlers of an elk as it passes by in Jasper National Park, the welcome sign declaring you are now entering the world famous Alaska Highway, the very iconic mile 0 signpost found at the start of the Alaska Highway, the desolate road of the Alaska Highway drops down into clouds of the Yukon Territory, the very remote road of the Alaska Highway rounds a mountain within clouds of the Yukon Territory, as the Alaska Highway heads straight towards a giant peak along Kluane Lake, the tall snow-capped peaks along the Alaska Highway west of Whitehorse, the shore lining patterned designs of mudflats from the missing A’ay Chu, as The Wild Images Team Photographer Jeremy Robinson hides in the Signpost Forest, and as The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina hides in the Signpost Forest.

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This is a late night back gate view of the historic home located on the corner of Meeting Street and South Battery, directly across from White Point Garden at the southern tip of the peninsula in the prestigious Historic Battery District of Charleston, South Carolina. The Battery District is the southern most portion of the peninsula marking the Historic District of Charleston. As such, it is surrounded on three sides by the waters of Charleston Harbor where the Ashley River and Cooper River converge together before flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. So the setting is a perfect location for the most coveted homes in all of Charleston, but none so much as those that are located along South Battery and White Point Garden. So it should come as no surprise that the Battery District is famous for its many beautifully designed historic homes, some of which are well over 200 years old, with one even predating the Revolutionary War! And while the Revolutionary War is thought to have had more significant battles in the northern colonies surrounding Massachusetts, Charleston in South Carolina was actually deemed a strategically important town due to the belief that many people there were still Loyalists to the crown, and three attempts were made by the British to capture the town, with the final attempt resulting in success. However, contrary to belief, most of the population was no longer loyal to the crown mainly due to the British having already abolished slavery in both England and Wales years before. The local population was unwilling to take up arms in support, so the town was abandoned by the British within a year. Less than eighty years later, the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter, which guards the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and major skirmishes soon followed. But instead of causing mass destruction to the town, both wars actually brought an economic boon to Charleston, and it was during this period between the two wars that most of the historic homes were built in the Battery District. The Wild Images Team captured the above image late one night while we were exploring the many distinctive homes of the area. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in the Historic District of Charleston including the colorful walkway with lights through humidity, a photo of the ornate house through trees branches, and in the bay where the Schooner named Pride sailed through, each of which are available for sale in our store. Charleston blog posts have documented when The Wild Images Team sought refuge from a historic downpour, which subsequently flooded the Charleston streets, that led to the stranding of our Coordinator Christina, photographed on a humid night as Christina poses in the steamy view, and then on a drier day as Christina rides the ferry to Fort Sumter, which formed these reflective wake trails towards the fort, a late night view through the back gate of a house in the Battery District, and then an image of decorative folk art in a courtyard. In the nearby Historic District of Savannah, Georgia, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as the haunting photo of houses of Calhoun Square through Spanish moss, this view of an ornate house from Lafayette Square, and the mystical aura surrounding the Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park, each of which are available for sale in our store. Savannah blog posts have documented as a boat is dwarfed by the massive Hapag-Lloyd Budapest Express, an evening view of the Savannah River terminals and the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, the amazing story of the Florence Martus Waving Girl Statue, the very detailed National Maritime Day Monument and a photo of its associated Propeller Club Dedication plaque, the perfectly framed view of the William Jasper Monument, the very functional historic armillary sphere of Troup Square, a lucky shot of a ghostly woman in a green dress standing in the doorway, an image of the geometric spiral patterns that fill a stairwell, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome catching some rays and then doing the backstroke in the rooftop pool. In nearby North Carolina, The Wild Images Team has captured photos such as the Cape Lookout Island scenic backdoor view of the lightkeepers house which is available for sale in our store. Blog posts from North Carolina include the standard vegetation as Cape Lookout Lighthouse is framed by pine trees. In the somewhat nearby Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, The Wild Images Team has captured images including the wispy clouds over ornate Front Gates of the Governor’s Palace and a night time view of Josiah Chowning’s Tavern with waitstaff, each of which are available for sale in our store. Colonial Williamsburg blog posts have documented where dianthus barbatus also known as Sweet William grows in the Governor’s Palace Gardens, the day our Travel Gnome jumped the Governor’s Palace wall, was quickly taken into custody by a guard, and sentenced to serve time in the stockade, to which The Wild Images Team was also sentenced thanks to our Travel Gnome, and during a freer time the moment that a couple is married in a jumping the broom ceremony.

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The first thing undoubtedly noticed when looking at the above image is the massive double rainbow. This photo was captured almost at the moment of sunset, drawing up the height of the rainbows to near their maximum possible values. A closer look at the images, however, will reveal something a little more peculiar. The sky between the two rainbow arcs is darker than the sky outside of the rainbow arcs. This is the optical phenomenon known as Alexander’s Band, named for Alexander of Aphrodisias who first described the phenomenon around 200 AD. It is created in the same process as the rainbows themselves, albeit with a much different outcome. Thus, the rainbows and Alexander’s Band both need the same conditions: a source of water droplets that are not too large, opposite a source of white light, with an observer between the two but not within the water droplet region. In the case seen above these would be a monsoon storm to the east with a setting sun to the west while The Wild Images Team Photographer, Jeremy Robinson, is positioned between with a camera. Light from the sun enters into to each droplet, reflects off the back edge, then exits back out in the opposite direction. During the time the light is inside the water droplet, it experiences dispersion, the phenomenon where light of different wavelengths (colors) refract (bend) at different angles, separating apart so that the resulting appearance is a separated band of colors which we call a rainbow. Light that enters a droplet and reflects twice before it exits back out creates the second rainbow. However, each reflection flips the light waves so that the second rainbow ends up with its wavelengths (colors) in a reverse order. The zone in between the two is where Alexander’s Band ends up. This is the region where light also enters the droplets and reflects off of the back edge, but when it exits back out it is at an angle that does not reach the observer directly; most of it never reaches the observer at all, and the portion that does reach the observer passes through or reflects off of multiple droplets. The result is a greatly diminished amount of light in the region, and it appears darker than the surrounding sky which itself is already darkened by an intense monsoon storm over the mountains. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Arizona, such as the colorful storm buildup in the painted desert, the stark view of an incredibly tall monsoon cloud over desert, the sky covering massive anvil cloud over the mountains, the isolation in the curtains of rain over the Navajo Nation, the deep red lightning scene in the Mazatzals, the moment Zeus throws a bolt over Cave Creek, the network of colorful bolts over the Sedona ridges, the rainfall created colorful dry wash in bloom, the dangerous stripe-tailed scorpion climbing plants, the deep desert late night glowing bark scorpions, the dynamic image of a honeybee on an exotic wildflower, the view of a hummingbird among the thick wildflowers, a lucky shot of a great horned owl roosting in mesquite tree, the evening view of an organ pipe cactus, the serene scene of ocotillos and saguaro cacti, the view from Bell Rock of scrub brush and phenomenally colorful cliffs, this precarious Wupatki box canyon dwelling, a look up at the very majestic Wukoki Pueblo ruins, a chance encounter with a thunderstorm through a Wukoki Pueblo window, and the spiny sharp glass sculpture with cacti, each of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Arizona have documented the close up of a large stripe-tailed scorpion, the animated behavior of a great horned owl, the nearly daily encounters with the multitude of rattlesnakes, the mysterious darkness created by a very prominent Alexander’s Band between two brilliant rainbows, the crazy late sunset when red rain fell over the Mazatzal Mountains, monsoon season forming rain curtains hanging in front of the sunset, the sunset moment when delicate rain curtains fell in front of a darkening sky, spring rainfall creating a colorful desert bloom in a dry wash, the dynamic view of a honeybee equipped with dual pollen baskets among the blooms, the red sunlit clouds with a rainbow over the foothills of Black Mountain, the massive spectacle of a giant spiderweb of lightning over Black Mountain, near Sedona where red cliffs are framed by cane chollas, the reddish glow of sunset lighting an organ pipe cactus, the precarious location of the cliff edge Box Canyon ruins, the strategic location of the majestic Montezuma Castle Sinagua dwellings, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina at a scenic Grand Canyon overlook, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina in front of the Wupatki Pueblo, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina at the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tombstone and the Original Bird Cage Theatre history, its interior eponymic Bird Cage balcony seats, its secretive hidden door beneath the stage, through which lies the underground hidden gambling room, next to a hidden room for a lady of the night, the OK Corral Morgan Earp, Doc Holliday, Virgil Earp and Wyatt Earp and their gun fight with Tom McClaury, Frank McClaury, and Billy Clanton, the Boothill Graveyard headstone of Lester Moore and the headstone of John Heath, the reflective multicolored boatload of glass, the mass of blue and white glass atop a wall, the lighted view of purple stem vegetation glass, the lighted view of red stem vegetation glass, the closer view of the textures and shapes of Chihuly glass, the overlook view of Comet Neowise with a saguaro, which was brightly shining over the town of Cave Creek, eventually with its bright green coma and tail, as it appears to drop down into a saguaro grove, the day when rare snow fell in the Sonoran Desert and covered Black Mountain in a white blanket, the weeks of a devastating large record setting Bush Fire that continuously raged through the Superstition Mountains, the day when the Aquila Fire burned through Desert Hills causing massive destruction to a few structures, the day that the East Desert Fire nearly burned into the Cave Creek area, and then two weeks later the day when the devastating Ocotillo Fire did burn down into and throughout the estates which were protected by spectacular firefighting around the town of Cave Creek leaving behind this iconic image.

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In addition to hiking, backpacking, and kayaking in the wilderness, wandering the streets of towns and cities by foot has been a big part of The Wild Images Team and our efforts to photograph various locations throughout the world. We have been told that many of our urban photography pieces are as good as those found in nature, which we took as a huge compliment! We love nature and its wildlife of course, but we have encountered so many great photo ops in downtown settings as well. The above image is a great example of this, and one that would require many hours of wandering to locate. Fortunately, out of all the cities and towns that we have had the pleasure to photograph, we have spent the most time in New Orleans. We have been drawn there by its beautiful architecture, the mysterious French Quarter, the vibrant French Market, the Old Muddy also known as the Mississippi River, and one of the greatest restaurants in the world that very few tourists know about, Hobnobbers (if you ever want to have authentic Cajun food, this is the place to go). We have spent many nights walking the streets of the French Quarter, and its surrounding blocks. So one night we encountered the above image. This is located along the very little walked and one way directed Gravier Street, which resembles more of an alley than an actual street, as it approaches the intersection with Camp Street. Here stands a large white building in contrast to the darker alley buildings. An ornate rail blocks off a section of the sidewalk next to it. This is the side of the International House Hotel, a swank four star boutique hotel. And in its ground floor it houses a very fancy nightlife location, the Loa Bar. The Loa Bar is known for creating some of the best and most creative cocktails in the city, and its elegant interior stands in stark contrast to the beer and whiskey flowing watering holes we are more familiar with. But recessed into a doorway at the side of the building is a window displaying the bar shelves stocked with top liquors. It was amazing such elegance existed just mere feet away from the dark alley where we captured the above shot. Talk about being on the outside looking in! The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in New Orleans including the prominent Hotel Monteleone and surrounding buildings, beautiful French Quarter ironwork view through the cornstalk fence, intricate designs of a house facade and lamp shadows, nice reflection of a bridge in the Louis Armstrong Park, dynamic view as a Canal Line streetcar passes a St. Charles Line streetcar, the eerie nighttime view of Pirates Alley of the French Quarter, an example of an urban art sign stenciled on the wall, the distant building and colorful lights of the French Market, chance encounter with a teddy bear silhouette in French Market window, more north can be found an ornate mausoleum of Greenwood Cemetery, elsewhere is a heavenly scene over Cypress Grove Cemetery, more south was a sunset over the Mississippi River delta, all of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts of New Orleans document the midnight crowd at always busy Cafe du Monde, the dimly lit stocked shelves of Loa Bar in the International House Hotel, the colorful French Quarter Wedding Chapel at night, the happy couple leading a wedding procession on Chartres Street, far down the French Quarter where intricately colorful balconies stand above Chartres Street, the moment when entertainers welcomed crowds to the Jax Brewery, the street performer human statue Uncle Louis poses with a visitor, the pink hues of a rare colorful mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery, the long shadows of bikes chained to old pump lamp posts, reflections of the bus commuters in front of a St. Charles Line Streetcar, a view of the city reflected in the Steamboat Natchez searchlight, the nighttime view of lighted tugboats along the Mississippi River, the steampunk view of the PBF Petroleum Refinery along the Mississippi River, the St. Charles Avenue Irish House Guinness Toucan Time For A Pint clock, the humorous but serious condominium listing warning that the place for lease is haunted, the listing that creates relief by being not haunted, our always entertaining Team Coordinator Christina in Cafe Maspero, and again our Team Coordinator under the Guinness Toucan clock. A distance away from New Orleans to the west are the enormous swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin, where we have captured numerous great photos such as the alligator with cypress tree reflections, a group of alligators with dragonflies, a very large cypress tree and Spanish moss, a thick cypress tree grove reflects in the still water, a large swarm of dragonflies congregate on a marsh plant, a very red sunset through the cypress trees, and a reflective sunset through the Spanish moss, each of which is available for sale in our store. Another image captured much further away to the west along the Gulf of Mexico coast is this very remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay, and much further away to the north up the Mississippi River is the Myrtles Plantation front yard walkway, each of which are available for sale in our store. We have also documented much of our time in Louisiana in many different blog posts such as in the Atchafalaya Basin where we encountered an open style honeybee hive and Spanish moss and down near the gulf coast with another view of the remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay.

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Wandering around the streets of Chicago by foot as The Wild Images Team has on many occasions, you begin to notice that the city is filled with artwork. There are sculptures in many of the parks and green spaces, and the downtown has murals on many of its buildings. Much of our photography from Chicago has included views of some of this artwork. And you never know when you will encounter a brightly colored wall. The above image is a case in point. This is the stairwell to the two story parking garage on the left. It has a single doorway beneath the image. And yet someone has taken the time to individually paint each of the bricks to create a multicolored wall of this stairwell. The Wild Images was struck by how the wall was brightly lit up by the afternoon sun while the surrounding buildings were darkened by the shadows of other buildings across the street. So we took some time to capture a series of photos. This is located on the 800 block of South Wabash Avenue. The building on the right with all of the intricate designs is the Loftrium, built in the year 1900 so it is a part of Old Chicago and has seen many changes surrounding it throughout the decades. The parking garage on the left of it is obviously much more recent, as is the sleek building that exists on its right beyond the view of this image. But The Wild Images Team is often searching for the old art deco architecture, it has beauty that is unmatched today. The Loftrium is a great example of this, and its designs are noticeable even though we only captured a small portion of the building. Meanwhile, the parking garage on the left has recently been painted with a large mural itself; it is now covered by the faces of women in a piece entitled “Stop Telling Women To Smile”, only about a month after the above image was taken. This is all part of a collective called the Wabash Arts Corridor, a partnership between Columbia University and various organizations working together to convert Wabash Avenue into an art hub. It has been described as a “living urban canvas” that connects the visual, performing, and media arts. Part of this corridor also includes the blocks of Wabash Avenue where the elevated train tracks cross over from Holden Court to the center of Wabash Avenue beginning at the 500 South block, and continuing northward for many blocks from there, until the turn left onto Lake Street just before the Chicago River. This section adds a nice urban feel with the characteristic elevated train tracks of downtown Chicago surrounded by mural covered buildings. The Wild Images Team will certainly have to visit here again sometime to photograph how everything is coming along. We love the way that urban art adds such character to our pictures in downtown settings, and Chicago is likely one of the best places in the world for this, especially considering how rare it is to find elevated trains in the world. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos throughout downtown Chicago, including the blue skyscrapers of The Grant and One Museum Park, which is available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Chicago have documented the view of the Wabash Avenue elevated train, the ornate art deco brown buildings of old town Chicago, the interesting curious foxes of the small green space, when The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina sat at the stone desk, the hidden colorful fire escape framed by trees, the day The Wild Images Team finally found the heart of Chicago, the moment when giant headless zombies took over Grant Park, and at the head of the Navy Pier where sits the bronze sculpture Captain On The Helm. Blog posts from the nearby state of Minnesota include the moment that The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina becomes the Jolly Green Giant, the moment that The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina becomes the Little Green Sprout, and a scene of The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina underneath a life size Jolly Green Giant. Blog posts from the somewhat nearby state of Texas include the art created by the line of sunken monuments at Cadillac Ranch and the textures created by thick layers of paint covering the monuments at Cadillac Ranch. A blog post from nearby state of Missouri includes the Route 66 sign of The Uranus Fudge Factory.

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The largest Benedictine monastery, the monastic religious Order of St. Benedict of the Catholic Church, in the western hemisphere is located not in Boston, not in New York City, not in Chicago, nor in Philadelphia, but in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. More specifically, it is located on the top of a ridge above the town of Latrobe, such that it is in view for miles around the rolling countryside in all directions. If you have heard of Latrobe, it may be due to it being the hometown of Arnold Palmer, the childhood hometown of Fred Rogers, the original hometown of Rolling Rock Beer, the location of the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp, and the birthplace of the banana split. Pretty impressive for a small town with a population of only around 8000! The monastery is named the Saint Vincent Archabbey, and it is the first Benedictine monastery built in the United States almost 200 years ago. Nearby are Saint Vincent College and Saint Vincent Seminary, both of which were built around the same time as the archabbey. All were founded by the Bavarian monk, Father Boniface Wimmer, who eventually earned the title of Abbot in 1855, and later on the title of Archabbot in 1883. His mission started as an effort to support German immigrants and better the conditions under which they worked and lived, but this quickly expanded to include Irish immigrants, Eastern European immigrants, African Americans, Native Americans, and any other cultures whose lives were made more difficult along the rural frontier. In the course of his lifetime, he founded over 30 other monasteries and abbeys and 152 Roman Catholic Parishes, and has been listed as the most important American missionary of the nineteenth century. “People plant trees though they are certain that the fruit will benefit only the next generation.” How fitting this quote by Archabbot Boniface Wimmer is to his own life’s work. The college and seminary continue to support thousands of students a year, almost 200 years later. The Wild Images Team visited the St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica where we captured the above image showing the immaculate architecture and detail. This was taken during the holiday season, so the interior is decorated with wreaths, ribbons, and poinsettias. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos throughout Pennsylvania, including the postgame fireworks over the Andy Warhol Bridge, the colorful bursts of Independence Day fireworks over the Ohio River, the view as delicate flowers bloom in the Laurel Highlands, and the very early lantana at the University Park Flower Gardens, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Pennsylvania have documented the Halloween moment when hundreds of witches converged on Mellon Park and then later performed a choreographed dance routine, when The Wild Images Team attended an interfaith wedding ceremony during which our Coordinator Christina Orban was a bridesmaid, a look inside of the ornate St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica, the side yard greenhouse vividly reflecting light displays, the scene dominated by vibrant strands of holiday lights on a tree, the many hues of a very festive holiday house along McColly Street, the colorful view of the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Fall Foliage Train, the burst trails of fireworks over the Allegheny River, the red, white, and blue trail fireworks over the Roberto Clemente Bridge, the palette of colors with fireworks bursting over the Ohio River, the hundreds of American flags flying over Blairsville Cemetery, the fall leaves surrounding the Tyrone Division of the Pennsylvania System World War I Monument, the many colors of a flower soaking up sunshine, and the dichotomy created by a floral battle of yellow versus red. During our trips to New York on the other side of the state we have captured many photos such as in the Corning Museum of Glass antique cruets and dishware overlap, then in New York City itself the sudden snow squall over the Garment District, the scene of the Sherry-Netherland towering over a sculpture, and the opposite directed festive view of West 58th Street, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our New York blog posts document the Corning Museum of Glass plate of colorful giant glass fruit, the intricate stained glass vines and bubbles over a figure, and the suspended glass knives in front of a red stack tower, then in New York City itself the Empire State Building shining like a beacon, the perpetual hustle and bustle of Times Square, the impressive bronze Alice in Wonderland sculpture, the memorial bronze statue of legendary Balto and its accompanying dedicated to the indomitable spirit plaque, the animated bronze animals and the Delacorte Clock, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina with Spongebob SquarePants, the festive view of a large toy train in Rockefeller Center Station, the late night giant holiday lights on the sidewalks, and the piles of giant holiday ornaments in Liholts Pooley Pool.

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The colorful bands of this rock island in Kenai Fjords National Park tell the tale of a cyclic history that has dominated this area for millenia since the last ice age. This last ice age occurred for the extended period between 15,000 and 100,000 years ago. During this period, the average temperature over the entire planet was a chilly 47 degrees Fahrenheit, much cooler than today with its warming atmosphere. The difference in temperature was even more extreme during the ice age in the northern regions, when enormous glaciers carved deep canyons, followed by the great meltdown when many of the deep canyons were submerged back under the rising ocean, forming extremely deep and narrow bays known as fjords, which are located everywhere in Kenai Fjords National Park of Alaska. So this rock island was once a peak that was ground into shape by former glaciers, and then submerged almost to the point of ending up under the water surface. The distant peaks beyond the rock island in the above image are actually several miles away in this enormous wilderness, and the fjord water in between drops to incomprehensible depths. But this is the ocean, so the water surface itself is not always at the same height, but rather varies with the daily tides governed by the moon and the sun. So the bands clearly visible on the rock mark the various levels of the intertidal zonation, the region that exists underwater during high tide, and above water at low tide such as seen in the above image captured by The Wild Images Team during a kayaking trip through the Kenai Fjords National Park. The very bottom brown band represents organisms which flourish underwater but can remain above water for the short periods of low tide, mainly brown seaweed, mussels, barnacles, snails, and starfish. Above that the black band represents organisms that can remain out of water for longer periods of time such as black algae. Above that the green band represents organisms that can remain out of water for even longer periods of time such as green algae Above that the gray band represents organisms that flourish out of water but can remain underwater for the short periods of very high tide, such as lichens. Above that is bare rock due to little access to water, but the rock island itself is topped with mosses, shrubs, and trees. Close inspection will reveal a bald eagle on the rightmost of the tallest trees. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images while in Alaska including the terminal moraines of a glacier winding down from the Chugach Mountains, the many splendid colors of the Sheep Mountain chromatic peaks in the Talkeetna Range, as a seal watches over the thick floating ice in Kenai Fjords National Park, as very fast moving seals cut tracks through the ice, as an entertaining seal strikes a pose on Northwestern Lagoon ice, the many miles of Northwestern Glacier reflecting over the turquoise waters, the awe inspiring rumble when a glacier calves of the cliffs in Kenai Fjords National Park, the moment when clouds crown a peak in Kenai Fjords National Park, the long summer days when fireweed enjoys the land of the midnight sun, and as a very playful Dall’s porpoise breaches the ocean surface in Aialik Bay, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Alaska document the moment we realized that no bananas on a boat is a very serious rule, as our kayak carrying water taxi Michael A launches from Miller’s Landing, the chaotic scene during a feeding frenzy floating island of seagulls, the majestic bald eagle scanning the coastline from a tree, the expansive view of a colorfully banded rock island reflection, the chaotic jumble of very noticeable blue ice of Northwest Glacier, the reflective view over briefly calm waters of the far northern Pacific Ocean under the Harding Icefield, when The Wild Images Team was photographed at the mouth of a glacier draining tunnel, the intimidating view from the snout of a very large and very steep glacier, and when our Coordinator Christina Orban keeps tradition by kissing the snout of this glacier. The Wild Images Team has also captured many photos during our journey up to Alaska through western and northern Canada including colorful canoes standing at the edge of Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, a moment of isolation as a canoe crosses Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, the scene when a grizzly mother is grazing with two cubs, a practically newborn grizzly cub is shorter than the grass, near the Rancheria River where a massive blonde grizzly steps out of the brush, where the remote Liard River wanders through woods and mountains, an action shot when two bison calves are learning to spar, and another action shot as a large bull moose runs through the woods, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from our journey through Canada document the dark background storm clouds while the grain silos shine in the sunlight of Saskatchewan, the sheer terrain of Cascade Mountain towering over the Bow River valley, the velvet covered antlers of an elk as it passes by in Jasper National Park, the welcome sign declaring you are now entering the world famous Alaska Highway, the very iconic mile 0 signpost found at the start of the Alaska Highway, the desolate road of the Alaska Highway drops down into clouds of the Yukon Territory, the very remote road of the Alaska Highway rounds a mountain within clouds of the Yukon Territory, as the Alaska Highway heads straight towards a giant peak along Kluane Lake, the tall snow-capped peaks along the Alaska Highway west of Whitehorse, the shore lining patterned designs of mudflats from the missing A’ay Chu, as The Wild Images Team Photographer Jeremy Robinson hides in the Signpost Forest, and as The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina hides in the Signpost Forest.

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Up where these thistle plants are located, the brief summer season lasts for two or maybe at most three months before the winter snows arrive again and bury everything in icy white. Anything that lives and grows here must take advantage of this literal moment in the sun to accomplish everything necessary before that next long winter season. But that suits the thistle very well. They have short lifespans, spending the first year warm season mainly growing a taproot deep underground followed by a second year where they grow mainly above ground up to heights of 6 feet, before becoming crowned with the typical pinkish purple florets. This was the moment that The Wild Images Team captured the above photo, during the dog days of summer late July, when even the high altitudes of the Wasatch Mountain Range in Utah warm up in the sun. Thistles are one of the most important nectar sources for pollinating insects, especially honeybees, bumblebees, and butterflies. So it was no surprise that in this thistle meadow on this particular sunny day, it was full of activity. The entire area was humming with the buzzes of thousands of bumblebees and honeybees, while occasional butterflies also came through fluttering from plant to plant. But the party does not last long. Within a few weeks, the pinkish purple florets that characterize the thistle will disappear, to be replaced by downy pappus, with its resemblance to cotton, attached to the seeds which can then be readily dispersed in the wind. This generally completes the life cycle of a thistle plant, as it is highly unlikely to return for a third season. But the brief summer season allows it to reseed the surrounding terrain to ensure that future generations will continue to thrive here. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Utah including the competition between cliff colors and clouds in Zion National Park, the intricate designs of the high altitude patterned wall in Zion National Park, distant rain curtains over the colorful cliffs of Bryce Canyon National Park, cloud shadows defining the colorful pinnacles of Bryce Canyon National Park, the scenic view as the full moon rises over Red Canyon, the Goblin Valley State Park thunderstorm and lightning strike over goblins, the impenetrable colorful rim wall of Goblin Valley State Park, the gravity defying balanced rock with snow in Arches National Park, the moment in Arches National Park when a winter storm clears over pinnacles and the La Sal Mountains, the very bright but fleeting rainbow beyond The Hand in Arches National Park, the instance In Arches National Park when lightning strikes near the Three Gossips, the green slopes of Sandy Mountain guarded by red lichen rock sentinels, the wild clouds over the elevated plains of the Grand Staircase-Escalante, and finally in Midway where the five flags of the military fly over Memorial Hill, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts documenting our time in Utah include the road towards the extremely remote Valley of the Gods, an expansive view of the major formations of Zion National Park, the road winding through Fremont cottonwoods in Zion National Park, the road through intricately carved highlands in Zion National Park, the road through red and white rock cliffs in Zion National Park, The Wild Images Team vehicle on a dirt road in Red Canyon, the high altitude scene where a thistle soaks up the brief summer season sunshine, the moment a snake slithers over water plants in Cascade Springs, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the entrance to Cascade Springs, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome standing proudly in Goblin Valley, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at The Brick Oven Restaurant, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at an overlook of Bryce Canyon National Park, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome in front of the rock pinnacles of Bryce Canyon National Park, The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the entrance of Zion National Park, and finally The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome in front of the cliffs of Zion National Park.

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A fiery phoenix streaks across the evening skies over the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park in the above image. Alright, that is not entirely what happened. We have adopted a little poetic license to enhance the moment. However, clouds did form this streaking shape which greatly resembles a majestic bird of flames, which is further enhanced as the clouds are heavily reddened by the setting sun. It was truly an awesome sight to behold and deserves a bit of exaggeration. The majority of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming sits at an elevation of between 7000 and 10500 above sea level. Anyone familiar with terrain at elevation will tell you that the weather conditions can change in an instant. One minute it can be freezing and snowing, and then become sunny and warm. Being prepared with both the right outdoor gear for survival in the harshest environments, and the right camera gear to capture the atmospheric conditions at a moments notice. Here The Wild Images Team was ready with our camera gear when this brief phoenix formed over the backcountry landscape while we were hiking a trail. Looking back at it now, we still feel the same sense of awe and remember back to how peaceful and quiet it was at this very instant, and how rapidly the phoenix disappeared, never to be seen again. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Yellowstone National Park including a Beehive Geyser eruption with a massive rainbow, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser with water textures, a towering Grand Geyser pause burst eruption, a sunset Castle Geyser eruption with a bright rainbow, an afternoon Riverside Geyser eruption with a rainbow, an early morning Lion Geyser eruption with a rainbow, a very difficult to catch Oblong Geyser blue burst eruption, the extremely powerful Artemisia Geyser eruption with deep bursts, the very moment of waves from a Great Fountain Geyser initial eruption, an iconic White Dome Geyser eruption at sunset, the large bursts of a Fountain Geyser eruption in steam, the delicate red light on a Grotto Fountain Geyser eruption at sunset, the defining moment of a Rocket Geyser eruption at sunset, the extremely brief Aurum Geyser eruption with colors, a view through a Cliff Geyser eruption of Black Sand Basin, the colorful patterns of bacterial mats in Midway Geyser Basin, the changing conditions that cause a rainbow to parallel the Snow Lodge, the Biscuit Basin duo of Black Diamond Pool and Opal Pool, the colorfully pock marked waterways of the erupting Blood Geyser, the active steppes of the Mineral Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, the distant double rainbow over the Lewis River Canyon, the before eruption reflections of sunset over the terraces of Great Fountain Geyser, the deep colors of sky reflections over Beauty Pool, the thermally induced sunset light filters through the steamy trees, the intense moment of mammatus clouds over the Firehole River, the very early morning fog surrounding Lower Yellowstone Falls, the runoff created reflections over the colorful runoff pan of Constant Geyser, the unworldly terrain of the extensive Porcelain Geyser Basin in Norris, the deeply hued steam over colorful bacterial mat reflections of Grand Prismatic Spring, the contrast of runoff channels surrounding the blue superheated water of Sapphire Pool, differing wave patterns created by the colorful submerged Fishing Cone Geyser, the strong green created by the record depths of mysterious Abyss Pool, the moment the full moon rises over the Grant Village Lakehouse, the cloud symmetry of a sunset reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, and moments earlier with a cloud shelf reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Yellowstone National Park have documented the Old Faithful Geyser eruptions, the steamy Oblong Geyser eruptions, the deep drain Uncertain Geyser eruptions, the steep crater Depression Geyser eruptions, the amphitheater Grand Geyser eruptions, the impressive Fan and Mortar Geyser eruptions, the very quick Aurum Geyser eruptions, the rooster tail Whirligig Geyser eruptions, the series type Lion Geyser eruptions, the tall grotto White Dome Geyser eruptions, the frequent Sawmill Geyser eruptions, the double cone Atomizer Geyser eruptions, the nozzled Beehive Geyser eruptions, the cratered Fountain Geyser eruptions, the deep pool Artemisia Geyser eruptions, the playful Vixen Geyser eruptions, the scenic Riverside Geyser eruptions, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from above, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from below, the gurgling Tilt’s Baby Geyser eruptions, the bursts of Great Fountain Geyser eruptions, the hidden Dome Geyser eruptions, the tilted Daisy Geyser eruptions, the remote Pink Cone Geyser eruptions, the long Castle Geyser eruption water phases, the loud Castle Geyser eruption steam phases, the stark Constant Geyser eruptions, the rim wall Cliff Geyser eruptions, the initiation from Grotto Fountain Geyser eruptions, the continuation of Grotto Geyser eruptions, the defining moment of Rocket Geyser eruptions, the marathon Spa Geyser eruptions, the blue waters of a Spouter Geyser eruption, the isolated Artist Paint Pots throwing mud, the little seen intricate burst of a mud volcano, a view of a dozen visitors under a Beehive Geyser rainbow, the eruption through numerous vents of Fan and Mortar Geysers, the enormous amount of water through the runoff channels of Excelsior Geyser, the otherworldly view of cloudy blue runoff pools in the Porcelain Basin, the moment that a large bison bull rolled in his claimed dirt pile, the rule for the right of way wildlife, the high altitudes where a large raven that perches over the Dunraven Pass, the the day that a phoenix streaked across the backcountry sky, the trail from Grant Village that crosses over this suspended bridge, The Wild Images Team in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, our Photographer Jeremy Robinson shadowed in Morning Glory Pool, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the Yellowstone National Park entrance sign.

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Sgt. William Jasper of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment was a war hero not once, not twice, but three times! And no this was not during the Civil War, but much earlier during the Revolutionary War. It all began in 1776 when the British first attempted to capture Charles Towne (now known as Charleston), South Carolina, a key port in the southern colonies. Charles Towne was guarded by the partially completed Fort Sullivan on Sullivan’s Island in the bay, and a major battle occurred here as British ships closed in and bombarded the fort. Short on supplies and ammunition in the unfinished fort, the troops were instructed to only fire when the ships came close enough. At some point, the Moultrie Flag flying over the fort was shot down and fell into a trench outside the fort. Sgt. Jasper jumped off the wall under heavy fire, grabbed the flag, brought it back to the top of the fort, and supported with a cannon sponge staff. This rallied the troops and the invasion was thwarted. Deemed a hero, he was presented with a sword, which he accepted, and offered the rank of Lieutenant, which he turned down as he felt he would be an embarrassment due to his illiteracy. However, he was also offered a roving commission throughout the colonies which he accepted. During this time, himself and another sergeant captured an entire group of British militia who were holding some of their fellow soldiers captive. He was again deemed a hero due his actions. Later on, he ended up in Savannah, Georgia during the siege of Savannah. Again under heavy fire, he held the flag over Savannah. This time, however, he was struck by a bullet that mortally wounded him. Even so, he continued to hold the flag up, never loosening his grip. In 1888, the monument shown in the above image was erected in Madison Square of Savannah, Georgia, to commemorate his service and heroic actions. The monument depicts him holding the sword that was presented to him in Charles Towne and holding up the flag during the Siege of Savannah. The Wild Images Team captured this photo while exploring the many squares found throughout the Historic District of Savannah. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in the Historic District of Savannah such as the haunting photo of houses of Calhoun Square through Spanish moss, this view of an ornate house from Lafayette Square, and the mystical aura surrounding the Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park, each of which are available for sale in our store. Savannah blog posts have documented as a boat is dwarfed by the massive Hapag-Lloyd Budapest Express, an evening view of the Savannah River terminals and the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, the amazing story of the Florence Martus Waving Girl Statue, the very detailed National Maritime Day Monument and a photo of its associated Propeller Club Dedication plaque, the perfectly framed view of the William Jasper Monument, the very functional historic armillary sphere of Troup Square, a lucky shot of a ghostly woman in a green dress standing in the doorway, an image of the geometric spiral patterns that fill a stairwell, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome catching some rays and then doing the backstroke in the rooftop pool. In the nearby Historic District of Charleston, South Carolina, the Wild Images Team has captured many other images including the colorful walkway with lights through humidity, a photo of the ornate house through trees branches, and in the bay where the Schooner named Pride sailed through, each of which are available for sale in our store. Charleston blog posts have documented when The Wild Images Team sought refuge from a historic downpour, which subsequently flooded the Charleston streets, that led to the stranding of our Coordinator Christina, photographed on a humid night as Christina poses in the steamy view, and then on a drier day as Christina rides the ferry to Fort Sumter, which formed these reflective wake trails towards the fort, the Battery District where ornamental balustrades line the street along East Battery, a late night view through the back gate of a house in the Battery District, and then an image of decorative folk art in a courtyard. In the somewhat nearby North Carolina, The Wild Images Team has captured photos such as the Cape Lookout Island scenic backdoor view of the lightkeepers house which is available for sale in our store. Blog posts from North Carolina include the standard vegetation as Cape Lookout Lighthouse is framed by pine trees. In the somewhat nearby Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, The Wild Images Team has captured images including the wispy clouds over ornate Front Gates of the Governor’s Palace and a night time view of Josiah Chowning’s Tavern with waitstaff, each of which are available for sale in our store. Colonial Williamsburg blog posts have documented where dianthus barbatus also known as Sweet William grows in the Governor’s Palace Gardens, the day our Travel Gnome jumped the Governor’s Palace wall, was quickly taken into custody by a guard, and sentenced to serve time in the stockade, to which The Wild Images Team was also sentenced thanks to our Travel Gnome, and during a freer time the moment that a couple is married in a jumping the broom ceremony.

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Dale Chihuly is a master conductor of glassblowing. Through a team of master craftsmen, his creations are usually produced on a grand scale. His sculptures can be enormous in size, but due to the nature of the medium, glass, they can often look very delicate with the extensive streamers and fronds of glass extending outward in a complex fashion from the dense center of a sculpture body. From a distance, his sculptures look intricate in the various ways that the streamers and fronds often curl around themselves. But as a viewer moves closer to the sculpture, the intricacies of the the glass begin to take on a different form. No longer are complexities of the outward shapes the dominant feature. Instead it is the various textures of each glass surface. The long streamers are often ribbed along their lengths, while other sections have concentric ribs reminiscent of a cornucopia, some of the spherical shapes have ridges that give an appearance of a variety of gourds with stem pieces, whereas yet others have serrated edges and openings that are more reminiscent of various seashells. The above close up view of a large Chihuly glass sculpture was captured by The Wild Images Team during one of our visits to the Desert Botanical Garden of Phoenix, Arizona. This gives a unique view into the details taken just to create each little portion, of which there are hundreds comprising the entire sculpture. Another Chihuly sculpture photographed is this sharp glass sculpture with cacti which is available for sale in our store. Some of our other blog posts document the many images we captured of Chihuly glass at the Desert Botanical Garden. There is this multicolored boatload of glass, the mass of blue and white glass atop a wall, this lighted view of purple stem vegetation glass, and this lighted view of red stem vegetation glass. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Arizona, such as the colorful storm buildup in the painted desert, the stark view of an incredibly tall monsoon cloud over desert, the sky covering massive anvil cloud over the mountains, the isolation in the curtains of rain over the Navajo Nation, the deep red lightning scene in the Mazatzals, the moment Zeus throws a bolt over Cave Creek, the network of colorful bolts over the Sedona ridges, the rainfall created colorful dry wash in bloom, the dangerous stripe-tailed scorpion climbing plants, the deep desert late night glowing bark scorpions, the dynamic image of a honeybee on an exotic wildflower, the view of a hummingbird among the thick wildflowers, a lucky shot of a great horned owl roosting in mesquite tree, the evening view of an organ pipe cactus, the serene scene of ocotillos and saguaro cacti, the view from Bell Rock of scrub brush and phenomenally colorful cliffs, this precarious Wupatki box canyon dwelling, a look up at the very majestic Wukoki Pueblo ruins, a chance encounter with a thunderstorm through a Wukoki Pueblo window, and the spiny sharp glass sculpture with cacti, each of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Arizona have documented the close up of a large stripe-tailed scorpion, the animated behavior of a great horned owl, the nearly daily encounters with the multitude of rattlesnakes, the mysterious darkness created by a very prominent Alexander’s Band between two brilliant rainbows, the crazy late sunset when red rain fell over the Mazatzal Mountains, monsoon season forming rain curtains hanging in front of the sunset, the sunset moment when delicate rain curtains fell in front of a darkening sky, spring rainfall creating a colorful desert bloom in a dry wash, the dynamic view of a honeybee equipped with dual pollen baskets among the blooms, the red sunlit clouds with a rainbow over the foothills of Black Mountain, the massive spectacle of a giant spiderweb of lightning over Black Mountain, near Sedona where red cliffs are framed by cane chollas, the reddish glow of sunset lighting an organ pipe cactus, the precarious location of the cliff edge Box Canyon ruins, the strategic location of the majestic Montezuma Castle Sinagua dwellings, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina at a scenic Grand Canyon overlook, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina in front of the Wupatki Pueblo, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina at the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tombstone and the Original Bird Cage Theatre history, its interior eponymic Bird Cage balcony seats, its secretive hidden door beneath the stage, through which lies the underground hidden gambling room, next to a hidden room for a lady of the night, the OK Corral Morgan Earp, Doc Holliday, Virgil Earp and Wyatt Earp and their gun fight with Tom McClaury, Frank McClaury, and Billy Clanton, the Boothill Graveyard headstone of Lester Moore and the headstone of John Heath, the reflective multicolored boatload of glass, the mass of blue and white glass atop a wall, the lighted view of purple stem vegetation glass, the lighted view of red stem vegetation glass, the closer view of the textures and shapes of Chihuly glass, the overlook view of Comet Neowise with a saguaro, which was brightly shining over the town of Cave Creek, eventually with its bright green coma and tail, as it appears to drop down into a saguaro grove, the day when rare snow fell in the Sonoran Desert and covered Black Mountain in a white blanket, the weeks of a devastating large record setting Bush Fire that continuously raged through the Superstition Mountains, the day when the Aquila Fire burned through Desert Hills causing massive destruction to a few structures, the day that the East Desert Fire nearly burned into the Cave Creek area, and then two weeks later the day when the devastating Ocotillo Fire did burn down into and throughout the estates which were protected by spectacular firefighting around the town of Cave Creek leaving behind this iconic image.

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Glacier National Park is found in extreme northern Montana, along the borders with the provinces of both British Columbia and Alberta, across which the mountainous terrain becomes known as Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada, and where the Rocky Mountains continue northward forming the border between British Columbia and Alberta for hundreds of more miles. Glacier National Park is as stunning as its name implies. There are glaciers and extensive icecaps. But even more noticeable is the effect that the much larger glaciers of the last Ice Age have had on the area. Glaciers consist of tons of ice, what was once snow has been compressed down into much more dense ice, which slowly slides down the canyon gradients created by the melt water underneath and beyond the snout, the downhill terminus of the ice. The canyons there are very steep-walled, forming the characteristic deep U shapes seen in mountainous regions that have experienced heavy glaciation in the past, and a signature of the Rocky Mountains from here northward. The famous park driving route known as Going-To-The-Sun Road is as extreme as can be imagined, especially after it rises out of the McDonald Creek canyon eastward beyond the giant switchback obvious on a map. At this point the road is either not at all guarded from the sheer drop of several hundreds of feet to the distant valley below, or has a low wall that provides little comfort. But the views are completely unhindered, and are breathtaking. Perhaps lesser known in Glacier National Park is the wildlife, which can often be just as dramatic as the scenery amongst which they scratch out a living. One example is the yellow-bellied marmot, pictured in the above photo atop a large rock along a remote section of trail. Yellow-bellied marmots only live in high altitude regions above about 7000 feet up to at least 14000 feet, and in areas that are mainly clear of vegetation, so this was a perfect setting to find one. Due to the harsh winters at these altitudes, marmots generally hibernate for about eight months of the year. The other other four months are spent partially in their den and partially outside, where they become very active. They are known to emit an extremely loud whistle, one that belies their size, though they actually are a very large type of ground squirrel weighing up to 11 pounds or slightly more. The above image was captured by The Wild Images Team just as this large male had been whistling, which was replied to somewhere further down the steep canyon, though in the image the marmot appears to be smiling, as though this was some kind of joke directed towards us silly humans. Either way, the colorful lichen covered rock and background scree composed a great image. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images from Montana such as a group of white mountain goats as they graze the highlands, an expansive view of rocky ridges extending to the horizon, the colorfully massive wall of Hidden Lake, high altitude view of tundra and glacial lakes, a very remote reflective alpine lake covered with rocks, and an ominously approaching heavy downpour over the green foothills, all of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Montana have documented the very deep blue waters of McDonald Creek and the panoramic view of The Wild Images Team at Hidden Lake. In neighboring Wyoming, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as the contrast found in the colorful grasslands and background Grand Teton National Park peaks, the varying landscape of Grand Teton National Park rocky peaks and clouds, the large antlers on display as an elk takes a look back in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, the vertical abruptness as Devils Tower rises above the red rocks and green pines, and the many hues found as the colorful badlands cover over this very remote region, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Wyoming have documented as the rugged snowy peaks rise above wildflowers, and as The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome poses for a picture at the Meeteetse “Where Chiefs Meet” welcome sign. In neighboring South Dakota we have captured images such as the bright flash of a colorful lightning strike over the badlands, the moment that a pronghorn displays its phenomenal physique, and the time that a massive bison bull came meandering past, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from South Dakota have documented the centuries long carving of the massive Crazy Horse Monument, the very majestic Mount Rushmore and the Avenue of Flags, the expansive view as wild burros walk through the rolling prairies, the ever wary prairie dog stands at attention in the prairie, the amazing location of the granite roadways through Custer State Park, when The Wild Images Team encountered a remote end of trail sign in the middle of nowhere, this close up image of textures in a colorful badlands mound, the interesting time when a flock of turkeys photobombed our image, and The Wild Images Team sunset shadows over Badlands National Park. In nearby North Dakota, we have captured images such as the contrast created by the horizontal color bands cross through yellow badlands and the entire herd as a group of wild horses cluster together on a hilltop, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts of North Dakota have documented the herd of bison grazing in the grasslands and the ever changing colorful badland mound that caps a rolling ridge.

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The Wild Images Team spends a large amount of time exploring areas without a definite itinerary. We find this to be especially useful in our quest for great photographic opportunities, since you never know when you may encounter an unexpected scene around the next corner, or perhaps down the path that is not often followed. With that thought guiding us one day, we found ourselves deep in the bayou in south central Louisiana, far west of New Orleans. In particular, this day found us in the area of West Cote Blanche Bay, one of the many marshy bays that form the shoreline to the Gulf of Mexico in this remote part of Louisiana. Coming out of the thick trees, we were surprised to encounter this isolated cemetery. Similar to the land around New Orleans, in this region the water table is also very high, meaning that holes dug around here will immediately fill up with water and become a pool. For this reason, coffins are not placed in the ground but rather they are laid into above ground stone mausoleums, creating a common sight in the cemeteries of southern Louisiana. Seizing the opportunity, we spent some significant time there taking photos of the various features. In this direction we were struck by this view of the white statue through very ornate gates. The gates are of extraordinarily intricate design. Close inspection of the above image will reveal that the flower vines lacing their way through lattice of the the front gates are themselves also part of the iron work! The vines are painted green and the flowers are oxidized into reddish hues. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in the bayou such as the alligator with cypress tree reflections, a group of alligators with dragonflies, a very large cypress tree and Spanish moss, a thick cypress tree grove reflects in the still water, a large swarm of dragonflies congregate on a marsh plant, a very red sunset through the cypress trees, and a reflective sunset through the Spanish moss, each of which is available for sale in our store. Another image captured further away to the south along the Gulf of Mexico coast is this very remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay, and much further away to the north up the Mississippi River is the Myrtles Plantation front yard walkway, each of which are available for sale in our store. We have also documented much of our time in Louisiana in many different blog posts such as in the Atchafalaya Basin where we encountered an open style honeybee hive and Spanish moss and down near the gulf coast with another view of the remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images much further away to the east in New Orleans including the prominent Hotel Monteleone and surrounding buildings, beautiful French Quarter ironwork view through the cornstalk fence, intricate designs of a house facade and lamp shadows, nice reflection of a bridge in the Louis Armstrong Park, dynamic view as a Canal Line streetcar passes a St. Charles Line streetcar, the eerie nighttime view of Pirates Alley of the French Quarter, an example of an urban art sign stenciled on the wall, the distant building and colorful lights of the French Market, chance encounter with a teddy bear silhouette in French Market window, more north can be found an ornate mausoleum of Greenwood Cemetery, elsewhere is a heavenly scene over Cypress Grove Cemetery, more south was a sunset over the Mississippi River delta, all of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts of New Orleans document the midnight crowd at always busy Cafe du Monde, the dimly lit stocked shelves of Loa Bar in the International House Hotel, the colorful French Quarter Wedding Chapel at night, the happy couple leading a wedding procession on Chartres Street, far down the French Quarter where intricately colorful balconies stand above Chartres Street, the moment when entertainers welcomed crowds to the Jax Brewery, the street performer human statue Uncle Louis poses with a visitor, the pink hues of a rare colorful mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery, the long shadows of bikes chained to old pump lamp posts, reflections of the bus commuters in front of a St. Charles Line Streetcar, a view of the city reflected in the Steamboat Natchez searchlight, the nighttime view of lighted tugboats along the Mississippi River, the steampunk view of the PBF Petroleum Refinery along the Mississippi River, the St. Charles Avenue Irish House Guinness Toucan Time For A Pint clock, the humorous but serious condominium listing warning that the place for lease is haunted, the listing that creates relief by being not haunted, our always entertaining Team Coordinator Christina in Cafe Maspero, and again our Team Coordinator under the Guinness Toucan clock.

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Here is a view of Mount Rushmore from beyond the Avenue of Flags taken by The Wild Images Team during one of our treks through the Black Hills of South Dakota. Gutzon Borglum chose these four particular presidents, in order from left to right, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, as he felt they each represented the four most important moments in the history of the United States at the time when the sculpture was completed on Halloween Day eighty years ago, October 31, 1941. It is a curious thought of which presidents would be included if additional faces were carved or if a new monument were to be constructed today. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan all immediately come to mind. Undoubtedly the four presidents that are currently depicted on Mount Rushmore will always remain at or near the top of the list of the greatest presidents to serve the United States. George Washington, known as the Father of our Nation, was appointed by the Continental Congress to be the Commanding General of the Continental Army which found victory in the American Revolutionary War and later presided over the Constitutional Congress that drafted the Constitution of the United States and established its federal government. Thomas Jefferson was the principle author of the Declaration of Independence, served as the very first Secretary of State during the George Washington administration, and organized the Louisiana Purchase that doubled the size of the nation. Abraham Lincoln led the country during its greatest moral and constitutional crisis, the Civil War, delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, and instituted the Emancipation Proclamation, effectively ending the practice of slavery. Theodore Roosevelt established the Square Deal, which included policies for conservation of natural resources including the establishment of the National Parks system, control of corporations such as bad trusts, and consumer protections. The original intent of Mount Rushmore was to carve the presidents from head to waist, but a lack of funding forced construction to stop after their 60 foot tall faces were carved. Even just with the faces being carved out, it required 410,000 tons of granite rock to be blasted off of the mountain. Most of that rock forms the massive rock scree pile that can be seen at the center of the above image just below the carvings, where only a few pines have managed to find stable enough ground to grow on top. In front of the monument itself stands the Avenue of Flags, representing the 56 governed interests of the United States. Out of the 56, most of them, of course, represent the 50 states. But also included is one district, namely the District of Columbia, two commonwealths, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and three territories, the Territory of Guam, the Territory of American Samoa, and the Territory of the Virgin Islands. The Avenue of Flags is organized in alphabetical order with those that begin with A nearest in the above image, finishing with those that begin with W furthest away. Nearby in the Black Hills is the ongoing Crazy Horse Monument, which involves the carving out of an entire granite mountain, detailed in this previous blog post. Work on the Crazy Horse Monument began in 1949, and has continues since, with it expected to be at least another 150 years before completion. Also in the area of the Black Hills is Custer State Park, with its wild burros detailed in this blog post and its granite roadways covered in this blog post. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images from South Dakota such as the bright flash of a colorful lightning strike over the badlands, the moment that a pronghorn displays its phenomenal physique, and the time that a massive bison bull came meandering past, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from South Dakota have documented the centuries long carving of the massive Crazy Horse Monument, the very majestic Mount Rushmore and the Avenue of Flags, the expansive view as wild burros walk through the rolling prairies, the ever wary prairie dog stands at attention in the prairie, the amazing location of the granite roadways through Custer State Park, when The Wild Images Team encountered a remote end of trail sign in the middle of nowhere, this close up image of textures in a colorful badlands mound, the interesting time when a flock of turkeys photobombed our image, and The Wild Images Team sunset shadows over Badlands National Park. In neighboring North Dakota, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as the contrast created by the horizontal color bands cross through yellow badlands and the entire herd as a group of wild horses cluster together on a hilltop, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts of North Dakota have documented the herd of bison grazing in the grasslands and the ever changing colorful badland mound that caps a rolling ridge. In neighboring Wyoming, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as the contrast found in the colorful grasslands and background Grand Teton National Park peaks, the varying landscape of Grand Teton National Park rocky peaks and clouds, the large antlers on display as an elk takes a look back in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, the vertical abruptness as Devils Tower rises above the red rocks and green pines, and the many hues found as the colorful badlands cover over this very remote region, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Wyoming have documented as the rugged snowy peaks rise above wildflowers, and as The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome poses for a picture at the Meeteetse “Where Chiefs Meet” welcome sign. In neighboring Montana, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as a group of white mountain goats as they graze the highlands, an expansive view of rocky ridges extending to the horizon, the colorfully massive wall of Hidden Lake, high altitude view of tundra and glacial lakes, a very remote reflective alpine lake covered with rocks, and an ominously approaching heavy downpour over the green foothills, all of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Montana have documented the very deep blue waters of McDonald Creek and the panoramic view of The Wild Images Team at Hidden Lake.

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A geyser that needs no introduction, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser never ceases to amaze! Does Old Faithful Geyser of the Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park of Wyoming deserve all of the attention and praise that it receives? Absolutely. Why? Because it is easily the tallest, most predictable, and most frequent geyser in the world. It is not the tallest geyser in the world, that title belongs to the mighty Steamboat Geyser in the Norris Geyser of Yellowstone National Park. It is not the most predictable geyser in the world, that belongs to Daisy Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. It is not the most frequent geyser in the world, there are some that erupt every few seconds or are perpetual spouters, geysers that never cease erupting at all. But among the tallest geysers in the world, Old Faithful Geyser is the most frequent performer and the most predictable. As its name suggests, it is very faithful to its timely eruption schedule and it erupts very frequently. Its eruptions occur almost like clockwork, but in what is known as a bimodal distribution schedule, where the interval between eruptions can be one of two possibilities, either 65 minutes or 90 minutes. The duration of the previous eruption will determine which of the two intervals it will follow for the subsequent eruption. The eruption can last anywhere between 1.5 minutes and 5 minutes. Those that last less than 2.5 minutes will predict the next eruption to be 65 minutes later give or take about 10 minutes, and those that last more than 2.5 minutes will predict the next eruption to be 90 minutes later give or take about 10 minutes. Before it erupts, it will begin throwing bursts of water out of its cone. Sometimes it will rise up several tens of feet, before dropping back down again. Eventually it will lock into an eruption, and the water column will rise up to at least 150 feet, often times reaching up to 200 feet, and hold there for several minutes. After this, its height will slowly diminish until it becomes a gently steaming cone. It is a surprisingly difficult geyser to produce a great photograph during the height of its eruption due to the enormous amount of steam that envelops the superheated water column. Most photos of Old Faithful Geyser will appear as just a flat mass of steam. But with the right time of day, usually late afternoon at the earliest though closer to sunset is often the best, coupled with a beautiful sky can create a great setting as viewed from the west side of the geyser. But most importantly, and the one that is often not present, a stiff westerly wind must be present to blow away the steam curtain and expose the fine details of its water layers as seen in the above image and also in this absolutely gorgeous sister image captured moments before that is available for sale in our store. This blog post represents our final entry (though it will appear at the top due to the reverse order) in the Geysers of Yellowstone National Park series that we have been writing over the last several months. In this series we have covered the details of many geyser eruptions that we have had the privilege to observe and photograph while spending several months in Yellowstone National Park each season over the span of 5 years. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Yellowstone National Park including a Beehive Geyser eruption with a massive rainbow, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser with water textures, a towering Grand Geyser pause burst eruption, a sunset Castle Geyser eruption with a bright rainbow, an afternoon Riverside Geyser eruption with a rainbow, an early morning Lion Geyser eruption with a rainbow, a very difficult to catch Oblong Geyser blue burst eruption, the extremely powerful Artemisia Geyser eruption with deep bursts, the very moment of waves from a Great Fountain Geyser initial eruption, an iconic White Dome Geyser eruption at sunset, the large bursts of a Fountain Geyser eruption in steam, the delicate red light on a Grotto Fountain Geyser eruption at sunset, the defining moment of a Rocket Geyser eruption at sunset, the extremely brief Aurum Geyser eruption with colors, a view through a Cliff Geyser eruption of Black Sand Basin, the colorful patterns of bacterial mats in Midway Geyser Basin, the changing conditions that cause a rainbow to parallel the Snow Lodge, the Biscuit Basin duo of Black Diamond Pool and Opal Pool, the colorfully pock marked waterways of the erupting Blood Geyser, the active steppes of the Mineral Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, the distant double rainbow over the Lewis River Canyon, the before eruption reflections of sunset over the terraces of Great Fountain Geyser, the deep colors of sky reflections over Beauty Pool, the thermally induced sunset light filters through the steamy trees, the intense moment of mammatus clouds over the Firehole River, the very early morning fog surrounding Lower Yellowstone Falls, the runoff created reflections over the colorful runoff pan of Constant Geyser, the unworldly terrain of the extensive Porcelain Geyser Basin in Norris, the deeply hued steam over colorful bacterial mat reflections of Grand Prismatic Spring, the contrast of runoff channels surrounding the blue superheated water of Sapphire Pool, differing wave patterns created by the colorful submerged Fishing Cone Geyser, the strong green created by the record depths of mysterious Abyss Pool, the moment the full moon rises over the Grant Village Lakehouse, the cloud symmetry of a sunset reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, and moments earlier with a cloud shelf reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Yellowstone National Park have documented the Old Faithful Geyser eruptions, the steamy Oblong Geyser eruptions, the deep drain Uncertain Geyser eruptions, the steep crater Depression Geyser eruptions, the amphitheater Grand Geyser eruptions, the impressive Fan and Mortar Geyser eruptions, the very quick Aurum Geyser eruptions, the rooster tail Whirligig Geyser eruptions, the series type Lion Geyser eruptions, the tall grotto White Dome Geyser eruptions, the frequent Sawmill Geyser eruptions, the double cone Atomizer Geyser eruptions, the nozzled Beehive Geyser eruptions, the cratered Fountain Geyser eruptions, the deep pool Artemisia Geyser eruptions, the playful Vixen Geyser eruptions, the scenic Riverside Geyser eruptions, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from above, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from below, the gurgling Tilt’s Baby Geyser eruptions, the bursts of Great Fountain Geyser eruptions, the hidden Dome Geyser eruptions, the tilted Daisy Geyser eruptions, the remote Pink Cone Geyser eruptions, the long Castle Geyser eruption water phases, the loud Castle Geyser eruption steam phases, the stark Constant Geyser eruptions, the rim wall Cliff Geyser eruptions, the initiation from Grotto Fountain Geyser eruptions, the continuation of Grotto Geyser eruptions, the defining moment of Rocket Geyser eruptions, the marathon Spa Geyser eruptions, the blue waters of a Spouter Geyser eruption, the isolated Artist Paint Pots throwing mud, the little seen intricate burst of a mud volcano, a view of a dozen visitors under a Beehive Geyser rainbow, the eruption through numerous vents of Fan and Mortar Geysers, the enormous amount of water through the runoff channels of Excelsior Geyser, the otherworldly view of cloudy blue runoff pools in the Porcelain Basin, the moment that a large bison bull rolled in his claimed dirt pile, the rule for the right of way wildlife, the high altitudes where a large raven that perches over the Dunraven Pass, the the day that a phoenix streaked across the backcountry sky, the trail from Grant Village that crosses over this suspended bridge, The Wild Images Team in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, our Photographer Jeremy Robinson shadowed in Morning Glory Pool, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the Yellowstone National Park entrance sign.

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The Wild Images Team has often been asked: what are the most difficult subjects you have photographed? We will begin this topic by stating that no subjects that we have photographed have been easy. There is always an entire set of factors that have to be accounted for in order to compose a great image. Lighting is super important, and since much of our photography is of the outdoors, lighting is something that we cannot control other then wait until the moment presents itself. Many days can pass by with flat light due to a thick cloud layer especially during rainy or snowy weather. Then there is the background to consider, which often includes the sky. Depending on the time of day and the angle of the shot, the sky can be washed out from the intense light from the sun. Other times planes will streak the sky with vapor trails that can take forever to dissipate. Wildfires are very common, and if the wind is from a certain direction, the sky can be hazed out for days and days. Then there are the clouds themselves, constantly moving and changing, and alternately covering up the lighting source. Then there is the foreground, which can have plants and water surfaces moving around due to wind or falling debris. Once all of this can be factored in, a great landscape photo or urban architecture photo can be captured. If the subject is wildlife, extra time has to be spent waiting for the wildlife to do something interesting on top of all the aforementioned factors. But for The Wild Images Team, the most difficult subjects of all to photograph are the geysers. Why? Geysers spend most of their time not even being present to capture an image. Some of the geysers we have photographed only erupt once per day, once per week, once per two weeks, or even less. Many will not erupt at all for years. When they do erupt, they are as likely to erupt in the dark of night as they are during the day. And most importantly, when the eruption finally occurs after waiting for days or weeks, it often lasts for only a few short minutes, with some even lasting less than a minute. And all aforementioned factors have to all be met at this very moment. Then, if that is not enough, geysers often produce enormous amount of steam that will often completely cover up the eruption itself. Geysers are our toughest subject to photograph. Hands down. But no single geyser has been tougher to capture than Oblong Geyser, seen in the above image. Why Oblong Geyser? It isn’t a super rare geyser, though it isn’t very frequent either, erupting once every 5 to 16 hours, at least when active. It does become less active or dormant other times. As it leads up to an eruption, Oblong Geyser will cycle through periods of low water below its crater rim, and brief high water pouring out of its pool about every 20 minutes. Oblong Geyser originates from an oval shaped pool, measuring 40 feet by 10 feet, from which it earned its name. It is a fountain type geyser, where the steam originated in vents submerged under deep water and bursts through the surface carrying large volumes of water upward with it. But Oblong Geyser is surrounded by runoff channels and also continues to push out enormous amounts of water during an eruption. With all of that boiling water comes a large amount of steam. As can be seen in the above image, an Oblong Geyser eruption is surrounded by steam in all directions, masking the water texture in its eruption. It took several months of attempts but we finally captured this absolutely stunning Oblong Geyser blue burst image available for sale in our store! It was taken on a different day, actually exactly 19 days later than the image seen above. So there it is, our most difficult subject to photograph, Oblong Geyser. Not the other geysers have been easy either. Even Old Faithful Geyser, with its frequent eruptions, is difficult to capture in a great photo. But we succeeded in doing that in this captivating image of Old Faithful Geyser also available for sale in our store. This required many months of work! The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Yellowstone National Park including a Beehive Geyser eruption with a massive rainbow, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser with water textures, a towering Grand Geyser pause burst eruption, a sunset Castle Geyser eruption with a bright rainbow, an afternoon Riverside Geyser eruption with a rainbow, an early morning Lion Geyser eruption with a rainbow, a very difficult to catch Oblong Geyser blue burst eruption, the extremely powerful Artemisia Geyser eruption with deep bursts, the very moment of waves from a Great Fountain Geyser initial eruption, an iconic White Dome Geyser eruption at sunset, the large bursts of a Fountain Geyser eruption in steam, the delicate red light on a Grotto Fountain Geyser eruption at sunset, the defining moment of a Rocket Geyser eruption at sunset, the extremely brief Aurum Geyser eruption with colors, a view through a Cliff Geyser eruption of Black Sand Basin, the colorful patterns of bacterial mats in Midway Geyser Basin, the changing conditions that cause a rainbow to parallel the Snow Lodge, the Biscuit Basin duo of Black Diamond Pool and Opal Pool, the colorfully pock marked waterways of the erupting Blood Geyser, the active steppes of the Mineral Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, the distant double rainbow over the Lewis River Canyon, the before eruption reflections of sunset over the terraces of Great Fountain Geyser, the deep colors of sky reflections over Beauty Pool, the thermally induced sunset light filters through the steamy trees, the intense moment of mammatus clouds over the Firehole River, the very early morning fog surrounding Lower Yellowstone Falls, the runoff created reflections over the colorful runoff pan of Constant Geyser, the unworldly terrain of the extensive Porcelain Geyser Basin in Norris, the deeply hued steam over colorful bacterial mat reflections of Grand Prismatic Spring, the contrast of runoff channels surrounding the blue superheated water of Sapphire Pool, differing wave patterns created by the colorful submerged Fishing Cone Geyser, the strong green created by the record depths of mysterious Abyss Pool, the moment the full moon rises over the Grant Village Lakehouse, the cloud symmetry of a sunset reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, and moments earlier with a cloud shelf reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Yellowstone National Park have documented the Old Faithful Geyser eruptions, the steamy Oblong Geyser eruptions, the deep drain Uncertain Geyser eruptions, the steep crater Depression Geyser eruptions, the amphitheater Grand Geyser eruptions, the impressive Fan and Mortar Geyser eruptions, the very quick Aurum Geyser eruptions, the rooster tail Whirligig Geyser eruptions, the series type Lion Geyser eruptions, the tall grotto White Dome Geyser eruptions, the frequent Sawmill Geyser eruptions, the double cone Atomizer Geyser eruptions, the nozzled Beehive Geyser eruptions, the cratered Fountain Geyser eruptions, the deep pool Artemisia Geyser eruptions, the playful Vixen Geyser eruptions, the scenic Riverside Geyser eruptions, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from above, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from below, the gurgling Tilt’s Baby Geyser eruptions, the bursts of Great Fountain Geyser eruptions, the hidden Dome Geyser eruptions, the tilted Daisy Geyser eruptions, the remote Pink Cone Geyser eruptions, the long Castle Geyser eruption water phases, the loud Castle Geyser eruption steam phases, the stark Constant Geyser eruptions, the rim wall Cliff Geyser eruptions, the initiation from Grotto Fountain Geyser eruptions, the continuation of Grotto Geyser eruptions, the defining moment of Rocket Geyser eruptions, the marathon Spa Geyser eruptions, the blue waters of a Spouter Geyser eruption, the isolated Artist Paint Pots throwing mud, the little seen intricate burst of a mud volcano, a view of a dozen visitors under a Beehive Geyser rainbow, the eruption through numerous vents of Fan and Mortar Geysers, the enormous amount of water through the runoff channels of Excelsior Geyser, the otherworldly view of cloudy blue runoff pools in the Porcelain Basin, the moment that a large bison bull rolled in his claimed dirt pile, the rule for the right of way wildlife, the high altitudes where a large raven that perches over the Dunraven Pass, the the day that a phoenix streaked across the backcountry sky, the trail from Grant Village that crosses over this suspended bridge, The Wild Images Team in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, our Photographer Jeremy Robinson shadowed in Morning Glory Pool, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the Yellowstone National Park entrance sign.

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And then there is Uncertain Geyser. Not the tallest geyser, nor the largest, nor the loudest, nor the most frequent. As a matter of fact it, as its name suggests, it is quite uncommon and very difficult to predict. But when it does erupt, it probably takes the cake as the most narrow geyser! It originates from a small hole only a couple of inches in diameter, that is strangely enough locate in the geyserite platform of Sawmill Geyser, of which a very detailed previous blog post was devoted. Unlike Uncertain Geyser, Sawmill Geyser itself is a very frequent performer, at least during times when it is active. Strangely, during the winter of 2016-2017, the entire Sawmill Geyser Group including Penta Geyser, Churn Geyser, and Old Tardy Geyser went dormant, catching everyone by surprise. Only Spasmodic Geyser continued to show any life, though it stayed way below its normal water level and only gently bubbled from a couple of vents as opposed to its usual very vigorous activity in its various vents from which it earned its name. Nearby Tardy Geyser showed some small water pushes, but nothing more. After a few more years of dormancy, it was wondered whether the Sawmill Geyser Group was ever going to erupt again! Going back to the events leading up to the strange dormancy, there were subtle hints that not all was right with the Sawmill Group. Months before the entire Sawmill Geyser Group shut down, Uncertain Geyser had already stopped erupting. Being that it was Uncertain Geyser, and not one of the more active geysers in the group, it was assumed at the time that it was just Uncertain Geyser doing what it does: being uncertain. However, the other geysers also began to show diminished activity, though this was during the late fall and winter months in the high altitudes of Yellowstone National Park in northwest Wyoming, when feet of snow covers the ground and very few observations can be made for a distant and remote geyser group. But it was obvious come that next spring and summer season that the Sawmill Geyser Group had become dormant. Their usually vibrant siliceous sinter platforms and runoff channels covered with colorful thermophile bacteria had all dried up, leaving behind just dull gray crumbling material. During these years since, they have been monitored closely for any sign of activity, with hope that someday everything will return to normal. During the years of normal active eruption behavior, the Sawmill Geyser Group begins with activity from Spasmodic Geyser and continues usually with activity from Sawmill Geyser as a frequent and long lived eruption. Other times it continues instead with activity from both Penta Geyser and Churn Geyser. After hours of eruptions from the group, it will cycle through brief periods of quiet before starting up again. Occasionally the brief periods of quiet become longer by several hours, during which time all of the Sawmill Geyser Group features will drain almost completely. Known as a deep drain, water will barely be visible in the system. It is during these rare deep drain periods that the lone Uncertain Geyser can suddenly spring to life out its small nondescript hole in the geyserite platform of Sawmill Geyser. In the above image, an Uncertain Geyser eruption was captured by The Wild Images Team sporting an early morning rainbow in its steam. In the foreground on the bottom right can be seen the vent of Sawmill Geyser, completely devoid of water during this deep drain period. In the background can be seen steam gently rising from a quiet Churn Geyser vent. So this one thin geyser is stealing the show from the entire geyser group that is almost always found in eruption. By comparison, Uncertain Geyser only erupts once every 2-10 days! The boardwalk in the background heads left towards Castle Geyser, of which was detailed in this previous water phase blog post and this previous water-steam phase blog post. The boardwalk in the background also heads right towards Grand Geyser, of which was detailed in this previous pause burst blog post. It continues on past there and eventually reaches Oblong Geyser of which is detailed in this detailed blog post. A distance beyond there it finally reaches the Grotto Geyser Complex, of which several previous blog entries detail its stages as Grotto Fountain Geyser, Grotto Geyser, Rocket Geyser, and finally Spa Geyser. We are happy to report that just this past summer Sawmill Geyser suddenly sprang back to life in mid-June, with Uncertain Geyser finally making its first appearance on July 31! The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Yellowstone National Park including a Beehive Geyser eruption with a massive rainbow, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser with water textures, a towering Grand Geyser pause burst eruption, a sunset Castle Geyser eruption with a bright rainbow, an afternoon Riverside Geyser eruption with a rainbow, an early morning Lion Geyser eruption with a rainbow, a very difficult to catch Oblong Geyser blue burst eruption, the extremely powerful Artemisia Geyser eruption with deep bursts, the very moment of waves from a Great Fountain Geyser initial eruption, an iconic White Dome Geyser eruption at sunset, the large bursts of a Fountain Geyser eruption in steam, the delicate red light on a Grotto Fountain Geyser eruption at sunset, the defining moment of a Rocket Geyser eruption at sunset, the extremely brief Aurum Geyser eruption with colors, a view through a Cliff Geyser eruption of Black Sand Basin, the colorful patterns of bacterial mats in Midway Geyser Basin, the changing conditions that cause a rainbow to parallel the Snow Lodge, the Biscuit Basin duo of Black Diamond Pool and Opal Pool, the colorfully pock marked waterways of the erupting Blood Geyser, the active steppes of the Mineral Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, the distant double rainbow over the Lewis River Canyon, the before eruption reflections of sunset over the terraces of Great Fountain Geyser, the deep colors of sky reflections over Beauty Pool, the thermally induced sunset light filters through the steamy trees, the intense moment of mammatus clouds over the Firehole River, the very early morning fog surrounding Lower Yellowstone Falls, the runoff created reflections over the colorful runoff pan of Constant Geyser, the unworldly terrain of the extensive Porcelain Geyser Basin in Norris, the deeply hued steam over colorful bacterial mat reflections of Grand Prismatic Spring, the contrast of runoff channels surrounding the blue superheated water of Sapphire Pool, differing wave patterns created by the colorful submerged Fishing Cone Geyser, the strong green created by the record depths of mysterious Abyss Pool, the moment the full moon rises over the Grant Village Lakehouse, the cloud symmetry of a sunset reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, and moments earlier with a cloud shelf reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Yellowstone National Park have documented the Old Faithful Geyser eruptions, the steamy Oblong Geyser eruptions, the deep drain Uncertain Geyser eruptions, the steep crater Depression Geyser eruptions, the amphitheater Grand Geyser eruptions, the impressive Fan and Mortar Geyser eruptions, the very quick Aurum Geyser eruptions, the rooster tail Whirligig Geyser eruptions, the series type Lion Geyser eruptions, the tall grotto White Dome Geyser eruptions, the frequent Sawmill Geyser eruptions, the double cone Atomizer Geyser eruptions, the nozzled Beehive Geyser eruptions, the cratered Fountain Geyser eruptions, the deep pool Artemisia Geyser eruptions, the playful Vixen Geyser eruptions, the scenic Riverside Geyser eruptions, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from above, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from below, the gurgling Tilt’s Baby Geyser eruptions, the bursts of Great Fountain Geyser eruptions, the hidden Dome Geyser eruptions, the tilted Daisy Geyser eruptions, the remote Pink Cone Geyser eruptions, the long Castle Geyser eruption water phases, the loud Castle Geyser eruption steam phases, the stark Constant Geyser eruptions, the rim wall Cliff Geyser eruptions, the initiation from Grotto Fountain Geyser eruptions, the continuation of Grotto Geyser eruptions, the defining moment of Rocket Geyser eruptions, the marathon Spa Geyser eruptions, the blue waters of a Spouter Geyser eruption, the isolated Artist Paint Pots throwing mud, the little seen intricate burst of a mud volcano, a view of a dozen visitors under a Beehive Geyser rainbow, the eruption through numerous vents of Fan and Mortar Geysers, the enormous amount of water through the runoff channels of Excelsior Geyser, the otherworldly view of cloudy blue runoff pools in the Porcelain Basin, the moment that a large bison bull rolled in his claimed dirt pile, the rule for the right of way wildlife, the high altitudes where a large raven that perches over the Dunraven Pass, the the day that a phoenix streaked across the backcountry sky, the trail from Grant Village that crosses over this suspended bridge, The Wild Images Team in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, our Photographer Jeremy Robinson shadowed in Morning Glory Pool, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the Yellowstone National Park entrance sign.

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No, Depression Geyser is not named for the state of its mental health. Instead, it is a very active and lively geyser named for the deep, vertically walled crater from which the eruption arises: a depression in the siliceous sinter, the material that covers the entirety of Geyser Hill, the prominent hill near the southern end of the Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park of northwestern Wyoming. It is located within sight of the giant Beehive Geyser, of which is described in depth in this previous detailed blog post and also highlighted in an even earlier blog post. In the opposite direction, it is also in sight of the mighty Lion Geyser, the fascinating series type of erupting geyser. More distant away, and not within sight due to the rise in Geyser Hill, is the location of the ephemeral Aurum Geyser of which the eruption is described in depth in this previous detailed blog post. Then there is the high point of Dome Geyser, which is again is distant and out of sight due to the rise in Geyser Hill, but its interesting series type of eruptions are discussed thoroughly by this previous detailed blog post. The centerpiece of Geyser Hill, and a very powerful thermal feature, is Giantess Geyser, which spends most of its time as a large boiling pool constantly overflowing. Even though it is usually years between eruptions, once it does erupt it can continue the eruption for multiple days. There are several other geysers dotting the landscape of Geyser Hill, including Depression Geyser. While its eruptions are much smaller than some of the other aforementioned geysers, it is an entertaining thermal feature to observe, especially in between successive series eruptions of the somewhat nearby Lion Geyser. Like many other fountain type geysers, Depression Geyser continues from a previous eruption by slowly filling its emptied crater pool, which generally takes a few hours. Once full, it will begin cycling between low water, where the water level will sit inches below the crater rim, and high water, where it will begin pushing out significant amounts of water over the crater rim and down the steep runoff channels. The eruption will only begin from an interval of high water, but it is unpredictable during which high water interval it will erupt. The eruption can be anywhere from 5 hours apart to as long as 30 hours apart. Fortunately, the moments of high water are entertaining to observe, even if the eruption does not occur yet. The amount of water that is pushed out of its relatively small pool is quite impressive! Each high water interval lasts for a few minutes and are separated by low water intervals that last for much longer. As the cycles continue, they will begin pushing out even larger amounts of water and will start to show bubbles emanating from the two vents, one on the left and one on the right, both near the bottom of the pool. The eruption itself is always produced by at least the left vent, so bubbles emanating from the left vent can indicate that the eruption is either imminent or at least getting closer. Sometimes the right vent will also join in, but this is not always the case so bubbles from the right vent do not help to determine its activity. Eventually during one of its high water intervals, significant bubbles will begin flowing out of the left vent when suddenly the entire pool will be pushed up reaching heights of up to 10 feet. It will continues for several minutes of periodic bursts rising out of its pool while it continues to push out large amount of water down its runoff channels. As the eruption continues, the amount of water being pushed out of the crater will diminish until the water level drops below the rim of the crater. The heights of the bursts will decrease to just mere inches. However, it is worth the wait for the end of the eruption. The remaining water suddenly drains out through the two vents. If the right vent was active during the eruption, it will churn and gurgle with a sound reminiscent of a dishwasher. At this point all that it left its empty steaming crater, surrounded by vertical walls. The above image was captured during an early portion of its eruption when the runoff water was still significant. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Yellowstone National Park including a Beehive Geyser eruption with a massive rainbow, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser with water textures, a towering Grand Geyser pause burst eruption, a sunset Castle Geyser eruption with a bright rainbow, an afternoon Riverside Geyser eruption with a rainbow, an early morning Lion Geyser eruption with a rainbow, a very difficult to catch Oblong Geyser blue burst eruption, the extremely powerful Artemisia Geyser eruption with deep bursts, the very moment of waves from a Great Fountain Geyser initial eruption, an iconic White Dome Geyser eruption at sunset, the large bursts of a Fountain Geyser eruption in steam, the delicate red light on a Grotto Fountain Geyser eruption at sunset, the defining moment of a Rocket Geyser eruption at sunset, the extremely brief Aurum Geyser eruption with colors, a view through a Cliff Geyser eruption of Black Sand Basin, the colorful patterns of bacterial mats in Midway Geyser Basin, the changing conditions that cause a rainbow to parallel the Snow Lodge, the Biscuit Basin duo of Black Diamond Pool and Opal Pool, the colorfully pock marked waterways of the erupting Blood Geyser, the active steppes of the Mineral Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, the distant double rainbow over the Lewis River Canyon, the before eruption reflections of sunset over the terraces of Great Fountain Geyser, the deep colors of sky reflections over Beauty Pool, the thermally induced sunset light filters through the steamy trees, the intense moment of mammatus clouds over the Firehole River, the very early morning fog surrounding Lower Yellowstone Falls, the runoff created reflections over the colorful runoff pan of Constant Geyser, the unworldly terrain of the extensive Porcelain Geyser Basin in Norris, the deeply hued steam over colorful bacterial mat reflections of Grand Prismatic Spring, the contrast of runoff channels surrounding the blue superheated water of Sapphire Pool, differing wave patterns created by the colorful submerged Fishing Cone Geyser, the strong green created by the record depths of mysterious Abyss Pool, the moment the full moon rises over the Grant Village Lakehouse, the cloud symmetry of a sunset reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, and moments earlier with a cloud shelf reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Yellowstone National Park have documented the Old Faithful Geyser eruptions, the steamy Oblong Geyser eruptions, the deep drain Uncertain Geyser eruptions, the steep crater Depression Geyser eruptions, the amphitheater Grand Geyser eruptions, the impressive Fan and Mortar Geyser eruptions, the very quick Aurum Geyser eruptions, the rooster tail Whirligig Geyser eruptions, the series type Lion Geyser eruptions, the tall grotto White Dome Geyser eruptions, the frequent Sawmill Geyser eruptions, the double cone Atomizer Geyser eruptions, the nozzled Beehive Geyser eruptions, the cratered Fountain Geyser eruptions, the deep pool Artemisia Geyser eruptions, the playful Vixen Geyser eruptions, the scenic Riverside Geyser eruptions, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from above, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from below, the gurgling Tilt’s Baby Geyser eruptions, the bursts of Great Fountain Geyser eruptions, the hidden Dome Geyser eruptions, the tilted Daisy Geyser eruptions, the remote Pink Cone Geyser eruptions, the long Castle Geyser eruption water phases, the loud Castle Geyser eruption steam phases, the stark Constant Geyser eruptions, the rim wall Cliff Geyser eruptions, the initiation from Grotto Fountain Geyser eruptions, the continuation of Grotto Geyser eruptions, the defining moment of Rocket Geyser eruptions, the marathon Spa Geyser eruptions, the blue waters of a Spouter Geyser eruption, the isolated Artist Paint Pots throwing mud, the little seen intricate burst of a mud volcano, a view of a dozen visitors under a Beehive Geyser rainbow, the eruption through numerous vents of Fan and Mortar Geysers, the enormous amount of water through the runoff channels of Excelsior Geyser, the otherworldly view of cloudy blue runoff pools in the Porcelain Basin, the moment that a large bison bull rolled in his claimed dirt pile, the rule for the right of way wildlife, the high altitudes where a large raven that perches over the Dunraven Pass, the the day that a phoenix streaked across the backcountry sky, the trail from Grant Village that crosses over this suspended bridge, The Wild Images Team in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, our Photographer Jeremy Robinson shadowed in Morning Glory Pool, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the Yellowstone National Park entrance sign.

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