Month: November 2021

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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