Fireworks Over Bellevue
Fourth of July over Bellevue Downtown Park: the skyline at blue hour, then an hour of gold and red blooming over the pond.
Around Mt. Hood
A July loop around Hood and the Columbia River Gorge: penstemon and sunflowers on the mountain, a chipmunk eyeing the snacks, and the dry-side wheat fields and wind farms rolling toward Maryhill.
Double Rainbow Over Bellevue
A summer storm breaks over downtown and leaves a double rainbow behind: golden hour on the glass towers, the red crane, and one last fiery sky.
Golden Hour in Kirkland
The ivy tower at Marsh Park backlit by the low sun, Seattle across the water, and an osprey working the evening thermals.
The Pacific Northwest Himalaya
A spring storm buries the North Cascades in Himalayan deep powder: whiteout skies, half frozen alpine water, and just enough color on the jackets to find your friends.
Mustang Before Sunrise
The Kali Gandaki valley in the cold hours before dawn: stars over the Nilgiris, the last lights of Jomsom, stone lanes and prayer flags, then alpenglow catching the ridge.
Pokhara
Machhapuchhre and the Annapurna range over Phewa Lake: morning mist on the water, the World Peace Pagoda floating above the clouds, and the range fading into blue dusk.
Yellowstone in Winter
Sapphire pools steaming against the snow, boardwalks lost in geyser fog, and four long shadows that came along for the ride.
Olympic Peninsula in Fall
Storm season on the peninsula: surf pounding the sea stacks at Cape Flattery, a boardwalk through dripping rain forest, a boat crossing foggy Lake Crescent, and the Seattle skyline glowing under a breaking storm on the ride home.
The Enchantments
Turquoise lakes set in granite: Colchuck from its outlet, cairns over Leprechaun, and a long walk through the upper basin before the larches turn.
Sahale Arm
The long green spine above Cascade Pass: heather and paintbrush meadows, a turquoise tarn far below, and the Ptarmigan Traverse peaks stretching to the horizon.
Locals of Sahale Arm
The goats who actually live up here: unbothered, shaggy, and perfectly at home on the green edge of a very big drop.
Island Lake
A gray spring day in the high country: snow still holding on the trail, a lake only half awake, and the quiet company of friends above the treeline.
Seattle from Sky View
The city at blue hour from the 73rd floor: I-5 drawing light trails through downtown, a full moon rising over Lake Washington, the stadiums lit up, and fireworks to end the night.
The Sea at Cape Disappointment
A winter swell detonates against the cliffs below the lighthouse: four frames of the same wave, from first impact to full bloom, with the Lewis and Clark country in the distance.
The Night the Sky Lit Up
The October 2024 storm that brought the aurora to Puget Sound: green and magenta curtains over the water, and one person on the Edmonds pier who stayed for the whole show.
Alaska by Boat and Road
A May run up the Inside Passage: brown bears at the wildlife sanctuary, a tidewater glacier calving into a sea of ice, kayakers dwarfed by the wall, and the Chugach range lining the drive home.
