Colorado

Corn Lily Trio

Newly emerged corn lilies after an intense spring rain. Uncompaghre National Forest (Colorado).

Forest Curls

A tiny world of plants found under a conifer tree right at treeline in southwestern Colorado.

Alpine Elegance

Marsh marigold leaves intertwined with a pink queen's crown, high in an alpine basin in Colorado.

Alpine Flowers

Pink flowers fill a high alpine basin in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.

Enveloped in Aspens

An elevated view into a forest of aspens in early spring. San Juan National Forest (Colorado).

Lush Summer

A lush medley of wildflowers in Colorado's San Juan Mountains in summer.

Signs of Spring

A large patch of newly emerging corn lilies. Uncompaghre National Forest (Colorado).

Close to Home

Alpine wildflowers around a high alpine lake in southwestern Colorado.

Foggy Aspens

A thick storm moves through a patch of bare aspen trees in Colorado.

Autumn Stripes

White aspen trunks and colorful leaves reflect into a small mountain pond (Colorado).

Alpine Repose

A moment of solitude by a high alpine tarn in Colorado's San Juan Mountains.

Late Autumn Oaks

The limbs of a scrub oak tree show off after the tree has lost most of its leaves in late autumn (Colorado).

Carbon Copies

A very dense patch of small aspens. Uncompaghre National Forest (Colorado).

Autumn Palette

An especially colorful hillside of oaks and cottonwoods, somewhere in Colorado.

Autumn Gems

Water droplets rest on fallen leaves in a small pond in southwestern Colorado.

Autumn Mix

A colorful hillside of aspen trees showing the full continuum from green to bare.

Last Light

The last light of the afternoon shines on a hillside in Colorado's San Juan Mountains.

Autumn Colors

A mix of pretty autumn colors in aspen leaves in Colorado.

Birch Medley

Colorful birch leaves in a riparian area in Colorado's San Juan Mountains.

Aspen Portrait

A close-up view of a colorful patch of aspen leaves in Colorado.

Fall Leaves

A colorful birch tree in autumn in Colorado.

Oak Leaves

A portrait of autumn leaves on a scrub oak tree in Colorado.

Winter Transformation

A storm swirls around Mount Sneffels in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.

Autumn Frost

Frost coats colorful groundcover in Colorado.

Fractures

Ice formations on a backcountry lake in Colorado's San Juan Mountains.

Galaxy

A wide view of patterns and bubbles on a backcountry lake in Colorado's San Juan Mountains.

Winter Shapes

Patterns in ice, found around an ephemeral stream in Colorado's San Juan Mountains.

Circles and Cracks

Patterns in ice on a backcountry lake in Colorado's San Juan Mountains.