SECOND BEACH, OLYMPIC N.P. — The setting sun creates a starburst as it passes through a sea-stack arch on the northern Washington coast.
TOROWEEP MORNING — The Colorado River courses through the Grand Canyon, 3,000 feet below Toroweap Point.
RIO DEL PAINE — The ice blue waters of the Paine River flow beneath the famous Horns of the Paine, in Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park.
FACE ROCK TIDE POOL — Early morning fog hovers over the beach at Face Rock Wayside, near Bandon, Oregon.
AUTUMN GRASSES — Warm toned autumn grasses are enhanced by a blurred background of red huckleberry on McKenzie Pass in Oregon.
MORAINE CREEK — The glacial blue water of Moraine Creek tumbles over colorful granite boulders in Alberta’s Canadian Rockies.
SUZHOU SISTERS — Secure in the doorway of their home, two sisters smile at the camera as their proud mother looks on, in Suzhou, China.
CAPE SEBASTIAN FOREST — The dense forests of the Oregon Coast create a dramatic contrast to sunlit fog at “the end of the tunnel.”
SANTA MAGDALENA — Autumn embraces the tiny Dolomite village of Santa Magdelena, nestled beneath the Odle Group near Bolzano, Italy.
SUNSET SURF — A sunset wave rushes toward the camera, as it crashes upon the sands of Papahaku Beach, on Hawaii’s Molokai Island.
ASPEN CANOPY — Brilliant yellow aspen form a colorful canopy beneath a deep blue autumn sky in Colorado’s Gunnison National Forest.
PROXY FALLS — Originating in the high country of the Oregon Cascades, Proxy Creek creates one of the Northwest’s most beautiful waterfalls.