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Prometheus Bound
San Rafael Swell, Utah
2023

Eyes of gentianellas azure,
Staring, winking at the skies.
–Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Bare Tree #115
San Rafael Swell, Utah
2023

Sometimes things just don’t work out.

Making the Best of a Bad Situation
San Rafael Swell, Utah
2023

Trees, like people, don’t get to choose where their life starts. People though, can at least theoretically pick up and move to more favorable environs. All a tree can do is to try to live and maybe even thrive wherever it is they managed to put down roots. About the only advantage I can see for this tree growing in a crack in the rock is that, opposed to the open dirt desert floor, the crack likely does a pretty good job of accumulating what little rain flows down the rock.

Bare Tree #114
San Rafael Swell, Utah
2023

Annularity
Cedar Mesa, Utah
2023

We traveled to southern Utah to see the annular solar eclipse on the 14th and to visit with family and friends. The annular eclipse was definitely interesting, but for my money it paled (no pun intended) in comparison to the total eclipse we witnessed in 2017. That total eclipse was one of the most, if not the most, spectacular and surreal natural events I’ve ever seen. But YMMV. Regardless I did take the time to photograph the annular eclipse so I thought I’d post something, even though there’s of course no shortage of photos of it on social media. To make mine a bit more interesting I combined a photo of the eclipse at its most perfectly annular stage encircling a photo of a rock on the ground with eclipse images formed by, in this case, a gap someone formed with their hands, or possibly their armpit of all things.

Patriot’s Dream #81
Holbrook, Arizona
2022

I took this photo late last year. I’m not sure how I missed posting it then but I stumbled across it today. It’s a good one I think, so better late than never?

Go Blue
Bozeman, Montana
2023

Go Red
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2023

Continental Drift
Devil’s Canyon, Wyoming
2023

If you’ve seen Aaron Siskind’s photographs, you’ll perhaps understand why this screen cover in the amphitheater at the Devil’s Canyon campground seemed strangely familiar to me.

Broken Matrix
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming
2023

Some upturned dead weeds provided an unexpected abstract composition.