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Oman https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/stained-cracks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Stained-Desert-w.jpg Stained Desert Alkiline stains from water on the cracked mud flats of Saudi Arabia's Tabuk region, and some great light on a hazy morning at sunrise.  Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rock-city/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rock-City-w.jpg Rock City An amazing collection of layers and layers of desert landscape beyond these unusual standing rocks in Saudi Arabia.  Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/oasis-cave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Oasis-Cave-w.jpg Oasis Cave A spectacular light enters this small cave at sunset along an Oasis in the Saudi Tabuk region.  Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/arch-mud-cracks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Joker-Arch-w.jpg Joker Arch A rare free standing desert arch at sunset next to cracked mud from a recent rain.  Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hazy-towers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Hazy-Towers-w.jpg Hazy Towers The most jagged desert mountains on Earth rise from Tabuk region, Saudi Arabia, through the morning haze.  Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/gauntlet/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Gauntlet-w.jpg Gauntlet Powerful water carved out this amazing slot canyon in the Fjords of Norway.  I managed to get a rare shot of it during a period of very low flow, as it is usually flooded.  Norway https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/eq-6/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/EQ6-w.jpg EQ 6 The endless layers of sand in the big dunes hidden deep within the Empty Quarter along the UAE/Oman/Saudi border. Empty Quarter, UAE https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/eq-5/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/EQ5-i.jpg EQ 5 Waves of mulit-colored sand from the world's finest desert, in a remote stretch along the Oman and UAE border Empty Quarter https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hazy-sun/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Down-towards-the-Sun-2026-w.jpg Down towards the Sun A view high above the mountainous desert landscape of Oman depicts the form of grasses and old trees growing at the high altitude Oman https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/waterfalls-fjord-norway/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Convergence-2025-w.jpg Convergence The panoramic perspective used to show the convergence of several waterfalls above a Fjord and small farm in Southern Norway.  Norway https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fjords-pano/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Circular-Geometric-w.jpg Circular Geometric A panoramic perspective on this autumn sunrise scene in southern Norway Norway https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/anticrepuscular/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Anticrepuscular-w.jpg Anticrepuscular The early morning shadows of jagged mountains cast upon the flat desert lead towards a sky filled with anticrepuscular rays, a fascinating and rare effect caused by beams of light penetrating through clouds on the opposite horizon when there is just enough particulates in the atmosphere.  Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/andalsnes/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Andalsnes-w2.jpg Andalsnes Sun breaks through in spectacular fashion on this misty autumn morning in Southern Norway Norway https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alone-together/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Alone-Together-w.jpg Alone Together Two lone trees on the dunes outside Dubai in the UAE United Arab Emirates https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/al-faqa/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Al-Faqa-w.jpg Al-Faqa A lone Ghaf tree on one of the multi-colored dunes of UAE at sunset United Arab Emirates https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/oman-layers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Above-and-Beyond-w.jpg Above and Beyond Layers of distant mountains visible through a telephoto perspective taken high in the mountains of Oman, where ancient Juniper live Oman https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/antartica-peaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Singular-w.jpg Singular This telephoto image captures moody lighting on peaks in Antartica  Antartica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sea-ice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sea-Ice-w.jpg Sea Ice Above it all in Antartica, these sea mountains rise like no others in the world.  Here the drone was able to get this rare perspective looking from the top of one mountain onto others.  Antartica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mystic-lake/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mystic-Lake-Norway-2025-2026-w.jpg Mystic Lake A jagged peak clearing out of the fog surrounding this placid lake in Southern Norway after the first snow.  Norway https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/antarctica-crevasses/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Frozen-Temple-2026-w.jpg Frozen Temple Deep crevasses in a glacier wrap around this jagged peak at sunset in Antartica.  Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-and-sea/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Between-the-Fall-and-Sea-Norway-2025-2026-w.jpg Between the Fall and the Sea Misty peaks clearing through the fog, reflected in still waters amidst waterfalls and fall colors from the Fjords of southern Norway.  Norway https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mountain-wave-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mountain-Surfing.jpg Mountain Surfing A perfect curl wraps up this foreground atop a high ridgeline in the remote Chugach range in winter Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sastrugi-wind/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Against-the-Wind-w.jpg Against the Wind Ferocious winds streaking across the frozen plains atop a distant icefield in Alaska at sunset.  Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sun-halo-glacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Spectre-of-the-Glacier-w.jpg Spectre of the Glacier A 22-degree halo caused by blowing snow off the glacial seracs above complete this cold, shadowed scene from atop a frozen lake.   Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/night-rise/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Niight-Rise-w.jpg Night Rise Perhaps the finest moment of light I've managed to capture at night in my entire career.  This rare image depicts the rising full moon beaming through some mist caused by a small opening in the river ice in -35F temperatures with long shadows from the nearby trees leading back towards the peak and sky, where the aurora was also putting on a show!  Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-frame/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-Gold-w.jpg Ice Gold Icicles frame a jagged peak in Antartica at sunset Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/antarctic-sea-cave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Antarctic-Sea-Cave-w.jpg Antarctic Sea Cave A rare sea cave hidden away on an island in the Antarctic peninsula.  We were lucky to be able to disembark here and capture some wave action off the rocks inside.  Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-arch/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Alaska-Arch-w.jpg Alaska Arch Sunrise is framed by winter trees bent over by the weight of snow in Alaska.  Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/white-river/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/White-River-w.jpg White River The dry white rivers of the Talkeetna Range, formed by light colored granite and accentuated here by some beautiful lighting and autumn palette.  Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wave-clouds/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Waves-w.jpg Waves One of my favorite sky-land combinations I've been fortunate enough to witness, this evening was an incredible show of lenticular wave clouds, and I knew just where to go shoot them.   Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/water-slide/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Water-Slide-w.jpg Water Slide A beautiful combination as a small stream cascades towards foggy fjords at sunrise  Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wandering-river/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wandering-River-w.jpg Wandering River Fall colors mix with glacial blue waters on the silty soils below the Colony Glacier, Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1491/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Valley-of-the-Lost-w.jpg Valley of the Lost A remarkable show of light and atmostphere above this colorful valley with spectacular geological formations left by glaciers.  Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/moon-rainforest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Two-Mornings-w.jpg Two Mornings The early light of sunrise mixing with the setting full moon above Fiordlands rainforest Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainforest-new-zealand/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Trees-and-More-w.jpg Ferns and More Layers of ferns and beech trees recede into the beautiful wild Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fog-ferns/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Transported-w.jpg Transported Fog in the fjord above the ferns.   Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tide-forest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tide-Forest-w.jpg Tide Forest Deep in Fiordlands in New Zealand there are several areas, like this one, where tidal water from the sea spills into the mouth of rivers and into the rainforest.  I kayaked into this tidal forest environment and was able to catch some bubbles (caused by decomposition of plant and other natural materials) floating downriver in a long exposure.  Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacial-source/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Source-w.jpg The Source A glacier gives way to the river below and fall colors across the land Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/thumb-ne-face/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-North-East-w.jpg The Northeast Perhaps the greatest wall in all the mountains of North America, the North Face of Devil's Thumb, seen from British Columbia near Mount Ratz at ten thousand feet.  https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1484/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-middle-2025-w.jpg The Middle A lone outstretched tree amidst layers of light and shadow with fog on the Fjord at sunrise Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1483/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Lost-World-w.jpg The Lost World Only in Patagonia Fjords will you find sharp peaks and rainforest foliage together like this!  Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunrise-high-peaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Forgotten-Realm-w.jpg Forgotten Realm A view from atop the Boundary Range depicting nameless summits in one of the most remote regions in Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunrise-rainbow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sunrise-Surprise-w.jpg Sunrise Suprise An incredible an unexpected moment atop Resolution Island, in the remote Fiordlands of New Zealand on this morning as a fleeting squall brought rain and a brief rainbow directly into the scene for only a moment.  The image captures a 200-degree panoramic field of view.   https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1480/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Stained-White-w.jpg Stained White An abstraction of dry white granite streambeds mixed with fall colors and rock glacier outlines, Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/silence/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Silence-w.jpg Silence There was wind, snow, rivers and glaciers as the helicopter descended upon the land, but I felt silence, absorbed in the light. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/errosion/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Run-Gold-w.jpg Run Gold Erosion patterns and fall colors aerial, from Alaska.  Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/squall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Relent-w.jpg Relent A snow squall blows through the remote Talkeetna Range, in Alaska Talkeetna Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1476/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rainforest-Window-w.jpg Rainforest Window Powerful framing through the rainforest of New Zealand's Fiordlands.   Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/northern-geology/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rainbow-Alaska-w.jpg Rainbow Alaska Stunning colors of rock swept into patterns through glaciation reveal themselves high in the most remote reaches of the Talkeetna plateau.   Talkeetna Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fiordlands-overlook/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Primordial-w.jpg Primordial A view in soft light just before dawn from high above the fog-filled fjords of Fiordland National Park Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/talkeetna-colors/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Paint-Run-w.jpg Paint Run The amazing colors on display in autumn in the Talkeetna range https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/moon-trees/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/On-Earth-as-in-a-Dream-w.jpg On Earth as in a Dream Setting moon at sunrise behind beech forest in New Zealand's Fiordlands Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/new-zealand-shore/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/New-Zealand-Shore-w1.jpg New Zealand Shore A remote shoreline at the mouth of the Fiordlands in the far Southwest New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacial-lake-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mountain-Lakes-i.jpg Mountain Lakes Gotta love that incredible color palette produced when fall foliage comes together with that turquoise glacial water in the Canadian Rockies!   Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/columbia/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Hope-that-someday-2025.jpg Hope that Someday One of the most remote landscapes in the entirety of the Canadian Rockies in smokey morning light in early October, a place I hope to return to someday after we endured difficult weather conditions on our most recent 11-day heli-backpacking trip to reach here.   These were some of the only views we got, but it was breathtaking for that moment.   Candian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mirror-crescent/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mirror-Crecent-w.jpg Mirror Crescent A perfect morning scene photographed deep within the wilds of Fiordlands, New Zealand Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/white-granite/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Melting-w.jpg Melting Weird, eh?  An abstract of white granite erosion amidst fall colors and other layers, Alaska.  Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/little-river/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Little-River-w.jpg Little River A little river wanders through fields of flowers in the some of the most remote wilderness on the continent, in Northern British Columbia, along the Alaska border.  This is what our summer trips are all about! British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/light-bend/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-Bend-w.jpg Light Bend Lighting and angle were important when showing off the geology through this telephoto perspective from the wilderness of the Talkeetna range in Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-layers-alaska/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Layers-of-Autumn-w.jpg Layers of Autumn Beautiful glacial peaks rise above the morning fog and fall colors in the Chugach Range, Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/last-frontier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Last-Frontier-w.jpg Last Frontier Amazing squall lighting this afternoon in between snow showers helped showcase the mountains and geology of this very remote part of the Talkeetna Range, Alaska. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/island-cave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Island-Cave-SS-w.jpg Island Cave A natural arch frames a beautiful island offshore of the Southwest New Zealand coast Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/inward/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Inward-Journey-w.jpg Inward Journey A beautiful stream in a secluded cove deep in the wilderness of Fiordlands, New Zealand Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/inside-out/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Inside-Out-w.jpg Inside Out The view from within the forest at sunset, looking out at the mountains of Fiordlands Fiordlands https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mist-trees/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/In-the-Sea-Above-w.jpg In the Sea Above An aerial image depicting low fog enveloping the rainforest of Fiordlands, New Zealand Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/impression/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Impression-w.jpg Impression Snowfall covering the land of Autumn in the wilderness of Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainforest-fiordlands/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/If-the-Tree-could-Speak-2025-w.jpg If the Tree Could Speak An amazing old tree hanging on above the falls, framing this beautiful rainforest scene deep in the wilderness of Fiordlands, New Zealand Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-Falls.jpg Ice Falls Waterfalls pour out of the roof of a spectacular ice cave we found which was miles long in the wilderness of Alaska.  Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hidden-lake/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Hidden-Lake-w.jpg Hidden Lake Beams of light break through the morning clouds, mist rises from a distant lake.  Alaska, in fall. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hidden-falls-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Hidden-Falls-2025-w.jpg Hidden Falls A single image depicting a rare clearing through the fog in Fiordlands, New Zealand.  We returned many times to this location until it finally happened! New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-sqall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-Squall-w.jpg Glacier Sqall A rare single image depicting amazing light and skies in between snow squalls high in the Talkeetna mountains, Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/talkeetna-fall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-Descent-w.jpg Glacier Descent Fall colors mixed with amazing rocky layered patterns frame a mountain stream descending from a glacial source Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/talkeetna-layers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forgotten-Valley-w.jpg Forgotten Valley Beautiful layers including fall colors and spectacular geology gently backlit in the Talkeetna range, Alaska.  https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/geology-talkeetna/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Following-w.jpg Following Some amazing geology and lighting on display in the most remote wilds of the Talkeetna range Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fern-frames/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fern-Frames-w.jpg Fern Frames A beautiful rainforest scene in soft light deep within the wilderness of Fiordland, New Zealand Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/falls-island/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Falls-Island-w.jpg Falls Island A beautiful little island with a remote inlet in Fiordland, New Zealand, offered this framing of the waterfall through rainforest foliage.   New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-braids/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fall-Braids-w.jpg Fall Braids Glacial streams running through fall colors into a larger river in Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/geology/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Descent-w.jpg Descent Amazing geology hidden deep within Alaska's interior depicting dry streams of white granite rock and fall colors Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/criss-cross/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Criss-Cross-w.jpg Criss Cross The amazing geography hidden within Alaska's interior amidst fall colors Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/breaksea-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Breaksea-w.jpg Breaksea Rarely photographed sea stacks off the coast of Breaksea Island, New Zealand, at sunset.  Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/devils-northeast/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Boundary-Range-w1.jpg Boundary Range The rarely seen Northeast Face of North America's greatest mountain, Devil's Thumb Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1442/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Boundary-Range-w.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/between-the-trees/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Between-the-Trees-2025-i.jpg Between the Trees Morning fog clears off of Mitkov Island, revealing the Boundary Range in the distance.  Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/boundary-sunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Between-the-Rains-w.jpg Between the Rains Sunset light peaks through across the great peaks of Alaska's boundary range, from a remote high campsite on our summer trip. Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/above-fiords/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Backlight-w.jpg Backlight A rare image using light from behind the photographer, looking across layers of Fiordland.  New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-island/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Island-w.jpg Autumn Island A lone island adorned with fall colors in the middle of glacial river braids.   Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-flow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Flow-w.jpg Autumn Flow Towering peaks in a very remote region of the Chugach range revealed through the clearing fog at sunset above autumn colors and a rushing stream.  Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1436/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Amulet-w.jpg Amulet Amulet peak in the Chugach range adorned with new snowfall at sunset towers above the forest below amidst autumn colors.  Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1435/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/_First-of-September-2025-w.jpg First of September The Alaska range towers above layers of tundra and forest dressed in Autumn colors through the morning fog Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bonsai-mountain-mist/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wonderment-w.jpg Wonderment Gnarled bonsai-shaped trees and huge misty summits, that's what Patagonia Fjords is all about! Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-cracks-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Unfolding-w.jpg Unfolding Miles of glacial seracs catching sunset light. The ice was breaking off a larger icefield forming crevasses high in Alaska. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wind-waves/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Torment-w.jpg Torment Hurricane-force winds stripping the water right out of the fjord and spilling across the land while this tiny tree stands strong on the edge in the face of it all. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/waves-at-sunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Surf-the-Light-w.jpg Surf the Light Some rugged sea stacks on this famous Coast amidst big seas and dramatic light! Single exposure. Ireland https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/skybuster/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Skybuster-w.jpg Skybuster One of the most jagged and amazing ridgelines in the high Chugach required many attempts, and then finally a difficult helicopter landing plus drones to reach. It was worth it on this magical morning at sunrise! Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/reflective-ice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Reflective-w.jpg Reflective An abstract of ice reflecting the light of mountains high above in Patagonia Fjords Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fjords-waterfall-mountain/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Overlook-w.jpg Overlook Big waterfalls, tuquoise lakes, jagged summits and beautiful trees. Yes, that's Patagonia Fjords. The one and only. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tidal-patterns/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mixed-Up-w.jpg Mixed Up A combination of clouds, silty glacial waters and tidal waters in the fjords all mixed together with fall colors on the shoreline. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mountain-heart/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Love-for-Mountains-w.jpg Love for Mountains An embrace Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tree-island-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Land-w.jpg Land A lone tree on a tiny island all it's own, in Patagonia Fjords, Chile. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-sand/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-Sand-w.jpg Ice Sand An interesting interplay between ice crystal and sand in Patagonia Fjords, beneath jagged peaks at sunset. Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hoar-frost-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Hex-Crystal-w.jpg Hex Crystal Amazingly large and undisturbed hoar frost crystals inside a glacial ice cave in Alaska in winter Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/guardian/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Gaurdian-2025-Final-w.jpg Guardian One of the truly magical moments of light and atmosphere I've ever seen gracing this high peak atop the Patagonia Fjords. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/french-valley/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/French-Valley-w.jpg French Valley Some amazing light one evening above Torres Del Paine park, in Chile. The dramatic light and form complimented by fall colors and dark skies allowed for this capture of the towers in French Valley, one of the last and most elusive places I have tried to photograph here. Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fjords-sunrise/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fjords-Fire-w.jpg Fjords Fire A flaming sunrise one amazing morning in Patagonia Fjords, Chile. The reflected color really made it for me! Single exposure. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/cloud-layers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Far-Gone-w.jpg Far Gone Layers of peaks through the misty clouds with distant light. An aerial above the Fjords in Chile. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snowy-garden/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/El-Coyote-w.jpg El Coyote I heard once the name of this peak might be El Coyote. This proved later to be incorrect, as the peak has never been named, but nevertheless it seemed appropriate. Views of this giant hidden away atop the icefield are fleeting. It disappears for weeks at a time in the storms, but all the while we know it is there, protecting the land from the sea. A guardian of the wind and the skies, so elusive for us photographers, but a great prize in the moment it appears. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bonsai-glacier-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dances-with-the-Mountain-w.jpg Dancing with the Mountains Wind-blown curves in the form of the trees in front of dramatic glaciers and summits - the defining features of Patagonia Fjords, in Chile. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/asperatus/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Asperatus-w.jpg Asperatus A remarkable show of clouds which are called Asperatus. The best of this type I've ever seen. Single exposure. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/million-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Million-Falls-w.jpg Million Falls The waterfalls in Fiordlands in the rain are like nothing else! It's endless. Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mythical/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mythical-w.jpg Mythical That's the light in Fiordlands. There's nothing else like it. Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/falls-reflection/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Roaring-Reflections-w.jpg Roaring Reflections A massive waterfall in heavy rain reflected in a tiny pool beneath beech trees in New Zealand Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/layers-tasman/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lost-at-Sea-w.jpg Lost at Sea The endless misty layers where Fiordlands meets the Tasman sea at sunset from the air Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/beams-fiordlands-ocean/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sea-of-Light-w.jpg Sea of Light Fiordlands, New Zealand, of course. Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mount-elliot-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fog-and-Falls-w.jpg Fog and Falls An unusual combination of cloud falls and water falls, in Fiordlands! Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainbow-tree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Alone-with-the-Rain-w.jpg Alone with the Rain A fleeting moment at sunrise on a high ridge admist tussock grasses near Te Anau, one of the great rainbow viewing spots on Earth. New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fly-away/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fly-Away-New-Zealand-w.jpg Fly Away A couple of Kaka birds fly through misty treetops high on a mountain ridge in Fiordlands, New Zealand Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/red-tussock/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wind-and-the-Light-w.jpg Wind and the Light The Red Tussock grasses and beams raining down from above, two things I love about New Zealand shown from this helicopter stop deep in the Southwest one evening near sunset Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/reflection-fiordland/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/aljfdsa.jpg Fiordland Pond A quiet morning wading waist deep in the swamp led me to this overlook in Fiordland Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/te-anau/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Gateway-to-Forever-w.jpg Gateway Endless layers of peaks recede beyond lake Te Anau seen from the air, an incredible show of light that can be found often in Fiordland in summer Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/torrent/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Torrent-w.jpg Torrent Heavy rain and massive waterfalls pour down from the high peaks in Fiordlands, New Zealand Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/jungle-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Jungle-Falls-w.jpg Jungle Falls When it rains in Fiordlands it's unforgettable, the peaks and cliffs come alive! Fiordlands https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/talbot/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Native-Beauty-w.jpg Native Beauty Native flowers on display beneath high peaks in Fiordlands at sunset Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1400/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mountain-Tapestry-w.jpg Mountain Tapestry The beautiful palette of autumn recedes into high peaks in the Chugach Chugach, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1399/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mountain-Tapestry-w.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/yoho-winter/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/From-Winter-Onward-w.jpg From Winter Onward A small stream leads through snowy tree forests in Yoho park towards the sunset Yoho, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-mist-peak/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glaciers-End-w.jpg Glacier's End A small cave formed by convergent pieces of ice catching different lighting atop a frozen glacial lake in Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/nacreous/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Nacreous-Sparkle-w.jpg Nacreous Sparkle Rare polar statospheric formations called nacreous clouds emit rainbow colors in Alaska. Here I was able to capture also the sun behind tree silhouettes and falling hoar frost crystals in a light wind. Likely a once in a lifetime moment! Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-forest-frame/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Snow-Forest-w2.jpg Snow Forest Rime ice hanging from trees in Alaska forms a frame for the sunset Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-mist-icebergs/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Blue-Valley-w.jpg The Blue Valley Backlit icebergs and seracs looking toward the Chugach mountains from atop a glacial lake in winter. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-tree-sunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tree-Hug-wjpg.jpg Tree Hug Trees coated in rime ice embrace the sunset in Alaska's arctic. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-cave-sunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-Cave-Sunset-w.jpg Ice Cave Sunset It is an ice cave over 100ft high, where else? Alaska. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-face/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dark-Star-w.jpg Dark Star Sunbeams appear on the sparkling snow beneath a jagged glacial face in the Tazlina Valley, Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sastrugi-3/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Snowstone-w.jpg Snowstone Wind blown snow formations called sastrugi lead to the peaks and light along Saskatchewan River. Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/frost-path/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Frost-Path-w.jpg Frost Path Unusual frost patterns that occur when warmth reaches ice without water underneath it and trapped oxogen expands inside. We caught this one at sunrise in Kananaskis. Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/layers-fall-colors-alaska/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Layers-of-Light-w.jpg Layers of light Rich colors illuminated in beautiful afternoon light before the Alaska Range in autumn. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/misty-morning/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/In-Between-w.jpg In Between Soft light penetrates the depths of the New Zealand rainforest, illuminating cliffs and a small waterfall framed between Beech trees. New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/petersburg-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Petersburg-Alaska-2024-2026.jpg Petersburg Light at the end of the storm, looking from the sea to the Boundary Range, Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-sharp/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winter-Blades-w1.jpg Winter Blades Sharp fingers of ice frame the reflection of amazing towers in the Karakoram of Pakistan Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ushba/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ushba-32x24-print-w.jpg Ushba The amazing Mount Ushba above fall colors in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia Caucasus Mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/transistion/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Transistion-w.jpg Transistion From fall to winter in one photograph. Caucasus Mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/clearing/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Clearing-BW-w.jpg The Clearing Layers of impressive, sharp mountains appear in between the foggy clearing in the Central Karakoram Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/storm-sar/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Storm-Sar-w.jpg Storm Sar The dramatic K7 massif stands above layers of imposing towers and clouds Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/juniper-peaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Reaching-the-Peaks-w.jpg Reaching the Peaks Incredibly jagged towers between the Laila and Charakusa valleys in Pakistan amidst a clearing storm. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-charakusa/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Pause-w.jpg Pause A reflection of some of the greatest mountains on Earth, only here in the Karakoram. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/niza/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Niza-w.jpg Niza The incredible Niza pyramid from the air amidst a clearing storm in the wild of the Karakoram Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/frozen-mud/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mud-Crystal-w.jpg Mud Crystal Frozen formations atop previously muddy ground on a glacier high in the Central Karakoram range, Pakistan. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mountain-wave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mountain-Wave-w.jpg Mountain Wave Wicked wave clouds ripping over the high summits of K6 in Pakistan Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/charakusa/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mordor-w-dark-w1.jpg Mordor Perhaps the craziest foreground and background combination I've ever had the chance to shoot, here in the incomparable, and real, Central Karakoram of Pakistan. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/shadows-karakoram/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-and-Shadow-w1.jpg Light and Shadow An aerial interplay of light and shadow dancing through the Karakoram at sunset, with K6 in the background. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/karakoram-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Karakoram-Final-w.jpg Karakoram Spectacular layers of peaks above the Karakoram and morning light beams Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/karakoram-colors/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Karakoram-Colors-w.jpg Karakoram Colors Birch trees adorned with fall color soften the mid-day light below these big peaks in the Karakoram of Pakistan Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/k7-sunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/K7-Clouds-w.jpg K7 Clouds The great K7 massif stands above an icy ridge as the last soft light fades away. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/k2-towers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/K2-w.jpg K2 Towers The great mountain K2 rising above jagged layers of peaks atop the Hushe Valley, Pakistan. Karakoram, Paksitan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/k2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/K2-Cliffs-w2024.jpg K2 Cliffs A view of the great summit K2, second highest on Earth, above the sharp towers atop the Charakusa and Hushe valleys. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/gasherbrum/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Gasherbrum-w.jpg Gasherbrum Great 8000m summits Gasherbrum 1 and 2 visible here in the last light of sunset at the top of the Karakoram. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-winter/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fleeting-Moments-w.jpg Fleeting Moment The contrast between fall and winter on full display here in the high Caucasus Mountains of Georgia Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-shower/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dances-with-the-Clouds-w.jpg Dances with the Clouds An aerial view through a passing snow shower and soft light reveals the glaciers and peaks of the Laila Valley, Pakistan. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/chongolisa/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Chongolisa-w1.jpg Chongolisa One of the world's 8000m summits, Chongolisa, amidst a spectacular clearing storm late one evening. Karkoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/canyon-tree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Canyon-Tree-w1.jpg Canyon Tree A lone juniper framed between high canyon walls and reflected light deep in the Karakoram Range, Pakistan. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-pakistan/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blue-Sky-Colors-w.jpg Blue Sky Colors I have always loved the blues to compliment any autumn color scene. Here you can see quite a range of beautiful colors in the Karakoram, Pakistan. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-ridge/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Beyond-the-Limits-w.jpg Beyond the Limits One of the great shows of light I've ever seen next to the craziest background summits I've ever laid eyes on. The view from 6100m (21,000ft) on an ice ridge between the Nagma and Korkundous Valley, Pakistan. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fog-beams-k6/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Between-Us-and-the-Sky-w.jpg Between Us and the Sky Lenticular clouds from the next storm arrive as overnight fog from the last storm clears from the valleys below these spectacular mountain summits in Pakistan. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-twilight/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Window-to-the-Forbidden-Land-w.jpg Window to the Forbidden Land A view from a high ridge at 5800m (19900ft) altitude into the Korkondus Valley, part of a disputed territory near the India border that is under military restrictions and hence, no people are allowed. The region is characterized by several amazing peaks that are amount the steepest I've ever seen. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/k7-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/K7-Colors-w.jpg K7 Colors Autumn colors and the remains of an ancient Juniper tree adorn the landscape underneath the great mountains K7 and Link Sar, in Pakistan. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tower-shadow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Ghost-of-the-Tower-w.jpg Ghost of the Tower The shadow of a great tower appearing out of the misty morning sun, beams raining down all around. A lone Juniper compliments the foreground. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-jagged/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Spikey-w.jpg Spikey Sharp and jagged ice formations lead to the same kind of towers here in the high Karakoram, Pakistan. Karakoram, Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-cascades-mountain/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Window-in-the-Fog-W.jpg Window in the Fog Beautiful cascades, the setting full moon, soft sunrise light. What more could you want? Glacier Park, Montana. Glacier National Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mossy-meadows/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winding-Meadows-w.jpg Winding Meadows Beautiful cottonball flowers adorn this lush and mossy meadow filled with more mosquitoes than you could ever imagine, haha. Mount Chutine rises up in the sunset light beyond. Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1353/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wild-in-Potrero-Chico.jpg Wild in Potrero Chico A beautiful sunset seen through rarely visited towers hidden deep within Potrero Chico, the famous climbing destination/park in Northern Mexico. Mexico https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/reflection-autumn-alaska/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Two-Seconds-w.jpg Two Seconds All I had was a few seconds to make this image as the fog settled over this remote stream in the wilderness of the Chugach Range. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/summer-cascade/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Summer-Fall-w.jpg The Summer Fall A beautiful summer scene from one of our very remote campsites in the northernmost coast mountains in BC. Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1350/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sun-Stream-w.jpg Sun Stream Late afternoon light illuminating a small stream and cascades leading towards a dramatic, unnamed mountain summit in the wilderness of northern BC Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/golden-ice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Golden-Ice-w.jpg Golden Ice The view through a beautiful ice arch in the wilds of Northern British Columbia Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/flower-pond/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Flower-Pond-w.jpg Flower Pond The perfect collection of fireweed flowers adorns this large lake on a very calm morning in the wilds of British Columbia, looking at Mount Chutine. Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/painted-desert-sunrise/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Electric-Sun-w.jpg Electric Sun Early light highlights the ridges atop the Painted Desert in Arizona. Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tundra-glaciers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tundra-to-Glaciers-w.jpg Tundra to Glaciers A telephoto perspective shows off the layers of Alaska in Autumn Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/blue-lake/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Blue-w.jpg The Blue An aerial showcasing the reflected light from the blue sky high above and long shadows at sunset leading across the tundra towards this small lake in Alaska's wilderness. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tanana/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tanana-sky-w.jpg Tanana An amazing show of layers filled with autumn colors visible here beneath Alaska's Mount Hayes in Autumn. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tanana-layers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tanana-Layers-w.jpg Tanana Layers The most beautiful morning I've ever seen along the Tanana, and that's really saying something! Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sun-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sun-Falls-w.jpg Sun Falls An incredible experience to see these light beams pouring in over this secluded waterfall, accessible only by boat, along BC's Stikine River. Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tree-layers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Separation-w.jpg Separation A rare moment where the layers of trees were visible amidst fall colors through my 800mm lens in Alaska. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bonsai-island/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Patriarch-w.jpg Patriarch A lone tree stands tall above the others on this tiny island I photographed in Patagonia Fjords at sunrise. Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/passing-storm/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Passing-Storm-Above-w.jpg Passing Storm A rare moment of light as a passing afternoon rain shower illuminates part of the mountains in backlight above beautiful layers of fall colors. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/flood-glacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Once-in-a-Dream-w.jpg Once in a Dream Spectacular sunrise light illuminates the most beautiful place I've ever seen in British Columbia, a hundred miles into the pure, untouched wilderness. Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/flowers-chutine/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Magenta-w.jpg Magenta Sunset light illuminates this spectacular meadow of lupine we caught after a long hike above our camp deep in the wilderness of Northern British Columbia Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/july-meadows/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/July-Meadows-w.jpg July Meadows A rushing stream cascades through wildflower meadows towards a glacier deep in the wilderness of Northern BC. Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/jefferson/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Jefferson-w.jpg Jefferson Mount Jefferson of the Oregon Cascade Range catching the sunrise light above layers of valley clouds through the forest. Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-layers-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glimmer-of-light-w.jpg Glimmer of Light Light breaks through illuminating layers of fall colors on a misty morning in Alaska's Chugach wilderness. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-glacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-Painting-w.jpg Glacier Painting Beautiful light spilling out across the canvass of Alaska in Autumn. New lands of great color being thriving as the glacier recedes. A story of the North side of the Chugach Range. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/icy-blue/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/From-Nowhere-w.jpg From Nowhere Icy crevasses photographed using a drone high on a glacier below the spectacular peaks hidden at the top of the Patagonia Fjords. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fog-mountain-fall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fog-Mountain-Colors-w2.jpg Fog Mountain Colors Clearing above the clouds on a brilliant autumn morning in Alaska. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunrise-reflection/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dustins-Pond-w.jpg Dustin's Pond A small summer pond reflects a fantastic sunrise through the autumn tundra in Alaska. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-stream-alaska/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Denmark-Alaska-w.jpg Denmark Alaska A fleeting moment on a misty evening that we were lucky to catch after landing a helicopter at this small stream deep in the Alaska wilderness. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/chutine-aurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Chutine-Aurora-w.jpg Chutine Aurora An amazing and surprise summer show of spectacular aurora that we were most fortunate to be able to record while on a long summer camping trip deep in the most remote wildernesss of northern British Columbia! Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/blazing-tundra/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blazing-Tundra-W.jpg Blazing Tundra The rich fall colors in backlight from Alaska's backcountry. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/august-meadows/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/August-Meadows-w.jpg August Meadows Summer blooms and rushing streams descend towards a glacier in the wilderness of British Columbia's north. Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mitkov/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/After-the-Storm-2024-w.jpg After the Storm Soft light filters through the morning clouds clearing off after rains to reveal some of the Boundary Range peaks in Coastal Alaska. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/coigue-fog/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dances-With-Light-w.jpg Dances with Light Beams shining through layers of Coigue forest through an 800mm lens one misty morning in the Fjords Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/green-canyon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Green-Sunset-w2.jpg Green Sunset Coigue trees adorn the walls of this spectacularly isolated and amazing gorge in the Patagonia Fjords Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainforest-peaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Emergence2025.jpg Emergence Mighty summits rise above the misty rainforest of the Patagonia fjords Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1320/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Chamber-of-Silence-i.jpg Chamber of Silence A special place, away from it all. Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacial-river-mouth/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/River-Blood-w.jpg River Blood Fall colors give way to tidal grasslands which fade into glacial river braids which merge with a sea and the icebergs in it. A mosaic of autumn in the Fjords of Chile. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1318/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wings-w.jpg Wings A spectacular peak in the most remote region of Patagonia that has yet no name. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1317/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tide-Towers-w.jpg Tide Towers A new snow captured beneath enormous towers ine Chilean Fjords, framed by an icy log in a tidal marsh Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mountain-shadows/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sun-Catchers-w.jpg Suncatchers A rare display of mountain shadows cast upon the bottom of clouds in Patagonia Fjords Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/devils-hand/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rise-from-the-Mists-w2.jpg Rise from the Mists The Devil's Hand, a rarely seen peak deep in the Chilean Fjords appears from the mist which was a prominent part of our the trip when this was taken. Cold mornings and wet forest produced some amazing displays like this one which I was able to catch thanks to my drone and our boat. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rime-ice-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rime-Towers-w2.jpg Rime Towers Rarely seen ice covered towers appear from the mist during a brief clearing in the nearly perpetual storms Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/guanaco-fitz-roy/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Plains-Below-w2.jpg Plains Below The very first click of the shutter on my Patagonia tour in April 2024 was this shot. The very first click. Pretty cool, eh? Los Glaciers, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fitz-roy-overlook-winter/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Parting-Snow-w.jpg Parting Snow The storm has cleared after a new snow, and the sunset view towards Fitz Roy was amazing from this rarely visited ridgeline. Los Glaciers, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-river/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Painted-Fjord-w.jpg Painted Fjord Glacial river water empties into a fjord deep in autumn deep in the wilds of south Chile Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fog-beams/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Momentary-w2.jpg Momentary A rare and fleeting moment of light and fog through the Coigue forest deep in the Patagonia fjords Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-glacial-lake/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mirador-w1.jpg Mirador A complex and interesting scene I observed during transitioning light while scouting a new glacial lake and river in the Chilean Fjords. Patagonian Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/frame-coigue/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fjords-Frame-w.jpg Fjords Frame Coigue trees in the Fjords of Patagonia make the perfect frame for sunset on this mountain reflection Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1307/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fjords-Australis-w2.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1306/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fjords-Australis-w2.jpg Fjords Australis A once in a lifetime (or perhaps several lifetimes) show of Aurora Australis over the Fjords in Patagonia (one of the stormiest and cloudiest places on earth) during a G5/KP9+ event May 10, 2024. This is from our camp at an extremely remote location that takes 2.5 days from the nearest town to reach by boat, a wilderness beach filled with icebergs. We were incredibly fortunate to have had a clear sky the night this event occurred. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1305/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fjords-Australis-w.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fjord-layers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fjordlands-Forever-w.jpg Fjordland Forever Layers of fjords and channels spread out over a hundred miles in South Chile, looking towards the distant Almagro Island. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/enchanted/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Enchanted-w.jpg Enchanted The secrets of the Fjords revealed through the mist only for those who have traveled far to reach this incomparable place. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-fitzroy/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Early-Winter-w.jpg Early Winter The great Fitz Roy peak appears from the fog after an early winter snow blanketed the land, reflected in a small stream. Los Glaciers, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/coigue-mountains/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Deep-Fjords-w.jpg Deep Fjords The most amazing trees and forest lands give way to Patagonian peaks through the mist. That's the fjords. There's nothing like it. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-drift-sunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Snow-as-in-Sky-w.jpg Snow as in Sky Snow drifts catch the sunset glow high in the mountains above the Chilean Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sarmiento/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sarmiento-Range-2024-is2.jpg Sarmiento Range A view from atop one of the most difficult to see and beautiful mountain ranges on Earth, the Sarmiento, in the Chilean Fjords. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1297/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Coigue-Hill-w1.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/turquoise-rainbow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Turquoise-Rainbow-wz3.jpg Turquoise Rainbow A memorable moment as the Sarmiento Range finally cleared revealing its amazing summits with glacial lakes, rivers and rainforest below. The rainbow was fleeting, but it was one of those magical days that brought a lot of sun with the storms. Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1295/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sunrise-Canyon-w.jpg Sunrise Canyon A glacial stream tumbling down a beautiful canyon filled with Lenga and Coigue trees deep in the Fjords of Patagonian Chile Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1294/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rain-Trees-w.jpg Rain Trees Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1293/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blue-Horseshoe.jpg Blue Horseshoe Los Glaciers, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/waterfall-fjord/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Between-worlds-w.jpg Between Worlds A beautiful waterfall catches the sunlight over rainforest foliage and distant peaks reflected in the fjords of South Chile Patagonia Fjords, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1291/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Night-We-Joined-Our-Dreams-Tombstone-Park-Yukon-2018-2024-w.jpg The Night We Joined Our Dreams A night I will never forget, filled with amazing ice and aurora from deep in the wild of the Yukon. Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/two-palms/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Two-Palms-w.jpg Two Palms A view from inside one of the many groves of palm trees that line moist canyons of Saudi Arabia's Wadi Al-Disah region. Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sandstone-cave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Swirl-Cave-w.jpg Swirl Cave Another one of the incredible caves in Tabuk region, Saudi Arabia. Single exposure! Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunset-winds/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sunset-Winds-w.jpg Sunset Winds Nothing like flying 150 miles doors-off in a tiny Robinson helicopter in the dead middle of winter fighting the winds every step of the way at 9500ft altitude and -20F air temperatures to get a shot of snow blowing off peaks.... Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sand-tracks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sunrise-Tracks-w.jpg Sunrise Tracks Some lizard tracks in sunrise light across the dunes in Neom region, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-crystal/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winter-Glass-LC-i4x5-w.jpg Winter Glass Amazing snow crystals catching the last sunset light inside the forest in Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sparkling-snow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sparkling-Snow-w.jpg Sparkling Snow Frost crystals in morning sun emerging through the snow tree forests of Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/dunes-saudi-beams/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Somewhere-Beyond-w.jpg Somewhere Beyond Desert layers of Neom Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/shadows-aurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Shadows-to-the-Sky-w.jpg Shadows to the Sky Tree shadows in the moonlight on the edge of a frozen lake complete the foreground of this aurora scene I shot with my photography group in the Brooks Range this winter. A single exposure that was most memorable experience for all, as the aurora came on strong just after we had set up. Brooks Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1282/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Seagulls-w.jpg Seagulls Seagulls taking flight amidst crashing surf at sunset on the south coast of Oman Oman https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sea-spray-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sea-Spray-w.jpg Sea Spray The magical copper coast, Ireland, at sunset one blustery winter afternoon Ireland https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/dunes-lonely-flower/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Revival-2b-w.jpg Revival A lone bloom in the dunes beneath high towers in Tabuk region, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mud-colors/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mud-Road-w.jpg Mud Road Multi-colored mud patterns deep in a canyon below high peaks in Saudi Arabia's Tabuk region Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/moon-flowers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moonflowers-w.jpg Moonflowers Some lonely blooms on the desert floor beneath towers and a rising moon, Tabuk region. Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tree-sun-saudi/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moment-with-the-Sunb-w.jpg Moment with the Sun Natural light reaching into this canyon behind a lone tree one magical moment on a hike in Tabuk region, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tower-saudi/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-Tower-w.jpg Light Tower Beautiful morning light erupts from behind this jagged peak beneath gnarled trees in Tabuk region, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tabuk-cave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Jagged-Window-Saudi-Arabia-2024-w.jpg Jagged Window Perhaps the most amazing natural cave view I've ever had the chance to compose, from the land of high desert peaks and spectacular rock, Tabuk. Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glass-frost/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glass-Feathersllr.jpg Glass Feathers Frost on glass at sunrise, Alaska. The amazing and unreplicated pattern of nature. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/expanse/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Expanse-2024-w.jpg Expanse You can really feel the depth and distance here, the greatest uninterrupted dunes on Earth, in the Empty Quarter. Empty Quarter, UAE https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sands-saudi-peaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Neom-w.jpg Desert Neom The interplay of dunes, light and high peaks in Saudi Arabia's Neom region. Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/desert-peaks-sun/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Harmony-w.jpg Desert Harmony A composition where I had only a few moments to capture the light, this shot combines some of the best of Tabuk region in Saudi into one image. Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hoar-frost/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Crystal-Feathers-w.jpg Ice Feathers Amazing hoar frost display on the ice at sunset here in the Brooks Range, one winter evening. Brooks Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1267/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blue-Cathedral-i4x5w.jpg Blue Cathedral The largest ice cave I've ever seen, a cathedral-like chasm carved by water rushing out of a former lake in the glacier above. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mountains-dune/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mountain-Dune-Saudi-Arabia-2024-w.jpg Mountain Dune Stunning high peaks in the distance just beyond these golden sands in the Neom region of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1265/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/EQ-V-Empty-Quarter-UAE-2024---person-i3.jpg EQ-V Friend Hamed Musharbak stands amidst endless layers of dunes in the remote empty quarter region of the UAE Empty Quarter, UAE https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1264/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/What-was-and-will-be-again-w.jpg What was and will be Again Distant peaks in Antarctica through and iceberg arch in sunset light. Part of the arch had recently collapsed so I put this together as a composite. Still, arches are everywhere in Antarctica. It won't take you long to find another one! Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-white-continent/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-White-Continent-w.jpg The White Continent The layers of Antarctica. Coast, peaks, glaciers and sky. Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/antarctic-reflection/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Ice-Show-w.jpg The Ice Show Found this interesting chunk of ice floating in the bay and decided it would make a good foreground for about 3 seconds before it moved. The reflections were beautiful that morning! Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1261/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Never-Look-Back-w.jpg Never Look Back The storm cresting over high peaks Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1260/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Immersion-w.jpg Immersion Jagged summits and blowing waves of snow and clouds pouring off the Antarctic continent in the morning light Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1259/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-Valley-Antarctica-2024-w.jpg Ice Valley A combination of icebergs and mountain layers in Antarctica Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/leapord-seal/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Home-Adrift-w.jpg Home Adrift A leopard seal adrift on an iceberg in Antarctica under high peaks Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1257/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Half-Circle-w.jpg Half Circle A beautiful ice arch we were able to capture thanks to some skillful maneuvering by our boat captain! Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/waves-peak-antarctic/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Gaurdian-of-the-Lost-2024-w.jpg Guardian of the Lost Antarctica is home to the most amazing coastal mountains on the planet. Here's one from a small island and rushing waves one beautiful morning. Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1255/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/City-of-Ice-w.jpg City of Ice This dramatic view of our zodiac reminded me of enormous buildings in a city, but made entirely of rock and ice. Antarctica, where else? Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/antarctica-tower/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Beacon-2024-w.jpg Beacon A lone tower reaches from out of the glaciers into sunset light on the Antarctic coast Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1253/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Antarctica-Marine-w.jpg Antarctic Marine Cormorants look on towards icebergs and huge towers on the Antarctic coast. Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/antarctic-waves/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Antarctic-Surf-w.jpg Antarctic Surf Rushing surf and ice pour over the shoreline in the sunset light on the Antarctic coast Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/iceberg-arch/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Window-Arch-Antarctica-2024-w.jpg Window Arch An ice window framing another arch framing amazing peaks. A spectacular morning to be on the Antarctic peninsula. Single exposure from the zodiac while grabbing onto the ice! Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/antarctic-wind/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Unbroken-Antarctica-2024-w.jpg Unbroken The layers of earth and sky combine in high winds sweeping across Antarctica. Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1249/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Posiedens-Crown-Antarctica-2024-w.jpg Poseidon's Crown Swirling wave action below dramatic peaks and morning light in Antarctica Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/three-penguins/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Inhabitants-Antarctica-2024-w.jpg Inhabitants Three penguins head across an iceberg under towering mountains on the Peninsula Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1247/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Frozen-Sail-Antarctica-2024-w.jpg Frozen Sail A towering iceberg and delicate reflections compliment striated clouds in Antarctica. We later saw this tower collapse! Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1246/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Frozen-in-Time-Antarctica-2024-w.jpg Frozen in Time A lone Skua catching the wind looking back toward the Antarctic continent which is being enveloped by a storm. Single exposure Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1245/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Far-South-Antarctica-2024-4x5-HC-w.jpg Far South Extraordinary high coastal peaks, glaciers and icebergs from beaches like nothing else I've ever seen. That's the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1244/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/A-Penguins-Paradise-Antarctica-2024-w.jpg A Penguin's Paradise This scene already had my undivided attention before this Penguin decided to join in the action. It hopped up, posed, and that was it. Right back in the water 10 seconds later all as I was shooting. It was a morning I will never forget out here! Antarctica https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaska-fall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-Fall-Chugach-Range-Alaska-2022-20231.jpg Alaska Fall The amazing contrast between fall colors and glacier peaks, why we love Alaska in Autumn! Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-fall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-Fall-Chugach-Range-Alaska-2022-2023.jpg Glacier Fall The amazing contrast between fall colors and big glaciers in the mountains of the Chugach, Alaska. Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/skardu/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Skardu.jpg Skardu Morning light over the smokey valleys of Skardu, Northern Pakistan Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1239/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Landslide.jpg Landslide The endless rocky slopes of Shimshal, Pakistan. Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/drifrika/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Beacon-i.jpg Beacon The incomparable Drifrika Peak, Pakistan, clearing storm. Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1237/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Haldi-2023.jpg Haldi Fall colors and cascading glacial waters run through the village of Haldi, Pakistan and up towards high towers beyond. Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1236/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Definance-i.jpg Defiance The mountains of Pakistan's Karakoram Range speak for themselves. Pakistan https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1235/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Petrified-Mud-Towers-2023t.jpg Petrified Mud Towers Some wicked looking patterns in the mud and sandstone towers typical of southern Utah in the sunset light Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/arizona-storm/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Chasing-the-Light-2023-w.jpg Chasing the Light This image was the culmination of a great amount of effort chasing storms around this summer. This is when knowledge of the area, preparedness, reading the weather and getting some luck with the light all come together. It's one of my favorite images I ever made, all from a single magical moment and some of the best light I ever saw in my entire career. Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1232/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Gaurdian-w.jpg Guardian The most amazing face of the most amazing peak I've ever seen in the Rockies, photographed here in an extremely remote valley, some 20 miles from any road or trail. Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tusk/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/New-Rockies-w.jpg New Rockies An amazing peak and glacial rivers in one of the most remote places in the Canadian Rockies British Columbia Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-lines/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Snow-Stone-River-w.jpg Snow Stone River The most beautiful and remote valley in the Canadian Rockies at twilight. Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunnmore/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sunnmore-Sun-w.jpg Sunnmore Sun Beautiful coastal mist and waterfall in some of the deepest fjords of Norway amidst the Sunnmore Alps, my favorite place in the whole country. Norway https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-colors-bavaria-fog/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Valley-of-Light.jpg Valley of Light Layers of beautiful fall colors and light above the morning fog in Bavaria, Germany Bavaria, Germany https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bavarian-countryside/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Overlook.jpg Overlook An amazing show of light one beautiful morning above the Bavarian countryside Bavaria, Germany https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fog-beams-bavaria/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Leading-the-Way-crop.jpg Leading the Way Foggy mornings putting on a great show over the Bavarian Alps Bavaria, Germany https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bavaria-fog/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Time-Before.jpg Time Before An unusual image from me, as I don't often depict the hand of man. Here, however, I though the church had a special place in this image of beams above the foothills of the German Alps Bavaria https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wanaka/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wanaka-2023-i.jpg Wanaka This image brings so much that I love above Wanaka together in one shot. Wanaka, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/top-of-the-range/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Top-of-the-World-w.jpg Top of the World A remarkable sunset view of a rarely seen summit in Alaska above the clouds Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/frozen-leaf/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Leaf-w.jpg The Leaf A very rare sight to photograph, this decaying leaf on the surface of a glacier, miles from the nearest tree. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-flowers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Snow-Flowers-2023-w.jpg Snow Flowers We call these little blooms snow flowers, they love the glacial slopes among the high peaks in Alaska in Summer. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-cave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Snow-Cave-w.jpg Snow Cave A reflection inside a snow cave in Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/red-ice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-Ice-in-the-Sky-w.jpg Red Ice in the Sky Well, the name pretty much sums it up. Wild, eh? Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/crevasse-sunset-summer/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mountain-Depths-w.jpg Mountain Depths A drone perspective looking over a glacial crevasse at sunset in Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/stream-close-up/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Melt-Fall-w.jpg Melt Fall A wide angle close up view of water pouring down from the glaciers Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/misty-flower-peaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Legends-of-the-Mist-w.jpg Legends of the Mist The most remarkable view of a whole summer in Alaska, when everything came together at just the right moment to reveal these stunning, and likely never before photographed peaks. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/islands-aerial/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Islands-in-the-Sky-w.jpg Island in the Sky Fog streaming past these two islands in an Alaskan Fjord create an illusion of motion and sky Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/crevasse-sunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glimpse-of-forever-w.jpg Glimpse of Forever One of the best views of my life as a photographer was this time above the clouds in Alaska and this remarkable summit at sunset which we found via drone, entirely by surprise, after days of clouds below at camp. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-garden/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-to-Garden-w.jpg Glacier Garden A beautiful stream cascades down from the glacier and peaks through fields of wildflowers in Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-curves/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-Curves-w.jpg Glacier Curves A panoramic image from above those winding rivers of ice in Alaska at sunrise Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/frozen-world/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Frozen-world-above-w.jpg Frozen World Above Cracks in the glacial surface lead the eye towards layers of peaks above the fog at sunset in Alaska. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-cave-sunrise/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/End-of-the-Dark-w.jpg End of the Dark A flaming sunrise and a rare view from inside a small snow cave presents a remarkable combination and contrast here in the Boundary Range Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-reflection-glacier-alaska/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blue-Magic-w.jpg Blue Magic A small reflecting pool with frozen bubbles in an Alaskan glacier at sunset Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-cornice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wave-Wall-w.jpg Wave Wall The beautiful forms of a snow-corniced high ridge in Alaska's Chugach Range Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunrise-nelchina/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Twin-Summits-w.jpg Twin Summits Twin summits on this peak above the Nelchina Valley with some beautiful sunrise conditions. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/reflection-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Three-times-two-w.jpg Three Times Two Simple reflections of fall colors and morning light on the peaks of the Chugach Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/banana-morning/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tanana-Morning-w.jpg Tanana Morning Fall colors and mist combine to bring this layered scene together depicting Alaska's Tanana River and peaks of the Alaska Range beyond Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/silty-river/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Silty-Blues-w.jpg Silty Blues An aerial abstract from one of Alaska's amazing glacial rivers. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/palm-peak/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Palm-Peak-w.jpg Palm Peak What can I say about these high peaks and palm ridges in Northern Mexico's La Huasteca and Potrero Chico? There's nothing else on earth like them. Mexico https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/morning-sun/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Morning-Sun-w.jpg Morning Sun A rare moment of light and fog revealing the fall colors and tundra environment in Alaska's Nelchina Range Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lone-tree-reflection/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Grace-2023-w.jpg Grace A rare moment to catch this lone Aspen tree in fog on a lake in Alaska, as the water level doesn't allow this for more than a few days each year in this area. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/god-beams/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/God-Beams-2023-w.jpg God Beams A gift from above Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/waterfalls-alaskan/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Five-Falls-2-w.jpg Five Falls A rare and amazing place where springs pour out of the side of this canyon in Alaska below huge summits and fall colors! Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fireweed-sunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fireweed-Forest-w.jpg Fireweed Forest A huge range of vibrant colors from inside this forest window compliment river and peaks beyond, in Alaska's Chugach Range Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-cracks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Faux-Dream-w.jpg Faux Dream Moody light and high summits behind the crevasses of a large glacier in Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-tundra/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fall-Tundra-w.jpg Fall Tundra The remarkable color range of the Alaska Range on display here with misty peaks beyond Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-river-valley/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fall-River-Valley-w2.jpg Fall River Valley I loved how this river connects with the curves of the Glacier in the wilderness of the Chugach Range, Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/chugach-twilight/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fall-Glow.jpg Fall Glow Twilight glow from a fading sunset over the rich fall colors of the Chugach Range, Alaska. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-colors-beams/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Emergence.jpg Emergence An aerial view from a rare and spectacular morning in Alaska amidst fall color Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/color-and-clouds/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Color-and-Clouds.jpg Color and Clouds Misty conditions below, fall colors above! Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/misty-dawn-alaska/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blanket-of-Dawn-w.jpg Blanket of Dawn Layers of fog and fall colors reveal the summit of Mount Drum, beyond. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-slopes/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Slopes-w.jpg Autumn Slopes The range of colors typical of Alaska in fall on display here in this misty image that makes a wonderful large print Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-iceberg/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Melt-w.jpg Autumn Melt The view towards peaks and fall colors from between icebergs lodged on this remote beach in Alaska's Chugach Range. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-ice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Ice-w.jpg Autumn Ice A lake filled with icebergs from nearby glaciers in the wilderness of the Chugach Range during fall at sunset. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-heaven/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Heaven-i.jpg Autumn Heaven Layers of amazing color and light come together one magical morning in Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/spotlight/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Spotlight-2023.jpg Spotlight An amazing moment of light and atmosphere amidst fall colors in Georgia. Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bird-peaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/View-of-the-Clouds-w.jpg View from the Clouds An amazing moment as this large bird held still enough to be photographed below the clearing high peaks of Potrero Chico. If anyone reading this knows what kind of bird, let me know. Potrero Chico, Mexico https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunset-cave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-Tunnel-w.jpg Light Tunnel An ancient cave frames this amazing scene in the wild of Potrero Chico, Mexico Mexico https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/potrero-chico/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Chico-Towers-w.jpg Chico Towers Stunning high towers rise above spring blooms in Northern Mexico after a cleaning storm. Mexico https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/agave-dark/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Agave-Dar-w.jpg Agave Dark Agave in the heart of the stunning mountains of Northern Mexico at sunset Mexico https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/caucasus-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winding-throught-the-Colors-i6.jpg Winding through the Colors The range of colors in the high mountains in the country of Georgia are amazing! Shown here at sunset. Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ushba-stream-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ushba-Fall-Colors.jpg Ushba Fall Colors Mount Ushba from the north, near the Russian Border, with beautiful fall colors and stream. Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-colors-ushba/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/United-as-One-i.jpg United As One Framing between the trees reveals a magical scene beyond, one morning when Mount Ushba rose above all the colors and clouds Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hidden-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Hidden-Falls-i.jpg Hidden Falls An amazing canyon environment hidden deep within Georgia's Caucasus mountains Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/river-bend/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Half-Circle.jpg Half Circle Mirroring between sky and water were cool in this shot which helped me bring together the peaks and fall colors in Svaneti, Georgia. Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/golden-fog/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Golden-Wind-i.jpg Golden Wind Fog streams over a high ridge adorned with fall colors below the great Mount Ushba, in Georgia. Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/georgian-colors/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Georgian-Colors-2023.jpg Georgian Colors Layers of detailed autumn colors below high peaks of Georgia. Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-twilight/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fall-Symphony-w.jpg Fall Symphony Layers of rich fall colors below the great mount Ushba, in Georgia Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-fog/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fall-Palette.jpg Fall Palette Layers of clearing fog through fall colors reveal high peaks in Svaneti, Georgia, beyond. Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/canyon-peak/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Edge-of-the-light-i2.jpg Edge of the Light Inside a spectacular canyon environment filled with glacial water looking out towards fall colors and the huge peaks of Svaneti beyond Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-sunshine/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Sunshine-w.jpg Autumn Sunshine Layers of striking fall colors recede towards high peaks of Ushba, in Georgia, beyond. Causasus mountains, Georgiae https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/beams-svaneti/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Frame-w.jpg Autumn Frame Powerful morning light beams down through the layers of fall colors and forest above peaks in Svaneti, Georgia. Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1161/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Dawn--2023.jpg Autumn Dawn Layers of rich fall colors as soft light falls on the high peaks of the Caucasus range in Georgia. Caucasus mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1160/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forest-Window-w2.jpg Forest Window One of my favorite wide angle compositions from inside the forest in Georgia in fall and out towards great peaks and waterfalls of Svaneti beyond. Caucuses mountains, Georgia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-portal/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wormhole-4x5-i32023.jpg Wormhole A crazy portal-like cave of ice, as if from another dimension. This strange place is actually a glacial moulin, which was turned on it's side by the movement of the glacier and as a result we were able to take people inside to explore! Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/gnarled/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/With-the-Wind2023.jpg With the Wind Two gnarled old oaks clinging to a hillside above some lochs in the Ireland barrens Ireland https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/winter-tracks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winter-Tracks2023.jpg Winter Tracks A memorable evening of great light, frosty trees and a lucky find with these lone tracks through the snow Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snow-trees-sunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winter-Shadows2023.jpg Winter Shadows This misty valley in Alaska always produces some amazing scenes. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/veidma/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Veidma-D.jpg Veidma Wind whipping up waves and water on Lago Veidma, Argentina Argentinian Patagonia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/patagonia-fjords/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tres-Hermanas-i2023.jpg Tres Hermanas Patagonia Fjords. The one and the only. Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1152/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tree-Rainbow-Ireland2023.jpg Tree Rainbow Ireland is known for old rock walls and lovely windswept landscapes like this, with gnarled trees. This morning we were lucky to catch a rainbow too! Ireland https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/beach-waterfall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tra-Na-Bo-waterfall-BW.jpg TraNaBo A beachside waterfall catches the December sun on the Irish coast. Ireland https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tower-creek/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tower-Creek-4x52023.jpg Tower Creek A recent rainstorm and wet winter created some amazing condition near sunset at Fisher Towers, Utah. Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tower-cave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tower-Cave-4x52023-B.jpg Tower Cave A rare rainstorm before sunset created some amazing reflections in these steep canyonlands near Moab Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fitz-roy-fall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Through-the-Sun-i20231.jpg Through the Sun Lenga trees and fall colors surround the great mountain, Fitz Roy, in Argentina. Argentinian Patagonia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-river/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Through-the-Autumn-light2023.jpg Through the Autumn Light Red colors of fall give way to the cool blues of the river and sky on a beautiful morning near Chalten. Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/grupo-la-paz/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Three-Fingers2023.jpg Three Fingers The incomparable environment of Patagonia Fjords Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/cathedral-rocks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Gates-of-Poseidon-w20231.jpg Gates of Poseidon An explosion of waves, birds and light surround some of Ireland's most dramatic sea cliffs Ireland https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1144/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Gates-of-Poseidon-w2023.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tra-na-bo/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sea-Power2023.jpg Sea Power Some major wave action along a remote shoreline in Ireland Ireland https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ireland-coast/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sea-Peaks-2023.jpg Sea Peaks Ireland has some amazing coastlines if you know where to look! Ireland https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/cathedral-creek/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-Creek-4x52023.jpg Red Creek Fall Rabbitbrush blooms and a beautiful stream adorn this remarkable tower in the Utah desert at sunset Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hermannfjord/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Pouring2023.jpg Pouring Water rushes down toward a glacial turquoise fjord in Patagonia Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/kingpeak-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/King-Peak.jpg King Peak Icy waters reflecting some beautiful light over this sharp Alaskan peak in winter Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1138/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/King-Chalten-4x52023.jpg King Chalten The singular mountain in all of the Southern world, Monte Fitz Roy, known by its native name, Chalten. Patagonia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/broughton/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Immersive-w-2023.jpg Immersive The magnificent environment of some of the most remote fiordlands in New Zealand, photographed one misty morning. New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fire-ice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-on-the-Fire-2023.jpg Ice on the Fire An amazing lenticular wave cloud lights up at sunrise and is reflected in a cracked mirror of glassy ice Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snowy-mist/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Hiding-from-Sun2023-w.jpg Hiding from the Sun Ghostly ice trees appearing through the thin veil of fog which creates the frosty coating under which they spend their winters. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fjords-window/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Half-Arch-Point2023.jpg Half Arch Point A frame using the amazing Coigue trees and the great peaks of the Patagonia Fjords Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/frozen-gold/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Frozen-Gold2023.jpg Frozen Gold The sparkling golden light 2pm in the afternoon graces the frozen Alaskan forest Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1132/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Creme-Brule-2023.jpg Creme Brule Image 4 of 4 from the amazing salt flats of Australia's SW, stained with an array of mineral colors. Australia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1131/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cracked-6-i2023.jpg Cracked 3 Image 3 of 4 from the amazing salt flats of Australia's SW, stained with an array of mineral colors. Australia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1130/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cracked-3i2023.jpg Cracked 2 Image 2 of 4 from the amazing salt flats of Australia's SW, stained with an array of mineral colors. Australia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/australiasaltflats1/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cracked-2-i2023.jpg Cracked 1/4 Image 1 of 4 from the amazing salt flats of Australia's SW, stained with an array of mineral colors. Australia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sun-bow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cold-Sun-2023.jpg Cold Sun One of my adventure tour participants is seen here walking into the sun from inside a small icicle cave in the wilderness of Alaska in -30F, as the snow-dust left behind by our helicopter creates a vibrant ice-bow effect around the light source. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/frozen-trees/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cold-Shadows023.jpg Cold Shadows A forest of frozen trees in Alaska from the air Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/canyoning/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Arch-Crossing2023.jpg Arch Crossing Rappelling through deep canyons in New Zealand and swimming through the frigid waters inside is an amazing adventure, and leads to shots like this! New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sastrugi-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sunset-Summit2023i.jpg Sunset Summit Sastrugi snow left by the wind photographed from the top of a ridiculously remote ice plain in Alaska in winter at 9000ft altitude. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/pinksnow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Pink-Snow2023.jpg Pink Snow The amazing frozen forests of Alaska catching some misty sunset light below the distant mountains Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/screenshot/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Screenshot-2023-03-11-at-6.21.47-AM.jpg Screenshot from RAW showing the rocks you didn't think existed. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sea-cave-stream2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sea-Cave-Stream-i.jpg Sea Cave Stream A sea cave on a remote beach in Ireland frames the sunset amidst rushing waves Ireland https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sea-cave-stream/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sea-Cave-Stream-w.jpg Sea Cave Stream A remote beach in Ireland frames the winter sunset. Ireland https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/waves-flowers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Windflowers-w2.jpg Windflowers Waves crash during sunset light from the wildflower laden shores of Lake Pukaki in New Zealand New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tree-island/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wicked-Wind-w.jpg Wicked Wind Stormy conditions and fierce winds rolling in off this lake near Connemara in Ireland Ireland https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fiordland-view/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/To-See-Forever-w.jpg To See Forever The view one magical morning atop Fiordland National Park in New Zealand Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lupin-flowers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Summer-Perfection-w.jpg Summer Perfection These were the most spectacular flowers I ever photographed in decades of travel. Say what you will about the Lupin, New Zealand is amazing! Mount Aoraki (formerly Mt Cook) and other summits tower above after a fresh snowfall. New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fern-rainforest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Simple-Complexity-w.jpg Simple Complexity The ancient forest deep in Fiordland, New Zealand Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ridge-wind/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ridge-Wind-w.jpg Ridge Wind Layers of blowing snow off the ridges high above Aspiring National Park in New Zealand. One summer morning, of all times... New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/flower-fields/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rainbow-Fields-w.jpg Rainbow Fields A rainbow of colors spread across these amazing New Zealand meadows in Spring with fresh snow on the peaks beyond New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/misty-spring/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Misty-Spring-w.jpg Misty Spring More flowers and fog from the spectacular gateway to Fiordland, New Zealand. What a sight to witness these elements all come together for us at sunrise! New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mirror-mountains/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mirror-Mist-w.jpg Mirror Mist Perfect reflections and summer flowers one fine summer morning in New Zealand New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/cloud-fall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-Waves-w.jpg Light Waves A cloudfall viewed from the air below the biggest peaks in Fiordland, New Zealand Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/canyon-tunnel/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Kiwi-Tunnel-w.jpg Kiwi Tunnel More amazing light in the canyon environment of New Zealand. Rushing blue waters transport the viewer through walls of shist rock. New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunset-fog/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/God-Light-w.jpg God Light Some kind of absolutely amazing light that very nearly got me and my group stuck here for quite a while because the helicopter couldn't take off! It would have been worth it.... Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1107/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/God-Beams-w.jpg God Beams Where else? Fiordland, of course. Land of the beams! Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/forest-river/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forest-Passage-w.jpg Forest Passage Sparkling blue waters, ferns and falls. That's the Beech forest of New Zealand for you! An amazing place. Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fiord-light/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fiords-of-Light-w.jpg Fiords of Light Perhaps the most impressive show of beams I've ever seen in all my years. Beams are a constant occurrence in this amazing area called Fiordlands, in New Zealand, whenever there is light, but this was the best show I ever witnessed. Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/eglinton/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Eglington-light-w.jpg Eglinton The end of the famous valley, gateway to Fiordlands, New Zealand. Such an amazing sight to witness on this misty early summer morning. Glad I was there with my camera! New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1103/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Immersive-w.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fiordland-forest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Far-Away-Sound-w.jpg Far Away Sound Surely one of the most amazing places I have ever laid eyes upon, a fern jungle hidden deep within jagged fiords rising thousands of feet above, not a human footprint to be found. This from the far SW of New Zealand one misty spring morning. Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/discovery/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Discovery-w.jpg Discovery Surely one of the most amazing places I have ever laid eyes upon, a fern jungle hidden deep within jagged fiords rising thousands of feet above, not a human footprint to be found. This from the far SW of New Zealand one misty spring morning. Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fern-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Deep-Inside-w.jpg Deep Inside Inside the amazing rainforest canyon environment of South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/blue-pool-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blue-Pool-Falls-w.jpg Blue Pool Falls The amazing canyon environment in the mountains of South Island, New Zealand. The blue waters here are among the most beautiful anywhere. New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tutuko/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Crown-of-the-King.jpg Crown of the King Magical light after a passing shower in this fantastical presentation from Fiordlands, New Zealand. Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/blowing-snow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/After-the-Storm-2023.jpg After the Storm Layers of new snow blowing off ridges of high peaks in New Zealand New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/shist/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Shist.jpg Shist Amazing polished Shist rock and various pebbles along the river canyon in New Zealand. New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/canyon-colors/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fall-Stripes-w.jpg Fall Stripes Utah, where else? Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/seasons-change/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Holding-On-wlr.jpg Holding On The etching of new snow amidst willow brush and a lone tree holding on to its autumn colors amidst rapidly changing seasons in Utah. Also one of the best printed images I have ever done. Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/last-oak/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Last-Oak-w.jpg The Last Oak A lone Oak tree holds on to a bit of color as the season rapidly changes in Utah. Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/san-juan-utah/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Folds-of-Time.jpg Folds of Time You can really see the long effects of erosion across the geological spectacle that is southern Utah in this aerial image from 4000ft up. Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/san-juan-reef/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Rift-HT-w.jpg The Rift The river carves its way through some amazing geological formations seen from a thousand feet above the Utah desert. Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/chief-mountain/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Chief-Mountain-i.jpg Chief Mountain Layers of fog await the morning light near Montana's Duck Lake. Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/duck-lake/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Duck-Lake.jpg Duck Lake Like a scene out of a painting I always wanted to make. But this is real light and it was an amazing morning to behold! Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-rush/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-Rush.jpg Ice Rush An amazing ice cave with incredible stripes shot through a wide angle lens during a brief helicopter detour on our fall colors tour. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/veil-of-light/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Veil-of-Light.jpg Veil of Light Amazing atmosphere through the falling rain overlooking Tombstone Park, Yukon. Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tombstone-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Farewell-Tombstone-DeNoiseAI-severe-noise.jpg Farewell, Tombstone Perhaps my last image of Tombstone Park, in the Yukon. A place I will always remember fondly. After 24 trips led in 14 years, it's time to explore other regions of the North at this time of year. Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/view-of-gods/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/View-of-the-Gods.jpg View of the Gods A drone view from the edge of the land and the beginning of forever. Drones are one of the most amazing things about photography these days. They are a gateway to the imagination. So many places I could have never set foot, so many new ways to appreciate our visual environment. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/stream-aurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Night-Curves.jpg Night Curves A long and winding stream makes it's way to the Monolith massif, in Canada's Yukon, under the light of the aurora. Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-aurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Jagged-Curves-D.jpg Jagged Curves Crazy sharp ice formations with the soft curves of the Aurora, focus stacked and blended, all from the Tombstone Park in the Yukon one magical evening. Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1081/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/First-Snow-D.jpg First Snow Rushing waters from the first snow of the season form icicles at night under Mt Monolith as the aurora dances. Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/aurora-monolith/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winter-Begins.jpg Winter Begins Winter begins and the aurora dances over one of my favorite places anywhere, the base of Mount Monolith, in the Yukon. Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-reflections/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Shattered-Dawn.jpg Shattered Dawn New ice formations at sunrise beneath the towers of Tombstone, in the Yukon Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/cerro-trono/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wicked-Red-w.jpg Wicked Red A rarely visited high peak called Cerro Trono in the Patagonian Fjords catches the morning light. Patagonian Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rivers-aerial/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Journey-through-the-Forest-w.jpg Journey through the Forest Glacial blue rivers winding through the fall colors below, Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-to-winter/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fall-to-Winter-w.jpg Fall to Winter I love the illustration here of the transition from Fall to Winter in the mountains of the Chugach Range. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1075/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacial-Impressions-w.jpg Glacial Impressions A "rock glacier" in Alaska dressed in fall colors. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/denali-sunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Denali-Sunset-w.jpg Denali Autumn The great peak catches the last light of sunset in Autumn Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/nelchina-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Layers-of-Autumn-2022.jpg Layers of Autumn Beautiful morning light with the telephoto lens in Alaska. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/beaver-pond/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Beaver-Pond.jpg Beaver Pond Look closely, there's a beaver swimming through those marvelous reflections! Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/aspen-peaks-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Aspen-Frame-i.jpg Aspen Frame One of the best natural compositions I have ever seen, in Alaska this year. On my fall color tours, of course! Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1070/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-Fall-w.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fall-painting/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Painting-w.jpg Fall Painting Abstract impressionism found in the natural world, Alaska. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/aspen-peaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Aspen-Frame.jpg Aspen Frame Looking for the best fall colors and mountains trips in the world? Look no further than Alaska. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-fire-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Falls-Frame-i4.jpg Falls Frame Some of the most epic light all summer and a ton of waterfalls up above the glaciers in Alaska's Boundary Range. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alpine-phlox/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Summer-Jewels-w.jpg Summer Jewels A colorful display of tiny flowers perched on an alpine ridge overlooking a sweeping glacier in Alaska's Boundary Range. Here we delighted to witness the best sunset all summer. Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/devils-thumb-burkett/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Snow-Kingdom-2022.jpg Snow Kingdom The incredible peaks atop of the crest of the snow-bound Boundary Range, in Alaska. Like the Patagonia of the Northern Hemisphere, those jagged faces. Here I managed to capture some great atmosphere down below the summits which helped show off the scene. Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-beach/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sand-Water-and-Light.jpg Sand, Water and Light Sands on a tidal bar in soft light contrasting with the blue/muddy waters of a glacial river. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1062/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Emergent.jpg Emergent Unusual underwater formations in this glacial pool at sunset in Alaska beneath amazing, jagged mountains. Boundary Ranges, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/river-fog-beams/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Curves-and-Lines.jpg Curves and Lines The curving, glacial-blue Stikine River in Northern BC catching some fleeting morning light through the trees. British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1060/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Confusion.jpg Confusion Tidal river planes containing sea water and glacial water mixed in Southeast Alaska, photographed in soft light at low tide. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/patterson-glacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/S-Curves-i.jpg S Curves Miles of curving rivers of ice flow down towards the sea from the heights of Devil's Thumb, an amazing summit in the Southern Boundary Range of Alaska. Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-meadow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-Meadow-Afternoon-Print.jpg Ice Meadow An amazing collection of blooms in the middle of the most glaciated mountain range on Earth outside of the Arctic. Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1057/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moss-Garden-copy.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/norway-jostedalsbreen/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fjordland-w.jpg Fjordland At the end of some Norwegian fjords are enormous glaciers with waterfalls pouring out from everywhere around. I photographed this amazing area one summer evening in soft light as a storm cleared. Jostedalsbreen National Park, Norway https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1054/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Accention-w.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fisher-titan/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Storm-Tower.jpg Storm Tower One of the most dramatic cliff faces in Utah catches some storm lighting near sunset after spring rains. Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/winter-wild/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winter-Wild-w.jpg Winter Wild A remote location hidden away in the Canadian Rockies at sunset one fine January evening. Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/cactus-lone-pine/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Heart-of-Gold.jpg Heart of Gold Cholla cactus frames Lone Pine peak in the Eastern Sierra at sunrise. A unique take on a famous place. Eastern Sierra, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1049/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Heart-of-Gold-DeNoiseAI-severe-noise.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/paradise-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Paradise-i.jpg Paradise An extremely remote and hidden valley deep within undiscovered fjords in South Chile. A place of mystery and untold treasures that has held my fascination for years since we were the first to glimpse it many years ago. Patagonian Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/patagonia-trees-grupo-la-paz/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Window-w--to-the-Fjords-DeNoiseAI-severe-noise.jpg Window to the Fjords Sunlight beams through the fjord in Patagonia, framed with the incomparable Coigue Trees which grow like this anywhere you can find here. Patagonian Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mystic-valley/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mystic-Valley-2022.jpg Mystic Valley The Patagonian Fjords is my favorite place on planet Earth. This is why. Patagonian Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fjord-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fjord-Falls-in-Fall.jpg Fjord Falls in Fall Coigue forest frames a waterfall that has probably never been seen before in the remote reaches of Patagonian Fjords Patagonian Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/iceberg-mirror/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Magic-Mirror-DeNoiseAI-severe-noise.jpg Magic Mirror Spectacular and hidden peaks deep inside the fjords of Patagonia seen through a small window in an iceberg amidst a clearing storm and amazing light Patagonian Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainbow-wave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wind-Rain-and-Sun.jpg Wind, Rain and Sun A rare image of a rainbow over huge waterfalls and windy fjord waters in Patagonia Patagonian Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/twilight-fjord/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Twilight-Fjord.jpg Twilight Fjord Cascades at twilight as the moon sets over a fjord in Patagonian Chile Patagonian Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/namibia-aerial-mountain/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cloverleaf-Desert.jpg Cloverleaf Desert A rare image of a strange and remote mountain range in SW Namibia filled with natural terraces hundreds of feet high Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/namibia/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Namibia-Desert.jpg Namibia Desert An aerial showcase of all that comprises the Southern Namibia desert, from layered terraces to the dunes and dry washes in between Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/namibia-aerial-desert/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Canyon-Desert.jpg Canyon Desert A million canyons and washes through terraced desert above southern Namibia Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/earth-lines/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Earth-Lines.jpg Earth Lines Layers of red sands and grasslands combine for unusual patterns reaching into the Namibian Desert Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/endless-terrace/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Endless-Terrace.jpg Endless Terrace Endless layers of naturally terraced desert in Southern Namibia Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/namibia-aerial/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Stairstep-Desert-w.jpg Stairstep Desert What can I say? Namibia has some amazing geology from above! Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/spitzkoppe/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Pain-Frame.jpg Pain Frame Painful plants framing Namibian peaks in Spitzkoppe Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/african-desert/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/African-Desert-Layers.jpg African Desert Layers Layers of dunes and mountains at sunrise in the Namibian desert Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/flamingo-desert/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Flamingo-Dots.jpg Flamingo Dots Hundreds of flamingos seen from the air above tidal marshes and desert layers on the west Namibia coastline Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/desert-layers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Between-Dunes-and-Mountains-D-DeNoiseAI-severe-noise.jpg Between Dunes and Mountains Layers of dunes and peaks through a telephoto lens in morning light, Namibia Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/dune-layers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Patterns-w.jpg Desert Patterns Endless layers of dunes above Namibian desert Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/shells/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Shells-e.jpg Shells Oyster and mussel shells left behind on a beach in Patagonian Fjords near an ancient fishing camp Patagonian Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/oryx-desert/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Oryx-Desert.jpg Oryx Desert A single image showing an Oryx grazing in the sandy plains of west central Namibia Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-peaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Finger-2022.jpg The Finger Icy peaks above and ice crystals on the lake below frame the big glaciers high in the amazing Patagonian Fjords Patagonian Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/duneland/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Duneland.jpg Duneland Sometimes it's just all about the dunes Namibia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lost-island/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lost-Island.jpg Lost Island Just a couple islands in the misty rain Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/high-garden/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/High-Garden.jpg High Garden A super wide angle lens shows off dramatic peaks and colorful mosses of the Patagonian Fjords. In between we see layers of turquoise lakes and waterfalls clearing out of the misty environment. Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tower-of-the-gods/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tower-of-the-Gods-2022-w.jpg Tower of the Gods The most impressive vertical spire I have ever seen in a lifetime in the mountains, here in the incomparable Patagonia Fjords Patagonia Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-throne/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-Throne-2022-s.jpg Ice Throne Glacial crevasses extend outward towards the jagged peaks deep within Patagonian Fjords, Chile Patagonian Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bonsai-glacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Grove-of-the-Glacier-w2.jpg Grove of the Glacier The incomparable forest of Patagonian Fjords reaches out towards the glaciers and high peaks beyond Patagonian Fjords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1018/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Hidden-Below4x5-i.jpg Hidden Below High cliffs along Oregon's Metolious River reflect between wild rose blooms in Spring. Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-geometric/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/NatureArt.jpg Nature Art Combining the PHONE with a technique called focus stacking which we all know from our SLR cameras allows me to capture something that was formerly impossible, tiny ice formations only a couple inches across, and make them look HUGE in the foreground here. The phone can focus closer than any professional camera and the tiny lens can be placed closer to the ground. The printability of the image is considerably less, however it does make for a unique perspective and a new kind of foreground you have probably never seen before. Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/divide-peak/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Divide-Peak-w.jpg Divide Peak Foggy sunset light catches the rime-ice covered pine forest at the continental divide in Yoho Park, Canada. British Columbia/Alberta border https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1015/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Frozen-Wind-R-S.jpg Frozen Wind Violent winter conditions on the ice in a storm. This is the real Alaska! Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/moonlight-aurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moonlit-Energy-C.jpg Moonlight Energy -60F windchills and a frozen wonderland under the aurora, Alaska, of course! Northern Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1013/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Redrock-Frame-w.jpg Redrock Frame A natural wood frame accompanies these towering cliff faces in the Moab region of Utah Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ghaf-tree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ghaf-Dune-2022.jpg Ghaf Dune The most beautiful dunes in the world are in the UAE. The reds mixed with gold, yellow and the colors of sunrise gives great range to the sands. Here two Ghaf trees greet the sunrise, their roots more than 10 meters deep to survive in this arid world. United Arab Emirates https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-red/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Huckleberry-Peaks.jpg Huckleberry Peaks Vibrant huckleberry reds in Autumn in Glacier Park greet the sunrise! Glacier Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/stnicolas/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Nicolas.jpg Nicolas A stunning range of fall colors throughout both conifer and deciduous forest in Glacier Park, Montana Glacier Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-layers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-Layers.jpg Glacier Layers 500mm does a little justice to the amazing peaks along the Continental Divide in Glacier Park and the stunning aspen forests far to the East. Glacier Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lenticular-waves/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Downslope.jpg Downslope Lenticular "wave" clouds and, literally, waves. The two accompany each other on the Eastern front of the Rockies every fall through spring due to strong downsloping winds. Glacier Park is often the best place to capture these ocean-like conditions in the mountains. Canadian Rockies, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/downstream/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Downstream-Summit-w-unwarp.jpg Downstream Summit Rushing cascades through fall colors and morning light on the peaks after a new snowfall the night before, Canadian Rockies Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-dawn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Dawn.jpg Autumn Dawn Morning light greets the autumn colors after the first snow of the season in the Chugach Range, Alaska. Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/foggy-fall-forest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Drifting-through-the-Seasons.jpg Drifting through the Seasons Some rare conditions photographed with my tour group at 1000mm in Glacier Park, Montana. Anyone want a 100 inch print? I bet you'll find the D5 makes large-format quality enlargements with the new R glass. Glacier Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/down-by-the-bend-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Down-the-Bend-Alaska-2021.jpg Down by the Bend An amazing light snow over glacial rivers in Alaska's Chugach Range Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sheep-mountain-fall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fall-Paradise.jpg Fall Paradise Big snowy Alaskan peaks and fall colors after a storm. Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snowy-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Turn-to-Winter.jpg Turn to Winter 1000mm gives you a lot more options when composing layered landscapes like this rare combination of snow and autumn colors! Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/peaceful-peak/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Peaceful-Peak-T.jpg Peaceful Peak A full moonset at dawn over blue glacial rivers and spectacular fall colors. Alaska, of course. Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/moose-pond/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moose-Tundra.jpg Moose Pond A lone moose grazing in a reflecting pond at sunset deep in the wilderness near Mount Deborah. Alaska Range https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Color-Run-w2.jpg Color Run Glacial rivers spill through an array of autumn colors and into an iceberg filled lake at the foot of a glacier. Only in Alaska have I ever seen such colors in combination. Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaska-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Breath-of-Dreams.jpg Breath of Dreams A remote wilderness location deep in the Chugach Range of Alaska. Can you smell the fresh air? What a place.... Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-snow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fog-Frost-and-Fall.jpg Fog, Frost and Fall New snow clings to fir trees in Alaska as autumn colors disappear into the misty cold Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-layers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Layers.jpg Autumn Layers The first snow comes to the autumn forest in the Chugach Range, Alaska Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/first-snow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Refreshment.jpg Refreshment Some in Alaska see the arrival of winter and the first snow to be something of an end, but for me it is just the beginning. Here's an image showing a rare combination of my two favorite seasons together. Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/red-river-glacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-Glacier-River-b-copy.jpg Red River Glacier Geese fly overhead Chugach Peaks amidst an amazing sunset and red fall colors in Alaska. Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/autumn-bend/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Bend.jpg Autumn Bend Meandering glacial rivers and the first snow of the year on Chugach peaks in Alaska Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-towers-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Towers-of-the-Wind.jpg Towers of the Wind Great towers above the Oasis Glacier in the remote wilderness of the Alaskan Boundary Range. Oasis Glacier Headwall, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/978/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Jungle-w-fern-i-c-2022.jpg Desert Jungle Layers of interesting desert foliage compliment this steep walled canyon in the mountains of northern Mexico. Northern Mexico https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/utah-stripes/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Stripes-below-the-Sun-w.jpg Stripes Below the Sun Layered badlands at sunset over Southern Utah Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/colorado-dunes/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Drifting-Away.jpg Drifting Away Blowing sand streaks across the highest dunes in Colorado which are patterned by layers of sediment accumulated during the winter wet season and revealed by the extreme gusts. Dramatic skies above layers of dusty atmosphere show off the 14-thousand foot mountains beyond. Great Sand Dunes, Colorado https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/greatsanddunes/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sands-of-Storm.jpg Sand of Storms Just outside the National Park lies a vast expanse of dunes that rival any other on the continent, shown here in extreme winds and dramatic sunset skies. Great Sand Dunes, Colorado https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/blackburn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/DSC_377711.jpg Alaska Winter Light Alaskan giants catching the December light above snowy forests. Wrangell St Elias, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/knife-edge/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Knife-Edge-4x5-i6.jpg Knife Edge Perched atop the glacial land at twilight in the Boundary Range. Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/moose/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moose-Meadows-w.jpg Moose Meadows A lone moose admiring the snowy forests of the Nalchina Valley in Alaska Nalchina Valley, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/moose-tracks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moose-Tracks-w.jpg Moose Tracks Moonrise at twilight over rime-covered trees in the Alaskan winter with moose tracks leading the way Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/chugach-peaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Endless-Ridgedb-w.jpg Endless Ridge Layers of frozen peaks across summit ridges high in the Chugach Range in winter. Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/frozen-sunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Frozen-Arch-w.jpg Frozen Arch Frozen branches frame a flaming sunset through snowy forest at 1pm in the Alaskan winter. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rime-ice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Valley-of-the-Mists-w.jpg Valley of the Mists Rime ice covered forest at twilight in Alaska with the Chugach peaks in the background Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/aurora-moon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dancing-with-the-Moon-w.jpg Dancing with the Moon The Aurora Borealis between snowy trees at moonrise in Alaska Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/denali-layers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mountain-Shadows.jpg Mountain Shadows Endless layers of mountains at sunset from a bush plane over Denali National Park, Alaska Denali National Park, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/nalchina/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winter-Twilight-w.jpg Winter Twilight Snow trees of the Nalchina Valley in Alaska one misty evening in January. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/winter-aurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forest-of-the-Lights-2021-stars-i8-copy.jpg Forest of the Lights The dance of the Aurora Borealis near my campsite in a forest of rime ice covered trees in Alaska not far from the Yukon River one January evening. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tumalo/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winter-Glow.jpg Winter Glow A beautiful winter morning dawns over the snowy Three Sisters wilderness in central Oregon Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunset-cactus/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Life-w.jpg Desert Life The fuzzy warm glow of sunset on the most painful cactus in the world, Arizona. Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ghost-moon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ghost-Moon-w.jpg Ghost Moon A hidden valley on sacred lands, moonrise. Southwest US https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/944/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Eye-of-the-Ghost-w.jpg Eye of the Ghost A hidden valley in sacred lands. Southwest US https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fisher-towers-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Storm-Towers-2-w.jpg Storm Towers The most dramatic cliff faces in the state of Utah, the Fisher Towers, catch some amazing sunset light as a storm clears one evening. One of those magical days when it was cloudy all afternoon until the very last moment. Fisher Towers, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/castleton/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sun-and-Storm-w.jpg Sun and Storm Red Rock towers adorn the Utah landscape as the snowy La Salle Range clears at sunset Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/factory-butte/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Shadow-Mountain-w.jpg Shadow of the Mountain A view from the famous Factory Butte you probably haven't seen. Factory Butte, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/swell-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rift-in-the-Clouds-w.jpg Rift in the Clouds One of the most spectacular views I've ever had, as a surprise morning fog (likely caused by freezing temps and a nearby river) enveloped the swell I was flying over as the sun dawned upon the desert landscape. These swells, also called reefs, are geologic wonderlands and are found in full view stretching for miles across several Utah and Arizona locations. Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/brooks-range/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Swirling-w.jpg Swirling Sastrugi lines in the compacted snow make for some fascinating views atop a frozen lake in Arctic Alaska, complimenting the aurora dancing overhead in an ultra-wide stitched image. Gates of the Arctic, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bentonite-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Earthwave-w.jpg Earthwave A wash cuts through the ridiculous striped patterns of bentonite badlands in the Southwest. Southwest US https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/gates-of-the-arctic/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Snow-Lights-w3.jpg Snowlights High peaks of Arctic Alaska depicted in faint moonlight below the aurora and Northern band of the Milky Way Gates of the Arctic, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/titan/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Spotlight-w.jpg Spotlight A few rays of light under the storm, that's all it takes sometimes. Southwest US https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bentonite/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-Ridges-w.jpg Red Ridges Bentonite badlands adorn many a Utah and Arizona landscape. Here a wide angle sunset view from a high Ridgeline. Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/934/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-Planet-w.jpg Red Planet A different kind of view from some of the best geology Utah has to offer complimented by a flaming sunrise as a winter front approaches. Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/juniper/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Waiting-for-the-Stars-B-1-HC-w1.jpg Waiting for the Stars An ancient juniper frames spectacular high cliffs of red rock sandstone in the Utah desert. A full moon and a few stars adorn the sky at twilight. Southwest US https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/red-rock-ice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-Rocks-on-Ice-w.jpg Red Rocks on Ice Red rock towers catch the sunrise light reflected in an icy stream Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/no-mans-tower/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/No-Mans-Tower-w.jpg No Man's Tower An amazing tower of rock in some dramatic light I caught while backpacking some extremely remote regions of the Southwest after a day of travel on jeep trails just to reach the area. I was probably the only human visitor in years. The southwest is full of these amazing geologic spectacles. Southwest US https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/badlands-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Badland-V-w1.jpg Badlands Both Utah and Arizona are home to some amazing formations of erosion in the badlands. Here a viewpoint at sunset taken on a backpacking trip through the region. Southwest US https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/slot-canyon-sun/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sun-Canyon-w.jpg Sun Canyon A few days per year the sun peaks into the depths of this slot canyon at just the right angle to capture it. Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sastrugi/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Night-Waves-w1.jpg Night Waves Jagged peaks and aurora above sastrugi (wind blown snow patterns) in Gates of the Arctic, Alaska. Gates of the Arctic, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaska-aurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Night-Rainbow-w.jpg Night Cap The aurora lights up high peaks above the Arctic Circle in Alaska in midwinter Gates of the Arctic, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/chugach-winter/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Peaceful-w.jpg Peaceful Peaks in Alaska catch the soft winter's light reflected in warm groundwater pools. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hood/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winters-Grace-4.jpg Winter's Grace The beautiful reflected light of a spectacular sunrise adorns the frozen landscape surrounding Mount Hood in Oregon Mount Hood, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/badlands/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rainbow-Canyon-red-w.jpg Desert Rainbow A wash cuts through layers of colorful badlands in the desert Southwest Southwest US https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/painted-desert/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-Dunes-w.jpg Red Dunes Layered badlands catch the sunset light. Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/swell/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Triangle-Reef-w.jpg Triangle Canyon Reef geology on display, various rock types catch the sunrise light. Southwest US https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/frozen-desert/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Frozen-Stripes-w.jpg Frozen Stripes Layered badlands in the painted desert covered in winter frost. Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaska-winter/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Snow-Sphere-High-Res-8.jpg Snow Land Seasons greetings from Alaska. Chugach Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/oasis-glacier-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Towers-of-the-Wind-i4.jpg Towers of the Wind Summer in Alaska's Boundary Range above the headwall of the Oasis Glacier. SE Alaska Boundary Ranges https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/foggy-meadow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Alone-or-Together-w2.jpg Alone Together A long tree in a meadow on misty morning in Patagonia Torres Del Paine https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bristlecone-moon-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Parting-the-Skies-i1.jpg Parting the Skies Ancient Bristlecone Pines frame the Milky Way, moon, Jupiter and Saturn. White Mountains, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/klickitat/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Song-of-Autumn-i5.jpg Song of Autumn Layers of fall colors amidst wetlands adorn the landscape below pine forest and the towering Mount Klickitat (Mt Adams), in Washington State. Lenticular clouds signify an approaching storm at sunrise and are common on these summits. Washington, USA https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bristlecone-moon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moon-Cave-i2.jpg Moon Cave A small notch in an ancient tree looking out toward the night sky under moonlight. The Bristlecone Pines are the world's oldest trees and a continuous source of inspiration. California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sierra-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sierra-Autumn-D-4.jpg Sierra Autumn Soft light in the morning with sage, pines and aspen in the eastern Sierra of California. Eastern Sierra https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/oakarito/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lagoon-Layers-i2.jpg Lagoon Layers An incredible abundance of waterfowl amidst sunrise layers and misty rainforest colors compressed with a 400mm lens early one winter morning. Okarito Lagoon, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/devils-paw/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Den-of-the-Lost-i2.jpg Den of the Lost One of the most impressive and hidden valleys that I've ever come across, a rich garden of alpine lakes, streams and foliage with almost ten thousand feet of jagged vertical relief hidden in the Boundary Ranges and surrounded on all sides by massive glaciers. Northern British Columbia/Alaska Boundary Ranges https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-reflection/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blue-Crystal-ss-copy-4.jpg Blue Crystal An icy reflection and self portrait from inside the depths of a glacier.. Boundary Ranges, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/moraine-glacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rivers-i.jpg Rivers Moraines and glaciers intertwined. Alaska Wrangell St Elias Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fairweather-glacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Leading-Lines-i4.jpg Leading Lines The most glaciated non-polar mountain ranges in the world here in Southeast Alaska. On a rare day the peaks arise from the clouds. Fairweather Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-towers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/North-Towers---Moon2.jpg North Towers Foreboding towers above glaciers at sunset deep in the north side of the Fairweather range, Alaska. Fairweather Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fairweather-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Twilight-Curves2.jpg Twilight Curves Enormous mountains and glaciers more than 20 miles long envelope an Alaskan landscape adorned with fall colors at twilight. Fairweather Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bristlecone-storm/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Reaching-to-the-Storm-dark.jpg Reaching to the Storm Sunset light through the storm, ancient Bristlecone Pine. California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/yakutat-bay/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Life-Returns.jpg Life Returns Recently glaciated lands on the shore of Yakutat Bay come back to life with a vibrant display of colors amidst waterways. Yakutat Bay, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaska-shore/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wilderness-Coast.jpg Wilderness Shore The wild Alaskan coast stretches on for miles towards the Fairweather Range in Autumn colors. Fairweather Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/stelias-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Surf-to-Summit2.jpg Surf to Summit The great Mt St Elias rises over eighteen thousand feet above crashing surf in Alaska, some of the greatest vertical relief in the world, seen here amidst the colors of sunrise. Wrangell St Elias Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaska-beach/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Alaska-Beach-Final1-w.jpg Alaska Beach Fifteen thousand foot peaks on Alaska's coast. Home to lots of bears and absolutely amazing views. I spent a week backpacking the shoreline in fall of 2020. Fairweather Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacial-rivers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Interconnected---crop-w.jpg Interconnected An aerial abstract of braided glacial rivers. Luckily Alaska does not have black sand. Fairweather Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lituya/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Aurora-Bay2-w-green.jpg Aurora Bay Giant mountains rising fifteen thousand feet above this beautiful bay on Alaska's Southeast Coast within the fairweather range. On this evening I was lucky to catch the curtains of aurora borealis in the northern sky with a long exposure, rendering the water misty. Fairweather Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/crillion/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Symmetry-H-2020.jpg Symmetry Great mountains rising three vertical miles from the sea in Alaska's Fairweather range complimented by mirrored glaciers, waterfalls and a beautiful sunset appearing above the coastal fog. Fairweather Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/desert-lightning/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-Planet-Dark-i8.jpg Red Planet Alkaline mud cracks left behind by the rains await the return of the monsoon. Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glaciergarden/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-Garden-i3581.jpg Glacier Garden One of the things that amazes me most about these remote mountains the boundary range in Alaska is how you can be on a pinprick of land surrounded by an ocean of glacial ice on all sides, a region where more than 90% of the landscape is frozen year round, and if you look closely enough, having time camp and walk the south facing ridgelines, you can find these exquisite gardens complete with gorgeous blooms, lush greens and even the occasional hummingbird flying by, thousands of feet above the great rivers of ice. It's a contrast that always leaves an impression on me and only occurs for a few weeks every year. Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/paria-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cracked-Colors-i.jpg Cracked Colors A salt-stained dried wash beneath colorful badlands in Arizona near sunset. Northern Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tapto/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Heavens-Gate-2008-2020.jpg Heavens Gate From a 2008 backpacking trip deep into the wild mountains of Northern Washington. North Cascades, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/jagged/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Spires-at-Night-i10.jpg Spires at Night More than fifty miles of backpacking over two weeks in early winter conditions over some spectacularly rugged terrain lead me to these lakes, home to the most jagged rock spires I have ever seen on Earth and some beautiful accents overhead curtesy of the Aurora. Here an 11-image panorama takes it all in. Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/iceberg-kayaking/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Melting-Pool-2017-2020.jpg Melting Pool An array of iceberg shapes amidst the reflective waters of an Alaskan fiord at sunrise from a kayak. SE Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/nebraska/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wrath2.jpg Wrath Supercell thunderstorm on the plains above wind swept fields Western Nebraska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lightning-tree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-and-the-Wind-i.jpg Light and the Wind A lone tree blowing in the wind catches the sunset light underneath a thunderstorm and lighting. Single exposure! Northwest Texas https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunset-tornado/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/In-the-Heart-of-the-Storm-w6.jpg In the Heart of the Storm A supercell thunderstorm on the plains Central Kansas https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/supercell/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Alone-with-the-Storm-w.jpg Alone with the Storm A supercell thunderstorm illuminates the twilight horizon above a lone tree and dry wash on the plains of Eastern Colorado Eastern Colorado https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/kansas/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Embrace-w.jpg Embrace Me, alone with the storm. Southern Kansas https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fisher-towers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Towers-Utah-2020.jpg The Towers A panoramic view of amazing thousand-foot high towers of golden rock reaching for the sky under the storm. A lone juniper reaches out towards the scene. Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lightning-moon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Heaven-and-Hell-w-i.jpg Heaven and Hell Layers of cloud tops illuminated by lightning next to the setting crescent moon at twilight through a long lens. Eastern Nebraska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/coigue-peaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Temple-of-the-Lost-iLC4.jpg Temple of the Lost One of the most remote peaks in the world, as yet unnamed towers over the spectacular Coigue Rainforest. More beautiful trees and misty weather I have never seen. Patagonian Fiords, South Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lenticular-ice-bubbles/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lenticular-Bubbles-w2.jpg Lenticular Bubbles There are many locations on the east side of the northern Rockies where downslope winds scour the surfaces of large lakes and reveal methane bubbles trapped in the ice below. Lenticular clouds such as this one are also a product of those same winds. I enjoyed the harmony here between the two. Canadian Rockies, not Abraham Lake https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fiordlands-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Waterwall-copy-w1.jpg Waterwall Thundering falls consume entire mountains after the rains in Fiordlands of New Zealand! Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/patagonia-rainforest-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Giants-of-the-Fiord-COVER.jpg Giants of the Fiords This image depicts the Coigue rainforest and high peaks that make up South Chilean Fiords of Patagonian Chile. South Chilean Fiords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/juneauicefield-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cloud-Shadows-i17.jpg Cloud Dancers Alaska, of course. From a place far above. It is the realm of icefields, where these giant summits are entombed. You can't see these places from roads, boats or trails. You have to fly, and you don't know when the weather will allow your ride to come back, so I come prepared to hike around a lot and explore when I visit, finding always magnificent treasures. There are more of these places on Earth that are beyond the daily viewers than there will ever be with signs directing you to them. Discovery is there waiting for us, we just have to forget what we have seen, forget what others have told us we should be doing and imagine. SE Boundary Ranges near Patterson Glacier https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/boundaryrange/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Out-of-Bounds2.jpg Out of Bounds In the depths of the most spectacular mountains on the continent, BC/AK border, otherwise known as the Boundary Range.   Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/arizona/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Gardens3.jpg Desert Gardens While backpacking the wilderness in Arizona I found myself traversing some jagged ridgelines and came across what must have been the most exquisite collection of desert flowers I've ever seen.   South Central Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/zionmilkyway/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rainbow-in-the-Dark-HC.jpg Rainbow in the Dark What can I say.  I'm a Dio fan.   Zion, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/arizonaspring/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Glow-2x31.jpg Desert Glow Jagged spires from a remote landscape in Southern Arizona South Central Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/utahspire/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lightning-Rod-copy.jpg Lightning Rod Jagged Spires in the badlands pierce the storm Lake Powell, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bouldermountain-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Gateway.jpg Gateway A window through the trees towards sunrise. Boulder Mountain, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/takhinsha/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moonlit-Dreams-copy1.jpg Moonlit Dreams The Takhin holds many a precious view of glaciers, summer foliage, waterfalls and high peaks.  Here I managed to find all of them in the same frame during one of my summer expeditions to the region.  Takhinshaw Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/irelandarch/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Irish-Arches.jpg Irish Arch Rushing through the arches one beautiful morning. Ballintoy, Ireland https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/banfficecave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Inside-Outcr1.jpg Inside Out The smallest of spaces sometimes make the biggest of shots.  Here a beautiful wave cloud dances over peaks at sunset from inside a tiny ice cave left behind by receding waters in the Rockies.   Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaskasummer-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Journey-Alaska-2019-2020.jpg The Journey Where else?  Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/deathvalleycactus/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dawn-Valley.jpg Dawn Valley This cacti enjoys one of the greatest views in the park from high atop a ridge catching the warmth of another sunrise every morning.   Death Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/aspiring-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cloud-Ripper.jpg Cloud Ripper The great Mount Aspiring rips through the clouds amidst high winds one cold summer day.   Mt. Aspiring, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/raventree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dream-Catcher-i1.jpg Dream Catcher A lone raven on a tree in the fog catching a magic moment of light one winter day in the Eastern Sierra. Single exposure. Eastern Sierra https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/anti-crepuscular/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Anti-Light.jpg Anti Light Anti-crepuscular rays and the photographer.  Utah.   Badlands, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fiordlandsunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Eleven-copy.jpg Eleven Fiordland from the air is always a special thing.  Here some of that hazy marine air catches the sunset light over the southern ranges.  Fiordland, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hollyford-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Drops-of-Life.jpg Drops of Life The fern forest of the Hollyford Valley, New Zealand, one day in the dripping wet!  New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/utah/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rainbow-Castle.jpg Rainbow Castle Colorful layers and storm clouds, Utah.   Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wetdunes/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Inversion.jpg Inversion Wet sand creates a rock-like appearance to these sandy textures, temporarily preserving them as they dry and eventually fade away.  Petrified Dunes, Mojave Desert https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/breaksea/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/BreakSea.jpg Breaksea Hazy coastal atmosphere creates an amazing display of light over Breaksea Sound, New Zealand.  Breaksea Fiord, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/joshua/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fire-Beams.jpg Fire Beams The light of sunset on the Joshua Tree Dunes during a windstorm which created some beautiful atmosphere and sun beams.  Mojave Desert, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/nzfiord/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wonder-of-the-Fiords.jpg Wonder of the Fiords An amazing ridgeline overlooking one of the many deep fiords at Sunset on New Zealand's Southwest Coast.  SW Coast, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/greatbasin/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Window-to-the-Soul.jpg Window to the Soul Bristlecone Pines are the oldest trees on Earth.  Here you can find them set amidst beautiful mountains.  Great Basin National Park, Nevada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/icebow-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-Shadows3.jpg Ice Rainbow Definitely one of the coldest shots of my life. Air temp: -41 degrees. In such conditions we can view rare light shows close to Earth which otherwise would only occur in higher in the atmosphere. The phenomenon known as "sun dogs" is one such display, although "Ice Bow" would be a more appropriate name. On two consecutive days near Jasper Alberta this past month temps hovered in and around the -40s, creating spectacularly vibrant ice bows like this. I also observed vertically oriented rainbow-like formations with vivid colors and nacerous clouds. When temps go this low snowflakes/ice cryatals hanging in the air become small flat platelets and refract light, an effect normally reserved for the cirrus layer. Such Ice bows are a beautiful addition to photography but your camera disagrees. The average life of my LCD screen on these days was about 10 minutes before it failed. 10-20 min later my shutter regularly froze shut. It was all worth it though, the constant rewarming of the equipment, because the low temps also produced rare displays of great atmosphere due to both inversions and steam rising from the yet unfrozen springs nearby many shooting locations. Jasper, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/greenislets/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forest-Coast-2.jpg Rainforest Coast One of the most remote and beautiful coastlines in the world, from the bottom of the South Island in New Zealand.  Green Islets, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/icerainbow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Frozen-Rainbow.jpg Frozen Rainbow Extreme temperatures, -40 degrees at the time of this capture, produce amazing vertically oriented rainbows called Ice Bows, a rare meteorological phenomenon.  Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tongass/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Misty-Fiords-Ffinal-i.jpg Misty Fiords Tongass National Forest, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/cwm/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cwm.jpg Cwm A Cwm (pronounced coom) is a steep cirque at the top of a valley in the mountains.  This one is overlooking a 5000ft drop to the unnamed 20-mile long glacier below.  Where?  Only in the Boundary Ranges of Alaska, of course.  It is by far the most glaciated and arguably the least explored non-polar range in the world.  More ice is here at 5000ft than there is in the Himalaya at 20,000ft.  The view of it this evening from our high camp was unforgettable.   Boundary Ranges, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/monolith-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Through-the-Sky.jpg Through the Sky Mountaineering a high ridge in winter above Tombstone Park and Mount Monolith.  The jagged views here are second to none, just don't slip!  Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/chugachlenticular/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Invisible-Storm-Alaska-2019.jpg Invisible Storm I couldn't pick a favorite between these two lenticular cloud shots over the Chugach I took this summer, just seconds apart.  Here I liked the 200mm perspective on the lone peak.  All from a single exposure.  Chugach Ranges, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/blueaurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Upward-i4.jpg Upward A cold night's aurora over a snow-streaked frozen lake deep in the wilderness of Tombstone Park, Yukon.   Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/climb/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Climb-Yukon-2019.jpg Climb Cloud motion streaks by through a clearing storm above Tombstone Park, Yukon.  I had been to this ridge in my dreams many times before finally backpacking for weeks to get here this past fall, and it was even more amazing than I ever imagined.  yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wildflowerglacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Smokin-Alaska-2019.jpg Smokin One of the endless views of high peaks, glaciers and wildflowers one can find in the Boundary Ranges of Alaska. Here the summer wildfires had an impact on the atmosphere, but I actually kinda liked the depth it added!  Boundary Ranges, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/moulin/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Vortex-Alaska-2019.jpg Vortex Looking up a Moulin, a vertical tube of ice inside a glacier in Alaska.  Boundary Ranges, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/katesneedle/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/One-Northern-BC-Boundary-Range-2019.jpg One There are few places on Earth that have ever left me truly speechless.  This was one.  Perhaps the most breathtaking of natural compositions I have ever come across in a lifetime dedicated to the mountains, and it had most likely never been photographed before.  Kate's Needle, BC.   Northern BC, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/chugach/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lenticular-Dance-Chugach-Range-Alaska-2019.jpg Lenticular Dance What can I say?  I love lenticular wave clouds and not only was this the first time I've ever shot them from both above and below (in a bush plane at 10,000ft) but it was perhaps the most memorable show I've ever seen.   Chugach Ranges, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/icepeaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Peaks-of-Ice-Yukon-20191.jpg Peaks of Ice Peaks you have never seen photographed before from the most remote reaches of Tombstone Park, in the Yukon of Canada.  The possibilities are endless here if you want to backpack through the snow for a few weeks!  Missed my chance to capture the aurora over these giants but hey, this clearing storm was also pretty nice! Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/juneauicefield/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sunset-Curves.jpg Sunset Curves From our camp atop the furthest, most remote corner of the Juneau Icefield at about 7000ft this past summer.  I've always found these glacial streams to be stunningly beautiful but hard to shoot!  Here we had some nice light to help out.   Boundary Ranges, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bcglacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Swirl-BC-2019.jpg Swirl Northern BC.  No further introduction needed. One of the greatest and last places in the world untouched by professional photography here in the Boundary ranges.  Perhaps the most beautiful glacier I have ever seen.   Boundary Ranges, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tombstonedawn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Black-Ice-Yukon-2019.jpg Black Ice Cracks in the ice appear before the red light of dawn on high peaks in the Yukon, a location that is weeks on foot into the backcountry.  Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/vertical/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Crowning-Lights-i.jpg Crowning Light The most stunning vertical towers I have ever seen catch some light from the aurora above the freezing foregrounds of early fall.  I spent 3 weeks and over 80 miles backpacking to and from this location twice to get the shots!  I would do it all again in a heartbeat.  The area is absolutely amazing. Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaskaicecave-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Before-the-Light-Alaska-2019.jpg Before the Light Deep underneath in the frozen world below a glacier is how I prefer to spend my summers.  There are hundreds of miles of passageways like this in Alaska, almost all of which have never been photographed before.  Here we made our way by headlamp in the darkness and decided to use our own lights to create the impression of illumination from the outside.   Boundary Ranges, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/spiderice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Spider-Ice-i.jpg Spider Ice Spider Ice.  Always wanted to shoot this stuff.  Finally had the chance this past October in the Yukon!  My friend Boyan and I enjoyed a great show here for many hours.   Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/auroraicicles/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Arctic-Tower1.jpg Arctic Tower The most impressive vertical towers I have ever seen show off their amazing forms under the light of the Aurora.  Early season ice was forming on the lakes and I was able to focus stack the image enough to capture it with additional exposures.  The location took three weeks of backpacking for over 80 miles to be able to shoot.  Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/twilight-aurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Electric-Peaks-Yukon-2019---blue.jpg Electric Peaks Twilight fades away as the aurora appears over rarely photographed peaks deep in the wilderness of the Yukon.   Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/yukonaurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-Circle-Yukon-2019.jpg Light Circle The nighttime show over rarely photographed peaks deep in the wilderness of the Yukon.   Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sparkslakemeadows/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Magic-Meadows-Oregon-2018-2023-reflection.jpg Magic Meadows Wildflowers and reflections of Oregon. Three Sisters, May 2018. Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/milfordsound/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blink-of-an-Eye-w.jpg Blink of an Eye A view of Milford Sound that I could barely have imagined, and it was gone a moment later. Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fitz-roy-north-face/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-North-Face-ireal.jpg The North Face Fitz Roy as you haven't seen it yet - from the North Face (2019).  Fitz Roy, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-wind/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Crystal-Wind-w.jpg Crystal Wind Blowing snow racing across cracks in clear ice below Kananaskis, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/utah-badlands/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forgotten-Plains-w.jpg Forgotten Plains Alkiline badlands in Utah under stormy skies Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/paria/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/TK-w.jpg TK A tribute to one of the true pioneers in modern Southwestern photography, Tony Kuyper.  Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/southwest-chile/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Angle-Wings-Chilean-Fiords-2019-2020-i2.jpg Angel Wings High peaks above the mountainous fiordlands of Chile in Autumn. Patagonian Fiords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lago-fitz-roy/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/From-the-Wind-w.jpg From the Winds A unique view of Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre from a distant lakeshore catching some big wave action and a few icebergs one beautiful morning.   South Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/cerrosolo/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-and-Blue-copy-w.jpg Red and Blue An iceberg-filled lake in South Argentina catches some wind and waves beneath red autumn colors above.  Los Glaciers, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/torresdelpaine-storm/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ghost-in-the-Rain-w.jpg Ghost in the Rain A very rare (except in TDP) show of light catching rain in front of high peaks and fall colors in Torres Del Paine, Chile.  Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/athabasca-cold/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Athabasca-Winter-w.jpg Athabasca Winter Gorgeous lighting appears seemingly from out of the mist here on a cold winter morning near Jasper, Alberta.  Athabasca River, Jasper https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/torresdelpaine-reflection/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fire-Lake-w.jpg Fire Lake Just outside the park lies a striking overlook of these small ponds which catch some of that legendary Torres Del Paine light. Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/patagonia-rainforest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fairytale-w.jpg Fairytale A scene from my imagination, otherwise known as the Patagonian Fiords.  Patagonian Fiords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacial/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Appearing-w.jpg Appearing Layers of glacial terrain from the heights of Aspiring National Park, New Zealand  New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/coigue/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cloud-Land-1hdr.jpg Cloudland Coigue trees and the amazing foliage of the fiords, South Chile.  Patagonian Fiords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tutuko-valley/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Secret-Valley-w.jpg The Secret Valley Deep in Fiordlands, New Zealand New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/okarito/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tribute-w.jpg Tribute A tribute to the career of legendary Kiwi photographer Andris Apse.  Mt Cook at sunrise.  West Coast, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/807/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Into-the-Storm-w.jpg Into the Storm No place on Earth can top the high walls of Fiordlands NP, in New Zealand, for waterfalls when it is raining.   New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/together-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Survivors-w.jpg Survivors Lone trees huddle together, defying the wind storm blowing snow across the surface.  Eastern Sierra, California (2019) https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/nzglacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cast-in-Icew.jpg Cast in Ice A glacial surface abstract created by the long afternoon shadows and broken textures New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/804/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/In-the-Sea-of-Storms.jpg In the Sea of Storms Great peaks of the high mountains of New Zealand New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/chileanfiords-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Mountains-of-Peace-w.jpg The Mountains of Peace An amazing land hidden far, far away.   Chilean Fiords, Patagonia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hollyford/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-Flood-w.jpg Light Flood Some of that high mountain paradise that New Zealand has to offer!  New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/iguazu-sunset-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Falls-World-w.jpg Falls World The amazing layers of waterfalls at Iguazu and some fiery sunset light! Iguazu Falls, Brazil https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/iguazu-sunset/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Igauzuw.jpg Iguazu What can I say?  Iguazu speaks for itself.  And this evening was certainly one of the best light shows of the year! Iguazu Falls, Brazil https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/aspiring-clouds/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Wall.jpg The Wall Mount Aspiring park and glaciers below from above the sea of clouds one summer evening. New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ponderosa-snow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sun-Snow-w.jpg Sun Snow Ponderosas catch some spring sun and some big wind after a new snow the night before. Mammoth Mountain, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fern-forest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glow-w.jpg Glow The South Coast of the South Island is one of my favorite places for forest shooting in the world.  Here the light tells the story.  New Zealand, South Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/athabasca-winter/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Misty-cold-w.jpg Misty Cold A misty morning light snow on the banks of the Athabasca Jasper, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mtcooklayers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Layer-beams-w.jpg Layer Beams Layers of morning light over ranges of peaks below Mt. Cook, New Zealand.  Mt. Cook and Aspiring NP, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/jasper-forest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/White.jpg White An abstraction of fallen snow in mid-winter in a forest consumed by the Pine Beetles.  Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/patagonianfiords/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Spellbound-w-copy.jpg Spellbound The magical world within.  The Fiords...the heart and soul of my journeys to Patagonia.  Patagonian Fiords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/stelias/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cold-Land.jpg Cold Land The great Mount St Elias catches the light, towering more than fifteen thousand feet higher than glaciers you see below.    The world's largest non-polar glaciers, found here, offer some amazing patterns and lines on the surface as sediments become caught in their flow.   Wrangell Saint Elias, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/kingpeak/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/White-Monsters.jpg White Monsters Snow cornices on the shoulders of King Peak, below mount Logan, Yukon at about 13,000ft.  An intimate play of light gave the otherwise menacing snow forms, a hundred of feet high and ready to collapse at any time, an unusually peaceful mood.  Kluane, Yukon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunset-cascades/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Waterslide-i.jpg Waterslide (2018) A beautiful sunset reflects off cascading waters descending into the glacial valley and rivers below. Taken just feet from one of my favorite backcountry campsites I've ever had. ......except for the huge flies. Damn those flies. Coast Mountains, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/heavenly/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Voices-from-Above.jpg Voices from Above A heavenly view towards Ogilvie Mountains through the early morning mists in the Klondike Valley, Yukon.   Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/borealforest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Union.jpg Union Colors of the boreal forest bathed in fog with early morning light from above.   Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/moonlight/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Time-Stands-Still.jpg Greeting the Moon Ice formations up close reflect an interesting variety of lights above. Seeing the warm moonrise light on this tower, more than 2000ft sheer, was something no image will ever do justice to but with a super-wide stitch of 3 shots I tried to capture it. The relief around me was incredible here, requiring a field of view of nearly 180 degrees. Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacierbay/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tides-of-the-Earth.jpg Tides of the Earth 18,000ft Mount Saint Elias towers above layers of peaks, fiords and glaciers over Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, bathed in soft afternoon light.  Wrangell Saint Elias, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/aurora-cliffs/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Valley-of-Silence1.jpg The Valley of Silence Enormous cliffs in Canada's Northwest Territories in early winter of this year during one of my heli-backpacking trips into the range.   Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/klondike/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Land-of-Gold3.jpg The Land of Gold Tombstone.  Home of the Klondike and the great gold rush of 1898.  Here, I photographed it bathed in the gold of autumn sunset.  Tombstone Park, Yukon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/godbeams/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Clouds-Came-to-Life---Final.jpg The Clouds Came to Life Some amazing light early in the morning through the boreal forest of the Yukon.  Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/aurora-tombstone/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Swept-Away---Final.jpg Swept Away On an early winter trip into the Yukon this year during which I guided an international crew of 8 photographers and a filmmaker, we arrived via helicopter for the start of our week-long trek and found the lakes were swept free of snow and the ice had formed in some pretty incredible large scale patterns around the edges of the shore.  Within a few days we were shooting the aurora over this frozen world, from one of our camps, and I was fortunate to witness what may have been he most intense display I've ever seen.  Like a strobe light, the aurora so brightly flashing and so quickly that in 3 shots per second none of the exposures looked alike!  Booming like fireworks and dancing across all sides of the spectrum above me, I captured it, taking hundreds of shots, and in a place I had been dreaming about since 7 years before when I was last with these mountains.   Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sun-river/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sun-River-copy.jpg Sun River The sun reflects in glacial blue rivers crisscrossing autumn colors which adorn Canada's Far North Smith River, NWT https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/aurora-ice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Stars-in-the-Ice---Final.jpg Stars on the Ice A remarkable aurora photographed deep in the mountains of the Arctic Yukon which is reflected in clear ice surface near our nightly bivouac site.  Not a bad place to lie out in the open and watch the stars all night! Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/skeleton/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/RIP.jpg RIP A Ram succumbed to the elements on a cold, cracked plain atop this dried lakebed.  An autumn storm passes by above.  Sometimes there are moments, as a photographer, that must be captured, must be said for no other reason than being there at that moment and being witness to a subject which beckons that you tell a piece of its story.  Here, a life returns to the Earth.   The End https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/richardson/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Richardson.jpg Richardson The Richardson Range lies in the Far North of Canada's Yukon, above the Arctic Circle. Here, soft light fades through high clouds dancing in the tops of the dwarf forest of spruce. Fall colors adorn the plains beyond, beneath new snows. Arctic Yukon/NWT border region, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/winter-sunrise/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-Winterhd.jpg Red Winter High towers reflect some incredible early sunrise light in the cold of autumn (0F) in the Far North.  I spent weeks doing helicopter backpacking trips into these very remote mountain ranges spanning 500 miles of the Mackenzie mountains in the NWT and Yukon this fall.   Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ogives/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Out-of-the-Void.jpg Into the Void Glacial ice patterns visible below the fog in Wrangell St Elias.  The lateral moraines and ogives (striated lines) on the surface here are, I believe, the most amazing anywhere.  Behind the clouds lie peaks over 6000 meters high, the source of these frozen rivers below.  Wrangell Saint Elias, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wrangell-layers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Never-Lost.jpg Never Lost The largest and most glaciated of all mountain ranges in North America, the vastness of Wrangell St Elias in Alaska/Yukon is a sight to behold.  Here more than 100 miles of mountain ranges are visible, with 18,000ft St Elias itself adorning the distant background.   Wrangell Saint Elias, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/kluaneautumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moraine-Fall.jpg Autumn Moraine What was all ice and snow just a couple of generations ago is now colors emerging on eroded walls of a glacial moraine in Kluane National Park, Yukon. The hazy light made for an interesting depth.  Kluane, Yukon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/boreal-light/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-from-the-Thunder---Final1.jpg Soliloquy On the stage of the Sky, the light speaks and all else disappears before it.  Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/monolith/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Left-Behind.jpg Left Behind Wind-blown snow formations are stuck to cracked clear ice in the foreground of this Tombstone Park image, but very much giving off the appearance of being in motion though my wide angle lens.  It sure was fun to explore once the winter came again.       Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/greytree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Last-Words.jpg Last Words Not all of the images in this exhibition of new work are the Far North.  This one shot the Far South made it in as well, from my travels this spring.  I had always wanted a great sky over this amazing tree in Autumn, and this evening was just that.  Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaska-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Jurrasic-Park1.jpg Jurassic Park A bush pilot once told me this was his favorite place in all of the Alaska coast, and there's a guy who's opinion I trust!  I was out scouting locations in a helicopter with my 6 year-old son one year when I first laid eyes on it. Since then I have retuned every year.  Thousand foot falls, mile-wide glaciers, more wildflowers than I've ever seen, sunset light and ice caves.  It's the Alaska magic, and this valley probably doesn't even see one other visitor per year on average!   Boundary Ranges, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/boreal-beams/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/in-the-shadow-of-the-sky.jpg Shadows of the Sky It's all about the light. Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/kluaneglacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-Fall.jpg Glacier Fall Ranges of ever higher mountains the source of these massive flows of ice catching the sun above Wrangell St. Elias, Alaska.   Wrangell Saint Elias, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/logan/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Great-Ice1.jpg The Great Ice The largest non-polar glaciers in the world are here, near Mt. Logan, Yukon.   This highly striated expanse looking towards 6000-meter peaks in the distance is nearly 30 miles across and shot from almost 10,000ft altitude on a rare good weather day!   Wrangell Saint Elias, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wrangellbackcountry/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Giants-of-the-Cold-S.jpg Giants of the Cold Fifteen thousand foot mountains deep in the backcountry near Mt. Logan, Yukon, seem here amidst clearing towards the ocean to the south over Glacier Bay, Alaska.  Wrangell Saint Elias, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/raincatchinglight/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fusion1.jpg Fusion The light whispers to the rain, it steals a fleeting embrace.  Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/coastmountainsbc/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/From-the-Source1.jpg From the Source Summer flowers meet the glaciers and of course, waterfalls in between.  Coast mountains, British Columbia.  British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/frozenaurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/From-Out-of-the-Ice-i1.jpg From Out of the Ice With weeks to explore some of the most clear and amazing ice surfaces I've ever seen and arctic peaks in all directions catching the nightly aurora, these Yukon backcountry excursions this past October would go on to be some of the most photographically rewarding I have ever lead, despite immense logistical challenges.  Here, near our wilderness camp,  I employed a focus-merging technique at 3am to allow me to position the camera extremely low angle to the clear cracks and see right through the reflective surface.  The aurora, fortunately, remained much in the same position through my exposures.   Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lateralmoraine/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Folded.jpg Folded The various cracks and crevasses of a glacial surface catching the light, taken at a altitude of about 3000ft off the surface and showing an area about 1/2 mile across.   Wrangell Saint Elias, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fairweather/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Far-Far-Away.jpg Far Far Away From high vantage points one can overlook the mesmerizing interplay of light and shadow dance across the surfaces of glaciers large enough to cover entire cities.  This land of rock and ice defies all attempts to describe it's world-class vastness and relief, with expedition style efforts being required to scale all of its highest peaks.  In fact, more high peaks are found here than any other place in North America and it holds more glaciers than any non-polar mountain range in the entire world.  It is also the largest preserved wilderness on Earth, spanning Alaska and Canada over 100,000 square kilometers.  Very rarely though, does weather allow for travel into such places, let alone in good light.  Very rarely, do you see ANY photos of the interior of these ranges, among the largest peaks.  I am going to hope to change that soon, with some of the region's most magnificent peaks and glacial ice fields on display in this collection and on large print.   Wrangell Saint Elias, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lightbeams/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Embrace---Pano.jpg Embrace Sometimes the light becomes the land, and the land becomes the light.   Northern Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/nahanniaurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Camp-in-a-Dream.jpg Camp in a dream The aurora dances over these magnificent peaks of the Far North quite frequently during the fall season, as days become shorter and solar flaring is magnified.  More often than not one can see a show like this over world-class peaks in the Northwest Territories and Yukon when weather is clear.  The foreground here was also where I ended up bivouacking overnight when I wasn't shooting, just out of the frame, in 5F (-16C) September temperatures.  Northwest Territories, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/arcticmountains/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Because-we-can-fly---Final.jpg Because we can fly Sensational, world-class cliffs and high mountain views adorn the Mackenzie range from near one of our backcountry campsites.  It wasn't even fall yet when this snow descended on the range, and the clearings made for some incredible views I will never forget being able to see.   Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaskancottongrass/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Sun.jpg Autumn Sun Fall comes to the Arctic Yukon as Alaskan Cottongrass catches the backlight dancing across the golden fields.  Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/raggedrange/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Alpine-Epic-Final.jpg Alpine Epic Hidden deep in the most rugged reaches of Canada's Northwest Territories this Autumn I found hundreds of miles of spectacular big walls, glaciated high peaks and epic mountain views like this, all of which I hadn't seen before.  Turquoise lakes sparkle in the morning light here as the previous evening's storm cleared away.  One of the many thousand-meter cliffs catch the light.  I used a combination of helicopter exploration and overnight backpacking between wilderness camps to photograph the region over multiple trips.   Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/devilsthumb-3/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dreamcatcher.jpg Dreamcatcher (2018) The Northwest Face of Devil's Thumb, in Alaska, is rarely visible due to the storms that pound the highest altitudes of the coastal regions.  Great masses of ice broken by crevasses hundreds of feet deep stretch across the permanent Winter here, descending from some of the most ominous cliffs on Earth, ones which have turned back every attempt to climb them ever made and killed several in the process!  I hope you enjoy the photo though.  It was taken about 20ft above the foreground here, for scale.  Devil's Thumb, Alaska (2018) https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/marcadamusaurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/seeithere2.jpg Coming December 10 This December 10 I will be releasing my largest new collection of work in many years.  Here I will introduce you to my new Arctic Mountains project which explores many of the most remote places on our continent and some of the best (and least photographed) mountains in the world.  If you'd like to see some truly new and groundbreaking images, please stop by and check it out then!   https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/devilsthumb-2-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/AII-I4.jpg Above All An image depicting a lone figure gazing towards one of the world's greatest mountains, Devil's Thumb, lording over its frozen realm at sunset.   Devil's Thumb, Alaska (2018) https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tutu/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Slow-Fall4x5.jpg Slow Fall The great Mt. Tutuko rises from the mass of cracking glaciers surrounding.   Fiordlands, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/nzferns/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rainforest-Glow.jpg Rainforest Glow The amazing fern forests of New Zealand's South Island.   New Zealand, south island https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/southoregoncoast/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wildflower-Sea-i.jpg Wildflower Sea Arches, sea stacks, some big wave action and an amazing display of wildflowers that stretched for miles along these beaches.  It could only be Oregon.   Oregon Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/painegrande/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Symmetry.jpg Symmetry Stream A very different perspective on some of the high peaks in Torres Del Paine, and the classic lenticular clouds that so often compliment this landscape.   Patagonian Andes, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bonsai/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Green-Coast-Gold-i2.jpg Green Coast Gold One of the most remote and difficult to access places on New Zealand's South Island is the far southwest coast.  It's also amazing, a blend of rainforest and sea stack rocks formed through huge wave action.   This was early one morning there.  New Zealand, south island https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/kea/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Gracing-Our-Presence-i2.jpg Gracing our Presence The high peaks of New Zealand compliment this mountain parrot, a Kea, who came to visit us regularly throughout our stay here.  The birds are nearly fearless, have no natural predators, and will walk right up to your camera or peck you just out of curiosity!   West Coast Ranges, New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alpine/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Colors-of-the-Fiords-Chilean-Fiords-2018-2020.jpg Colors of the Fiords An amazing array of colors and textures adorn this alpine hillside in one of the world's most remote places, a fiord in southern Chile that took us a week by boat and plenty of hiking to reach. South Chilean Fiordlands https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/drone/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/D1-Final-copy.jpg D1 The first photograph ever on this website taken using a drone.  Here it is folks.  What else?  Glacial rivers of course, and Mount Cook beyond.   New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/coign/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fiord-Tree---Final.jpg Fiord Tree A lone Coigue tree with a view of the Chilean fiords South Chilean Fiords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/aspiring/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Symphony-of-Earth---Final.jpg Symphony of Earth There aren't many views like this on Earth, but it's New Zealand so...... New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/patagoniarainforest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Seasons.jpg Seasons Some epic lighting beams into a scene depicting one of the most remote rainforests in the world, sitting above massive glaciers and below high peaks with waterfalls pouring from all sides.  South Chilean Fiords https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/oregonspring/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Secret-Garden-i.jpg Secret Garden Splendid spring blooms adorn this wild coastline in NorCal. Numerous sea stack towers are visible behind. Northern California Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/aspiringwaterfalls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Gaia-New-Zealand---Print.jpg Gaia Thousand foot waterfalls adorn the high country landscape of Mount Aspiring Park in New Zealand. New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/726/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/sca2beforeafter.jpg Vision through the Storm https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lightning/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Solitare-i.jpg Desert Solitare A spectacular show of color and light right after sunset in Arizona taken while I was leading a storm chase!  I had to react quick, but love the framing between cactus here.  Sonoran Desert, Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/dunes/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wind-Art1.jpg Wind Art Blowing dunes in fierce warm winds taken on an evening near Death Valley National Park, in the Mojave Desert.  Mojave Desert, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunbeam-3/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-Fall.jpg Lightfall Sun beams through enormous waterfalls rushing down through the temperate rain forest of Washington state.  This is the original shot of this lighting event.  Now it's the thing to do here...of course!   Washington Cascades https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sandstorm/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sandstorm-i.jpg Sandstorm (2018) 50mph winds strip the sand off the dunes under Sierra Peaks.   Olancha Dunes, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ponderosa/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ponderosa-Myst1.jpg Ponderosa Mist (2018) Just perfect nature.  This morning was amazing.   Devil's Post Pile, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/whitney/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Revelation-Final---sharpened.jpg Revelation The pinnacle of mountain photography is the clearing storm.  During this clearing storm the pinnacles stole the show near Mt. Whitney California.   Sierra Mountains, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/patagoniatree-3/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Audience-of-One-Patagonian-Chile-2013-2020.jpg Audience of One A lone tree in the waves beneath the high peaks of Torres Del Paine, Chile. Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/joshuadunes/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Coming-Sands-Finali.jpg The Coming Sands (2016) The bold colors of sunset heat on these ever shifting dunes which have trapped entire forests of Joshua Trees in their grasp.   Mojave Desert, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/dunespring/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dune-Spring.jpg Dune Spring (2017) Fields of Sand Verbena flowers in full spring bloom on sand dunes in Death Valley, California Mojave Desert, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/713/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Coming-Sands.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fern-tree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fernland12.jpg Fernland (2018) Not more than a few paces outside of these trees is the most incredible beach I've seen in the world.  But this environment was every bit as spectacular.  I had never seen ferns like this anywhere.  New Zealand.  New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/nzcoast/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Lost-Coast.jpg The Lost Coast (2018) In one of the most remote places in all of New Zealand, lie the most incredible of beaches I have ever experienced.  This was my third attempt here to get the light, and at last I was rewarded!  New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fiordlands/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forest-River.jpg Forest River The circle of life here on display in the glorious Fiordlands of New Zealand New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/nzmountains/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Way-to-the-Light.jpg Way to the Light (2018) A massive glacial river leads the way into the mountain giants of the South Island at sunrise. New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/coyote-tracks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tracks.jpg Tracks (2018) A lone coyote.  Joshua Dunes https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/papigo/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Papigo.jpg Papigo Amazing rock striations through this canyon in late afternoon in the mountains of Greece.  Greece https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/arabia/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/EQ1.jpg EQ (2018) The endlessness of Arabian Sands. arabia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sutherland/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Kealand---Final.jpg Kealand The view from our high camp above one of Earth's largest waterfalls and some amazing mountains.  Summer blooms adorn the foreground.  New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/nzrainforest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Into-the-Green.jpg Into the Green (2018) A collection of various ferns and springlike greens adorn these deep rainforest waterfalls in Fiordland, New Zealand.  New Zealand https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/utahautumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Painting.jpg Painting (2018) Just a bunch of colors and light and layers with a long lens.  Utah.   Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/utahtree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Home-with-a-View.jpg Home with a View (2018) A particularly charming tree I found in Utah while exploring some remote backcountry roads.  Came back one morning with some friends and hit the sunrise glow with full moon just right!  Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/692/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Under-the-Light-i.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/struggle/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Two-Against-it-alli.jpg Two Against it All Stand together, or be lost in the storm. Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/iczriver/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fifteen-Yearsi.jpg Fifteen Years The majesty of the Rockies in winter's grasp.  Here, after a clearing storm.  Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/689/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Group-shot-Blizzardi.jpg From left Blake, Chris, Peter, Anirudh, Rob and Rob Lafreniere Divide Mountain, Blizzard https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/688/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/unnamed-3.jpg Yours truly, taking shots of snow blizzard conditions before I found my gloves again, haha! Divide Mountain, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snowdevil/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Snow-Tornado-2017-2020-i-DeNoiseAI-severe-noise.jpg Snow Tornado (2017) What you are looking at here is a photograph including a spindrift whirlwind (like a 'dust devil' or real tornado, this is simply a vertically oriented rotating column of wind). Mountaineers call it spin-drift, for the spin, of course, and I have witnessed this amazing phenomenon many times while climbing and adventuring in the high mountains. I was outrageously lucky to capture this here, however, because both lighting and background had to be perfect to see the rotation and depth as it spun by. Winds that morning gusted to over 70mph, so I had to act extremely fast as well and would have never managed it if not for a member of my party shouting 'tornado!' and me already shooting the wide angle lens in the exact spot in line with the sun. I fired off about 3 good shots, only one of which showed the clear, circular rotation. I consider it the rarest photograph of my entire career. The person was included for scale only. Divide Mountain, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fair-weather/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Opening-Finali.jpg Opening 17,000ft foot peaks and the layers below, Fairweather and Takhinshaw ranges, Alaska.  Fairweather Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/blue-iceberg/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Water-and-Light.jpg Water and Light Reflected light on icebergs from my kayak.  Southeast Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/blue-ice-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blue.jpg Blue An amazingly clear berg ice visible from our kayaks amidst a clearing storm and the surrounding peaks dripping with waterfalls, as always in the rainforest coast of ice, Alaska.  Southeast Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/meltingglacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/End-of-the-Line.jpg End of the Line The disappearing glaciers of Alaska.  Juneau, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/devilsthumb-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Devils-Kingdom-Final-i.jpg Devil's Kingdom The great peak, and some wicked skies.  The Southeast coast of Alaska gets some of the strongest storms on Earth, usually for at least 8 months every year!  Southeast Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaska/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Before-Us-Minus-Final-i.jpg Before Us The picture pretty well sums it up.   Southeast Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/global-warming/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Future-Sea-2020-w.jpg The Future Sea This glacier has receded 8 miles in 50 years. Warmth beams through as a tiny vessel sails through the fiord into the sun. Southeast Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaskamist/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wildness-Final-i.jpg Wildness A rare clearing in the perpetual mists of a future rainforest, Alaska.   The small tree atop the rock only appeared for brief moments shooting on this amazing, rainy morning.  Southeast Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-sandstone/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-Sandstonepdf.jpg Ice Sandstone I was impressed at the similarities between slot canyons through Southwestern sandstone in the US and the side of this ice cave I was the first person to ever enter, in the Alaskan wilderness.   Southeast Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/abovetheclouds/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Frozen-Heaven.jpg Frozen Heaven Nameless peaks and enormous glacial snow and ice formations from high in the mountains, above marine layer clouds below. Southeast Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/devilsthumb/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Breaking-the-Sky-Alaska-2017-2020-blue.jpg Breaking the Sky Devil's Thumb, one of Earth's great peaks, breaks through into the sky. Southeast Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-color/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-Crystal-Final.jpg Red Crystal Kayaking at 330am sunrise amidst spectacular clear icebergs.  It was one of the most colorful displays I've ever seen!  Southeast Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaskacave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Altar.jpg Altar An awesome moment as peaks near a huge network of ice caves I had been scouting cleared off after rain, revealing the 500ft-high waterfall pouring from the upper flanks. The upward view looking out the cave allowed me to create the sensation of a cascade coming from the top of the mountain. The caves themselves, which I spent part of three days investigating, were extensive and certainly had never been photographed before. The entire image you see here is a single photograph. Boundary Ranges, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-calving/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Admist-the-Storm.jpg Amidst the Storm (2017) Here enormous glacial ice cliffs more than 100ft high break off (calve) and crash into the ocean waters below sending a 3 meter high surge thundering ahead.  Both seals (sometimes visible by the hundreds on the bergs) and sea birds love this area, likely for the fishing, and are found in nearly every image!  I spent a week wilderness camping and kayaking dozens of miles in these deep fiords, and I take others to see it also on my Alaska adventures.   Southeast Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/boundary-range/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/So-Long-For-This-Moment-2012-2026.jpg So Long for this Moment (2012) The tiniest of gardens abounds with summer colors amidst the vast glacial expanses of some of Alaska's most wild and stormy mountains.  I spent 35 days here in 2012 crossing this range on foot, this taken near mid-route.   Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/leaf-oil/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Eyes-Cant-Tell-Us.jpg Eyes Can't Tell Us Natural plant oils at the bottom of a deep canyon catching the light, surrounding this fall leaf. Escalante Wilderness, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ferns/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Under-the-Ferns.jpg Under the Ferns Coastal rain forest in Washington's Olympic Park one special morning.  Having only seconds to compose with, I ducked under these huge ferns for a deep forest perspective on these misty beams! Olympic National Park, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/full-moon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Moon-and-the-Towers.jpg Moon and the Towers I was fortunate to have been able to make this image, showing the full moon rising over towering peaks outside Banff, Alberta.   Banff, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/quinault-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Quinault.jpg Quinault Fog drifts through layers of Old Growth Forest near the Quinault River in Washington's Olympic National Park Quinault Rain Forest, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/quinault/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Quinault.jpg Quinault Fog passing gently through the giant trees of the Quinault Rain Forest, high on a ridge.  Quinault Rain Forest, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/elmchalten/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fortress-of-the-Clouds---Print1.jpg Fortress of the Clouds (2017) Enormous, sharp peaks high in the Patagonian Andes mingle with the soft clouds one beautiful morning. Patagonian Andes, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/clique/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Life-on-the-Edge.jpg Life on the Edge An old friend, this Coigue tree, perched on it's little ledge above one of the windiest lakes on Earth.   Just surviving.  The sunrise this morning did it a little tribute, I'd say.   Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/winterwind/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wind-Storm-on-the-Lake.jpg Windstorm on the Lake A meter thick cracked clear ice and snow blowing at high speed over the surface captured here in some rare sunset light.  Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lenticular/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Creative-Cloud.jpg Creative Cloud A rare cloud formation called a lenticular wave appears in panoramic ultra-wide format here over one meter of cracked clear ice.  The cloud is a natural occurrence, as is the ice.  Spray Lakes, Albera https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/649/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Rifts.jpg Rifts Blowing snow over ice and wild shapes in the sky formed by a lenticular wave cloud align for a cold and dramatic scene.  Spray Lake, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/abrahamlake/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Crystal-Window-Finali.jpg The Crystal Window (2016) Inside an incredible, sparkling, really really small ice cave looking out. Abraham Lake, Banff https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mistmountains/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ghost.jpg Ghost Mists envelope the great peaks of the Ogilvie range in the northern Yukon of Canada Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lengustree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Last-One-Standing.jpg Last One Standing A lone Lengus tree against the vast Patagonian Ice Cap Lago Grey, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bristleconemoon-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Memorial.jpg Memorial On a lonely plateau miles away from anything lived an ancient tree for thousands of years.  As is the way with Bristlecones, the oldest living things on Earth, their form tells something of the story of their harsh existence in life at 12,000ft.  The trees can often remain standing for another thousands of years after death, as was the case here in the emerging moonlight.  White Mountains, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bouldermountain/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Clouds.jpg The Clouds The view from eleven thousand feet over the landscape of Capitol Reef National Park at 500mm.  Boulder Mountain, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mojave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wonderful-Thorns.jpg Beautiful Thorns The evening sun greets a forest of Cactus and Joshua Trees above the Mojave Desert Preserve, California Mojave Desert Mountains, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/clearingsierra/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sierra-Awakens.jpg Sierra Awakens A clearing storm reveals the spectacular Lone Pine peak in the Sierra range above the desert rocks and cactus below.  Alabama Hills, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bristlecone/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Heart-of-the-Tree-Final.jpg Heart of the Tree (2016) This incredible combination of Bristlecone Pine specimens represents the harmony between some the oldest living things on Earth, growing here atop this remote, otherwise desolate plateau at nearly twelve thousand feet.  The tree in back is one of the largest I have ever encountered, the trunk being nearly 25ft wide in some places!   I have spent months of my life wandering these groves here and across the Great Basin, but no other time in my career have I been able to make a shot that better captures the character of these incredible subjects, perhaps my favorites in the entire natural world.  White Mountains, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/639/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Of-Glaciers-and-Garden-copy.jpg Of Glaciers and Garden A small stream cascades through flowers in this tiny, mossy garden perched on a slope above rivers of glacial ice below with jagged high peaks beyond.  Through the valley echoed the massive waterfalls pouring down the flanks of the opposing ridge.  Coast Mountains, British Columbia/Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/yukonpeaks-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fortress-of-the-Fog.jpg Fortress of the Fog Jagged peaks catch the layers of light coming through the clearing storm.  Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/pacificrange-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Field-of-Dreams---Print.jpg Field of Dreams (2016) One of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.   Coast Mountains, British Columbia/Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lightningcactus/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/23The-Silent-Audience-Dark.jpg The Silent Audience (2016) An amazing monsoonal storm cell I was lucky to catch at twilight over these glowing Cholla cactus. Southern Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/idaho/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/22Idaho-Mosaic-copy.jpg Idaho Mosaic Layers of Aspens in Fall with beautiful light.  SE Idaho https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/icebergreflection/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Crystal-Waters.jpg Crystal Waters Shiny icebergs photographed from an inflatable kayak while heli-backpacking these remote mountains.  Coast Mountains, British Columbia/Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mistypeaks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Broken-Clouds.jpg Broken Clouds An amazing clearing amidst the high peaks of the Yukon's Far North Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lightningarch/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/From-Below.jpg From Below A remote canyon that few have traveled is adorned here with an enormous arch under dramatic skies at 2am when a lightning storm rolled through the area.  Navajo Reservation, Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/paradise/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fountain-of-Life-Final.jpg Fountain of Life A real place that looked to me like a fantastical paradise.  One of many in these amazing coastal mountains of BC and Alaska!  Coast Mountains, British Columbia/Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/grandcanyon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fearless1.jpg Fearless (2016) A monsoonal storm envelopes the great layers of the Grand Canyon in Arizona Grand Canyon, Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/patagoniaice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forces-of-Mountains-Patagonia-Chile.jpg Forces of Mountains (2016) Here's a particularly remote landscape from Patagonia, taken from narrow end of a long fiord of glacial seracs (ice towers) below the high peaks.  Southern Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/moonbow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moonbows.jpg Moonbows Look carefully - those are rainbows captured at night under the light of the moon!  Ever seen this before?  I hadn't!  This was a real occurrence in Glacier Park in Montana at 10pm on a September night.  Glacier Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/icearch/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Crystal-Arch.jpg Crystal Arch (2016) A 50ft-high, 50ft-wide arch made entirely out of Glacial Ice captured here at sunrise from a raft I used to float this lake while helicopter-backpacking the wilderness of these remote mountains.  One of my favorite images I've ever made for the uniqueness of it.  Coast Mountains, British Columbia/Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/622/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fall.jpg Fall (2015) Icefall from a mountain glacier pours into a lake below Fitz Roy, which is arguably the world's most impressive mountain and is located in Argentina.  I first found this spot while scouting off trail years ago.  Fitz Roy, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/619/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Mountain-Sea---Print.jpg The Mountain Sea (2016) Roaring waves as the storm closes on St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park creating some amazing light. Glacier Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/618/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fairyland-Falls---Print.jpg Fairyland Falls - Ruckel Creek, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/617/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Maiden-Shower---Print.jpg Maiden Shower - Eagle Creek, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/616/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Green-Canyon-Cascades---Print.jpg Green Canyon Cascades - Gorton Creek, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/615/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Summer-Pond---Print.jpg Summer Pond - Sparks Lake Meadows, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/614/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Window-in-Time---Print.jpg Window in Time - Seal Rocks, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/613/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Golden-Carpet---Print.jpg Golden Carpet - Sparks Lake Meadows, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/612/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Snow-Globe---Print.jpg Snow Globe - Klamath Basin, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/611/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Downpour---Print.jpg Downpour - Eagle Creek, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/610/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Last-Moment---Print.jpg The Last Moment - Jack Park, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/609/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Crater-Lake-Pano---Print.jpg Crater Lake Pano - Crater Lake, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/608/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sunset-Symphony---Print.jpg Sunset Symphony - Oceanside Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/607/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Beautiful-Day---Print.jpg Beautiful Day, Jack Park, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/606/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sorceres-of-the-Sea---Print.jpg Sorceress of the Sea - Cape Kiwanda, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/605/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Early-Spring-Falls---Print.jpg Early Spring Falls, Wachella Creek, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/604/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/November-Rain---Print.jpg November Rain, Elowah Falls, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/603/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Autumn-Show---Print.jpg Autumn Show, Rogue River, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/602/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Oneonta-Rain---Print.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/601/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Shades-of-Morning---Print.jpg Shades of Morning - Mount Hood, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/600/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lighting-the-Way---Print.jpg Lighting the Way, Broken Top, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/599/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Twelve-Years---Print.jpg Twelve Years, Eagle Creek, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/598/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mist-Mountain-Colors---Print.jpg Mist Mountain Colors, Broken Top, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/597/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Catching-Pool---Print.jpg Catching Pool, Elowah Falls, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/596/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Three-Sisters-Storm---Print.jpg Three Sisters Storm, Tam McArthur Rim, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/595/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/DSC_5789.jpg Rhododendron Forest, Willamette National Forest, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/594/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tranquility---Print.jpg Tranquility, Spark Lake, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/593/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Oregon-Autumn---Print.jpg Oregon Autumn, Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/592/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Crater-Lake---Print.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/591/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Radiance---Print.jpg Radiance, Rock Creek Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/590/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Peace-on-Earth---Print.jpg Peace on Earth, Black Butte, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/589/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Chosen-One---Print.jpg Chosen One, Owyhee, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/588/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Way-Home---Print.jpg The Way Home, Steens Mountain, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/587/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-From-Within---Print.jpg Light from Within, Cape Kiwanda, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/586/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Timeless-Shore---Print.jpg Timeless Shore, Oceanside Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/desertflowers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Harmony.jpg Desert Harmony A striking array of desert flowers and foliage in spring greets the sunrise.  Superstition Mountains, Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/joshuatree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dark-Day-in-the-Light-copy.jpg Dark Day in the Light Dust catches the light against a naturally dark backdrop looking into the sun through a long lens at Joshua Trees Lee Flat, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/southrim/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/One-Second.jpg Grand Canyon (2014) Snow fell in squalls this morning catching the light nicely above illuminated features below on the South Rim.   The distance https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fearless/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fearless.jpg Together (2016) A family of trees defies winter and its avalanches on a steep slope catching the warmth of sunrise. Revelstoke, BC https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/snowtree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/For-Existance.jpg For Existence (2016) A lonely tree surives the winter amidst snow-covered boulders in the Rockies of Canada Jasper, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/temple/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rise-and-Fall.jpg Rise and Fall (2016) The summit of Mount Temple from a distant viewpoint as the sun rises and the moon sets at 300mm.   Banff, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/twilighttree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Century-in-Stone.jpg Century in Stone (2015) The beautiful form of a lone tree at twilight.  Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/buttermilk/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winds-of-Light.jpg Winds of Light (2014) Long exopsure on wide angle clouds at sunset looking towards high Sierra peaks.  Buttermilk Hills, Sierra https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunbeam-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sun-is-Life.jpg Sun is Life Morning light beams through these trees about three weeks every year hidden away in Washington's Gifford Pinchot forest.  Gifford-Pinchot, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunbeam/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sun-is-Life.jpg Sun Is Life (2012) Morning light beams through the Washington Rain Forest Gifford-Pinchot, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/klamath/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Snow-Globe.jpg Snow Globe (2015) Ice flakes fall gently from the trees catching winter light on a frigid morning.  Ducks take off from the water below.  Mixed shutter speeds and focal points.  Something of a conceptual image here, something I will revisit more in the future.  Klamath Basin, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sandstonearizona/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Sandstone-Planet.jpg Sandstone Planet A stitched wide angle perspective on the best of the sandstone anywhere.  Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/oilseep/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Imaginarium.jpg Imaginarium (2010) Oils rising from a natural seep in the ocean floor create this fascinating abstract as reflected sunlight sparkles down. Pacific Ocean off Santa Barbara https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/whiteriver/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tahoa-the-Great.jpg White Valley Colors (2011) Spring flowers adorn a high ridge in view of Mount Rainier, Washington. Rainier National Park, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainiernorth/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mystic-Park-2015.jpg Mystic Park (2015) If you ask me, the best perspective on Washington's amazing Mount Rainier is the backpacking trip to the North Face, a stunning 30-mile round trip hike that delivers you to gorgeous parks, lakes, and not another person around from up where I made this image as low clouds finally cleared allowing for some excellent sunset light. Rainier National Park, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bigspring/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Springs-in-Autumn.jpg Springs in Autumn (2006) The rich multitude of colors glowing with soft canyon light at Big Springs in Zion's Vigin River during a backpacking trip.  Zion National Park, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/everest-3/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tibet.jpg Everest (2015) Mount Everest rises above the layers of Tibetan plains. Tingri, Tibet https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/chambers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Higher-Calling.jpg Higher Calling Deep in winter I ventured solo for days on skis to reach this remote location in the center of Oregon's Three Sisters Wilderness, where I found winds and recent snow to have shaped rime ice on these trees into beautiful forms which I photogrpahed at sunset. Chambers Lakes, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/yukoncold/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Minus-Fifty.jpg Minus Fifty The brutal cold of winter arrives on the wind across this frozen lake in the Yukon's north, captured at the end of a 16-day backpacking solo through the region. Northern Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/himalayalayers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Breath-of-the-Storm.jpg Breath of the Storm (2015) A long lens catches a dramatic perspective on these towering Himalayan giants, while the light brings them to life. Himalaya mountains, Tibet https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/augereberry/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Riegn-of-Light.jpg Riegn of Light (2012) Some amazing light as the sky meets the sun over Death Valley.  Death Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/amazingparadise/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Amazing-Paradise.jpg Amazing Paradise (2006) In 2006 I backpacked through the uppermost reaches of Utah's Virgin River canyon and Deep Creek with my wife.  We both believe to this day that it was the most beautiful place we ever hiked together, secluded in the cool blue waters running down through towering canyon walls catching the autumn light.   Virgin River Canyon, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/zionriver-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Bending-Light.jpg Bending Light (2007) Reflected sandstone gold and blue skies captured by water motion in Zion, Utah. Zion, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wintersfury/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/winters-fury.jpg Winters Fury (2006) Blizzard conditions surrounding this giant rock spire high on Oregon's Iron Mountain in mid-Winter. Iron Mountain, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/callalily/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Heaven-on-Earth.jpg Heaven on Earth (2013) On one amazing evening while taking a walk at the request of my 4 year-old son, we stumbled upon this forest and I beheld the most beautiful of all the landscapes I have ever photographed.  You never know where or when nature will reveal to you its magic moments.  This was one I will always remember.  California Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/iceberg-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cool-the-Flames-2025.jpg Cool the Flames (2014) Backpacking 25 miles with a small raft and waiting 3 days by a wind-ravaged lakeshore eventually delivered me into the amazing experience of being able to float around the abnormally large and numerous icebergs here in the winter of 2014. Paddling up to a large one which had just flipped over in the water I caught this scene amidst a beautiful sunrise, which was reflected on the glassy surface of the clear ice. Lago Grey, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/photo-11/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Heaven-on-Earth-California-Coast-2013.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/photo-10/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dance-of-the-Nightss.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/photo-8/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moon-Shriness.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/photo-6/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Paradise-Forestss.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/light-from-within-5/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-From-Within-Cape-Kiwanda-Oregon-2008.jpg Light From Within https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/photo-4/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cool-the-Flames-Patagonian-Chile-2014.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tibetstorm/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tormented-Land.jpg Tormented Land (2015) The rugged layered landscape of Tibet darkens beneath an approaching summer storm.  Pum Qu Valley, Tibet https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/everest-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/MajestyES.jpg Majesty - Everest's Summit (2015) A magical time looking toward the summit of Mount Everest and the Kangshung face as I spent a long while photographing numerous birds sailing in the winds that were blowing snow from the summit of the great peak.  Mount Everest, Tibet https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tibetwonder/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wonder-of-Being.jpg Wonder of Being (2015) One of the greatest people I've ever had the privilege to meet in life is my friend, Steve Zigler.  When I had a chance to visit a remote region of the Tibetan Himalaya with him, he was constantly enthralled with the magnitude and splendor of the peaks around us.  It was for this reason I choose to use him to fulfill an idea that I had, reaching arms outstretched to the glory of the mountains above our camp, in constant wonder of being there.  Himalayan Tibet https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/himalayafall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Himalaya-Autumn.jpg Himalaya Autumn (2015) In a place few westerners have ever seen, and I knew, owing to logistical difficulties and permits, I would never get back to; my foremost goal was to capture the unique fall colors of the Kharta Valley in Tibet.  Immersed in the middle of the highest 8000 meter peaks, the valley offers a one of a kind combination of autumn foliage below the glacier-clad summits.  Here, after crashing through an extraordinary amount of neck-deep brush in the dark, I was able to render an image that captured both, with a small stream leading through the colorful bushes towards the peaks below Makalu, the world's 5th highest summit.  Himalayan Tibet https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/makalu/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fury-Himalaya-Tibet-2015-2019-i.jpg Fury (2015) High peaks below the summit of Makalu captured during a fierce wind and blowing snow. There is no image that captures these dramatic summits to thier fullest, but for me, this comes close. It is one of my favorite images I have ever made. Himalaya, Tibet https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/himalayafalls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/For-a-Dream.jpg For a Dream (2015) Through much effort, I climbed to this 100ft-high waterfall three different times at over 17,000ft in elevation to make the rendition I thought best encompassed this rare scene looking towards the rising sun and the massif of peaks below Makalu, the 5th highest summit in the world, in Tibet.   Tibetan Himalaya https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/oregonsnowcave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Four-Hundred-Layers.jpg Four Hundred Layers (2014) Compression from a 400mm lens creates an amazing abstract from these dripping layers inside an ice cave in Oregon's Three Sisters Wilderness. Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glaciertree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Windswept1.jpg Windswept (2014) A long exposure streaks some incredible skies over eastern Glacier Park, in Montana.  Blackfoot Lands, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hohspring/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rainforest-Canopy-Olympic-National-Park-Washington.jpg Rainforest Canopy (2015) Soft light in showing off the mossy forests of the Hoh, in Olympic National Park, Washington.  Olympic Rain Forest, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/makaluautumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sun-Valley.jpg Sun Valley (2015) Some incredible evening light bursts through the clouds illuminating Autumn colors beneath Makalu and other high Himalayan peaks.  Tibetan Himalaya https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/everest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Kangshung.jpg Kangshung (Everest and Lhotse) (2015) After a lot of map reserach I zeroed in on this ridge at 15,500ft elevation as having the possiblity of some unique and breathtaking views of Lhotse and Mount Everest (right).  A week of hiking later, and I was correct!   Tibetan Himalaya https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/qudangxiang/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mountain-Curves.jpg Mountain Curves (2015) The most perfect 'horseshoe' bend I've ever seen, that's for sure.  This from a very remote village in southern Tibet.  Qudangxiang, Tibet https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaskaicecave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Outward-Bound.jpg Outward Bound (2015) The view looking out into the Alaskan landscape from inside an ice cave in a glacier near our backcountry camp.  Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tufatwilight/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Twilight-Chamber.jpg Twilight Chamber (2015) A view from inside a tiny tufa rock cave, barely big enough to fit the camera, shows how a lens can change your perspective of the world.  This image was made from a series of shots taken in succession for depth of field at twilight.  Mono Lake, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/coastmountains-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dawn-Above-Ls.jpg Garden of the Rising Sun (2015) A landscape version of these lush gardens springing forth from a hillside far above the glaciated Alaskan landscape.  Coast Mountains, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/waterfallalaska/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacial-Garden.jpg Glacial Garden (2015) Lush summer wildflowers adorn the glacial hillside.  Above, mountains reach into the sunset sky surrounded by high waterfalls on both sides.   Coast Mountains, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/painecondor/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/For-Eternity.jpg For Eternity (2014) This is a photograph about finding calm amidst the storm.  It is a story about the battles we live in life and the desire to set ourselves free.  Paine Grande, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tufamoon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moon-Shrine.jpg Moon Shrine (2012) The light of the crescent MOON rises between towers of sand tufa rock.  Three images were used side by side to record the entriety of the Milky Way overhead at the same time, and more were used to record sufficient depth of field throughout.  This was a shot which I attempted over a period of four years and finally succeeded at.  Mono Lake, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainforestbeams/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Land-of-the-Lost-Olympic-Coast-Washington.jpg Land of the Lost (2015) It's easy to get lost in the wild greenery of the Olympics, in Washington, but not when you are chasing light like this!  Olympic Rain Forest, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ogilvieaurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Temple-of-Night.jpg Temple of Night (2015) The great peaks of the Yukon's Far North illuminated under the light of the Aurora. Below is a small stream flowing into the distance rendered softly through the long night exposure. Northern Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sealrocks/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Window-in-Timeid.jpg Window in Time (2015) The image that started my career, now revisited a dozen years later. I've been back many times, but this was the best light I've ever seen here. Seal Rocks, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/windtree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Colors-of-the-Wind.jpg Colors of the Wind (2014) With the conclusion of my 2-year long project on Patagonia this past year, I wanted images that showcased the forests, as they are as uniquely beauitful as the famous high peaks above.  Patagonia, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/coastmountains/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dawn-Above.jpg Dawn Above (2015) The incredible combination of blooms and glaciers above the most breaktaking campsite I have had in my life of wilderness journeys.  Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alaskasummer/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Of-All-Wonders.jpg Of All Wonders (2015) The Alaska summer is short, but nowhere can you find such a multitude of colors and beauty.  Here you can see a waterfall hundreds of feet high on the background peaks and below you can find some of the many colorful blooms along a small stream.  Coast Mountains, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glaciermountains/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Timeless-River-Southeast-Alaska-2015-2020-strech-i.jpg Timeless River A rare view from a remote overlook featuring glacial-carved striated rocks and the winding rivers of ice below mountain peaks in Alaska's Coast Mountains. Boundary Ranges, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bachelor/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Summer-Pond.jpg Summer Pond (2014) The rich colors of twilight as the moon rises over a wetland spring towards mount Bachelor, Oregon.  Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/pacificrange/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Summer-Wilderness.jpg Summer Wilderness (2011) I actually made this image during a 3-week solo trek here in 2011, but I only processed it recently,  're-imagining' it this past summer, when I was dreaming about this place.  I loved the compressed perspective, bringing the mountains close, and the incredible contrast between the snow and ice and the warmth of summer.  Pacific Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-fire/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-Fire.jpg Glacier Fire (2014) The winter sun rises above high peaks and the glacial landscape of one of the most remote places on earth.  Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/surrounded/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Surrounded.jpg Surrounded (2014) Not as dramatic as some, perhaps, but this is one of my favorite images I've ever made.  No Photoshop here.  This is just perfect, natural, harmony.   Fitz Roy, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/olympiccoast/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rush.jpg Rush (2015) A unique perspective on the towering sea islands of the Olympic Coast in Washington featuring tremendous combination of wave action!  I got absolutely soaked for this one ;-)  Olympic Coast, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fitzroymoon-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Shadows-of-Light.jpg Winter Moonbeams (2014) The beams of the moon light up the skies over a snowy landscape below the world's greatest mountain, Fitz Roy, in Argentina.   Fitz Roy, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/patagoniatree-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Patagonia-Sky.jpg Patagonia Sky (2015) Firey skies set over the rugged Patagonian landscape in southern Argentina Patagonia, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/patagoniatree/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Patagonia-Shore.jpg Patagonia Shore (2014) With the conclusion of my 2-year long project on Patagonia this year, a perfect reflection was one of the last remaining goals.  A rarity in this land of the winds!  This perspective is from a unique area featuring an old tree at sunrise.  Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/springdunes/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/From-the-Sea-of-Gold.jpg From the Sea of Gold (2014) A remote dunefield like this one offers the best perspective on the towering sands.  After a recent rain in February I visited to find a little shoot coming up all alone, its glimmer of life a stark contrast to the surroundings.   Death Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/beechtrees/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dancing-Trees.jpg Dancing trees (2015) On the way back from a long hike I was attracted to this collection of wind-sculpted trees and how they were intertwined against the soft, cool background.  Patagonia, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sharkstoothaurora/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sharks-Tooth.jpg Shark's Tooth (2015) Shark's Tooth peak reflected under the light the aurora and rising moon.  Northern Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/coming-november-15-2015/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Timeless-RiverP.jpg Coming November 15, 2015 The new MarcAdamus.com will include all-new high-resolution web imagery, more than 50 new images and a new layout.  I hope you enjoy!   https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/photo/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/See-Through.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/chutine/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dance-of-the-Night.jpg Dance of the Night (2014) One of the biggest peaks on the North American continent is also the least photographed.  This is Mount Chutine, 9000 feet of sheer vertical walls above the lake below, and you probably won't find another picture of it.  On an expedition here, I was lucky to catch some awesome conditions overhead.  Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/icecave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Shine.jpg Shine (2014) A lone figure stands under an icy cave in early winter in one of the middle of one of the most remote mountain ranges in the world. Boundary Range, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/jasperwinter/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Awaken-to-Dream-Final.jpg Awaken to Dream (2013) My favorite image ever depicting hoar frost crystals under the soft light of the moon before sunrise, this rare scene came together beautifully on this cold morning. Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/zionriver/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-River-of-Stone.jpg The River of Stone (2014) Rushing waters of Zion's Virgin river flowing through massive sandstone towers throughout.  Virgin River, Zion https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/assiniboine/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Breaking-the-Sky.jpg Breaking the Sky (2014) Mount Assiniboine, cutting through the clouds after a clearing winter storm.  Mount Assiniboine, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/yukonfall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winter-Coming.jpg Winter Coming (2013) An array of fall colors on display in this mixing of the seasons portrait of the Yukon high country, taken near the Arctic Circle in the northern Ogilvie Mountains.   Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Tahoma-the-Great-website.jpg Tahoma the Great (2014) An incredible sunrise above the clouds in the Tatoosh range greets the great Mount Rainier, named Tahoma, by the natives before us.  Wildflowers at their summer peak adorn the foreground.  Rainier National Park, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fitzroymoon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moonlit-Majesty-i-2023.jpg Moonlit Majesty (2014) Soft moonlight illuminates a clearing Fitz Roy peak in Patagonia after a heavy winter snowfall. Fitz Roy, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/saltogrande/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Looking-Forever.jpg Looking Forever (2013) My friend and fellow photographer, Floris Van Breugel, savors the massive views over Salto Grande and Paine Grande peaks.  Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/cerrotorre/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Triumph.jpg Triumph (2013) This was probably the most memorable display of light and atmosphere I've ever had the good fortune to capture as a photographer, as the summit of the world's most impressive spire, Cerro Torre, appears out of the winter storm. Cerro Torre, Patagonia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lagogrey/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Above-the-Cold.jpg Above the Cold (2013) Dramatic light breaks through the clouds above a spectacular sight, icebergs floating atop Lago Grey with Paine Grande Peak in the background.  This unique viewpoint is accessible only at rare times with much effort.   Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/iceberg/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cool-the-Flames.jpg Cool the Flames A close-up view of crystalized glacial ice on an iceberg reflecting colors beneath the snowy peak of Paine Grande, Chile.  Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/treepaine/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Catching-the-Sun.jpg Catching the Sun (2013) A lone wind-shaped tree stands in front of Torres Del Paine peaks, in Chile.   Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/guanaco/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Search-of-Warmth.jpg Search of Warmth (2013) Guanacos standing in the late afternoon light in front of some of the world's most impressive peaks.  Dozens more of the animals are pictured lower and right side of this image when viewed larger.  Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/summerpark/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mountain-Park.jpg Mountain Park (2015) The beautiful high country of Olympic National Park in summer time, adorned with wildflowers, reflection tarns and billions of mosquitos (not pictured).  Olympic National Park, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mountainstream/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Summer-Home.jpg Summer Home (2015) A view from one of the most remote wilderness places in the lower-48, this high park catches some beautiful sunset colors.   Olympic National Park, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/washingtonwaterfall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fallen1.jpg Fallen (2012) A new take on an image I have had in my portfolio for many years, this year with rare high water flow and beautiful light.  This is the Rain Forest of the Washington Cascades.  Columbia River Gorge, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainforestsun/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Dark-Light.jpg Dark Light (2012) A rare image that captures the mysterious and enchanting filtered light through the ancient trees, mosses and ferns inside the rainforest.  Olympic Rain Forest, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/oceancave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glow-Cave.jpg Glow Cave (2011) Sunset light and waves inside an ocean cave in Washington.  Washington Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/springrainbow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Spring-Showers.jpg Spring Showers (2014) A very lucky moment of incredible light at a place I know well. The rainbow and spring colors went very well togther on this sunrise. Columbia Hills, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/monolake/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Window-to-the-Light.jpg Window to the Light (2013) The best light show I ever saw at Mono Lake.  On this evening, the storm was clearing and the surf was moving, creating the foamy streaks you see here in the foreground.  Mono Lake, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/owensvalley/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dancing-Colors.jpg Dancing Colors (2014) Another depiction of the many layers and colors of California's Owens Valley.  This image captured in the rising sun, just as it began to illuminate the scene.  Owens Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/dunewind/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winds-of-Gold.jpg Winds of Gold (2013) Amazing light glows in the winds blowing the dunes of Death Valley.  Death Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/beams/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Disappearing.jpg Disappearing Seasonal springs of salt water leave behind open streams on the flats rimmed with white.  On this evening, blowing dust was kicking up momentarily in the distance making for an exceptional show of light and atmosphere. Death Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/dunesperson/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Walking-the-Flames1.jpg Walking the Flames (2013) A lone person (seen clearly when viewed larger) walks the blowing sands in a windstorm on the dunes at sunset. Death Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/owens-river/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Waiting-for-the-Sky.jpg Waiting for the Sky (2014) One of the most memorable pictures to me years back was an image of a lenticular wave cloud over the Owen's River displayed on the front cover of the book 'Galen Rowel: A Retrospective'.  Such clouds form often here and occasionally catch some amazing light, and there I was, fortunate enough to be near the banks of the same river myself with one of my workshop groups all enjoying a similar formation and one of those shows the Range of Light can produce on this evening. Owens River, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bow-river-winter-moonlight/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Between-Day-and-Night.jpg Between Day and Night (2012) The moonlight sets over high peaks in the Canadian Rockies.  Cold temperatures well below zero cause the formation of beautiful mists on the water.  Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-and-wind/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Follow-the-Wind.jpg Follow the Wind (2012) Ice 'bubble' formations are found in many lakes when conditions permit snow to be blown free from the surface in winter.  Here, the translucence of the ice allows the viewer to see these formations along with the snow itself sweeping along the surface in high winds.  Dramatic light compliments the background of high peaks in the Canadian Rockies. Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/minnewanka-winter/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-of-the-Storm.jpg Light of the Storm (2013) The last light of sunset emerges from the storm above an icy and turbulent lake Minnewanka in the Canadian Rockies. Canadian Rockies https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/around-the-corner/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Around-the-Corner.jpg Around the Corner (2010) Rich reflected light through the narrow walls of a slot canyon in Utah's Escalante. Escalante, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/color-of-the-moon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Color-of-the-Moon-Arizona-i.jpg Color of the Moon (2011) An image comprised entirely of moonlight, you can see stars through the clouds, an ancient tree and beams through Arizon's Grand Canyon. The image depicts the real color and details of this night light through long exposure time. Grand Canyon, Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-peaks-of-the-lights/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Peaks-of-the-Light1.jpg The Peaks of the Lights (2012) An amazing aurora show reflected in the waters of a small stream and over the high peaks of Yukon's north. Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/unfrozen-depths/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Unfrozen-Depths.jpg Unfrozen Depths (2014) Meltwater pours down from snow patterns frozen to the ceiling of a cave in Washington's Cascade range. Cascade Mountains, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/afterglow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Afterglow.jpg Afterglow (2013) Reflected light and direct sunlight combine for a visual journey around the water-carved sandstone formations deep inside narrows in Utah's Capitol Reef. Capitol Reef National Park, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/walls-of-light/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Walls-of-Light.jpg Walls of Light (2013) A uniquely huge field of view wraps around capturing the amazing sandstone formations deep inside a 'slot' canyon in Utah's Escalante. Escalante, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/let-there-be-light/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Let-there-be-LIght.jpg Let there be light (2014) Evening light catches the misty air and peaks high in the Coastal Mountains in Alaska. Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/life-on-the-inside/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Life-on-the-Inside.jpg Life on the Inside (2013) A lone tree framed by light inside the remote canyons of Utah's Capitol Reef. Capitol Reef National Park, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/to-the-mountain/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/To-the-Mountain.jpg To the Mountain (2011) A unique blend of elements showcasing classic views from Glacier's highcountry in Montana. Glacier National Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/opening/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Opening.jpg Opening (2014) Light and mist enter the icy blue world underneath a Glacier in Alaska. Coastal Mountains, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-river-mountains/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-River-Mountains.jpg Ice River Mountains (2012) Glaciers wind their way through the amazing high peaks of Alaska's Boundary Range in the Coastal Mountains outside Juneau. Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/red-and-blue/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-and-Blue.jpg Red and Blue (2013) The amazing colors of reflected light on sandstone. Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/revival/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Revival.jpg Revival (2013) Life of a new tree rises from the old. The story of life renewed. A black and white presentation with cloud motion from a long exposure. Juneau, Alaska. Juneau, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/peaks-of-the-lights/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Peaks-of-the-Lights.jpg Peaks of the Lights A striking and vibrant display of Auroral lights over high peaks and cascades in Canada's far north. The best I have managed to record in my five year-long project in these mountains, and one of many new aurora photographs coming in this new collection of work. Yukon Territory, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/forest-symphony/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forest-Symphony.jpg Forest Symphony (2012) Rich light of sunset beams through a Cascade Mountain forest in Oregon illuminating spring Rhododendrons. Mount Hood Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunset-tide/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sunset-Tidem.jpg Sunset Tide (2012) Crashing wave action at sunset photographed on the Olympic Coast using 7 images combined to render an otherwise impossibly wide view of this dramatic scene. Olympic Coast, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/moss-giant/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Moss-Giant.jpg Moss Giant (2013) Layers of awesome Club Mosses cover this huge Big Leaf Maple deep in the Hoh Rainforest of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Hoh Rainforest, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/near-and-far/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Near-and-Far.jpg Near and Far (2012) As I was photographing reflections of this enormous sea tower at the Olympic Coast with my wide angle, a wave came through the scene and swamped my foreground, leaving behind a spinning pool of foam which made for something unique I was happy to capture.  ***This 150ft-high tower and tree collapsed in January, 2016.  OIympic Coast, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fire-light/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fire-Light.jpg Fire Light (2012) An explosion of dramatic lighting seen from the Olympic Coast at sunset. Foamy seawater rushes by through the long exposure in the foreground. Olympic Coast, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rise/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rise.jpg Rise (2013) A truly amazing, impressive and spiritual place. I found these views from a high ridge off-trail overlooking Fitz Roy, one of the world's largest and most beautiful alpine faces. Patagonia, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/kingdom-of-the-wind/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Kingdom-of-the-Wind.jpg Kingdom of the Wind (2013) The winds were absolutely amazing. Getting soaked for this one was one of the most memorable shoots of my life. Waves more than 2 meters high at times, driven by winds gusting to hurricane force were what I wanted to capture. Almost all of my hundreds of shots were lost to spray and the camera and I both took a major beating. It was an experience I'll never forget and this one of the few shots I was able to make captured something of the essence of the amazing weather and power I felt in this place. The painterly look comes from a shutter speed of 1/4 second, and the massive amount of blowing spray throughout. Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/golden-towers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Golden-Towers.jpg Golden Towers (2014) A unique view from the glacial streams above Chile's famous Three Towers captured at sunrise after a new snow. Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-other-side/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Other-Side-Torres-Del-Paine-Chile-2013-2020-print-w1.jpg The Other Side (2013) A unique view of the famous Salto Grande Falls and Torres Del Paine, bathed in sunrise colors. Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/boom/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Boom-2013-2020-w-i.jpg Boom (2013) Lake waves driven by winds exceeding hurricane force at times create a spectacularly dramatic scene, crashing more than 50ft in the air, as the sun sets over the peaks of Torres Del Paine, Chile. Torres Del Paine, Chile (2013) https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/between-rain-and-sun/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Between-the-Rain-and-Sun.jpg Between Rain and Sun (2013) A clearing rainstorm at sunrise, reflections, Torres Del Paine and the light Patagonia is known for. Torres Del Paine, Chile https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/awakening/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Awakening-copy.jpg Awakening (2013) The spectacular peaks of the Fitz Roy ridge dawn in the background of fall colors and cascades, Patagonia. Patagonia, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/patagonian-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Patagonian-Autumn.jpg Patagonian Autumn (2013) A wonderful array of Autumn colors by this fast-moving cascade far in the backcountry of Patagonia, Argentina. Patagonia, Argentina https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fields-of-the-owens/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fields-of-Morning11.jpg Fields of the Owens (2011) Soft, natural light on subtle colors of foliage in California's Owens Valley Owens Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/on-and-on/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Flare3412351a.jpg On and On (2008) An alkaline flat in Death Valley photographed with long exposure at sunset. Death Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-great-one/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/The-Great-One-crop.jpg The Great One (2010) A massive abstract of the incredible textures and colors of Bristlecone pine photographed in reflected light. This tree was thousands of years old and the image you see here reaches 20 feet across. White Mountains, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/see-forever/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/See-Forever.jpg See Forever (2011) This ancient Bristlecone high in California's White Mountains had been viewing some amazing sunrises from this perch for thousands of years. White Mountains, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunburst/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sunburst.jpg Sunburst (2011) A very long exposure time streaks the cloud motion at sunrise over mountains in Southern Arizona and a spring wildflower bloom amongst Cholla Cactus. Southern Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/between-space-and-time/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Between-Time-and-Space.jpg Between Space and Time (2011) An ultra-wide angle panorama shows the contrast between clearing storm and the clear night moon over a lone tree and the Sierra Range, California. Southern Sierra, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/heaven-on-earth/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Heaven-on-Earth.jpg Heaven on Earth One of the most perfectly beautiful scenes I have ever stumbled across in nature. California Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/never-again/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Never-Again.jpg Never Again (2013) A rare bloom of California Lilies under Eucalyptus photographed on the coast in sunset light. California Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/light-from-within-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/16.jpg Light From Within https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/15.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-3/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/14.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-4/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/13.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/light-from-within-3/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/\'Light-From-Within\'22,-Cape-Kiwanda,-Oregon.jpg Light From Within https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/light-from-within-4/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/\'Light-From-Within\',-Cape-Kiwanda,-Oregon.jpg Light From Within test test https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/test/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Desert-Flare.jpg test test test https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/resst/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Around-the-Night1.jpg resst test tew https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/f/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/\'Fairyland-Falls\',-Columbia-Gorge,-Oregon-(Alternate).jpg f test test https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/131/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/1232.jpg 131 123414 342 https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/12/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/1712.jpg 12 12 12 https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/17/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/17.jpg 17 adfasdf asdfasd adadfaf https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/\'War-With-The-Sky1\',-Eureka-Valley,-California.jpg 2 2 2 https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/1/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Homage-to-the-Mountain1.jpg 1 1 1 https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/inside-ice-cave/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Self-Portrait,-Ice-Cave.jpg Inside ice cave ice test https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/zion-rush/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Zion-Rush-Utah-2012---Finaltif.jpg Zion Rush (2010) A beautiful view towards Angel's Landing Tower and fall colors in Zion at sunrise photographed from the middle of the Virgin River. Two 14mm shots blended for wide-angle view. Zion Park, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/with-the-wind/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/With-the-Wind.jpg With the Wind (2009) A black and white rendition of an ancient tree under moonlight using a long exposure to streak the skies across Blackfoot Land, Montana. Blackfoot Lands, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/oneonta-rain/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Oneonta-Rain.jpg Oneonta Rain (2010) Oneonta Gorge in Oregon's Columbia Gorge is usually a wet place, but on this day it was pouring and had been for nearly three days strait very heavily. The water was cascading over the log-jam entrance to the canyon, accumulating in a 10ft-deep pool that blocked our way. Swimming didn't look like a good option right there so we drug my small packraft over the jam and paddled up into Oneonta several hundred feet before being able to touch bottom. We then photographed from the central area looking into the canyon in waist-deep current, using long exposures to streak foam on the water coming at us. Oneonta Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/neverending-light/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Neverending-Light-Boundary-Range-Alaska---Print.jpg Neverending Light (2012) Some beautifully warm morning light on otherwise cool, rugged landscape meadows in the eastern Boundary Range (Alaska/BC border). A place of varied and impressive landscapes I had an opportunity to trek across for much of last summer. Boundary Range, BC/Alaska border https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/held-in-the-light/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Held-in-the-Light.jpg Held in the Light (2013) Rainbows in the warm afternoon light on one of Oregon's striking basaltic waterfalls. Northern Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/colorland/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Colorland.jpg Colorland (2011) Swirls of Arizona sandstone with lighting emphasized. Northern Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/desert-valley-rainbow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Valley-Rainbow.jpg Desert Valley Rainbow (2010) A rainbow of colors scattered across this high-desert landscape in southern Utah emphasized by some beautiful morning light. Southern Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/breaking-through/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Breaking-Through.jpg Breaking Through (2010) Rich, spectacular reflected light off the warm walls deep within the Narrows, in Zion. A much-photographed place, but one that still reveals to me it's beauty. Zion Park, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/blue-ice/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blue-Ice.jpg Blue Ice (2011) Stacks of ice left behind by the winds on the shore of an early morning lake in the Canadian Rockies, Alberta. The streaking clouds come from a long exposure pre-dawn. Candian Rockies, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/holding-on/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Holding-On.jpg Holding On (2010) The fall season's first snowfall in Glacier Park reveals a small, lone tree still hanging onto the gold color. Glacier Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/castle-on-the-lake/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Castle-on-the-Lake.jpg Castle on the Lake (2012) A black and white blue-toned rendition of dramatic skies and ice/snow formations atop the far shore of Spray Lake in the Canadian Rockies. Ice skates are the way to get here :-) Candian Rockies, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-action/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-Action.jpg Ice Action (2012) One of the raging-fast, cold and wet passageways I photographed while climbing through an extensive network of glacial blue-ice caves I discovered as I was trekking across Alaska's Boundary Range. The camera didn't last one shot without taking on significant splash moisture, but eventually I was persistent enough to get a useable image that described something of this experience. Boundary Range, BC/Alaska border https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/here-to-forever/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Here-to-Forever.jpg Here to Forever (2012) An amazing show of Aurora over peaks in the Yukon's Ogilvie Range. An extreme-high ISO was used combined with depth of field blending techniques to capture the detailed ice formations and the reflected light up close. Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/red-green-yellow-and-blue/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-Green-and-Blue.jpg Red, Green, Yellow and Blue (2013) Just a simple array of Autumn colors and beautiful light photographed in a forest just outside Dawson City, in the Yukon. Klondike River Valley, Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/into-the-red/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Into-the-Red-Arizona-copy-2020-w.jpg Into the Red (2011) Explosive sunset light and dark, dramatic skies over sandstone formations in Arizona. Northern Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/light-from-above/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-from-Above.jpg Light from Above (2012) Reflected light off high peaks in the Yukon is cast onto ice crystals and hoar frost formations atop a small stream. Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/time-to-go/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Time-to-Go.jpg Time To Go (2010) A blizzard moves in and blankets an already-bare tree set against others yet to come. Glacier Park, Montana. Glacier Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/powerlight/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Power-Light.jpg Powerlight (2011) Fiery clouds photographed over dramatic Yukon peaks at sunset. Following a thunderstorm, the skies were illuminated from underneath as the sunset backlit vibrant Autumn foliage up close. It was quite a show! Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-distant-end/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Distant-End.jpg The Distant End (2012) The last light of sunset on a distant glacial peak in the Boundary Range, British Columbia/Alaska. Wildflowers were as abundant in meadows here as any place I've ever seen and made for a rich foreground. Boundary Range, BC/Alaska border https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/minus-fifty/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Minus-Fifty-i2.jpg Minus Fifty (2011) This photograph of ice bubbles and blowing snow on a lake underneath Mount Monolith and other peaks in the Yukon probably has the distinction of being the coldest one I've ever taken, with wind-chill temperatures around fifty below at the time. I had the privilege of camping out here for two weeks and getting to know the conditions quite well. Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/stone-of-ages/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Stone-of-Ages.jpg Stone of Ages (2011) Dramatic light over the great peaks of the Ogilvie Mountains amidst rich Autumn colors. Yukon territory, Canada. The photograph is a 4-shot stitch from 70mm lens for exceptional detail and reproduction. Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/crystalline-chamber/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Crystalline-Chamber.jpg Crystalline Chamber (2012) A photograph from inside the amazing world of ice caves, tunnels and other sub-glacial passages I found while trekking across the Boundary range for a month on the BC/Alaska border. I spent more than 20 hours inside this stunning network of blue ice, which spanned on underneath for nearly a mile. Boundary Range, BC/Alaska border https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/glacier-cascades/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Glacier-Cascades.jpg Glacier Cascades (2012) Cascades catching the light of sunrise looking down a steep talus field towards a glacial valley and high peaks in the distance. Photographed from near my campsite deep in the Boundary Range, Alaska. Boundary Range, Alaska https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ice-bomb/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ice-Bomb.jpg Ice Bomb (2012) This is a wide-angle abstract of air bubbles and cracks trapped in clear ice on the surface of a lake in the Yukon, Canada, in early winter. It really needs to be seen bigger for full effect! Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/as-the-white-curtain-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-White-Curtain-Falls.jpg As the White Curtain Falls (2010) A lone, colorful Aspen isolated in heavy snowfall. It was the first snowfall of the Fall season in Glacier Park, and 10 inches fell that night! https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/into-the-flames/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Into-the-Flames.jpg Into the Flames (2011) Blazing sunset skies photographed over cascades and impressive peaks in the Yukon. Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon, Canada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rage-against-the-frozen/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rage-Against-the-Frozen.jpg Rage against the Frozen (2012) Getting soaking wet inside a glacier deep in the middle of a raging stream that's carving a channel out of the blue ice was a memorable experience, as was it being out in the Alaska/BC Boundary range for a month solo. Among many other things, I had some unforgettable encounters with sub-glacial caves, even finding a network of them in one area continuing through a multitude of passageways for nearly a mile. The photography in these unique places was of the utmost challenge even with the right tools and a lot of Goretex. Boundary Range, BC/Alaska border https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lenticular-show/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lenticular-Show.jpg Lenticular Show (2009) An incredibly powerful Lenticular wave cloud formation at sunrise over this ancient tree atop a high Montana plateau. When I think back on this morning today, I consider that I find this was probably the most interesting cloud formation I've had the opportunity to photograph in my career. Blackfoot Lands, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rare-morning/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rare-Morning.jpg Rare Morning (2011) New snowfall adorns the landscape within Oregon's Three Sisters Wilderness, looking towards South Sister and Broken Top peak beyond. This photograph was taken in mid-June! Gotta love that Oregon weather.... Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sunset-symphony/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sunset-Symphony700.jpg Sunset Symphony (2011) It was the most amazing of light, and I was in such a magnificent place. A beautiful sunset, waves, waterfalls, everything! It was all happening on the Oregon coast that night! Oregon Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/in-the-third-eye/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Third-Eye.jpg In the Third eye (2012) Colorful alkaline patterns mix with wet and dry desert mud cracks catching light on this great basin Playa. Southeast Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/spirit-garden/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Spirit-Garden700.jpg Spirit Garden (2011) One of the most remote wilderness places anywhere in the US, I spent weeks backpacking into this lush paradise and photographing it. Washington's Olympic holds immeasurable beauty, but it is amazingly difficult to capture in a photograph. This magical morning was one of my best attempts. Olympic Rainforest, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/piece-of-pieces/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Piece-of-pieces.jpg Piece of Pieces An abstract close-up in strong light of colorful cracked desert textures of a partially dry alkaline playa in Oregon. Southeast Oregon (2012) https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sorceres-of-the-sea/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sorceres-of-the-Sea700.jpg Sorceres of the Sea (2011) Big wave action on the Oregon coast created the opportunity to capture these 'waterfalls' off the edges of sandstone, glowing with the light of an amazing sunset. Oregon Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rain-forest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rain-Forest.jpg Rain Forest (2011) The soaked, misty, rainy, lush, amazing Olympic Rainforest. Olympic Rainforest, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/catching-pool/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Catching-Pool.jpg Catching Pool (2010) A spring reflection of Elowah Falls in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge. This unique (and then subsequently much-copied) perspective was achieved using an ultra-wide lens and blending focal points for extreme depth of field. Columbia Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/twisted-colors/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Twisted-Colors.jpg Twisted Colors (2010) An abstraction of the side of an enormous, 7-meter wide Bristlecone Pine that is more than 3000 years old. I found the giant in a rarely visited grove atop the White Mountains of California while backpacking the range in winter. The colors are natural. White Mountains, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/water-current/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Water-Current.jpg Water Current (2010) What you are looking at here is a small-scale abstract image of oil floating in the Pacific waters at natural oil seeps off the California coast. The light comes as a result of positioning the sun's reflection just outside of my frame. California Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/this-other-world/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/This-Other-World.jpg This Other World (2010) This is a 150-degree field of view across the milky way over an ancient, 5-meter wide Bristlecone Pine, the oldest living things in the world. It was taken in winter from high in the White Mountains from my campsite in a grove only accessible by backpacking to a remote corner of the range. White Mountains, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/together/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Together.jpg Together (2010) A study in Bristlecone Pines, the world's oldest living things, photographed here from my campsite at sunrise in winter atop the White Mountains. White Mountains, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/twilight-kingdom/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Twilight-Kingdom.jpg Twilight Kingdom (2011) Sand Tufa's at California's Mono Lake reminded me of castles, so I light-painted and depth-of-field-blended to get this unique image of them which fulfilled my artistic vision. The sky is taken just a little out of focus intentionally to let the stars glow. Mono Lake, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/roaming-the-infinite/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Roaming-the-Infinite.jpg Roaming the Infinite (2009) This is a single exposure taken in Death Valley depicting a lone Sagebrush dead on a cracked playa under stormy skies. Death Valley National Park, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mono-fire/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mono-Fire.jpg Mono Fire (2009) Some powerful light at Mono Lake, California. What else can I say... Mono Lake, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/around-the-night/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Around-the-Night.jpg Around the Night (2009) Foaming streaks across the waters of California's Mono Lake photographed with a long exposure at night, revealing the northern end of the Milky Way just before sunrise. Mono Lake, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/magical-paitbrush/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Magical-Paintbrush.jpg Magical Paitbrush (2010) What you are looking at here is a small-scale abstract image of oil floating in the Pacific waters at natural oil seeps off the California coast. The colors are all a product of refracted light and are actually natural! California Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/together-alone/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Together-Alone.jpg Together Alone (2011) Two lone trees on the endless sands, waiting for the light. United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/purity/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Purity.jpg Purity (2010) Softly diffused light across the remarkable expanse of dunes stretching across the Empty Quarter, United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bending-the-line/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Bending-the-Line-2.jpg Bending the Line (2011) Sand, sand, sand and more sand. Just a little light, contrast and you have a powerfully graphic abstraction. This type of photography is at its best here in the United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/endless/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Endless.jpg Endless (2010) A friend on the immense dune fields of the Empty Quarter, United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/which-way/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Which-Way.jpg Which Way Curves and shapes in the dunes. United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates (2014) https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/out-there/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Out-There.jpg Out There (2010) Fellow photographer Abdullaziz Bin Ali roams the dunes in the Empty Quarter, United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ripples-and-flames/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Ripples-and-Flames.jpg Ripples and Flames (2010) A windy sunset on the dunes looking towards light beams and vibrant skies. Taken near Dubai, United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/between-lost-and-found/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Between-Lost-and-Found-.jpg Between Lost and Found (2010) Layers of sand dunes in soft light. Note the remarkable purity and gentle range of hues on the sand here in the Empty Quarter, United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/winters-magic/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winters-Magic.jpg Winters Magic (2010) Reflected sunrise light on the Bow River and ice formations. Winter in Alberta. Canadian Rockies, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/red-canyon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Red-Canyon.jpg Red Canyon (2009) An immensely colorful sunset sky and light reflected over Toroweep at the Grand Canyon, Arizona. Grand Canyon, Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/winters-light/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winters-Light.jpg Winters Light (2012) One of those strikingly beautiful scenes I've been fortunate enough to witness that required little other than being there and pressing the shutter release. An all-natural moment of awesome light in the Canadian Rockies Canadian Rockies, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/window-to-zion/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Window-to-Zion.jpg Window to Zion (2013) A view I had never seen photographed before in Zion Park, taken in the parking lot of all places ;-) Zion Park, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/in-winters-shadow/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/In-Winters-Shadow.jpg In Winters Shadow (2011) Vibrant sunrise light over the peaks on a misty morning high in Alberta's Rockies in mid-winter. Canadian Rockies, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/color-on-the-cold/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Color-in-the-Cold-Banff-National-Park-Alberta-2011-Final.jpg Color on the Cold (2011) Utilizing my unique new depth of field blending techniques I am able to get only inches away and showcase these fascinating hoar frost ice formations on Bow Lake in the Canadian Rockies at sunrise. Canadian Rockies, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/peace-and-calm/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Peace-and-Calm.jpg Peace and Calm (2012) A rare view of the red rock towers of Zion Park in Utah reflected at sunset amidst Autumn colors. Zion Park, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/bending-colors/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Bending-Color2.jpg Bending Colors (2013) The highly textured curves of sandstone on the Colorado Plateau of Northern Arizona shown off by strong reflected light. White Pocket, Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/thoughts-of-morning/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Thoughts-of-Morning.jpg Thoughts of Morning (2010) Old trees tower over peaks illuminated in the distance at sunrise under the crescent moon in Glacier Park, Montana. Glacier Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/homage-to-the-mountain-god/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Homage-to-the-Mountain-God.jpg Homage to the Mountain God (2010) Strong winds drive blowing snow across a lake of 3ft-thick translucent clear ice near the tongue of the Athabasca Glacier on Alberta's Icefields in mid-winter. Canadian Rockies, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/dark-lord/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dark-Lord-Ogilvie-Mountains-Yukon-Canada.jpg Dark Lord (2011) The darkened face of Tombstone mountain lords over this frozen valley in early winter in Canada's north. Tombstone Mountains, Yukon Territory https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/under-the-lights/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Under-the-Lights.jpg Under the Lights (2010) My latest techniques in depth of field blending can yield some unique photographs, such as this view looking up from under icicles at one of the Arctic's most impressive peaks, glowing in the moonlight and Aurora. Mount Monolith, Tombstone Range, Yukon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/eternal-silence/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Eternal-Silence.jpg Eternal Silence (2009) A old, downed tree on a windswept plain high on a Montana plateau looks forward toward the infinite. Northern Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/green-vision/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Green-Visions---final.jpg Green Vision (2011) Amazing ice formations on a wilderness lake deep in the mountains of the northern Yukon catch the glow of a vibrant Aurora display overhead at night. Tombstone Mountains, Yukon Territory https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-red/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Red.jpg The Red (2009) Gnarled old Whitebark Pine at Sunrise glow amidst the rich colors atop an high plateau in Montana. Northern Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/something-on-the-desert/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Something-on-the-Desert.jpg Something on the Desert (2012) OK, so this was just really odd. What else was I going to call it? :-) Alvord Desert, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/symmetry/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Symmetry-.jpg Symmetry (2009) Long exposure near sunrise in Oregon's Cascades Range. Cascades Range, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-deep-blue/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Deep-Blue.jpg The Deep Blue (2009) Waterfall inside a 10 meter high, 100 meter long snow cave. Not something you generally see every day. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sound-of-thunder/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sound-of-Thunder-Coast-Mountains-British-Columbia-2011-2024i.jpg Sound of Thunder (2011) Light in the Pacific Range, British Columbia. Look closely at the releif of the background peaks through the clouds. This was one of the most beautiful and memorable moments of my life in the wilds. Pacific Mountains, BC https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mountain-paradise/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mountain-Paradise.jpg Mountain Paradise (2011) Sunrise colors explode over the huge glaciated peaks and vibrant wildflowers of the Pacific Range, in central British Columbia. Pacific Mountains, BC https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/island-view/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Island-View.jpg Island View (2011) A lone tree and wildflowers grow by the shore of this small tarn hidden away in the remote Pacific Range of BC. Pacific Mountains, BC https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/great-blue-wonders/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Great-Blue-Wonders.jpg Great Blue Wonders (2009) Today's best cameras can record more light than we can see with out eyes. Here I used it to render the Milky Way over Oregon's South Sister peak and its reflection in a crack in the ice of a lake just starting to melt out in summer. The image was made from a remote backcountry location near the Chambers Lakes. Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rider-of-the-tempest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rider-of-the-Tempest.jpg Rider of the Tempest (2010) The sunset stirs something of the essence of this gnarled old Bristlecone Pine, one of the oldest trees in the world. California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/paradise-forest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Paradise-Forest.jpg Paradise Forest (2008) 30 miles on foot into the untraveled heart of the Olympic Rain Forest, far from any trails or roads, there is a place of an energy and beauty I have felt nowhere else. If I have one photo in my career that might capture just a hint of its magnificence, this was it. Olympic Rain Forest, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/shades-of-morning/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Shades-of-Morning.jpg Shades of Morning (2009) New techniques such as blending multiple focal points to overcome the camera's 'depth of field' limitations allow me to record images such as this with long lenses. Using my telephoto and several stacked focal points I was able to capture Mount Hood and the full moon setting as they appeared over Washington's wildflower-laden Columbia Hills one fine spring morning. Columbia Hills, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainforest-canyon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rainforest-Canyon.jpg Rainforest Canyon (2010) Heavy rains provide the misty atmosphere and waterfalls here in Oregon's Rain Forest canyon, Oneonta Gorge. Oneonta Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/desert-garden/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Garden.jpg Desert Garden. (2009) One of the best shows of light at sunset I have ever seen over blooming Cactus and Brittlebrush in Arizona's Kofa Mountains. Kofa Mountains, Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/luminesence/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Luminence.jpg Luminesence (2008) Sun bursts through the trees high above huge waterfalls and cascades in Oregon's Columbia Gorge. Columbia Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wind-power/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wind-Power.jpg Wind Power (2011) An amazing show of light and skies over wind-swept dunes catching the sunset in Death Valley. Death Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rain-of-light/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rain-of-Light1.jpg Rain of Light (2010) A powerful rainstorm in the distance blocks out the sun over this desert playa in Death Valley and the lone Sagebrush stranded there eternally. Death Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sand-castles/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sand-Castles.jpg Sand Castles (2011) A long sandbar leads the eye towards dramatic Tufa formations as sunset clouds catch the light at Mono Lake, California. Mono Lake, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alive-again/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Alive-Again.jpg Alive Again (2009) A long exposure steaks the cloud movement in moonlight over this gnarled Juniper tree, dead atop a hillside of striated sandstone. Northern Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lightcatchers/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lightcatchers.jpg Lightcatchers (2010) Cholla Cactus catch the glow of sunset in a dusty Arizona desert. Kofa Mountains, Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mineral-water/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mineral-Water.jpg Mineral Water (2011) A totally original perspective on mineral deposits at California's Mono Lake at twilight. Mono Lake, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/blue-flame/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blue-Flame.jpg Blue Flame (2009) Reflected sunrise light in a winding stream located on the floor of Death Valley, California. Death Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/downpour-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Downpour1.jpg Downpour (2008) An amazing display of waterfalls and lush rainforest environment deep in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, photographed in a heavy rain. Columbia Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-clearing/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Clearing.jpg The Clearing (2008) The photograph is from near my campsite on the south ridge of Oregon's Three Fingered Jack peak. It's a long day or two days backpacking to reach it. A storm was clearing and there I was, at sunset, sitting just above the clouds on my own mountain island in the sky, not another soul for miles. Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainforest-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rainforest-Autumn15.jpg Rainforest Autumn (2007) Fog and soft light above beautiful cascades on a rare Autumn day in Oregon's Columbia Gorge. Columbia Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mountain-mountain/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mountain-Mountain-Zio1n-2010-2020-copy.jpg Mountain Mountain (2010) A rich blend of Autumn colors and sunrise glow in Zion National Park, Utah. Leaves streak by across the water below. Court of the Patriarchs, Zion https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/northern-colors/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Northern-Colors.jpg Northern Colors (2009) The end of the fall season near the Tombstone Range, Yukon Territory, Canada. Tombstone Range, Yukon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/toroweep-skies/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Toroweep-Skies1.jpg Toroweep Skies (2010) Just happened to be in the right place this evening, overlooking the magnificent Colorado River at Toroweep point, in Grand Canyon National Park. Toroweep Point, Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-hermitage/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Hermit-i.jpg The Hermitage (2009) A lone Cottonwood at sunrise enduring life on the sandstone plain. Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/inside/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Inside.jpg Inside (2010) Cool river waters flowing towards the reflected light in the darkest part of Zion's famous Narrows. Zion Park, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wondeful-lost/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wonderful-Lost.jpg Wondeful Lost (2008) Camera motion during the exposure creates an abstract rendition of Willows and Aspen. Boulder Mountain, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/forest-fire/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forest-Fire.jpg Forest Fire (2008) Camera motion during the exposure creates an abstract rendition of Red Willows and Aspen catching the light of sunset on Utah's Boulder Mountain. Boulder Mountain, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/spirit-of-the-forest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Spirit-of-the-Forest.jpg Spirit of the Forest (2007) Lush tassels of moss hang from Maple trees in soft light. Hoh Rainforest, Washington. Hoh Rainforest, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/midnight-magic/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Midnight-Magic.jpg Midnight Magic (2009) Spectacular colors of the Aurora over the Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon Territory. Streaks in the water from ice floating down river lead the eye through the cold midnight scene. Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon Territory https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainbow-hills-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rainbow-Hills2.jpg Rainbow Hills (2008) Amazing light over Oregon's amazing Painted Hills. Painted Hills, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/apparition-falls-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Apparition-Falls2.jpg Apparition Falls (2011) Mist beams down through the forest surrounding Oregon's magnificent Proxy Falls, in the Cascade Range. Proxy Falls, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-living-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Living2.jpg The Living (2008) A lone flower all that's left alive in this quiet scene on Oregon's plains. John Day Basin, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/twilight-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Twilight2.jpg Twilight (2009) Lush fields of wildflowers stretch on toward the mountain peaks of the Tatoosh Range at twilight. Rainier National Park, Washington. Rainer National Park, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/a-moment-together-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/AMomentTogether.jpg A Moment Together (2009) Soft light on beautifully textured leaves and mountain wildflowers. Ruby Range, Nevada. Ruby Range, Nevada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/maiden-shower/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/MaidenShower.jpg Maiden Shower (2009) Maiden Ferns in early spring catching some luminous backlight behind a small cascade from within the moss above in Oregon's Columbia Gorge. Columbia Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/a-moment-together-3/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/MEA-07292010-Landscapes-AMomentTogether.jpg A Moment Together New leaves and young flowers photographed in soft light. Ruby Mountain Range, Nevada. Ruby Mountains, Nevada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/end-of-the-dark-3/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/10.jpg End of the Dark Dramatic light over sea stacks at Seal Rock State Park on the Oregon Coast as a wave crashes over the foreground rock. Seal Rock State Park, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/end-of-the-dark/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/\'End-of-the-Dark\',-Seal-Rocks-State-Park,-Oregon,-Septembe End of the Dark Dramatic lighting over sea stacks in Seal Rocks State Park, Oregon Coast as a wave crashes over the foreground rock. Seal Rock State Park, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainbow-hills/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Rainbow-Hills.jpg Rainbow Hills A magic moment over Oregon's Painted Hills as sunset light illuminates tufts of prairie grasses and the landscape beyond as a rainstorm clears, making for a beautiful rainbow over the golden landscape. Painted Hills, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-5/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/9780981501956.back.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-6/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/cover.jpg https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/story-of-the-lost/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Story-of-the-Lost.jpg Story of the Lost Details and light fifteen miles into the wilderness of the almost impossibly difficult to photograph Hoh Rainfoest in Washington. Hoh Rainforest, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/deep-in-the-forest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Deep-in-the-Forest.jpg Deep in the Forest (2008) A tiny Trillium flower at the base of an enormous Red Cedar captured deep in Washington's Quinault Rainforest. Quinault Rainforest, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/early-spring-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Early-Spring-Falls.jpg Early Spring Falls (2008) Wildflowers at Wahclella Falls in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge. Columbia Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sliding-away/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Sliding-Away.jpg Sliding Away This was the last shot ever taken by my Canon 16-35 f/2.8 II lens before it fell into the waterfall shown here at sunset in Nevada's Ruby Mountains. Go look for it if you'd like ;-) Ruby Mountains, Nevada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/distortion/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Distortion.jpg Distortion A burned forest and sunrise light reflected in the lightly rippled surface of a lake makes for an interesting abstract. Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/twilight/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Twilight.jpg Twilight Layers of striking wildflowers under twilight skies and the half moon looking towards Washington's Tatoosh Range in Mount Rainier National Park. Rainier National Park, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lighting-the-way/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lighting-the-Way.jpg Lighting the Way Mountain wildflowers and icy cool glacial stream waters lead the way towards a beautiful sunset over Broken Top peak in Oregon's rugged Three Sisters Wilderness. Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-living/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Living.jpg The Living Lone flower in a field of dead grasses beneath a dead tree looking up to the dreamy skies. Painted Hills, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/apparition-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Apparition-Falls.jpg Apparition Falls Sun beams through the mist created by the massive Proxy Falls in the central Oregon Cascade Range. Proxy Falls, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-last-moment/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Last-Moment.jpg The Last Moment Just when I thought the light would never come..... it did. Captured while backpacking in the Oregon Cascade Range. Oregon Cascade Range https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/a-moment-together/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/A-Moment-Together.jpg A Moment Together Wildflowers and Veratrum (corn lily) leaves photographed in soft light make for a striking intimate scene high in Nevada's Ruby Mountains. Ruby Mountains, Nevada https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/100-crop-of-one-night-photograph/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/1.jpg 100% crop of 'One Night' photograph. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/desert-art/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Art-2020-i.jpg Desert Art (2009) Amazingly uniform cracks on this dried playa next to Death Valley's Eureka Dunes under dramatic skies. Death Valley National Park, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/war-with-the-sky/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/War-with-the-Sky.jpg War with the Sky (2008) Incredible lighting and skies accentuate dunes and a distant sandstorm in California's Eureka Valley. A lone Sagebrush dies in the cracked desert below. Eureka Valley, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/maiden-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Maiden-Shower.jpg Maiden Falls Maiden Ferns catching some light behind a dripping veil of falling water in Oregon's Columbia Gorge. Columbia Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/desert-prism/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Desert-Prism.jpg Desert Prism (2009) An incredible display of light, color and textures found in this remote sandstone slot canyon. The various rich colors and hues present here are the result of how the eye, and the camera even more so, record reflections of direct light and different color temperatures onto the already colorful sandstone. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/cracks-and-ribbons/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cracks-and-Ribbons.jpg Cracks and Ribbons (2009) Various waves and textures (ribbons) of sandstone showcase the lower half of this natural arch in a very remote slot canyon environment. Cracked mud formations from the last flood compliment the foreground. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mindstream/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mindstream.jpg Mindstream (2009) The curvature of sandstone waves deep inside a remote slot canyon are complimented by the opposite lines left behind by an occasional waterfall. The various rich colors and hues present here are the result of how the eye, and the camera even more so, record reflections of direct light and different color temperatures onto the already colorful sandstone. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/curve-spectrum/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Curve-Spectrum.jpg Curve Spectrum (2009) Waves of sandstone illumination photographed from deep inside a remote desert slot canyon. The various rich colors and hues present here are the result of how the eye, and the camera even more so, record reflections of direct light and different color temperatures onto the already colorful sandstone. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/deep-inside/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Deep-Inside-CCCC.jpg Deep Inside (2009) Looking up from the depths of a hundred-foot deep slot canyon at layers of sandstone. The various rich colors and hues present here are the result of how the eye, and the camera even more so, record reflections of direct light and different color temperatures onto the already colorful sandstone. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sandstone-symphony/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sandstone-Symphony.jpg Sandstone Symphony (2009) Colorful reflected light in a remote slot canyon environment. The various rich colors and hues present here are the result of how the eye, and the camera even more so, record reflections of direct light onto the already colorful sandstone. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/downpour/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Downpour.jpg Downpour An incredible display of waterfalls cascading into a very remote and difficult to reach location in the heart of Oregon's Columbia Gorge. The misty illumination comes from photographing as skies were starting to open up at the end of heavy rainstorm. It was still raining heavily, however, when the image was photographed, hence the misty appearance. Columbia Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/art-of-the-elements/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Art-of-the-Elements.jpg Art of the Elements (2006) Steep and colorful rock formations backlit at sunrise in the Arizona desert. Arizona https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wind-and-light/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Wind-and-Light.jpg Wind and Light (2009) High winds and blowing sand grip the expanse of dunes on the floor of Death Valley illuminated by the light of sunrise. Death Valley National Park, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/crystalline-mirror/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Crystalline-Mirror.jpg Crystalline Mirror (2010) Underwater salt crystal formations photographed at sunrise stretch across Badwater, the lowest point in North America in Death Valley National Park, California. Death Valley National Park, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/drifting-through-time/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Drifting-Through-Time.jpg Drifting through Time (2009) California's Mono Lake photographed at twilight. A long exposure creates the streaks of clouds and smooth water effect you see. Mono Lake, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/spring-paradise/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Spring-Paradise.jpg Spring Paradise (2009) Lupine wildflowers and oaks photographed at sunrise in Washington's Columbia Hills. Columbia Hills, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/morning-marvels/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Morning-Marvels.jpg Morning Marvels (2009) Lupine wildflowers and Oak trees in Washington's Columbia hills in May at sunrise. Columbia Hills, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/peace-on-earth/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Peace-on-Earth.jpg Peace on Earth (2008) New snow graces the treetops at twilight, looking towards Oregon's Black Butte Peak from my backcountry campsite in winter. Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lost-in-the-shadows/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lost-in-the-shadows.jpg Lost in the Shadows (2008) Shadows from a burned forest covered in new snow were the focus of this abstract rendition. Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/freemont/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Winters-Grace.jpg Winter's Grace (2009) This image shows off some beautiful light on Ponderosa Pine forest in Oregon's Freemont Range, and the arragnement of colors here adds to the scene, making it one of the rarest of all photographs I have ever made. Freemont Range, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sun-magic/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sun-Magic.jpg Sun Magic (2009) Fresh snow melts away revealing the colorful textures and layers of Oregon's Painted Hills. Painted Hills, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lost-in-the-dream/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lost-in-a-Dream.jpg Lost in the Dream (2008) A lone figure stands still in shallow water on Oregon's Alvord playa amidst the surreal fusion of night sky, streaking clouds and reflections observing light from the moonrise. This image was made in-camera by having my subject stand still for the duration of a 3 minute exposure. Alvord Playa, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/2010-wild-journeys-calendar/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/WJ%202010-%20Cover[1].jpg 2010 Wild Journeys Calendar https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/higher-calling/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Higher-Calling.jpg Higher Calling (2008) I spent a day and a half snowshoe-backpacking to be in this beautiful alpine landscape, high in Oregon's Three Sisters wilderness above Chambers Lakes, when the storms finally cleared. The clearing was brief but memorable. It felt as if I was the only person to have ever seen this landscape, and in a sense, I suppose I was. Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/light-from-within/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Light-From-Within1.jpg Light From Within (2007) At just the right time of the year on a clear day, the last light of sunset filters into this enormous, 200ft long, sea tunnel on Oregon's coast, illuminating the misty interior carved out by the churning waves. Large swells roared down the cavern and exploded all around me on the other side. Although I ended up getting totally soaked, I particularly enjoyed photographing the waters receeding back into the light. Oregon Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/eternal-light/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Eternal-Light.jpg Eternal Light (2009) Composite image featuring twilight skies, wildflowers and Oregon's Mount Jefferson. The image was created from three exposures taken without moving the camera 1 hour apart. Mount Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/great-beyond/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Great-Beyond.jpg Great Beyond (2008)   THE FOLLOWING WAS WRITTEN IN JULY, 2008.  How photography has changed now!  "By combining two exposures - one for the night sky and the other for the landscape at twilight, I was able to create this image. I consider it among my most unique images to date. What you are looking at is a remote backcountry in the Tetons and the milky way above. My exposure for the sky takes in more than five times as much light as is discernable to the naked eye, using an extremely high ISO (combined with noise reduction techniques), a big aperture of f/2.8 and keeping the shutter open for 45 seconds. The sky is totally natural in color despite being relatively invisible to us. The glow behind the peaks comes from the moon that set almost an hour before this capture. The bright spot at left is a planet. This shot is a culmination of technical advancements in photography and a great deal of diligence on my own part in the field, figuring out how to put it all together. I camped at this location three nights to achieve this result" Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/endless-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Endless-Falls.jpg Endless Falls (2007) I'm always amazed at the varied tiers and textures of the massive Ramona Falls, in Oregon's Mount Hood Wilderness. Mount Hood Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/life-in-the-trees/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Life-in-the-Trees.jpg Life in the Trees (2007) A beautiful Rhodedendron the centerpiece of this redwood scene in morning fog. I was drawn to the array of colors, lines and atmosphere here in Redwoods State Park, California. Del Norte Redwoods, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/wildflower-canyon/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Flower-Canyon.jpg Wildflower Canyon (2008) Wild Balsamroot adorns this canyon in Washington's Columbia Hills complimented by sunset skies and beautiful Oak trees. Columbia Hills, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-7/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Coast-of-Wonders1.jpg Sunset on Ruby Beach, Olympic Coast. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/last-words/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Last-Wordsw.jpg The End (2006) A bit of life still hanging on to this gnarled Rabbitbrush. Buttermilk Hills, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/twelve-years/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Twelve-Years.jpg Twelve Years (2009) For many years a log blocked the view of Oregon's Beautiful Punch Bowl Falls, but it finally washed out in the winter of 09'. I rendered this image of the falls in spring after heavy rains fell the night before. The light and smaller falls on the side make for a unique image of this Oregon icon. Eagle Creek, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/timeless-shore/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Timeless-Shore.jpg Timeless Shore (2007) Long exposure turns Pacific waters to mist at sunset on Oregon's Coast. A waterfall pours off the cape in the background. Oregon Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/ultimate-guide-cover-options/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Ultimate-Giude-Cover.jpg Ultimate Guide Cover Options https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/hidden-beauty/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Hidden-Beautyweb.jpg Hidden Beauty (2006) This rarely photographed canyon just outside Cedar City in southern Utah has some of the most beautiful slot canyon falls I've seen anywhere. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-fireball/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fireball.jpg The Fireball (2008) Surreal, otherworldly, foreboding...perhaps a once in a lifetime combination of colors, shapes and textures. This awesome lenticular cloud formation occured at sunset over Oregon's Alvord desert in late December, ahead of an impending storm. Alvord Desert, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/chosen-one/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Chosen-One.jpg Chosen One (2009) A very lonely juniper tree photographed at sunset in the remote Owyhee plateau of eastern Oregon. A Jack-rabbit passerby left tracks in the new snow on its way by. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/blizzard-mountain/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blizzard-Mountainw.jpg Blizzard Mountain (2006) Furious winds and blowing snow high on Oregon's Mount Hood in winter. Cooper Spur ridge, Mount Hood, Oregon. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/november-rain/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/November-Rain.jpg November Rain (2007) Oregon's Elowah Falls photographed in the rain amidst fall colors. Columbia Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-way-home/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Way-Home.jpg The Way Home (2008) Looking towards my favorite place on Earth, Oregon's Steens Mountain, photographed here at sunrise from Big Alvord Creek in autumn. Steens Mountain, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/cold-and-alone/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Cold-and-Alone-2007-2020-i.jpg Cold and Alone (2007) The solitary unfrozen line of a burried stream disappears into a frozen lake and the sunset beyond, photographed from a very remote lake on the North face of Jasper's Mount Fryatt, in Alberta. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/majesty/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Majesty.jpg Majesty (2008) Stunning light and atmosphere over Mount Robson, the Canadian Rockies' highest peak, captured at sunrise. Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/seasons-gone-by/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Seasons-Gone-By.jpg Seasons Gone By (2008) A clearing autumn storm reveals the Eastern peaks of Glacier National Park at sunrise. Glacier National Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/going-to-the-sun/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Land-Before-Time.jpg Going to the Sun (2007) Dark, dramatic and amazing views at twilight I captured while perched on the side of a cliff just off Glacier's famous Going-to-the-sun road. Glacier National Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/endless-beauty/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Endless-Beauty.jpg Endless Beauty (2007) Vibrant fall foliage including Wild Rose, Aspen, Willow and Cottonwood along the shores of Jasper's Athabasca River with sunset over the Canadian Rockies beyond. Jasper National Park, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mountain-kingdom/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Mountain-Kingdomma.jpg Mountain Kingdom (2008) British Columbia's Mount Robson as few have seen it, photographed after a fresh snow from high on an adjacent ridge amidst a beautiful sunset. Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mount-tom-at-sunrise-winter/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/LordoftheValley.jpg Mount Tom at Sunrise, Winter. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/heavens-gates/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Heavens-Gates.jpg Heaven's Gates (2008) Unbelievable views stretching across one of the most remote mountain paradises in the US, high in Washington's North Cascades. North Cascades, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/still-dreaming/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Still-Dreaming.jpg Still Dreaming (2008) A long exposure streaks these clouds sweeping over Whatcom Peak reflected in a small tarn in a very remote region of Washington's North Cascades range. North Cascades, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/three-sisters-storm/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Three-Sisters-Storm.jpg Three Sisters Storm (2009) Lightning storm over Oregon's Three Sisters Peaks at sunset. Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/tranquility/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Traquility-wo-tree.jpg Tranquility (2007) Striking sunrise colors reflected in the misty waters of Sparks Lake, Oregon. Sparks Lake, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-8/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/wildJourneys-2009-sample.jpg Wild Journeys 2009 calendar sample month. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-9/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/tour-Blue-Night.jpg Clouds streaking over Mount Jefferson near our campsite https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-10/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/tour-The-Melt-Chamber.jpg Glacial Ice Cave https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-11/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/tour-Mist-Mountain-Colors.jpg Near our campsite, night 2 https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-12/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/tour-sandstone-cape.jpg Northern Oregon Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-13/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/tour-Oceans-Fury.jpg Seal Rocks State Park https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-14/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/tour-Lupine-Meadow.jpg Columbia Hills https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-15/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/tour-Fairy-Falls,-Sun.jpg Waterfall in the Columbia gorge https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/-16/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/wildJourneys-2009-back.jpg Wild Journeys 2009 Calendar back https://www.marcadamus.com/photo// https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/wildJourneys-2009-cover.jpg Wild Journeys 2009 Calendar Cover https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/forces-of-nature/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forces-of-Nature.jpg Forces of Nature (2006) Stunning dramatic light beams through stormy skies illuminating the waters of Saint Mary lake and the waves crashing against the shore. Glacier National Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/beautiful-day/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Beautiful-Day.jpg Beautiful Day (2006) Amazing fields of wildflowers, a mountain stream and puffy clouds compliment Oregon's Three Fingered Jack Peak. Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-endless-range/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Endless-Range-.jpg The Endless Range (2007) Dozens of layers of mountains comprising Washington's North Cascade range photographed at sunset from 9000 feet on Mount Rainier. Rainier National Park, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/mist-mountain-colors/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Mist-Mountain-Colors-.jpg Mist Mountain Colors (2006) A colorful field of wildflowers and dramatic peaks beyond, illuminated at sunrise on a misty morning in Oregon's Three Sisters Wilderness. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/blue-night/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Blue-Night---UIM.jpg Blue Night (2005) Long exposure streaks the clouds passing over Oregon's Mount Jefferson reflected in an icy lake. Jefferson Wilderness, Cascade Range, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-beginning/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Beginning.jpg The Beginning (2006) The most amazing light show I have ever seen, captured over Mount Rundle in Banff National Park, Alberta. Banff National Park, Alberta. https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/alpine-luminescence/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Alpine-Luminescense.jpg Alpine Luminescence A very long exposure of 10 minutes records twilight colors and clouds streaking across the sky not visible to the eye at the time of capture. This image was made high in the backcountry of the Sierra range. High Sierra Range, California (2005) https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/high-sierra-twilight/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/High-Sierra-Twilight.jpg High Sierra Twilight (2005) Peaks of the High Sierra range photographed at twilight under the crescent moon from near my backcountry campsite. High Sierra Range, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/grand-view-of-glacier/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Grand-View-Winter.jpg Grand View of Glacier (2005) A stunning high elevation view of Glacier National Park including some of the biggest vertical relief the west and a thousand-foot waterfall, captured here after a fresh November snow. Glacier National Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/dawn-of-winter/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Dawn-of-Winter.jpg Dawn of Winter (2005) Oregon's Mount Jefferson peeks out of the clouds near my alpine campsite early in the morning following the season's first snowfall - of over 3 feet! Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-summit-ridge/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Summit-Ridge.jpg The Summit Ridge (2006) Furious conditions atop a peak in Oregon's Cascade range in the middle of Winter. Blowing snow streaks across the landscape. Iron Mountain, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/rainbow-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Rainbow-Dances.jpg Rainbow Falls (2006) The last light of sunset creating rainbows across this beautifully terraced waterfall in the Mount Hood wilderness, Oregon. Mount Hood Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/looking-down/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Looking-Down.jpg Looking Down (2005) A rare perspective looking down a steep cascade pouring into a deep canyon and huge waterfall below. Columbia River Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/green-canyon-cascades/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forest-Flow.jpg Green Canyon Cascades (2005) A beautiful series of cascades flowing through a mossy canyon complimented by soft background light. Columbia River Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/radiance/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Radiance.jpg Radiance (2005) A morning sun burst through the trees illuminating the forest above Rock Creek, in the Rock Creek wilderness along the Oregon Coast. Rock Creek Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/neverending/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Neverending---Wild-Journeys.jpg Neverending (2006) The never-ending cycle of waves and rocks captured here at sunset along Oregon's central coast. Central Oregon Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/beach-garden/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Beach-Garden.jpg Beach Garden (2007) Lupine flowers glow in the last light of sunset overlooking the sea stacks and sandy beaches of the Northern California coast. Near Arcata, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/river-of-the-gods/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/River-of-the-Gods.jpg River of the Gods (2006) Zion's Virgin River flows through colorful Autumn Cottonwoods inside a deep sandstone canyon. Zion National Park, Utah https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/canyon-life/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Canyon-Life.jpg Canyon Life (2007) A colorful Maple clings to life high on the wall of a slot canyon in Southern Utah. The stone is faintly illuminated by reflected light off the higher walls. Southern Utah, near Cedar City https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/color-light-and-form/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/2.jpg Color, Light and Form (2006) Oregon's Painted Hills illuminated during a brief moment of amazing light through the clouds. Painted Hills, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/candyland/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Candyland---NW-Wilderness.jpg Candyland (2007) Amazing colors in Oregon's Painted Hills dusted with a bit of fresh snow and filtered evening light. Painted Hills, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/oregon-autumn/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Oregon-Autumn-III------Print.jpg Oregon Autumn (2004) Oregon isn't known for its Fall color, but if you know where to look the Vine Maples really stand out amidst stands of Old Growth Pine and Fir trees. Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-sun-forest/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Sunset-Forest.jpg The Sun Forest (2005) Old Growth Redwood trees catching the last light in the Lady Bird Johnson grove, California. Redwood National Park, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/frosted/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Frosted.jpg Frosted (2006) The first snows high in Oregon's Cascade range cling to the Pines not long after they have melted off the colorful Autumn meadows below. Three Sisters wilderness, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/paradise-gardens/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Paradise-Gardens.jpg Paradise Gardens Morning sun emerges through the trees, complimenting this beautiful cascade and wildflowers in Washington's Rainier National Park. Rainier National Park, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/lord-of-the-valley/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Lord-of-the-Valley.jpg Lord of the Valley (2006) Mount Tom, in the Eastern Sierra of California catches some soft morning light. Eastern Sierra Range, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/sparkling-shore/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fountain-of-Light.jpg Sparkling Shore (2005) Sparkling light and wave action on ocean rocks illuminated at sunset on Oregon's south coast. Stonefield Beach, Oregon Coast https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/the-storm-wall/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/The-Storm-Wall.jpg The Storm Wall (2006) Dramatic skies and violent waters as a winter storm descends on Saint Mary lake in Glacier National Park. Glacier National Park, Montana https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/fairyland-falls/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Fairyland-Falls---Final.jpg Fairyland Falls (2007) An enchanting waterfall and stream in a wild and remote region of Oregon's Columbia Gorge.  Years after I made this image (which I had not seen before at the time), thousands of photographers had seen and then gone to this spot.  They have ruined the ferns on the lower/right side of the image, so in a way the scene here is a preservation of something more important than our photography.   These are sensitive areas, and we all must take care first and foremost.  Columbia Gorge, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/painted-in-spring/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Painted-in-Spring.jpg Painted in Spring (2007) Oregon's Painted Hills National Monument comes alive with soft light, spring wildflowers and beautiful sunset skies. Painted Hills, Oregon https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/land-of-life/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Land-of-Life.jpg Land of Life (2007) Ancient Old-Growth Redwood forest in soft early morning light photographed in California's Del Norte Redwoods State Park. Del Norte Redwoods, California https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/crater-lake-winter/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Crater-Lake.jpg Crater Lake, Winter (2005) A rare image showcasing the striking beauty of Oregon's Crater Lake National Park in winter. Crater Lake National Park https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/november-seventeen/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/November-Seventeen-Dark.jpg November Seventeen (2006) An amazing sunrise light show outside Banff in the Canadian Rockies. Probably the most intense sunrise or sunset light I've ever seen in nature. Banff National Park, Alberta https://www.marcadamus.com/photo/forever-dreaming/ https://www.marcadamus.com/images/xl/Forever-Dreaming.jpg Forever Dreaming (2007) A very long exposure at twilight picks up surreal colors and the beauty of Washington's Olympic wilderness coast. Olympic National Park, Washington https://www.marcadamus.com/product/book/ https://www.marcadamus.com/product/book-2/ https://www.marcadamus.com/product/the-way-home-book/ https://www.marcadamus.com/product/collectors-edition-book/ https://www.marcadamus.com/product/book-collectors-edition/ https://www.marcadamus.com/news/ https://www.marcadamus.com/contact/