Fireweed, in the hills above Pressy Lake
Hoodoos on the road to Merrit, BC
“Rise Above”, 2017
Editor’s Favourite - National Geographic, David Y. Lee and Matt Adams.
Red dirt of Kauai- near Waimea Canyon, Hawaii
Kauai is the oldest of the Hawaiian Islands, and the volcanic Basalt is rich in iron oxide, which gives a reddish hue.
Pitchfork Falls, on the Klondike Highway - north of Skagway, Alaska
An original Cariboo pioneer, my Great-Grandfather-in-law and his sons hauled freight by covered wagon from Ashcroft to Barkerville and Quesnel circa 1870,. I re-imagined him in this photo on a section of the actual Old Cariboo Waggon Road behind 70 Mile House, BC.
More about Nam Sing…. Heritage Site info… See my blog about this
The layers of Marjorie Glacier, Alaska
A 21 mile long tidewater glacier - one of very few that are stable, or even advancing.
@ PUBLISHED
Selected for Traditions Around the World 2017 Nat Geo story
David Lee, Producer, National Geographic Magazine
Helmcken Falls, Clearwater BC
4th tallest waterfall in Canada
Traboules are “secret” passageways that wind through private residences, which originally gave merchants and others easier access to the Saône river. There are many hundreds of them, famously used during WW2 for the French Resistance to evade occupying Nazis. Today, a few are mapped for common use.
A rare moment with a rising full moon, together with the last glow of sunset reflecting in our windows.
The blue hour occurs when the Sun is far enough below the horizon so that the sunlight's blue wavelengths dominate
In case you missed it, Neowise will return in another 6800 years or so.
Editors’ favourite - Christina Shorter, National Geographic
