Alaska. Start of the men's 200 mile solo bicycle race from Sheep Mountain Lodge to Valdez during the 2010 Fireweed 400 event in July. Eventual winner, Daniel Folmar (#608), is in red and black attire with silver helmet on right in image.
Alaska. Backlit clump of Squirreltail Grass (Hordeum jubatum) along the Glenn Highway with mature, rose-colored seedheads in July with a deep blue sky in the background and rays projecting from the sun.
Alaska. The Matanuska Glacier forms a gentle "S" curve as it emerges from the snow-capped Chugach Mountains near the Glenn Highway. Compressed view with a long lens creates unusual perspective.
Texas. A mixture of yellow Stemless Evening Primrose (Oenothera triloba), magenta Drummond's Phlox (Phlox drummondii), and blue Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) wildflowers surrounding two large granite boulders in the Texas Hill Country in April.