Incredible light beams grace the giant redwood trees of the northern California coast

All eyes are on this lovely girl as she shines in the spotlight in the Palouse hills of Washington

Beautiful sunrise light warms blooming rhododendron flowers in the Del Norte Redwoods State Park.

Dawn frequently breaks with wild colors over the Alabama Hills of California thanks to the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains and their effect on the weather

A violent thunderstorm breaks up just enough to allow sunlight to pierce the gloom over the Colorado Rockies

Light piercing through the giant redwood trees of Northern California creates wonderful graphic patterns in the coastal fog.

One of many locations that have become icons after being shot by Marc Adamus. These lone trees live a battered life amongst the bears in Glacier National Park

A dense fog rolls through the trees of Washington state, which is a common occurrence in fall. I'd like to say that I hiked for hours to reach this remote location, but I actually shot this from my back deck in my underwear. After taking a few frames, I went back inside and finished my cereal

Hot springs billow mist on a frigid morning in the Eastern Sierra Mountains of California

Incredible sunset light over a wonderful creek in the Colorado Rockies

A lonely road winds through the wild, rocky landscapes strewn across the Idaho border

A beautiful dawn under the oak trees of Oregon during the annual spring balsamroot bloom.

An intense sunrise reflects in a lonely stream deep in the interior of northern Iceland

Taken on a quiet morning walk on a weekend retreat with family for my Aunt Kate's memorial service. One of my earliest images, and one of the ones that matters to me the most

Wild storms leave break up to reveal incredible light in the Colorado Rockies on a summer day

Warm light streams through the giant redwoods of northern California at sunset

An isolate, lonely, brilliant tundra in northern Iceland sees plenty of weather which makes for an intense sunrise

A beautiful mountain lake high in the alpine wilderness of Montana's Glacier National Park

Beautiful evening light filters through the giant redwood trees of Northern California during the annual rhododendron bloom

I take great pleasure in the fact that Ryan Dyar overslept in the nearby Walmart parking lot and missed this beautiful dawn morning

A beautiful sunrise bathes Reynolds Mountain in Glacier National Park

A wonderful bouquet of rhododendron blooms peaks through a gap in the giant redwoods of Northern California

A small red barn looks like a lonely boat being tossed by ocean waves in the Palouse region of Washington

A wonderful little bend in a small river under sunrise light. My friend Ryan Dyar shot this scene at one point and discovered in his file review and upside down deceased cow in the water. RIP cattle buddy

Dawn at Mesa Arch in Arizona is a sort of pilgrimage for landscape photographers... for good reason

While driving to photograph sunrise in a different area of Glacier National Park, I noticed this field of flowers and decided to take a chance

A serenely calm morning greets the majestic Mt. Rainier

An intense sunrise in Glacier National Park reflects in a mountain stream

A fiery sunrise envelopes Mt. Adams in Washington state on a chilly fall morning

A small channel in an old lava bed acts as a funnel for the warm waters of the Pacific

The first rays of sun highlight the fall colors in a grove of aspen trees in Utah

Mt. Rainier rises above a field of flowers on a bug-filled summer evening

Summer wildflowers sit beside a high alpine lake in Central Oregon

"The Tree" in the Japanese Garden in Portland before it became crushingly popular

The iconic Horseshoe Bend in Arizona is a wonderful place to watch the sunset

Each spring the Hood River area of Oregon boasts a wonderful display of flowering fruit trees beneath the watchful eye of Mt. Hood

A beautiful sunset reflects in a small lake along the Kona Coast in Hawaii

Sunrise on the roof of a sacred island born from centuries of volcanic eruptions

Fall color adores an old Oak Tree on the hills above the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon

This little tree has found a way to keep standing despite the relentless storms that roll through Glacier National Park in Montana year after year

An odd mountain formation in eastern Washington with colorful balsamroot blooming below