Geothermal NesjavellirWhen people first arrived on the island we know as Iceland they thought the place was on fire. Plumes of steam however were what they saw, not plumes of smoke. Water boiling below the grounds surface generated hot water and steam which today is harnessed as a source of heating and geothermal power.

throughout its statewide reach from the four corners area all the way to the Grand Canyon

With no safe place to park

Warm light bathes while migrating mists steep the snow covered slopes of the Wrangell Mountains

cap-rock statuary can sometimes titillate a fanciful imagination

This high altitude geologic wonder is the result of limestone yielding to the power of water based erosion

Cuernos del Paine is the center-point of Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonian Chile and the southern reaches of the continental Andes Range

Mature great egrets chastise a chick which has strayed from the nest

The view here is from Rim Rock Drive across the Grand Valley of the Colorado to Book Cliffs

and influence The Lone Star State is in fact a world leader

but the American Southwest

An American native hummingbird displays a splendid tail dress as it performs an air dance near a favored nectar source

This bold and shapely Sandstone Arch is tucked away in the plateau region of northeast Arizona proudly administered by Native American peoples