Sage and rabbitbrush line the shores of Mono Lake in California at sunset.

The early morning fog dances over the rice terraces and hillside towns near Yuang Yang China.

The straight lines of aspen trunks along a backcountry road in the Sawatch Range of mountains near Eagle Colorado.

Late evening clouds linger over the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park near Gardiner Montana.

Sunset over the rock formations in Colorado National Monument.

Haystack rock and Cannon Beach in warm moring light in Oregon.

Sandstone is weathered in odd flat and square shapes in Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

The Square Shapes of Flat Sandstone © Jay Goodrich

The lines of sand dunes are shaped by the winds of the Rocky Mountains in Great Sand Dunes National Park Colorado.

The swirling spring rain clouds over Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park Washington.

The Toadstools area of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monumant in Utah.

A thunderstorm approaches along a roadside fence line in the sagebrush near Great Sand Dunes National Park and the Sagre De Cristo Mountain Range of Colorado.

The dense weather clouds the typically blanket the Cascades break to highlight the forest below.

The long roots of shrubs and trees extend out far from their source in Arches National Park in Utah.

A granite formation is offset with a tower fir in Huang Shan China.

The karst limestone peaks of the Yang Shao region of China.

The late afternoon sunlight in the mountains of Colorado is enriched by an ensueing thunderstorm.

Aspen trees are photographed to look like the color version and contrast of an asnel adams image, Vail, Colorado.

The sunrises over the Tetons and an ice covered Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Clearing storm on Mount Jefferson in Oregons south eastern prairie.

A boat and the karst limestone features of Yang Shao China.

sea stack island across from Martha's Beach in overcast light.

Mount Moran at Sunrise with clearing storm and clouds in Grand Teton National Park Wyoming.

The weathered striations in sandstone in the southwestern desert of Utah near Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Utah.

Late afternoon light baths Mount Shuksan in contrasting conditions during winter.

Mark Kogelmann skins up for another run in the backcountry near Mount Baker.

Clearing storm on Mount Jefferson in Oregons south eastern prairie.

A late season spring snow storm clears from the Olympic Mountain Range in Olympic National Park Washington.

Cloud formation over the Jackson WY valley with lone cottonwoods.

Tree trunks reflected in the morning waters of Jenny Lake create abstract patterns in Grand Teton National Park Wyoming.

The first morning light of sunrise is shrouded in fog looking out over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park Wyoming.

Clumped dried grasses glow in post sunset light on Horse Mountain in Colorado.

The sun breaks through an opening in late afternoon light over the Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park Wyoming.

Severe thunderstorm blowing the leaves of a cottonwood tree.

Dried and cracked mud after flash flood from a thunderstorm.

The carved walkways of Huang Shan China highlight a massive workforce undertaking.

A winter storm clears over the northern Cascades near Mount Baker Ski Area.

The fir trees and granite spires of Huang Shan China.