Peak fall colors along the ridges of the Great Smokey Mountains near the town of Asheville, North Carolina.

The channels of tide lines exposed at low tide along the Cook Inlet near Anchorage Alaska.

Second season brown bear cubs play fighting in Lake Clark National Park Alaska.

Koa trees are set against Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Late afternoon light on lichen and volcanic rock formations along the Columbia River in Washington.

Ocean waves are blurred as they come in an out over rocks on the beach of Playa del Carmen Mexico.

Hardened lava forms bizarre shapes along the roadside in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

rabbit brush and silver sage bloom in late season color along the shores of Mono Lake

Ice patterns along one of the tributaries of the Virgin River in Zion National Park Utah.

Peeling madrone tree bark with insect trails consuming lichen growth in La Conner Washington.

The burnt pine trees in Yosemite National Park create a dramatic study of line.

Layers of mussels are exposed to the setting sun on Second Beach in Olympic National Park in Washington.

Burned koa trees are silhouetted against sunset on the Mauna Kea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Mule deer crest a ridge in the mountains of Colorado at sunset.

The green bacteria that form stepping patterns as the minerals cascade out of a spring near Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

Karst limestone formations at sunset with hanging mist and fog near the Li River in China.

The rope like shapes of hardened lava at sunset in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

An east African Crane poses for a portrait at the Denver Zoo.

The channels of tide lines exposed at low tide along the Cook Inlet near Anchorage Alaska.

The peaks of Zion National Park are framed by a Pinyon Pine in Utah.

An adult osprey brings a rainbow trout into the nest from Sweet Water Creek in Sweet Water Colorado.

The wind layden slopes below table mountain during a winter storm in the backcountry near Mount Baker.

Bacteria formations in the spring waters near Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

The lines and shapes of a pair of horned lizards on the Hoffman Ranch in Alice Texas.

A horned puffin peers out of its den site to verify the coast is clear before leaving on a feeding mission in the Cook Inlet of Alaska.

The cool blue waters of the North Fork of the Nooksack River along the Horseshoe Bend Trail in Glacier Washington.

A caracara scratches its head in a human like gesture on the Hoffman Ranch in Alice Texas.

The lower falls of the Yellowstone River flows towards the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park Wyoming.

Basalt boulders are set against the setting sun in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park Wyoming.

A storm clears across the Sangre de Cristo valley at sunset in Great Sand Dunes National Park.

A portrait of black phase red fox kit at its den site in Mount Rainier National Park Washington.

Evening snow geese explode to flight as night appraoches in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.

An erect collared bull moose stands as a testament for too much human intervention into the wilds of the United States created in Grand Teton National Park Wyoming.

The sun breaks through a thunderstorm on the mountain sides above Eagle Colorado during spring greenery.

The sunset behind tidal boulders on Indian Beach near Cannon Beach in Ecola State Park Oregon.

A twisted and wind scoured fir tree stands at the base of Mount Herman in the Mount Baker backcountry in Washington.

A Blacktailed Jack Rabbit stares gazingly at photographer Jay Goodrich.

Hoodoo formations at sunset during the summer heat in the Bisti Wilderness in New Mexico.

The sun sets through the clouds at Deception Pass State Park in Washington.

Boiling clouds highlight the south Texas landscape at sunset on the Hoffman Ranch in Alice Texas.

Disapating thunderstorm clouds over the Sawatch Range in Colorado highlight lichen covered boulders.

The lines in sandstone in Escalante lead off into a stormy surise in the desert of Utah.

Arrowleaf Balsamroo is lit up after dark as the stars begin to appear in Eagle Colorado.