The TapestryWonderful layers of fall colors grace the valleys of Colorado in autumn

creating a magical fairyland for photographers

Lava explodes as it meets the sea at the ocean entry of Kilauea in Hawaii

A self portrait overlooking rivers of lava pouring into the ocean from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii

the colors become vibrant and quite stunning

it makes for a dramatic image

The slightest break in the cloud cover right before sunset yielded dramatic lighting conditions on the last night of an otherwise washed-out trip with Ryan Dyar

The incredible aurora borealis dances across the night skies of Iceland

While hiking out of the dunes in Death Valley

The intense heat and fear that the thin

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

And then I got lucky

They grow prolifically throughout the Redwood forests of Northern California