Sunrise at Rabbit Mountain Open Space. I waited for the light to break just behind this lone tree, its silhouette casting long shadows across the grassland.

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View from inside a cavate at Bandelier National Monument, looking down at Tyuonyi Pueblo. Sunrise had just started hitting the canyon wall across the valley.

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Glow. Silence. Pure magic on South Holston Lake—see the sunset that stopped me.
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Two years ago, after a snowstorm. I wasn’t out to take photos—just exploring. Then the clouds dropped below me, the sky cleared, and Mont Blanc stood still under a single lenticular cloud. The last light of sunset painted the peaks in soft pink and purple. I had my camera in the pack… and I’m glad I did.