Happy solstice! The December solstice marks the beginning of winter, and while that may not seem like much to celebrate for some people, it also marks the shortest day of the year. Every day after the winter solstice mother nature gives us just a little bit more sunlight to enjoy, and to me that is something worth celebrating….
I took this image when four bull moose decided to walk across the field right across from our camp! I was with a group of geologists camping in the edge of the forest deep in the Medicine Bow Mountains in August and we were in the process of making dinner when these four studs casually walked across…
This photo was actually taken earlier this May near Hynds Lodge in the Laramie Mountains in Wyoming. I had gone to camp with a group of geologists at their field camp and after a good breakfast I decided to wander off into the woods for a little morning stroll along a nearby trail. Mornings strolls…
I decided I needed a break from writing and took off on what I thought was going to be a nice snow shoe with my dog. I haven’t been up to the Laramie Mountains in a few weeks, and when I got there I realized that the warm weather we’ve been having (warm is 30’s…
SEE MORE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WYOMING First off, if you enjoy hearing local stories about the places you drive through or visit on road trips and adventures and enjoy learning about geology, whether you’re a geologist by trade or someone who always found it interesting, then I would highly recommend buying the Roadside Geology Books!…
As I’m in the last stages of writing my masters thesis on two years of work on the geology and chemistry of the Thermopolis hot springs in central Wyoming, I decided to re-visit some of my field work photos. Sitting here typing in front of the computer made me forget that I am actually studying…
This image is the color version of the black and white image from the previous post (which you can see here). I flip flop between which one I like better depending on my mood, however today I am leaning towards the color vesion. Here is the black and white version:
“Wind Blown Ice on Alpine Trees, Snowy Range Mountains, Wyoming” This is what a forest looks like at 11,000 feet in June on the Medicine Bow Peak Trail on the way to the peak of the Snowy Range Mountains in Wyoming. The wind is always whipping down the slopes from the west and causes these…
After a morning of fishing around Brooks Lake in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming, a summer afternoon storm started to roll in. Right on cue when you are in the mountains this time of year. I took this image right before it thundered and hailed for a bit while I comforted my cowering dog in…