The Last StandSouthern Utah is littered with Hoodoos and wildly colorful hills. The patterns can be intricate and intriguing, and I found myself grateful to be able to see some of these formations while they still they are still standing

The landscape portion was shot by a drone

Dawn frequently breaks with wild colors over the Alabama Hills of California thanks to the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains and their effect on the weather

The debate rages to this day amongst my small group of friends

As the sun rose

a friend was there to document the experience

Helens fill with snowmelt during spring

These light displays are nothing short of miraculous

The first rays of sun highlight the fall colors in a grove of aspen trees in Utah

He holds me hostage with it to this day

An intense sunrise reflects in a lonely stream deep in the interior of northern Iceland

the sun angle

A lonely leaf rests in the pools below Punchbowl Falls in the Columbia River Gorge region of Oregon