Liminal phases

Liminal phases

Transitions

I’m back in the land of sky and light.

The earth spins through the ephemeral colors of the day. The ethereal light of morning is luminous. The sunset gradient passes from the sun’s flame to cool atmospheric blue in a hair’s breadth and illuminates the setting moon.

New Mexico, deserts sunset, moon set, moon

Northern lights

Northern lights

Changing light

As indoor light exceeds the outdoor light, the regular 0916 library photo becomes increasingly sharper images of me in front of the library stacks. Night is taking hold, and with it comes new light– town, bonfires, the moon, and aurora take the sky.


Svalbard, northern lights, aurora, aurora borealis, Longyearbyen, Norway, polar night, atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena

Svalbard, northern lights, aurora, aurora borealis, Longyearbyen, Norway, polar night, atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena, bonfire

Svalbard, northern lights, aurora, aurora borealis, Longyearbyen, Norway, polar night, atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena

Svalbard, northern lights, aurora, aurora borealis, Longyearbyen, Norway, polar night, atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena

Svalbard, northern lights, aurora, aurora borealis, Longyearbyen, Norway, polar night, atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena

Svalbard, northern lights, aurora, aurora borealis, Longyearbyen, Norway, polar night, atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena

Winter Solstice

Happy Winter Solstice!

All the best and brightest for 2017!

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Spring trees after morning rain. Beartown State Forest, Massachusetts

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Yampa River valley, cottonwoods, snow, and afternoon light. Colorado

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Fern aliens. How can so many shades of green live in one place? Mount Baker, Washington

Sea alien – A.K.A. anemone. Deception Pass State Park, Washington

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Paintbrush in lichen-laden sagebrush. Steens Mountain, Oregon

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

The road through Candy Land

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Fall color against red rock. Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

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Super moon set. Canyonlands National Park, Utah

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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

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Kalahari Milky Way. Botswana

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Zebra-belly nap face. Moremi National Park, Botswana

Moremi National Park, Botswana

Personal grooming is important in maintaining superiority.

Elephant knees and toenails and a little one tucked under the trunk. Chobe, Botswana

Lilac-breasted roller. Moremi National Park, Botswana

Paradise Found, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

The Road not Taken Enough