The otherworldly textures of Yellowstone National Park are truly something to behold

I have so many photos of the incredible road-trip last summer that are yet to be published online, but where do I even begin? Maybe if I upload a few to Flickr every day for a few weeks I can get through them eventually? Regardless, there is some truly breathtaking stuff in there. This shot is one example, the clouds and the steam meshing together to form an unwoven tapestry of nature. Sometimes HDR processing is necessary to approximate what the eye can truly see, this was one of those occasions.

Taken during the Olympics; this sunset was particularly beautiful! Much better than the rain that’s falling on Vancouver these days.

The Crowfoot Glacier is about 20 miles northwest of Lake Louise in Banff National Park on the Icefields parkway. The glacier used to resemble a crow’s foot but the bottom toe/claw has dropped off due to glacial melt from increased average temperatures in the region. The glacier looks like a painting when you see it in person, this photo was my attempt at capturing the amazingness.

Yellowstone is full of awesome stuff. Mammoth Hot Springs is the largest and most impressive geothermal area at the National Park. Looking out at the mountain vistas through the Earth’s steaming emissions is a fantastic experience.

@ Porter Sculpture Park between Sioux Falls and Mitchell, SD on I-90. This place was one of the highlights of the roadtrip this summer with so many awesome sculpture and meeting/talking to Mr. Wayne Porter himself.

At the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone Canyon, on this particular day and time we had the sun at just the right angle to create a rainbow in the mist from the falls. Epic scenery indeed. I hated Yellowstone while I was there, the crowds, the sitting in traffic, the irritation. But now looking back, I really got some incredible photos and lifetime memories.

Banff National Park in Alberta has some beautiful scenery, but few vistas are more iconic than Lake Louise. People are bunched around the easy walk from the parking lot but walk a little bit to either side of the lake and you get fantastic unspoiled views like this one.

From Glacier National Park in Montana, this view can be experienced from the Highline trail that runs along the Going-To-The-Sun Road. Maybe my favorite stop along my recent roadtrip, Glacier National Park is incredible but won’t last much longer. The park made sure that you knew the glaciers have lost a majority of their mass since 1990. So get up there soon!

just a hint of what I saw at Yellowstone…