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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) on a FWS sign with Mount Shasta in the background, Lower Klamath NWR, California
Hikers pause on a bushwhack up an unnamed trailless peak high in the Nusatsum Valley, Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia. Snow rolled in within moments of the photo and the whole mission was abandoned.
A rare clear day reveals the splendor of the Las Nubes Rainforest Reserve, Costa Rica. Just over the ridge is Chirripo, the tallest mountain in the country.
Clearcut logging of old-growth forest in the Chugach National Forest, Cape Yakitaga, Lost Coast, Alaska
Deep red, purple and yellow sunset over Spiller Inlet in the Ingram-Mooto Wilderness, heart of the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia
Silhouetted clay-colored robin (Turdus grayi), the national bird of Costa Rica, Talari Mountain Lodge, near San Isidro
The oval-shaped snowfield atop 3,000 mt. Stupendous Mountain, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk Territory, British Columbia
The unreal spectacle of Garibaldi Lake in British Columbia, with the shadows and reflections of clouds and mountains mingling on the glacial waters.
Wide-angle view of a glacier-fed creek with a heavy sediment load. Near the Athabasca Glacier, Jasper NP, Canadian Rockies.
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perched atop a broken-topped old Douglas-fir, with 10,000 ft. Nusatsum Mtn. in the background. Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk Territory, British Columbia
View of the Skutch Biological Corridor and the Talamanca Mountain Range from the Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica.
Delicate pinks and purple paint the sky and mountains of the Bella Coola Valley at dusk, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk Territory, British Columbia
Sunrise over the Fuji Mountain Roadless Area and the Waldo Lake Wilderness from the summit of Fuji Mountain, Oregon Cascades. The orange in the foreground is fog close to the camera. Unidentified lake.
The beautiful Mount Bachelor, unfortunately host to a ski resort, from atop a large lava flow eminating from nearby South Sister. Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon Cascades.
The lip of the Colca Canyon, Peru at Cruz del Condor - 1,200 meters to the river below, and 3,200 mt. to the summit of Mt. Mismi on the opposite side, making the Colca arguably the deepest canyon on Earth
5,830 mt. (19,127 ft.) Nevado Taulliraju reflecting in a lake near Punta Union, Cordillera Blanca, Peru. This photograph has been flipped upside down. The whole photo is a reflection!
A hiker pauses to take in the view after the strenuous ascent to Punta Union, Peruvian Andes, elevation (15,775 ft.).
The final stretch of trail approaching Punta Union, with Nevado Taulliraju in the distance. Cordillera Blanca, Peru.
Foggy old-growth mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) forest in the Fuji Mountain Roadless Area, Oregon Cascades
Hikers silhouetted against the striking southwest face of 5,830 mt. (19,127 ft.) Nevado Taulliraju. Cordillera Blanca, Peru.
Clouds rolling through the valleys of the Cordillera Negra, from Punta Callan at 5,100 mt. (15,500 ft.). Near Huaraz, Peru.
The last rays of pink and purple light slip behind the ridges of the McKenzie Valley, from Four-in-One-Cone, Three Sisters Wlderness, Oregon Cascades.
The beautiful Mount Bachelor, unfortunately host to a ski resort, from atop a large lava flow eminating from nearby South Sister. Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon Cascades.
Hikers silhouetted against the striking southwest face of 5,830 mt. (19,127 ft.) Nevado Taulliraju. Cordillera Blanca, Peru.
Striking, lovely view of ruins and pathways at Machu Picchu, Peru, with a flowering bromeliad in the foreground
A cloud bank stretches for 100 miles north over the Cascades, from the summit of Black Butte, Oregon. From left to right are Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Hood, and a faint Mt. Adams in Washington.