Erg Chegaga, Morocco.

Erg Chegaga (or Chigaga) is one of two major dunes of the Sahara in Morocco, the other being the Erg Chebbi of Merzouga.

This dune is located in the Souss-Massa-Draa area and is located about 50 km west of the rural town of M’Hamid El Ghizlane, itself located about 98 km south of the town of Zagora. With a length of approximately 40 km to 15 km wide, some dunes around a height of 60 m (170 m more than Erg Chebbi), it is the largest and wildest of Morocco.

Because it is relatively difficult to access – it is only accessible by 4×4, camel or on foot – Erg Chigaga remains as untouched as Erg Chebbi, which can make for a memorable desert experience.

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Finally found some really interesting False Hellebore while doing some scouting in Mount Rainier National Park last week. Scout location #1 turned out to be pretty good, but I fell over a log, got a baseball-sized bruise on the back of my calf which gave me a limp for 3 days, scraped my arm all to hell, and then the light sucked on top of that. Location #2 was a no go because the brush was too thick, and I couldn’t manage to drag myself to intended location #3 because of said injury aquired at location #1. And even though the sunset wasn’t bad (for once), I couldn’t come away with anything at all I liked at Reflection Lakes…so this ended up being my keeper shot for the day.

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Here is another shot of Eureka Dunes.
I took this one next day (midday time) so colors are different but as you can see dunes are still very beautiful and whitish.
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We spent two weeks in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California earlier this year. Staying camped in the same place (same campsite, even!) for so long is something I had not done until we bought our Airstream trailer last fall. The crazy mode of chasing the light from place to place that characterized all of our previous trips has faded for us in recent months and we are enjoying our new immersive style of travel quite a bit.

You can read more about our transition in this blog post.

Thanks, as always, for your time in viewing my photography!

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I decided to post an image from the Yukon from the past autumn.. we got some to great locations and we were lucky enough to get fresh snow on the peaks..
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In 2007 I created a composite image of a lunar eclipse over Mt. Shasta. Despite not having a clue what I was doing (capture or developing) I somehow pulled it all together. The image got some good attention and even ended up in the Smithsonian Museum for a while. Seven years later, the most recent eclipse gave me a rare opportunity to revisit the concept and try again with more advanced equipment and better skills. This is the result (best viewed full screen on black). This image is technically better, cleaner, higher resolution and with much more detail, particularly in the shaded parts of the moon. Many of the eclipse phases required blending of up to six exposures. This final image consists of over 75 layers and took somewhere north of 20 hours of work. However, I think I still like the original more. It had a certain simplicity and realness to it. This one feels a bit busy and over done. Plus, night sky images have become quite common in the last few years, so much of the novelty has worn off. Whether the image stands up or not, I still had a great adventure, challenged my brain and learned a lot.

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The fading Tasman Glacier in New Zealand

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I found this image on a old hard drive form 4 years ago. I think it’s a good example of how important conditions are to landscape photography. This is a single frame with very little processing . It was one of the most unusual skies I have ever seen.

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