25 Dec Life by the Beach
Soon after I turned five we bought a house about a half mile from the beach. The fact that now, in my 70s, I take this experience for granted may be a confession of a lifelong hubris....
Author: Howard Goldbaum
26 Sep Postpile Ridge
While not as distinctly formed as Devils Postpile National Monument, this thousand-foot long ridge, located high above Storey County’s Long Valley Creek, is still an impressive sight....
06 Sep The Court of Antiquity
Perhaps a few hundred years ago, or as many as 10,000, Native Americans gathered at this spot above the Truckee River to the east of the broad meadows that would become the city of Reno....
13 Aug Mt. Rose Waterfall
Standing more than 6,300 feet above downtown Reno’s 4,500 feet, Mount Rose looks daunting. But its summit trail begins high up the mountain pass road (SR 431), at 8,911 feet....
20 Apr The Temples of Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat The 292 temples remaining in the Angkor complex represent but a fifth of those once build here by the Khmer civilization. Angkor Wat was built by Surayavarman II during the early 12th century. The five central towers represent the five peaks of Mount Meru,...
14 Apr Slot Canyon
In places so narrow that you’ll need to turn sideways, the Slot Canyon is not stout-friendly....
06 Apr Split Mountain and the Wind Caves
Split Mountain, in the southeastern corner of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, is described perfectly by its name....
03 Apr Anza Borrego Desert State Park
California's largest state park, at 600,000 acres, encompasses stunning scenic and cultural treasures. Here are a selection of them, with more to be added as we visit new locations in the park...
15 Mar Judy on the Playa
This is Judy Strauss (at Burning Man 2011), who loved the Black Rock Playa so much that she set up her gongs each year to provide a meditation experience for all comers....
03 Oct Wheeler Peak Glacier, Great Basin National Park
Wheeler Peak Glacier, at the base of Wheeler Peak, is an “alpine rock glacier” around 120,000 square feet in size....
03 Oct Bristlecone Pines, Great Basin National Park
Great Basin Bristlecone pines are remarkable for their great age and ability to survive adverse conditions. The Wheeler Peak bristlecone pine grove is the most accessible grove in the park....
22 Jun Everyone at the Ballpark
If you were at the Reno Aces final home game of 2016, zoom in and find yourself in this gigapixel panorama....
08 May Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
The creation of Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge was a kind of miracle, as the entire area was destined to be a subdivision in 1980. The savior of Ash Meadows was the Devils Hole pupfish....
13 Apr Salton Sea Mud Volcanoes
These two square miles of gurgling and burping mud volcanoes are not actually volcanic in origin. They are created by carbon dioxide bubbling up through a muddy slurry. ...
01 Apr Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
Campo, California is not on the road to anywhere; you are not likely to just happen upon this museum. But if you care about the history of American railroads, it's a must-see destination....
28 Mar Super Bloom in Anza Borrego
In March of 2017 the winter rains delivered a once-in-a-lifetime display of flowering extravagance that became known as the "Super Bloom" in the deserts of Southern California....
24 Mar Sacatone Overlook
This gigapixel panorama shows the "Seven Sisters" trestles of the former San Diego and Arizona Railway as the line snakes its way through Carrizo Gorge....
06 May The Needles at Pyramid Lake
The Needles area of Pyramid Lake, and its hot springs, have been closed to all but the Pyramid Lake Paiute since 1980....
04 May Freight Train in the High Desert
Of the many vistas that Nevada has to offer, I never tire of the way the desert can present an entire freight train, in one ultra-wide glance, from the first engine to the final freight car....
13 Apr Font’s Point Overlook of the Borrego Badlands
Here four million years of the earth’s history is dramatically expressed. Font’s Point is one of the best places in North America to note the passing of geological time. Explore two gigapixel panoramas....
22 Dec American Flat Mill
The ruins of the United Comstock Merger Mill at American Flat were demolished in late 2014. This 137-node virtual-reality tour was photographed from August to December of 2014....
28 Sep Light Dome on the Playa
At Burning Man 2015 we photographed these artists putting the finishing touches on their Playa installation....
27 Sep The Serpent Mother
The Serpent Mother is a 168′ long evocation of a skeletal serpent coiled around her egg in a monstrous but maternal gesture. ...
07 May Lagomarsino Canyon Petroglyphs
Lagomarsino Canyon, a Nevada rock art site on the National Register of Historic Places, is a quarter mile long. It consists of 2229 rock art panels, some created up to 10,000 years ago....