Category: National Parks
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Tanjung Puting National Park
Situated in Borneo, Indonesia, Tanjung Puting National Park sits on a peninsula that juts out into the Java Sea. The peninsula is low lying and swampy with a spine of dry ground which rises a few feet above the omnipresent swamp. The park is the habitat for the world’s largest Orangutan population and as a…
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Acadia National Park
“Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life….climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine into trees” John Muir I had been to Acadia National Park a number of times over the years, but never in autumn when New…
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Utah’s National Parks
To quote Ken Burns…..National Parks are the country’s best idea. The breadth of the country’s national park experience varies from the flat swampy bird filled Everglades NP to the ice fields of Glacier NP to the spectacular cliffs and spires of Grand Canyon NP and everything in between. If you’re into canyons and rock formations, southern…
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Yukon Gold
My friend Doug emailed me and asked whether I’d be interested in going on a photography trip to the Tombstone Mountains. I thought wow, “the town too tough to die” had mountains? I watched the movie but I didn’t recall seeing Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday chasing Ike and Billy Clanton through the mountains, only…
Chasing the Light 