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  • A Super Blue Blood Moon<br />
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Glowing with heavenly as well as earthly light, the Las Vegas temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the moon in the heavens reflect illumination of a different kind, with the city lights of Las Vegas in the background. <br />
This image, a composite made on January 31, 2018, was created during the rare Super Blue Blood Moon event (kind of like a triple-dog-dare) between 4:00 am and 7:30 am from an elevated observation site on Sunrise Mountain. This moon gets its unscientific name from a combination of three types of moons, all occurring at the same time.<br />
A Super Moon is at its closest distance from earth and appears slightly larger and brighter than usual, although barely noticeable to casual stargazers.<br />
A Blue Moon occurs under two different occasions: either the second full moon in one month or the third full moon in a season that has a total of four full moons.<br />
Blood Moon is the name for a full lunar eclipse and can only occur on a full moon event. The term denotes the reddish color that overtakes the moon due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering, the same effect that causes colorful sunrises and sunsets.<br />
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Although there will soon be more Super Moons, more Blue Moons and more Blood Moons – even Super Blue Moons – there will not be another Super Blue Blood Moon event until January 31, 2037.<br />
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To make this image, the photographer set up tripod and camera at the onset and made repeated images with the moon first appearing high in the sky. By forecasting the arc of the moon and earth rotations, the position of the moon was predicted and possible to visually place along its path as the temple spires came into view. The image required changing lenses, however the tripod remained stable in a single location throughout the entire event. The composite was then blended and the final print was created.
    Temple Moon – Signs in the Heavens
  • Clear water and shady cover dresses Lamoille Creek, near where it exits one of the most beautiful canyons in north America. Bright greens and the beginning of fall's favorite color - yellow - covers the cottonwoods bending over the bend in the creek.
    Lamoille Creek, northern Nevada
  • Fall color at high altitude frames this peaceful valley far below Kingston Pass in the Toiyabe mountain range in Lander County. It's a marvelous place for solitude with a breath taking two-track trail over the top of the crest. Take plenty of supplies and a spare tire or two, and good boots in case you have to walk out.
    Kingston pass, Toiyabe range, Nevada
  • Rich color fills the sky over central Nevada at sunset. This view from nearly 10,000 feet shows distant peaks and ranges with a visual distance of over 60 miles of open country. Traveling and camping in this kind of territory restores the soul and brings personal peace. 2nd Annual Great Nevada Exploratory Photographic Expedition - 2014
    Summit Mountain sunset, central Nevada
  • Here’s a cocky little fellow in the Mojave desert of  Clark County, Nevada perched atop a Mojave yucca. He always leads the way with Mrs. Quail and the kids following, sometimes running ahead and finding an elevated lookout so he scout for food and water. When he finds it, he throws his head back to clear his throat and closes his eyes and let’s loose.
    Gambel's quail calling the flock
  • Wild and free and the perfect symbol of life in the Nevada rangelands. Given enough free browse and open water, mustangs prosper. When their range is limited, they suffer just like any other animal in the wild. There are conflicting opinions of how to best manage Nevada’s wild mustang herds. But to see a gang of them running free through the sage with flying manes and tails, with a powerful stallion at the lead is a genuine thrill.
    Wild mustangs, White Pine county
  • Like a prayer whispered in secret, the Milky Way seems to ascend into the heavens above the outreached arms of slender aspen trees in autumn. Great Basin National Park is a wonderful place to seek God and nature. Located so remotely from cities and towns that it is one of the best places in the lower 48 states. Clear skies and cool nights allow for excellent views into the heavens.
    A Whispered Prayer, Wheeler Peak, Nevada
  • Purple mountain's majesty is on display, here in the Nevada desert. Cool air carries the scent of miles of sage in light wind, and the next mountain range of Great Basin country rises on the far side of a dry lake bed. Receding ranges and last light are a beautiful sight in vast White Pine County, Nevada.
    Under a western sky
  • Beautiful dunes drift around the badlands of Mineral county. The light and puffy clouds look pleasant, yet they belie the fact that in the desert, this type of cloud either follows or precedes a storm. Rare as they are, a hard-blowing thunderstorm and cloudburst ripped these dunes just two hours later.
    Near Murphy's Well
  • Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park contains a town built in the 1890s that is preserved in a state of arrested decay. A true Nevada ghost town, many of Berlin’s original buildings remain and some of its original residents are interred in the town’s cemetery. Trails throughout the town site tell the story of Berlin and its mine. The park is also home to the most abundant concentration, and largest known remains, of Ichthyosaurs, an ancient marine reptile that swam in a warm ocean that covered central Nevada 225 million years ago. The fossils are protected and displayed at the park’s Fossil House. For nostalgic reasons, this ranger station just totally appeals to me, with open range before it and the US and Nevada flags flying together in the desert breeze.
    Berlin, Nevada
  • Mule deer are marvelous creatures. This one, feeding in a marshy meadow at dawn in northern Nevada, is carrying a baby soon to be born. Wild irises bloom in the background; sage in the front.
    Mule deer doe, Great Basin, Nevada
  • Literally 30 seconds after making this exposure, lightning stuck where my tripod had stood. When the monsoonal flows come to the Mojave desert in southern Nevada, storms like this spring up frequently and with little warning. This image (a single exposure) displayed all the mighty power that nature can bring, with sheets of rain, multiple bolts and deafening thunder. Thirty mile-per-hour wind drove the storm directly at me while I set up my gear and tested the exposure, then began making exposures to capture the action. Never underestimate the power of nature . . . and always be prepared.
    Power From on High
  • Storms in the western desert arise in an instant, with furious wind and rain in cloudbursts. And so often, especially at sunset, the storm will break. A narrow window of light will appear at the desert horizon between heaven and earth. This rainbow appeared at a perfect moment in time, offering redemption from danger and fear, bringing instead, peace and hope.
    Redemption, Cedar Breaks NM
  • This may be the last fine art landscape photograph of beautiful Lamoille Canyon's famous aspen forests. (See addendum below).<br />
    Gouged out by ancient glaciers, Lamoille Canyon in the Ruby Mountains is a gem. Streams altered by beaver ponds and year-round water freshen the landscape and welcome hikers and hunters. Vigorous aspen and cottonwoods offer rich color in the fall. The peaks are all well above 10,000 feet and inspire positivity to visitors. Elko County residents can be proud of their beautiful Rubies.<br />
    Addendum: The Range Two Fire burned in the Ruby Mountains near Elko and tore over multiple ridge lines and quickly consumed approximately 5,000 acres after starting on Sunday, September 30, 2018. The wind drove flames into Lamoille Canyon, scorching the popular recreation area from "bottom to top," according to Erica Hupp, public information officer for the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. This is indeed a sad event that will not be restored for well over 100 years.
    Lamoille Autumn
  • There's something wistful about aspens that are just a day past peak color. Clustered on the high slopes of Timber Creek, these aspens flare in brief glory before the winds of winter. This steep and beautiful side canyon affords solitude and rejuvenation to a camera-carrying traveler. The Schell Creek Mountain Range is home to a large and rambling spruce, fir, and aspen forest. This is a great place to escape to for urban refugees. Call on your Boy Scout training if you go: water, fuel, spare tires, food, good boots and a warm woolen blanket. And a sharp pocket knife.
    Timber Canyon, Success Loop, White P...jpg
  • Gold Butte National Monument is one of the nation's newest monuments. Although it is a declared space, it is still so new that the back country is very rough, which is the way I like it. I hope they never improve the roads so that most people will be discouraged from going there. Except for you buddy. If you do go there, don't step on the thin sandstone fins and edges, or any other delicate formation. It took millions of years to form and now human caused damage is already changing the face of the place. Have some respect, okay?
    Delicate and rough
  • When my 12-year old daughter and I arrived at the Mesquite dunes in Death Valley, we had high hopes of making a classic image like Ansel Adams had made so many years ago. We were not satisfied with all of the footprints left by a thousand tourists on every dune face we could see. Our solution was to walk even further into the sandy wilderness. A mile in brought us an amazing experience: a quick and furious desert cloudburst with high winds and sideways rain that pounded us and sent everyone else running for cover. I shielded her and my camera/tripod rig with my long jacket and soon the storm cleared, leaving this beautiful double rainbow directly to the east; God's promise that fear and destruction had been overcome by His blessing to the world. "Something good always happens." - Mark Andrews
    The Promise, Death Valley
  • A rancher heads home at the end of the day in Lamoille, (Elko County) Nevada. The road runs exactly east-west; this perfectly backlit shot is best done on only two days of the year; vernal and autumnal equinox.
    Ranch road, Lamoille, Nevada
  • Lupine - Ruby Mountains<br />
Lupinus nevadensis<br />
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When summer arrives in the desert, it's still spring in the mountains of southern Nevada at 8,000 feet. I love finding lupines in the high country in late spring. They are a welcome reassurance that all is right in nature. This classic blue lupine is one of my favorites, symbolizing rebirth after a long winter buried in sub-freezing temperatures. They're tall, graceful and they attract large numbers of pollinators. Typically, Indian Paint Brush is found blooming at the same time.
    Classic summer lupine on Ella Mounta..vada
  • Blue Heron - Sloan channel
  • Anna Blue - Plebejus anna
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