A Red, White and Green Scene

Yellowstone National Park is more than just geysers and bison. It also is home to many colorful, and beautiful, landscapes. Red willow (a favorite hangout of moose), green trees and snow-capped mountains created this amazing scene.

A Pile of Pine Cones

Colorful, textured pinecones in a pile make for an visually interesting image.

The View From Hellroaring

This lovely scene was captured at a place in Yellowstone National Park known as Hellroaring. I have watched wolves and grizzly bears through a spotting scope from this high overlook. On the morning this picture was taken, there were no animals in sight, but my guide and I were treated to this colorful sunrise, along with some ground fog in the valley.

What a Face!

This face belongs to one of the non-releasable grizzly bears that lives at the Montana Grizzly Encounter near Bozeman, MT.

The Library of Celsus

The Library of Celsus is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, now part of Turkey. It was built in honor of the Roman senator Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaenus between 110 A.D. and 117 A.D. by Celsus' son  The library reportedly was one of the most impressive buildings in the Roman empire. 

Built to hold 12,000 scrolls, it also serves as a mausoleum for Celsus, who is buried in a crypt under the building. The Library of Celsus was the third largest library of the ancient world, after only those at Alexandria, Egypt, and Pergamum, Turkey. Only the front facade still stands.

Untitled

This colorful image was taken inside a large Catholic church in Managua, Nicaragua. I like the colors and the repeating patterns.

One for the Road

These three equestrians rode their horses down a beach in Nicaragua on a hot day. They rode a short distance, then turned around and headed back toward the restaurant where I was having lunch. They stopped, two dismounted, and they then returned with a beer for each rider.