This image of Bodie shows the sheet metal clad building that was the longest running and largest claim in Bodie. The smaller individual claims can be seen dotting the hillside where mounds of dirt have been piled up. 

This is one of my absolute favorite places. These mountains are located south of the old route 66 in the middle of California's Mojave Desert. The range is filled with Big Horn Sheep, Mountain Lions and Mule Deer.

Frenchmans Coulee is located near the famous Gorge Ampatheater in Washington. These vast Coulees were formed when water from a great inland lake was suddendly released. As the water rushed over the land it carved out the scablands of Washington leaving picturesque coulees all across the land. This Coulee sat above a rather large sandy, scruby plain and the sand formed these impressive dunes against the wall of the coulee.

The Whipple Mountains are a unique range. They lie in the easternmost extension of California right next to the Colorado river. There is a mixture of mojave and Sonoran plant communities here, as well as some impressive lava formations and slot canyons.

This panoramic was taken in classic eastern Washington sagebrush country. Umtanum ridge has an interesting variety of plants and wildflowers this time of year as well as a decent population of Pygmy Short Horned Lizards. The person in the upper left corner was looking for them when I shot this panoramic.

Pisgah is one of the most unusual landscapes I have seen. Black Lava flowed from a cinder cone thousands of years ago and now covers an are of over 20 square miles. The lava is fairly new and has not had an oportunity to weather much so the jagged edges that are all around are about as sharp as they look. This lava bed is known for its populations of dark colored reptiles which have through natural selection turned dark to match their surroundings.

This panoramic was shot looking north from the sunflower springs road in the Old Woman Mountains. The flat area in the foreground was a large hanging valley that was a couple thousand feet above the lower valleys in the distance. This incredible place is one of the most remote landscapes I have ever visited in California.

This panoramic was shot in painted canyon in the mud hills outside the town of Mecca, California. Most of this area consits of badlands but there are a few semi-lush canyons like this one.  

Mono lake is the second largest saltwater lake California. The lake has no outlet so it retains thousands of years of minerals and salts washed down from the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains. The lake is well known for its unusual tufa formations that tower out of the water like small crystalline castles.

Bodie is probably Americas best preserved wild west ghost town. This image only shows a fraction of the buildings that are left standing.