No amount of pretty purple-blue morning glories or rock cairns could hide the treacherousness (is that a word; if not, it is now!) of our rapid, steep...

An Abstract Roadcut

Posted in: El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | August 7, 2018 at 8:36 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Another relatively flat ascent on the Camino brought us to this roadcut along the highway as we headed into the outskirts of Pamplona. The wall on the...

Not Your Everyday Minerals!

Posted in: Colors, Nature, Photography, Travel | July 23, 2017 at 1:27 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Guggenheim Hall of Minerals, American Museum of Natural History, NYC. It’s hard to associate some of these raw minerals to what might become a soft, finely-polished gemstone....

Isla Mujeres – Part 7 – Tulum

Posted in: Architecture, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | June 25, 2017 at 9:22 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Tulum (meaning “wall”) is the site of a Mayan walled city situated on tall cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in...

More from Glacier Bay – #6, Johns Hopkins Glacier

Posted in: Alaska, Commercial, Creative, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | February 16, 2016 at 10:02 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Majestic!! Named after the famous university in Baltimore, this glacier’s variations of rock, debris lines, ice and snow have produced impressive lines, curves and colors such as black, blue and...

Parallel with a Cloud Layer

Posted in: Alaska, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | February 14, 2016 at 4:28 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Frigid…...

Glacial Basins

Posted in: Alaska, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | February 11, 2016 at 4:19 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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These beautiful, rugged landscapes above Glacier Bay were shaped by the National Park’s numerous glaciers. The glaciers’ damage has been done leaving new and amazing land formations,...