Charles Bridge in Prague with the sunrise hitting Malá Strana.
Mostecká Street in the Morning
Mostecká Street is typically packed with tourists. To see it in its most beautiful state, go there around 6 or 7 in the morning (or […]
St. Vitus Cathedral
This is without question the most beautiful cathedral I’ve ever seen. What was most impressive to me was the contrast between the exterior, which is […]
Morning at Mirror Lake
Mirror Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area of Colorado.
Lone Eagle Peak
Lone Eagle Peak as seen from a small pond between Mirror and Crater Lakes in the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area.
Alpenglow on Lone Eagle Peak from Mirror Lake
Lone Eagle Peak is seen under evening alpenglow from the shore of Mirror Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area of Colorado.
Gourd Lake Sunrise
This view of Gourd Lake (much like one of the other photos from years ago on SilentLandscapes) is seen from the west side of Gourd […]
Reflection in Gourd Lake
Sometimes the sunrises/sunsets in Colorado are so still that you can’t tell the difference between a real view and that view’s reflection in a lake.
Morning at Gourd Lake
Gourd Lake is a remote lake near treeline on the west side of the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area in Colorado. This photograph was taken from […]
Alpenglow at Upper Cataract Lake
The alpenglow on the mountains only lasted a minute. I was the only one up at 6:00 AM, standing at the shores of the lake, […]
Upper Cataract Lake Panorama
Upper Cataract Lake is located in the northern portion of the Eagle’s Nest Wilderness Area. We backpacked in 5.5 miles and 2,200 feet up from […]
Photographing in Eagle’s Nest
Joshua Hill (one of the photographers for this site) and his dog Porter stand above Cat Lake in the Eagle’s Nest Wilderness Area of Colorado.
View from High Dune
High Dune has a summit higher than any other sand dune in North America, at an elevation of 8,691 feet above sea level. The hike […]
Star Dune and Crestones
Star Dune, the tallest sand dune in North America at roughly 750 feet, is shown in this photo and is dwarfed by several peaks in […]
Eagle’s Nest Wilderness
Taken at sunrise on the shores of Gore Lake in the Eagle’s Nest Wilderness Area in Colorado.
Morning at Gore Lake
Gore Lake is in the heart of the Eagle’s Nest Wilderness Area in Colorado, precisely bisecting a straight line drawn between the towns of Silverthorne […]
Sahale Glacier Camp
In the May 2012 issue of Backpacker Magazine, this campsite was featured as one of twelve of “America’s Best Campsites.” Backpacker wrote: “Camp at what […]
Red Rock Lake Sunset
I had a specific goal in mind when I went to the Indian Peaks today: Photograph the sunset while looking west. I would normally photograph […]
Lake Agnes
We had an nice hike to Lake Agnes in early May. The road to the Crags Campground was closed, so we hiked from Highway 14 […]
A-Basin, Keystone, and Breckenridge
Taken with my 400mm lens, this photo shows three of the four Summit County ski resorts. Taking up much of the frame is Arapahoe Basin, […]
Delicate Arch at Night
We had planned on photographing slot canyons near Goblin Valley on this day, but at the beginning of that hike I realized that I had […]
Burn Area near Trappers Lake
The area northwest of Trappers Lake in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area of Colorado was damaged years ago by a forest fire. These are the […]
End of an Era
This photograph is ten years old, but I’m posting it on Silent Landscapes with today’s date. In the name of progress, and perhaps economy, practicality, […]
Colorado Capitol Transverse Mercator Projection
81 photos of the Colorado State Capitol were distorted and merged to create this view in transverse Mercator projection.
First Flatiron and Snow
First Flatiron as seen from Chautauqua Park in Boulder after a snowstorm.
Morning at Jasper Lake
Taken during sunrise at Jasper Lake in Colorado’s Indian Peaks Wilderness Area
Jasper Lake
We backpacked from the abandoned town of Hessie (near Eldora) to Jasper Lake. The hike was moderate, with about 2,000 feet of elevation gain over […]
Buckskin Gulch
Buckskin Gulch is the longest and deepest slot canyon in North America, and possibly the world. Located between Kanab, Utah and Page, Arizona, the canyon […]
A Sense of Scale
Taken from the summit of Humboldt Peak (14,064ft), two hikers can be seen near the upper-right of this photo (one in white, one in red, […]
Crestone Sunrise
Taken from the east side of Lower South Colony Lake, this photo captures Broken Hand Peak (left, 13,573ft), the Crestone Needle (right of center, 14,197ft), […]
Crestone Needle and Waterfall
Taken at dawn near South Colony Lakes, this photo shows Crestone Needle (14,197 ft) on the right and Broken Hand Peak (13,573 ft) on the […]
Sunrise on Broken Hand Peak
We started climbing from Lower South Colony Lake at 2:30 in the morning, making our way over Broken Hand Pass in the dark. After the […]