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We carried a drone to all the summits we did in that year, but the conditions were never right to fly a drone. Finally, we got lucky on the way down from the summit of Mt Stuart, the wind stopped, there was no one else on the mountain, and here’s what we ended up with.
I spent a week driving around Norway above the Arctic Circle in the winter capturing the Northern Lights. The above was captured on New Years day!
We spent all night right next to the lava flows (in a very safe way!) in Hawaii. It was a surreal experience. This was also my first attempt at an HDR video.
I was in Ukraine a few years ago and visited. And that’s when I shot this footage of the “Russian Woodpecker”. Read more here.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz97RalxuWU/ Chicago Harbor Lighthouse with Supermoon rising in Lake Michigan Super Blue Moon rising over Lake Michigan in Chicago - it's called blue but that has nothing to do with the color ☺️ Loved the refraction causing the distortions in how it appears - it looks like a mushroom cloud. But I'm not sure about the exact mechanism of these distortions. The next time this happens will be in 2037! The Tufa at Mono Lake against the snow-clad Sierras! https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ct4IAjwx03H/ The effect of all the precipitation in the past 5 months in California can be easily seen here. That's Folsom Lake. That tree has been on dry ground for the past few years when you could hike up to it just walking on the lakebed of rocks and pebbles. Now a good chunk of it is below the water level. In the background are the Sierra Mountains, covered in snow. #california Bank of America Plaza is a skyscraper located in between Midtown Atlanta and Downtown Atlanta. At 1023ft / 312m the tower is the 11th tallest building in the U.S., the tallest building in Georgia and the tallest building in any U.S. state capital. It has 55 stories of office space and was completed in 1992, when it was called NationsBank Plaza. I got this pic the night before it got all rainy and wet the next day. #atlanta #cityscape California has been pummeled this year by atmospheric rivers and storms that have brought a lot of precipitation everywhere. It's always funny to find a no parking sign where it's no longer needed 😋 #california #winterwonderland Donner Lake view from Donner Pass, an hour before another winter storm set to bring another few feet of snow. It was super gusty already, very hard to stand upright 🥶💨 #winter #california #snow #mountains #californiawinter This spot is less than 3 hours from San Francisco. We were at 3,000ft/914m above sea level, heading east and just a few mins after this we were surrounded by snow. Love the late evening sun filtering through the dense fog! #california #mountains #winter #sierras Something about the juxtaposition of so many things stand out here. The sunset far behind creating a dramatic backdrop while the purplish path is the same color as the mountains; the cute goats, the colorful assortment of plastic containers, the geometric neatness of the planted trees contrasted by the chaotic leaves in the foreground, and even the contrast between objects in tack sharp focus and those blurred out. No filters. This is what it looked like before sunrise yesterday at Kings Canyon National Park. Love that natural gradient - blue to pink to orange to yellow back to blue! The blue at the horizon is called the Earth’s Shadow - it’s literally the shadow cast by the earth on the western sky when the sun is about to rise in the east. The pink is called the Belt of Venus. The first pic here is a single 6s capture on a Sony full frame camera. The other two were shot on an iPhone 13 Pro Max at 30s. What do you think about the differences? The Dixie Fire, the largest single fire in California history, entered the southeast corner of Lassen Volcanic National park in August, 2021 when the park entered into unified command with USFS and CAL FIRE to implement a full suppression strategy. Ferry building with Alcatraz ☺️ Mt Diablo view from the Delta Under the ground, inside a cave, with two 3-mo old twin babies for Father’s Day 👶🏼👶🏼 Fed by the melting snowpack of the Sierra Nevada mountains, the American River runs 30 miles from the mountain range all the way to Sacramento. Via the Sacramento River it connects to the San Francisco Bay Area watershed. I got this pic with my drone. It was a clear day, perfect temperature, and all the shades of blue and green! The Golden Gate Bridge is also an emoji 🌁 Its color was inspired by the red primer used to keep the steel from oxidation. Various studies were done where they considered black, grey, aluminum etc. Do we want the bridge to blend in or do we want it to stand out? This color, called “International Orange” was chosen. It’s slightly modified but closest to the version also used in the aerospace industry. Happy New Year everyone! I took this picture over New Year’s Eve night. Actually these are 200 images (15s exposures) blended together to reveal the movement of the stars over an hour. What do you think? Driving up to Lassen Volcanic National Park over Christmas. It was a winter wonderland! And it may surprise some people that this is actually in California. It was snowing the whole time which creates this diminishing visibility effect as we look further away into the distance. #winter #california #snow Donner Pass: this is where the first European settlers entered into present-day California. They tried using a new route and it led to a horrible tragedy, if you have ever read about the Donner Party, this pass is named after them. Every time I drive across the Bay Bridge, I always have my eyes peeled for this view. This time there was a cruise ship too! #sanfrancisco #coittower Hiking around Pyramid Peak near Tahoe in California, came across this beautiful dance. Fun timing to catch three of the #butterflies in very different poses. Almost feels like a merge of three different photos but is a single capture :) Standing at 10,300ft [3130m] on Camp Muir on Mt Rainier (an active volcano with 20+ glaciers), with Mt St Helen’s (another active volcano that famously erupted in 1980) in the background, and the beautiful ridges of all the mountains in between 🏔 Sunrise on Camp Muir! Flying into LAX early morning, got to witness this beautiful view! The dreamy clouds really add to the feeling, an exciting welcome into the city! Do you see that tiny plane in the sky? Got lucky with timing 🙂 #lax #losangeles #california A unique and interesting vantage view into the city of LA lies right in the middle of it in this park that recently reopened. It was so nice to be up there before sunrise and see the colors change in the peaceful setting of all the flowers in various colors Water level at Shasta Dam / Shasta Lake a few weeks ago, with Mt Shasta 14,179 feet (4321.8 m), in the background🏔 There’s a lupine superbloom happening near Sacramento in California these few weeks. I got a chance to check it out with my parents. The landscape is already surreal and the flowers take it to a totally different level #superbloom #folsomlake #flowers #wildflowers

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