Rippled mud patterns resemble chocolate fudge in Utah's Paria Canyon.
Scattered leaves stick to rippled mud patterns as they reflect the light of warm and cool tones off sandstone canyon walls.
Leaf oil patterns break apart in a small pool on the banks of the Paria River in Utah.
Various layers and colors of the edges of Grand Prismatic hot spring offer an abstract view.
Red and orange aspen leaves mingle with fallen pinecones along the forest floor of the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona.
A long exposure while moving the camera up and down among a grove of vibrant autumn aspen trees on the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona.
A few fallen leaves pop off the dried canyon floor of a Utah slot canyon that hasn't seen water flow through in many months.
Reflected light from a canyon wall casts down onto these dried mud curls in Southern Utah.
An above view of a vibrant green agave plant at the edge of the grand canyon.
A pattern within the salt polygons resembles a white flame of salt crystals photographed during twilight.
A small section of cracked mud tiles photographed during twilight
Small pebbles are lined with alkaline patterns creating a mosaic of color and texture along the Paria River.
Colorful sandstone converges into an alcove on the Colorado Plateau in Arizona.
Swirling patterns of red sandstone catch the soft morning light in one of the many pockets within white pocket.
Paper thin ridges of sandstone begin forming from the bottom of a sandstone butte in south coyote buttes in Northern Arizona.
A sandstone arch found in a side canyon of Lake Powell resembles that of a human heart.
A sandstone wall covered in desert varnish reflects onto the waters of Lake Powell. The wake from our boat caused the reflection to be distorted.
Reflected sandstone on rippled water along Lake Powell.
Reflections of a cut out sandstone wall give the impressions of arrows pointing to the right, but why go right when you can go left?
Contrasting colors and striations create a wonderful mosaic of texture on this boulder. A slight splash of green pushes through the blues and reds. Zion National Park, Utah.
First light touches this old twisted sage that appeared flattened into the ground at the base of the Sierra range in California.
Vibrant red sandstone formations converge together in the vermilion cliffs wilderness.