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Big open landscapes. Coastlines and valleys, the Cappadocia balloon launch at dawn, the salt flats out in Death Valley, a quiet lake somewhere up north.

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Hot-air balloons rising at dawn over the town of Göreme in Cappadocia, lights still on in the town below, soft pink-blue sky. — First Balloons Up, GöremeGöreme, Cappadocia, Turkey · Sep 2014First wave of balloons lifting off over Göreme at dawn, drifting low through the Cappadocia valleys. Cold morning, sky just starting to open.

A cluster of red, yellow, and orange hot-air balloons drifting over Cappadocia's rocky valleys at dawn, the lit town spread below. — Balloons in the ValleyGöreme, Cappadocia, Turkey · Sep 2014Got tighter on the balloons as they spread out across the valley. Red ones first, then the yellows and oranges. Whole town glowing underneath.

Black-and-white photograph of a stand of tall conifers in dense morning mist in Yosemite Valley. — Pines in Mist, YosemiteYosemite National Park, California · Aug 2009Yosemite Valley in the morning mist. Big pines coming out of the fog one at a time. Quiet — that kind of damp quiet.

Dramatic orange-amber cliffs of Panther Beach California glowing in the last sunset light, dark surf below. — Panther Cliffs, Last LightPanther Beach, California · Sep 2009Panther Beach cliffs lit up amber at the last bit of sunset. Dark surf moving below. Cliffs just held the color until they didn't.

Panther Beach California at dusk, pink and purple light over wet shoreline rocks and surf. — Panther at DuskPanther Beach, California · Sep 2009Panther Beach right after sunset, sky going from amber to pink to purple. Rocks holding the color, tide coming in.

Aerial view of a curved white-sand beach in Cancún with turquoise Caribbean water and rows of beachfront hotels in the distance. — Cancún from AboveCancún, Mexico · Feb 2007Cancún beach curving south from way up at a hotel window. Turquoise water, white sand, hotels stacked up along the strip.

A view of Highway 1 along the California coast curving down a cliffside with the Pacific Ocean to the right. — Highway One, CurvingPacific Coast Highway, California · Dec 2012Highway 1 doing its thing on the California coast. Cliffs on the left, Pacific on the right, road curving down the headland.

View of the Golden Gate Bridge from Baker Beach in San Francisco, dark wet sand foreground, bridge in the right distance. — Golden Gate from the SandBaker Beach, San Francisco · Dec 2012Bridge from down on the beach in San Francisco. Wet sand all the way out, bridge just sitting there at the right edge of the frame.

An orange-amber Kerala backwaters sunset, a traditional Indian houseboat silhouetted on calm water, palm trees in the distance. — Houseboat at Sunset, KeralaVembanad Lake, Kerala, India · Jan 2012Kerala backwaters going amber. Houseboat just out there in the middle of it, palms going dark on the far shore.

A traditional wooden Kerala backwater boat moored among palms, reflections of trees and sky in the still water. — Boat and Palms, KeralaVembanad Lake, Kerala, India · Jan 2012Old wooden boat tied up among the palms in the Kerala backwaters. Whole thing reflecting in the water — palms, sky, all of it.

A misty mountain lake reflection in India, layered ridges fading into mist, soft pastel light over still water. — Lake at MunnarMunnar, Kerala, India · Jan 2012Lake somewhere in the hills above Munnar, fog hanging low. Mountains reflected in the still water. Cold morning at altitude.

Hazy sunbeams cut through a forest in the Western Ghats of India, a single dark tree in still water in the foreground. — Sun Through the GhatsWestern Ghats, India · Jan 2012Sun coming through the forest in the Western Ghats. Beams cutting through the haze. Single dead tree out in the water in front.

A rainbow arcs over warm-toned hills and a distant mountain ridge in the Death Valley region under stormy clouds. — Rainbow, Death ValleyDeath Valley National Park, California · Jan 2012Rainbow came out over the hills the day before the salt creek shot. Stormy sky, warm hills, the whole arc.

A road or salt creek bed winds through the floor of Death Valley under a heavy stormy sky, dark hills flanking. — Salt Creek, Storm ComingDeath Valley National Park, California · Jan 2012Cloudy day at the salt creek out in Death Valley. Road going off into the storm. Place quiet that way deserts get when something's about to happen.

Black-and-white minimalist landscape of a dark mountain silhouette reflected in a perfectly still lake under soft sky. — Lake, B&WMt. Shasta region, California · Feb 2012Lake somewhere up by Shasta, perfectly still. Black mountain reflected back, everything just kind of holding.

Color landscape of a dark mountain reflected in a still lake at dusk, soft pink and purple sky above. — Lake, Pink DuskMt. Shasta region, California · Feb 2012Same lake, color version, just at dusk. Pink in the sky, mountain coming back at me in the water.

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