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February 2014

Mammatus clouds hover over the Badlands signaling an approaching storm on a warm summer evening.

Photo Friday: Badlands Before the Storm

On a warm summer evening as I was photographing Badlands National Park in South Dakota, I could hear thunder in the distance. …

A small lake nestled in the Sandhills reflects the rising sun on a cool spring morning.

Saving Nebraska’s Sandhills: Another Setback for the Keystone XL Pipeline

Nebraska, it seems, continues to flummox TransCanada, Inc., builders of the Keystone XL pipeline. For those who may not have heard, Judge …

A snail shell rests on a leaf at the bottom of the forest at Fontenelle Forest in eastern Nebraska.

Photo Friday: Remnants of Autumn

With eastern Nebraska lacking snow pretty much this entire season, I grabbed my macro lens and went on a hike in search …

After a chilly night in a tent at North Inlet Junction along the North Inlet trail, my hiking partner Dave and I woke up around 3 am to hike 3.5 miles uphill to Lake Nanita and Lake Nokoni. It was a clear night and the stars shone like a blanket across the dark sky. An occasional bat flew over our heads as the trail ducked into the forest. We first passed Lake Nokoni in the dark and then made our way to Lake Nanita, arriving just before sunrise. I setup on the southeastern shore and waited for the sun to warm Ptarmigan Mountain before me. Just as the mountain began to glow red, a breeze came up and disturbed the reflection of the mountain in the lake. The mountain only glowed for a minute or two and then the bright sun began to creep down the mountain. I packed up and Dave and I made our way back down to Lake Nokoni for a short rest before heading on to Ptarmigan Lake.

Photo Friday: A Warm Sunrise

After a chilly night in a tent at North Inlet Junction along the North Inlet trail in Rocky Mountain National Park, my …