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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 …

Photo Friday: Long’s Peak Pano

On a autumn day in late September, a storm rolled through Rocky Mountain National Park and obscured Long’s Peak for a good …

A Richardson Geranium blooms near the Beaver Ponds on the western side of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

Photo Friday: Solitary Bloom

Normally, on Photo Friday’s I post seasonally appropriate images. Recently, in Nebraska it’s been cold, but we haven’t had any snow or …

Swollen from several inches of rain, the full and fast Big Thompson River flows through Rocky Mountain National Park.

A Slideshow of 62 Photos of 2013

January is always an retrospective time of year for me. So often I go through the year, saying, “What’s next, what’s next, …

Near the end of the day, in the marshes of the Kawuneeche Valley in western Rocky Mountain National Park, a Moose calf and cow nuzzle in the setting sun before getting ready to bed for the night.

Photo Friday: A Mother’s Love

On my July trip to Rocky Mountain, I had quite an opportunity to photograph Moose throughout the valleys on the western side …