in full resplendent beauty.
The La Garita Caldera...
is the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history approximately 28 million years ago (Eocene). That enormous geologic event has left quite a bruise on south central Colorado and also created rich mineral deposits in the region.
It's hummingbird heaven...
in the high country of Colorado.
Hanging out in the high country...
with a buddy from graduate school at a guest ranch near Creede, Colorado. Here are several of the local residents.
Milky Way over Molas Pass...
in the high country of Colorado last night at 11,100 feet above sea level. It was certainly quite chilly around midnight when this image was captured.
Mike the Headless Chicken...
is the chief celebrity of Fruita, Colorado, having lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off in 1945. There’s even a local festival held in May every year to acknowledge Mike’s tenacity! Learn about Mike.
Flying straight and true...
under relatively calm conditions this morning, I launched and recovered three model rockets with the Warp Core rocketry club in Grand Junction, Colorado at their launch site on the state line. Members lofted about 20 rockets until increasing winds shut down operations around noon.
High power rockets soared today...
above Ray’s Mesa in a remote corner of the Grand Valley in Colorado, just west of Grand Junction near the state line, organized and coordinated by the local Warp Core rocketry club. About a dozen men of all ages participated in the event and huge fun was had by all.
The sprawl of greater metro Denver...
illuminated at night. I shot this on my return flight to my high desert hacienda in red rock country. I’m delighted that people want to live this way, giving the rest of us wider spaces.
Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite Site...
is a protected natural area administered by the Bureau of Land Management north of Kremmling, Colorado. Absolutely worth a visit and absolutely NO collecting!
Fruita, Colorado claims to be...
both the dinosaur and mountain biking capital of western Colorado as the terrific sign on this grain elevator proudly suggests!
A small temblor...
apparently shook the local region at 2:11 am MST, but the minor earthquake was entirely unnoticed by me, fast asleep in Castle Valley, Utah. But there are in fact 16 “felt” reports at the USGS website. So here’s the technical information about the less-than-eventful event: M 4.3 - 28 km E of La Sal, Utah