Travel
Photos and short clips from my travels, 2023–2026.
Basalt Columns
Reynisfjara, Iceland · January 2023
Columns of basalt, formed as lava cooled and cracked, above the black sand beach near Vík.
Strokkur Erupting
Haukadalur, Iceland · January 2023
Strokkur erupts every few minutes, throwing boiling water some twenty meters into the air; here against the low midwinter sun.
Geysir Geothermal Field
Haukadalur, Iceland · January 2023
Steam drifting off the hot springs around the Great Geysir, the spring that gave all geysers their name.
Frost and Steam
Iceland · January 2023
Frosted Branches
Iceland · January 2023
Inside a Glacier
Vatnajökull, Iceland · January 2023
An ice cave under Iceland's largest glacier. The caves change every year and can only be entered in winter.
Blue Ice
Vatnajökull, Iceland · January 2023
The cave's ceiling, scalloped by meltwater.
Diamond Beach
Breiðamerkursandur, Iceland · January 2023
Black volcanic sand by the glacier lagoon Jökulsárlón; the beach is named for the chunks of ice that wash up on it.
Vasa, as She Looked in 1628
Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden · January 2023
A 1:10 model in the museum, painted and rigged as the warship was when she set sail.
Vasa
Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden · January 2023
The Swedish warship sank on her maiden voyage in 1628 and was raised in 1961, almost entirely intact.
Vasa's Bow
Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden · January 2023
Vasa's Stern
Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden · January 2023
Carved with the royal coat of arms of Sweden.
Christmas Reindeer
Stockholm, Sweden · January 2023
Avenue of the Dead
Teotihuacan, Mexico · January 2023
The ancient city's main street, leading to the Pyramid of the Moon.
Pyramid of the Sun
Teotihuacan, Mexico · January 2023
The largest building in Teotihuacan, raised nearly two thousand years ago.
Ruins of Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan, Mexico · January 2023
Metropolitan Cathedral
Mexico City, Mexico · January 2023
Built between 1573 and 1813 on the Zócalo, here with both bell towers under scaffolding.
Tulum
Quintana Roo, Mexico · January 2023
A walled Maya port on the cliffs above the Caribbean.
El Castillo
Chichén Itzá, Mexico · January 2023
The Temple of Kukulcán. Its four stairways of 91 steps, plus the top platform, make 365, one for each day of the year.
Mont-Saint-Michel
Normandy, France · May 2023
The abbey on its tidal island, seen across the sands at low tide.
Castel Sant'Angelo
Rome, Italy · May 2023
Built as Emperor Hadrian's tomb and later a papal fortress, seen from the Ponte Sant'Angelo.
Trevi Fountain
Rome, Italy · May 2023
Rome's largest Baroque fountain, finished in 1762.
Rainbow Mountain
Vinicunca, Peru · July 2023
More than 5,000 meters up in the Andes; the stripes are layers of mineral-rich sediment.
Red Valley
Vinicunca, Peru · July 2023
The valley next to Rainbow Mountain, colored by iron oxide.
Machu Picchu
Cusco Region, Peru · July 2023
The 15th-century Inca citadel, with Huayna Picchu rising behind it.
Government Palace
Lima, Peru · July 2023
The seat of Peru's president, in the historic center of Lima.
Sagrada Família
Barcelona, Spain · December 2023
Gaudí's basilica, under construction since 1882.
Chapel Bridge
Lucerne, Switzerland · December 2023
The 14th-century covered wooden bridge and its Water Tower, with Mount Pilatus behind.
Old Town Square
Prague, Czech Republic · May 2024
Under the Gothic spires of the Church of Our Lady before Týn.
Buda Castle at Night
Budapest, Hungary · June 2024
Across the Danube from Pest.
Hungarian Parliament
Budapest, Hungary · June 2024
Seen across the Danube from the Buda side.
Mount Rainier
Washington, USA · July 2025
From Paradise, on the mountain's south side.
Wildflowers at Paradise
Mount Rainier, Washington, USA · July 2025
Field of Lights
Seattle, Washington, USA · December 2025
A winter light show on Christmas Eve.
Ring of Light
Seattle, Washington, USA · December 2025
Moonrise
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA · January 2026
Aurora
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA · January 2026
A faint arc of the northern lights over spruce trees heavy with snow.
Sea Turtles
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA · January 2026
One turtle resting on the reef while another swims past.
Sunset on Mauna Kea
Hawaiʻi, USA · June 2026
Above the clouds at the summit, about 4,200 meters up, among the observatories.
Half Dome
Yosemite, California, USA · July 2026
At sunset from Glacier Point, with Vernal and Nevada Falls on the right.
Ahu Tongariki
Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile · August 2026
Fifteen moai on the island's largest ceremonial platform.
Sunrise at Ahu Tongariki
Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile · August 2026
The moai stand with their backs to the sea.