Monumental Night Sky, originally uploaded by Pacific Landscapes.

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park’s “The Mittens” silhouetted under the August Milky Way. Composite image created from two frames. Milky Way image made the previous evening outside of Page, Arizona.

Made on a week-long car trip through Nevada, Utah and Arizona. August 2010.

Diver, Stinson Beach, originally uploaded by Pacific Landscapes.

Brown pelican diving for Pacific Ocean fish at Stinson Beach, Marin County, California. July-August 2010.