“After sleeping through a hundred
million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet,
sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our
eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in
the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up
in it? This is how I answer when I am asked—as I am surprisingly often—why I
bother to get up in the mornings.”
Richard
Dawkins
Geotripper is back! We are home from a glorious journey through British Columbia, Alberta, Montana and Washington. It was a stunning landscape with a fascinating geological story. A detailed series of posts of course will follow, but for today, I am sharing examples of some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world.
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Indian Paintbrush in Yoho National Park |
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Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park |
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Takkakaw Falls, Yoho National Park |
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Mt. Rundle, Banff National Park |
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Bow Lake and Glacier, Banff National Park |
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Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park |
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Peyto Lake, Banff National Park |
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Drumheller Badlands in Dinosaur Country |
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Marmot at Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump Park in Alberta |
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Clements Mountain near Logan Pass in Glacier National Park |
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Bighorn Sheep at Logan Pass |
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Rocky Mountain Goats near Logan Pass |
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Mt. Adams from Sunrise Point, Mt. Rainier National Park |
“Travel is like love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.” Pico Iyer
5 comments:
Marvelous landscapes indeed. Look forward to hearing more about them.
Awesome and awe inspiring.
Congratulations! :-)
BEAUTIFUL...........
You've illustrated the Dawkins quote magnificently! Thank you!
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