Taggart Lake

.   Crystal clear water at Taggart Lake, Grand Teton NP, Wyoming, USA     “The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.” –Percival    

Grand Teton, [Monochromed]

. Lupine Meadows at Grand Teton NP, you can see the Teewinot Mountain on the right and the Grand Teton on the left. “Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Grand Teton and a trail

.   “It’s always further than it looks. It’s always taller than it looks. And it’s always harder than it looks.” – The 3 rules of mountaineering. A view of the Grand Teton from the west side of the peak.

A big black Raven

  “Black is real sensation, even if it is produced by entire absence of light. The sensation of black is distinctly different from the lack of all sensations.” — Hermann von Helmholtz   The queen of all birds, it exemplifies all that is in power and strength and something more, sort of a mystical quality. [...]

A baby elk

A calf (baby elk), Spring is the ideal time to see the young ones of all mammals. [Yellowstone National Park]

American Bison [Yellowstone]

A  skinny bison at Yellowstone National park, it is skinny in the spring due to lack of food in the winter season. The Bison had roamed the entire North america, but with heavy hunting, it almost went extinct in the 19th century. Thanks to the idea of National parks and forests. The Bison still roams [...]

Mammoth hot springs

Mammoth hot springs, Wyoming, USA   The Canary spring and the petrified tree provided a perfect frame for one of the most visited spots in the World’s first national park.