Images from a recent trip to Venice Beach, California

A thunderstorm sweeps across the Sierra Nevada's Mount Bradly west of Independence. June 2009

Autumn Color above Independence

Me on a sand dune on the Baltoro Glacier in Baltistan
Behind me are the Trango Towers, the biggest cliffs in the world!

Chicago Skyscraper Alpenglow
I shot these from the bathroom of my hotel suite in Chicago in early May of '09.
The picture of the Chicago River was from the study area of the suite.
I had the entire 40th floor of a 1920s era Gothic skyscraper.