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Washington coast in winter

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Dark, jagged rocks along a stormy shoreline with a large sea stack and misty rain in the distance; rough water pools reflect the overcast sky.
Rain, Washington Coast

A pass­ing cloud dumps rain and hail at Rial­to Beach, on Wash­ing­ton state’s Pacif­ic coast, on a dark, mid-Feb­ru­ary afternoon.

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Soumaya, Mexico City

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Blue-tinted glass panels with a hexagonal pattern framed by metal strips on a modern building facade.
Soumaya, exterior detail
Curved metallic surface covered in hexagonal tiles meets a tall, angular glass skyscraper against a bright blue sky.
Soumaya
Curved blue tiled surface with a repeating hexagonal pattern outlined in dark lines.
Soumaya, reflected
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Flower bomb

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Close-up view of vibrant orange-red peony petals with ruffled, layered textures and a dark central area.
In full bloom at the Woodland Park Rose Garden
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Greetings from the Middle East

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A bearded man in a black suit and hat stands on a balcony in front of a cityscape with the golden Dome of the Rock and a tall minaret in the background.

I’m halfway through my two-week trip to Israel and Jor­dan. This is my sec­ond time to Israel and it’ll be my first time to Jor­dan. As before, I’ve been based in Tel Aviv, tak­ing day trips to Jerusalem, Masa­da and the Dead Sea. The food, archi­tec­ture and his­to­ry here are all incred­i­ble. So many cul­tures have come togeth­er here and blend­ed into some­thing both new and ancient.

This after­noon I’ll be hop­ping onto a 40 minute flight and then tak­ing a ride through the desert to our next des­ti­na­tion, Petra. I can’t wait — this is the thing I’ve been look­ing for­ward to most on this trip. 

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Road to nowhere

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A muddy winding path cuts through a dense forest with tall trees and scattered fallen leaves along the sides.
Scan from negative Summer 2001

Around the year 2001, I drove down on a whim from Seat­tle to cen­tral Ore­gon — an area that would lat­er become known for cults and mili­ti­a­men, but at the time was most­ly just a blank space on the map to me. I want­ed to explore, take a few pho­tos, and find a place I remem­bered my grand­fa­ther once talk­ing about, called Steens Moun­tain.

At the end of the sec­ond day, bar­rel­ing down the back­side of that moun­tain toward my motel room and a show­er and a bed, a side road flashed into my periph­er­al vision and then was gone. Some­thing about it grabbed me; I slammed on my brakes and went back to snap this picture.

This remains a favorite pho­to and a favorite mem­o­ry — one of those times I ven­tured out on my own to nowhere in par­tic­u­lar, just to see what I could see.

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Joshua Tree

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Close-up of a spiky yellow-green yucca plant with long pointed leaves in a desert landscape and a blue sky.
Joshua tree on the Barker Dam Trail, Joshua Tree National Park