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The images in the gallery below are published in the book "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. The book's 207 images highlight Tom's photography from 1981-2009.
This textbook teaches and inspires outdoor photography by revealing the magic of portable digital cameras. Learn how to pick a camera, compose, edit, and capture evocative images worldwide. Master digital jargon from the proficient glossary and index.
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  • The silhouettes of trekkers stand against the impressive mountain face of Fang (or Baraha Shikhar 25,088 feet / 7647 meters), in the Annapurna Range of Nepal. Published on the front cover of "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Published September 29, 2016 in Amateur Photographer magazine, London, UK, "Expert guide to silhouette photography": http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/camera_skills/silhouette-photography-taking-shape-96009
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  • Trekkers cross the outlet stream of Lake Carhuacocha (13,600 feet) in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. On the left, Yerupaja Grande (east face, 6635 m or 21,770 ft) is the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed. At center is Yerupaja Chico (20,080 feet). On right is Mount Jirishanca ("Icy Beak of the Hummingbird," 6126 m or 20,098 feet). Published in the following: 1) on the cover and inside of "Climbs and Treks in the Cordillera Huayhuash of Peru" guidebook Copyright 2005 by Jeremy Frimer, ISBN #0-9733035-5-7, Elaho Publishing; 2) Wilderness Travel 2005, 2007, 2013 Catalog of Adventures, and 2009-2011 web client survey; 3) "Fuentes, Conversacion y gramatica," a Spanish textbook by Rusch, Houghton Mifflin Company/Cengage Learning in 2004, 2011, 2013; 4) image for SteriPEN package, a handheld water purifier made by Hydro-Photon, Inc. of Blue Hill, Maine, 2007; 5) "Skills in Global Geography" Cambridge University Press, Australia textbook 2007; 6) Swedish trekking company site www.adventurelovers.se; 7) "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) is shown at Bonorong Wildlife Park, Briggs Road, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia. Wombats are burrowing grass eaters, and can be thought of as the marsupial ecological equivalent of a bear. Wombats are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of southeast Australia including Tasmania, plus an isolated group in Epping Forest National Park in central Queensland. The three living species of wombats are marsupial mammals in the Vombatidae family. They dig extensive burrow systems with rodent-like front teeth and powerful claws. Their unusual backwards-facing pouch avoids gathering dirt onto its young. Although mainly crepuscular and nocturnal, wombats also venture out to feed on cool or overcast days. Wombats are herbivores, mostly eating grasses, sedges, herbs, bark and roots. Published on Australian geocaching coin 2010, displayed in support of Wilder Foundation 2009, 2010, and exhibited at Oceanario de Lisboa, Portugal 2007. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Young swimmers explore coastal sandstone rock patterns exposed in the Painted Cliffs, in Maria Island National Park, near Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Blue paint weathers, fades, and exfoliates on an old door in Huaraz, Peru, South America. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Trees reflect in the tannin-stained water of Tidal River at Wilson’s Promontory National Park in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Natural tannins leached from decomposing vegetation turn the water brown. Drive two hours from Melbourne to reach Wilson’s Promontory, or “the Prom,” which offers natural estuaries, cool fern gullies, magnificent and secluded beaches, striking rock formations, and abundant wildlife. Published on the back cover of "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A blue oar boat floats in the green Mediterranean Sea, at Loutro harbor, Crete, Greece, Europe. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Wave, Coyote Buttes, located on the Arizona side of Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area, which is public land managed by the United States BLM. Over 190 million years, ancient sand dune layers calcified into rock and created "The Wave." Iron oxides bled through this Jurassic-age Navajo sandstone to create the salmon color. Hematite and goethite added yellows, oranges, browns and purples. Over thousands of years, water cut through the ridge above and exposed a channel that was further scoured by windblown sand into the smooth curves that today look like ocean swells and waves. For the permit required to hike to "The Wave", contact the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), who limits access to protect this fragile geologic formation. Image was published in 2009 for a surgeon's book on the intersection of science and faith. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A demon guards a gilded chedi (or stupa) at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), which is a shining complex of buildings within the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. The Grand Palace (or Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang, in Thai) was built on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River starting in 1782, during the reign of Rama I. It served as the official residence of the king of Thailand from the 1700s to mid 1900s. Photo by Carol Dempsey. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Staubbach Falls (Staubbachfall) is the highest waterfall in Switzerland, plunging 1000 feet (300 meters) into Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Berner Oberland, the Alps, Europe. The Bernese Highlands are the upper part of Bern Canton. UNESCO lists “Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch” as a World Heritage Area (2001, 2007). Panorama stitched from three images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Skyline Arch eroded within the Slick Rock member of Entrada Sandstone in Arches National Park, Utah, USA. Fractal branching of a twisted dead tree frames the arch. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Machu Picchu is a magnificent Inca archeological site in the Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes mountains, Peru, South America. Machu Picchu was built around 1450 AD as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (14381472). Spaniards passed in the river valley below but never discovered Machu Picchu during their conquest of the Incas 1532-1572. The outside world was unaware of the "Lost City of the Incas" until revealed by American historian Hiram Bingham in 1911. Machu Picchu perches at 2430 meters elevation (7970 feet) on a well defended ridge 450 meters (1480 ft) above a loop of the Urubamba/Vilcanota River ( Sacred Valley of the Incas). UNESCO honored the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu on the World Heritage List in 1983. Published in 2009 on Swedish trekking company site www.adventurelovers.se. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 4 overlapping images.
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  • Bell towers and blue-domed Greek Orthodox Churches grace the village of Oia on Santorini Island, an ancient volcanic caldera rim in the Aegean Sea, in Greece, Europe. After major destruction in a 1956 earthquate, Oia town was rebuilt as a multi level maze of fascinating whitewashed architecture. Published in PC Photo Magazine June 2002. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Billion-year-old rock breaks into a jagged pattern in Glacier National Park, Montana. This image is permanently displayed on the glass of two large lightboxes measuring 19.6 by 8.4 meters (64.3 ft wide x 27.5 ft high) and 16.3 by 3.5 meters (53.6 ft wide x 11.6 ft high), which wrap corners of the following skyscraper constructed by Axiom Builders in June 2019: SODO Residences, 620 10 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA (on the Corner of 5th St and 10 Ave SW). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these older sediments over newer Cretaceous age rocks.
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  • The peaks of Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau (Ogre, Monk, and Virgin) reflect in a pond at Kleine Scheidegg in the Berner Oberland, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway (Wengernalpbahn) goes from Grindelwald up to Kleine Scheidegg and down to Wengen and Lauterbrunnen. From Kleine Scheidegg, another cog train (Jungfraubahn) ascends steeply inside the Eiger to Jungfraujoch, the highest railway station in Europe. UNESCO lists “Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch” as a World Heritage Area (2001, 2007). Panorama stitched from six images. Published in September/October 2007 Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Lake Michigan waves have tumbled and smoothed colorful pebbles into rounded shapes at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA. The scenic park includes the hilly shoreline between Munising and Grand Marais, Michigan. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Presque Isle River carves round potholes in Nonesuch Shale rock before flowing into Lake Superior. Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Herbert Lake reflects peaks in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Banff is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 3 images shot on film. Published on the cover of John Steel Rail Tours corporate brochure 2006, www.johnsteel.com. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Giant lupines (Lupinus weberbauerii) grow meter-tall flower stalks below snowy Mount Taulliraju (19,100 feet) in Tingopampa Valley, near Punta Union Pass, on the Santa Cruz Trek in Huascaran National Park, Peru, South America. June 6, 2000. Lupinus is a genus in the pea family (also called the legume, bean, or pulse family, scientific name Fabaceae or Leguminosae). UNESCO honored Huascaran National Park on the World Heritage List in 1985. Cordillera Blanca mountain range is in the Sierra Central of the Peruvian Andes. Published in Wilderness Travel 2002 and 2009 Catalog of Adventures. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Sextet Ridge Glacier and larch trees in the fall at Bugaboo Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. The Bugaboos are a range in the Purcell Mountains, which are a subrange of the Columbia Mountains, which are west of the Rocky Mountain Trench. (Some USA maps label the “Percell Mountains” where their southern limit protrudes into the states of Idaho and Montana.) The igneous Bugaboo intrusion of 135 million years ago cooled into hard crystalline granite and was scraped into spires by glaciers eroding surrounding rock dating from 600 million to 1 billion years ago. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Sunrise light strikes Snowpatch Spire (10,050 feet) and reflects in a mountain pond (tarn) in Bugaboo Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. The Bugaboos are a range in the Purcell Mountains, which are a subrange of the Columbia Mountains, which are west of the Rocky Mountain Trench. (Some USA maps label the “Percell Mountains” where their southern limit protrudes into the states of Idaho and Montana.) The igneous Bugaboo intrusion of 135 million years ago cooled into hard crystalline granite and was scraped into spires by glaciers eroding surrounding rock dating from 600 million to 1 billion years ago. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) leaves turn red amid colorful fall foliage at Bugaboo Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A metallic green Cetonia aurata (rose chafer or goldsmith beetle) crawls on a magenta/pink thistle in Aoos River Valley, in Vikos-Aoos National Park, Zagoria, Epirus/Epiros, Greece, Europe. Green and magenta hues are "complements" of Color Theory. Zagori (Greek: Ζαγόρι) is a region and a municipality in northwestern Greece containing 45 villages collectively known as Zagoria (Zagorochoria or Zagorohoria). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Fantastic rock spires of Meteora rise above a blue house with red tile roof in Kastraki, near Kalambaka, in central Greece, Europe. Meteora (which means "suspended in the air") is a complex of six Eastern Orthodox Christian monasteries built by medieval monks on natural rock pillars near Kalambaka, in central Greece, Europe. The sandstone and conglomerate of Meteora were formed in the cone of a river delta estuary emerging into a sea about 60 million years ago, then later uplifted and eroded into pinnacles. The isolated monasteries of Meteora helped keep alive Greek Orthodox religious traditions and Hellenic culture during the turbulent Middle Ages and Ottoman Turk occupation of Greece (1453-1829). UNESCO honored Meteora as a World Heritage Site in 1988. Visit early in the morning and in the off season to avoid crowds. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Wave, Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area, Arizona. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona: The Heart of the Rocks Loop Trail (7 to 9 miles) makes a perfect day hike through the hoodoos here. 27 million years ago, huge volcanic eruptions laid down 2000 feet of ash and pumice in this area, which fused into a rock known as rhyolitic tuff.  Since then this rock has eroded into fascinating hoodoos, spires, and balanced rocks which lie above the surrounding desert grasslands at elevations between 5100 and 7800 feet. At Chiricahua, the Sonoran desert meets the Chihuahuan desert, and the Rocky Mountains meet Mexico's Sierra Madre, making one of the most biologically diverse areas in the northern hemisphere. While we drove the dirt road to nearby Portal, Arizona, Carol saw a mountain lion crossing the road! Other animals here include javelina, coatimundi, bears, skunks, and deer. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Since pre-Inca times, salt farmers at the saltworks (salinas) near Maras have evaporated salty water from a subterranean stream in Peru, South America. A rough dirt road connects Maras (in the Urubamba/Vilcanota River Valley, Sacred Valley of the Incas) with Cuzco (40 km north) and other towns. The cooperative system of pond farmers was established during the time of the Incas, if not earlier, and is traditionally available to any person wishing to harvest salt. Intricate channels redirect water flow through several hundred ancient terraced ponds. As water evaporates from the sun-warmed ponds, it becomes supersaturated and salt precipitates as crystals. A pond keeper closes the water-feeder notch, allows the pond to go dry, then scrapes and carries away the dry salt. Salt color varies from white to a light reddish or brownish tan, depending on "farmer" skills. Cropped from a 35mm film slide, 2003. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A cooking tent glows green at dawn on a trek in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Yerupaja Grande (left, east face, 6635 m or 21,770 ft) is the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed. At center is Yerupaja Chico (20,080 feet). On right is Mount Jirishanca ("Icy Beak of the Hummingbird," 6126 m or 20,098 feet). Published in Wilderness Travel Catalog of Adventures 2013. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Trekkers camp in tents in a green pasture at 13,600 feet elevation in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Yerupaja Grande (left, east face, 6635 m or 21,770 ft) is the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed. At center is Yerupaja Chico (20,080 feet). On right is Mount Jirishanca ("Icy Beak of the Hummingbird," 6126 m or 20,098 feet). Up to 4 million copies of this image are agreed to be published in print and electronic media by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (formerly Scholastic Inc) from 2009-2034 for the System 44 classroom paperback, "Left to Die." Also published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Sydney Opera House was opened in 1973 on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor, in 2003: “There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece… one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.” The Sydney Opera House was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • This aboriginal art design by Danny Eastwood was painted by the youth and people of Woolloomooloo in August 1998 on a public wall in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Published for educational purposes in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) thrive on symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones. Sydney Aquarium, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Clownfish and anemonefish are from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A small larva forms wiggly patterns under the bark of a “Scribbly gum” in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. A Scribbly gum is one of several species of Australian eucalyptus tree named after zigzag tunnels in the bark made by the larvae of the Scribbly Gum Moth (Ogmograptis scribula, in the Bucculatricidae family). Eggs are laid between layers of old and new bark. The larvae burrow into the new bark and as the old bark falls away, the squiggly trails appear like human scribbles. The diameters of the tunnels increase as the larvae grow, and the ends of the tracks are where the larvae stopped to pupate. The Scribbly Gum Moth is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. Larvae have been found feeding on Eucalyptus pauciflora, Eucalyptus rossii, Eucalyptus haemastoma, Eucalyptus racemosa and Eucalyptus sclerophylla. Mostly native to Australia, Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Many are known as gum trees because of copious sap exuded from any break in the bark. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Tom climbs rebar rungs of the public Diamond Tree, a 51-meter tall Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) mounted with a fire lookout. Drive 10 km south of Manjimup on the South Western Highway, in Western Australia. Growing up to 90 meters, Karri trees stand amongst the tallest species on earth. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Rebar rungs allow anyone to climb the public Diamond Tree, a 51-meter tall Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) mounted with a fire lookout. Drive 10 km south of Manjimup on the South Western Highway, in Western Australia. Growing up to 90 meters, Karri trees stand amongst the tallest species on earth. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Three Australian Pelicans preen on Coalmine Beach, Walpole-Nornalup National Park, in southern Western Australia. The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), also known as the Goolayyalibee, is widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea. Compared to other pelican species, they are medium-sized: 1.6 to 1.8 m (5.25 to 6 ft) long with a wingspan of 2.3 to 2.5 m (7.6 to 8.25 ft) and weighing between 4 and almost 7 kg (9 to 15 lbs). They are predominantly white, with black and white wings and a pale, pinkish bill which, like that of all pelicans, is enormous, particularly in the male. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Giant Tingle Tree is the largest known living eucalypt in the world, measuring 24 meters in circumference at the base. See it in Walpole-Nornalup National Park on the Bibbulmun Track, which starts on Hilltop Road between Walpole and Nornalup, in Western Australia. The inside of the base is burnt out from severe fires of 1937 and 1951, but the tree still lives and grows from tissue under the outer bark. Red Tingle trees (Eucalyptus Jacksonii) are only found in and around Walpole-Nornalup National Park, nowhere else on earth.  Growing up to 75 meters or more tall, with circular girth of up to 26 meters, Red Tingle trees can live over 400 years. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Giant Tingle Tree is the largest known living eucalypt in the world, measuring 24 meters in circumference at the base. See it in Walpole-Nornalup National Park on the Bibbulmun Track, which starts on Hilltop Road between Walpole and Nornalup, in Western Australia. The inside of the base is burnt out from severe fires of 1937 and 1951, but the tree still lives and grows from tissue under the outer bark. Red Tingle trees (Eucalyptus Jacksonii) are only found in and around Walpole-Nornalup National Park, nowhere else on earth.  Growing up to 75 meters or more tall, with circular girth of up to 26 meters, Red Tingle trees can live over 400 years. Panorama stitched from three overlapping images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a carnivorous bird in the Kingfisher family (Halcyonidae). It is native to eastern mainland Australia and has also been introduced to Tasmania, Flinders Island, and Kangaroo Island. Kookaburra is a loanword "guuguubarra" (from the now extinct Aboriginal language Wiradjuri). Kookaburras (genus Dacelo) include four known species of large terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea, best known for their unmistakable call, like loud echoing, hysterical human laughter. They can be found in habitats ranging from humid forest to arid savanna, but also in suburban and residential areas near running water and food. Wilson's Promontory National Park (or "the Prom"), in Victoria, Australia, offers magnificent and secluded beaches, cool fern gullies, great views, spectacular rock formations and an abundance of wildlife. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A sea bird reflects in Tidal River at Wilson’s Promontory National Park in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Natural tannins leach from decomposing vegetation and turn the water brown. “The Prom” offers natural estuaries, cool fern gullies, magnificent and secluded beaches, striking rock formations, and abundant wildlife. Drive two hours from Melbourne to reach Wilson’s Promontory. Renting a camper van is a great way to see Australia with “no worries” about booking a bed. One night in the campground, our camper van rocked us awake in what we though was an earthquake. The rocking soon stopped and the dark shape of a wombat (a marsupial “bear”) wandered off into the night from underneath the van, where he had been licking our tasty sink drain! Around the campground, we were also delighted to see wallabies and the Common Brushtail Possum. Visitors also commonly see echidnas, koalas, bats and sugar-gliders. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A romantic couple walks by sea stacks “Gog and MaGog” at the beautiful wild beach at Gibson Steps in Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia. Twelve Apostles Marine National Park protects a collection of miocene limestone rock stacks in the Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers), offshore of the Great Ocean Road. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km road along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Baby kangaroos suckle milk from nippled bottles at Emu Park Holiday Park, in the beautiful Wartook Valley, in the Northern Grampians region, Victoria, Australia. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Emu eyes glow in the sun, at Emu Park Holiday Park, in the beautiful Wartook Valley, in the Northern Grampians region, Victoria, Australia. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Red, orange, yellow, brown, and white sandstone rock patterns are exposed in the Painted Cliffs of Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Russell Falls, in Mount Field National Park, is an icon of Tasmania, Australia. Russell Falls flow over horizontal rock strata of Permian siltstone, with more-resistant vertical faces of sandstone. Surrounding plant life includes swamp gum and sassafras. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989. Published in Wilderness Travel 2006 and 2008 Catalog of Adventures. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Gum trees (eucalyptus) grow colorful bark patterns on the Overland Track. Cradle Mountain-Lake Saint Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Mostly native to Australia where they dominate the tree flora, Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Many are known as gum trees because of copious sap exuded from any break in the bark. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A bushwalker admires Cradle Mountain reflecting in Dove Lake, in Cradle Mountain - Lake Saint Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989. The most extensive dolerite formations in the world dominate the landscape of Tasmania, where magma intruded into a thin veneer of Permian and Triassic rocks over perhaps a million years during the Jurassic breakup of supercontinent Gondwana in the Southern Hemisphere, forming vast dolerite/diabase sills and dike swarms. (North American geologists use the term diabase instead of dolerite to refer to the fresh, unaltered rock.) Published in Wilderness Travel 2008 Catalog of Adventures. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • The rim of the ancient exploded Mount Mazama volcano reflects in the deep blue lake at Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA. Snow covers most of Wizard Island. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 3 images.
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  • False Chanterelle Mushrooms (Clitocybe aurantiaca), Wenatchee National Forest. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Forest fire on Downey Creek, seen from Green Mountain hike. Dome Peak rises above. Trail head is on the Mountain Loop Highway, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Two pretty waterfalls along the North Umpqua River, on the half-mile trail to Toketee Falls, Oregon, USA. Published by the Portland Monthly, September 2008 ("Weekend Getaways" article). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Tiger Lily on Church Mountain across from Mount Baker, in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, north Cascade Mountains, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Photographed with a compact Canon PowerShot Pro1 camera using ISO 50, lens 15.4mm (61mm equivalent in terms of 35mm film), aperture f/6.3, and shutter speed 1/400th second. The photograph was cropped from the original eight.megapixels down to three megapixels shown here to better fill the frame.
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  • A Tiger Lily (or Columbia Lily, Lilium columbianum) blooms on Church Mountain across from Mount Baker, in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, north Cascade Mountains, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Colorful microbial mats coat terraces of Grand Prismatic Spring in Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Grand Prismatic is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world, next to those in New Zealand. The sterile blue water in the pool’s center is too hot to support life (87 degrees Centigrade or 188 F). Pure water selectively absorbs red wavelengths of visible light, making the center deep blue. But in cooler water along the edges, microbial mats of thermophilic (heat-loving) cyano-bacteria and algae thrive. Yellow, orange, and red pigments are produced by the bacteria as a natural sunscreen. As a result, the pool displays a spectrum of colors from the bright blue water of the center to the orange, red, and brown algal mats along the edges. Summer mats tend to be orange and red, whereas winter mats become dark green. Yellowstone was the first national park in the world (1872), and UNESCO honored it as a World Heritage site in 1978. Photo was published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.  Three overlapping images were stitched to make this panorama.
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  • Fresh snow dusts mountain peaks which reflect in the Snake River at Schwabacher Landing at sunrise in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. Five images were stitched to make this panorama. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Palette Spring, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Over thousands of years, Mammoth Hot Springs have built white travertine terraces. Algae and bacteria tint the travertine shades of brown, orange, red, and green. Terrace Mountain (including Minerva Terrace) at Mammoth Hot Springs is the largest known carbonate-depositing spring in the world. The Mammoth Hotel and Fort Yellowstone are built upon the old Hotel Terrace formation. Hot water from Norris Geyser Basin within the Yellowstone Caldera travels underground via a fault line through limestone and deposits calcium carbonate at Mammoth Hot Springs, outside of the active supervolcano’s caldera. Yellowstone was the first national park in the world (1872), and UNESCO honored it as a World Heritage site in 1978. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • From Männlichen Gipfel, a wide vista sweeps from left to right: Grindelwald Valley, Wetterhorn, Eiger (middle pyramid, the Ogre 13,026 feet elevation), and Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Berner Oberland, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. A gondola (gondelbahn) connects Grindelwald with Männlichen, where a cable car goes down to Wengen (Luftseilbahn Wengen-Mannlichen). From Mannlichen station, walk uphill 15 minutes for a stunning view. The world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway (Wengernalpbahn) goes from Grindelwald up to Kleine Scheidegg and down to Wengen and Lauterbrunnen. From Kleine Scheidegg, another cog train (Jungfraubahn) ascends steeply inside the Eiger to Jungfraujoch, the highest railway station in Europe. Two vertical miles (3000 meters) of mountain rise from valley bottom to Eiger top. UNESCO lists “Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch” as a World Heritage Area (2001, 2007). Panorama stitched from 7 images. Published 2.4 meters wide on a private kitchen backsplash in Switzerland 2009. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • From Männlichen Gipfel, a wide vista sweeps from left to right: Grindelwald Valley, Wetterhorn, Eiger (middle pyramid, the Ogre 13,026 feet elevation), and Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Berner Oberland, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. A gondola (gondelbahn) connects Grindelwald with Männlichen, where a cable car goes down to Wengen (Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen). From Männlichen station, walk uphill 15 minutes for a stunning view. The world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway (Wengernalpbahn) goes from Grindelwald up to Kleine Scheidegg and down to Wengen and Lauterbrunnen. From Kleine Scheidegg, another cog train (Jungfraubahn) ascends steeply inside the Eiger to Jungfraujoch, the highest railway station in Europe. Two vertical miles (3000 meters) of mountain rise from valley bottom to Eiger top. UNESCO lists “Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch” as a World Heritage Area (2001, 2007). Panorama stitched from 5 images. Published 2.4 meters wide on a private kitchen backsplash in Switzerland 2009. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A rock cairn balances above Arolla village (municipality of Evolène), in Val d'Hérens, Valais (Wallis or Valley) canton, Switzerland, on the High Route (Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route), Europe. Snow dusts peaks of Les Dents des Veisivi (left) and Les Aiguilles de la Tsa (right) in the Pennine Alps. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Bright yellow algae grows in a tarn (mountain pond) which reflects peaks of Dents des Veisivi (left) and Aiguilles de la Tsa (right) above Arolla Valley, part of Val d'Hérens, in Valais (Wallis) Canton, Switzerland, Europe. Hike the High Route (Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route) for classic mountain scenery. Panorama stitched from 3 images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Published in Ryder-Walker Alpine Adventures "Inn to Inn Alpine Hiking Adventures" Catalog 2006-2009, 2011-12.
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  • An old covered bridge crosses the En River near the main church in Scuol (or Schuls), Lower Engadine, Grison Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Scuol is the terminal station of the "Rätische Bahn" (RhB). The Swiss valley of Engadine translates as the “garden of the En (or Inn) River” (Engadin in German, Engiadina in Romansh, Engadina in Italian). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus), Aitcho Island, Antarctica. A narrow black band under their heads looks like a chin strap for their black "helmet." Chinstrap Penguins swim up to 80 km (50 miles) offshore each day to eat krill, shrimp, and fish. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A Zodiac boat explores a blue iceberg arch melting in Neko Harbor (an inlet of the Southern Ocean), at Graham Land, the north portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Scientists have measured temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula as warming faster than anywhere else on earth. An overwhelming consensus of world scientists agree that global warming is indeed happening and humans are contributing to it through emission of heat-trapping "greenhouse gases," primarily carbon dioxide (see www.ucsusa.org). Since the industrial revolution began, humans have increased atmospheric CO2 concentration by 35% (through burning of fossil fuels, deforesting land, and grazing livestock). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A Zodiac boat explores a blue iceberg arch melting in Neko Harbor (an inlet of the Southern Ocean), at Graham Land, the north portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Scientists have measured temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula as warming faster than anywhere else on  earth. An overwhelming consensus of world scientists agree that global warming is indeed happening and humans are contributing to it through emission of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide (see www.ucsusa.org). Since the industrial revolution began, humans have increased atmospheric CO2 concentration by 35% (through burning of fossil fuels, deforesting land, and grazing livestock). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Published in Wilderness Travel Catalog of Adventures 2009, 2011.
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  • The M/S Explorer cruises in Antarctica in February 2005. Reuters News Pictures Service published this image in stories on the M/S Explorer, which sank after hitting an iceberg in 2007 and now lies sunk 600 meters deep in the Southern Ocean. Two and a half years after our successful trip, the Explorer, owned by Canadian travel company GAP Adventures, took on water after hitting ice at 12:24 AM EST on Friday November 23, 2007. 154 passengers and crew calmly climbed into lifeboats and drifted some six hours in calm waters. A Norwegian passenger boat rescued and took them to Chile's Antarctic Eduardo Frei base, where they were fed, clothed, checked by a doctor, and later flown to Punta Arenas, Chile. The ship sank hours after the passengers and crew were safely evacuated. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • On an Antarctic island, a visitor watches Gentoo penguins walk to the ocean to retrieve food for chicks. In 2005, the M/S Explorer cruise ship took us to this remote wilderness. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • In altitude, Washington varies from sea level up to 14,411 feet (4,392 meters) at the summit of Mount Rainier, which is the highest peak in the Cascade Range. With 26 major glaciers, Mount Rainier is the most heavily glaciated peak in the lower 48 states, with 35 square miles (91 km²) of permanent snowfields and glaciers. This active stratovolcano (composite volcano) is in Pierce County, 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle. Global warming and climate change: Mount Rainier’s glaciers shrank 22% by area and 25% by volume between 1913 and 1994 in conjunction with rising temperatures (Nylen 2004). As of 2009, monitored glaciers are continuing to retreat (NPS). Over the last century, most glaciers have been shrinking across western North America (Moore et al. 2009) and the globe (Lemke et al. 2007) in association with increasing temperatures. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Lenga (Nothofagus, or Southern Beech) leaves turn red, gold, and yellow in late summer and fall, in Tierra del Fuego National Park, Ushuaia, Argentina, South America. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Visit popular Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park as a day trip from El Calafate, in southwest Santa Cruz province, Argentina. Easy boardwalks give wide views of Moreno Glacier, an impressive wall of ice 200 feet high and 3 miles (5 km) wide flowing into Lake Argentina. The glacier flows up to 2300 feet thick and originates in the huge Hielo Sur (Southern Icefield) in the southern Andes mountains. For the past 90 years, its advancing has equaled melting (up to 2 meters per day, 700 meters per year), and the terminus has stayed at this location. Flowing ice periodically dams an arm of the lake which rises for a few years then breaks across the nose of the glacier as a crashing river (in March 2004 and 1991). In this 2005 photo, a narrow river flowed across the glacier face which calved large chunks of ice into the water with a loud crash several times per day. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards. Panorama stitched from 2 images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Mount Fitz Roy (3405 meters or 11,170 feet) rises abruptly above grass and forest in the southern Andes mountains, near El Chaltén village, in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina, South America. In 1877, explorer Perito Moreno named "Cerro Fitz Roy" for Robert FitzRoy (no space before the capital R) who, as captain of the HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted much of the Patagonian coast. First climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, Mount Fitz Roy has very fickle weather and is one of the world's most challenging technical ascents. It is also called Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, and Monte Fitz Roy (with a space before the R). Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill. El Chaltén village was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile, and now tourism supports it, 220 km north of the larger town of El Calafate. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards. Mount Fitz Roy is the basis for the Patagonia company's clothing logo, after Yvon Chouinard's ascent and subsequent film in 1968. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A golden sunrise spotlights Mount Fitz Roy (3405 meters or 11,170 feet), which rises abruptly on the border between Argentina and Chile in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the Andes mountains, near El Chaltén village, in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina, South America. In 1877, explorer Perito Moreno named "Cerro Fitz Roy" for Robert FitzRoy (no space before the capital R) who, as captain of the HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted much of the Patagonian coast. First climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, Mount Fitz Roy has very fickle weather and is one of the world's most challenging technical ascents. It is also called Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, and Monte Fitz Roy (all with a space before the R). Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill. El Chaltén village was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile, and now tourism supports it, 220 km north of the larger town of El Calafate. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards. Mount Fitz Roy is the basis for the Patagonia company's clothing logo, after Yvon Chouinard's ascent and subsequent film in 1968.  Panorama stitched from 3 overlapping photos. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Bloedel Reserve was near its peak of fall colors on October 19, 2005. The Bloedel Reserve is a 150-acre forest garden on Bainbridge Island, Washington, made by the vice-chairman of a lumber company, under the influence of the conservation movement and oriental philosophy. The Bloedel Reserve has both natural and highly-landscaped lakes, immaculate lawns, woods, a traditional Japanese garden, a rock and sand Zen garden, a moss garden, a rhododendron glade, and a Reflection Garden. The Bloedel's French Chateau-style home is preserved as a Visitor Center, including many original furnishings. Reservations are required. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Copihue (Lapageria rosea, or Chilean Bellflower, or Lapageria) is Chile's national flower. Seen near Hostaria Balmaceda on Seno de Ultima Esperanza (Last Hope Sound), Chile. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Upland geese, or Caiquen (Chloephaga picta). The male is white headed, the female russet. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, South America. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • At early sunrise under the Horns, a stream flows into Lago (Lake) Nordenskjold, at Albergue Los Cuernos, a refuge (hut) in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, Patagonia, South America. The panorama was stitched from 5 overlapping images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Water droplets form balls on a leaf of skunk cabbage (Lysichitum americanum, in the Calla Lily Family, Araceae), on the hike to Lake 22, in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A white Avalanche Lily (Erythronium) grows next to a yellow Glacier Lily on Tolmie Peak, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A yellow flower of a Glacier Lily grows on Scorpion Mountain, a hike (9 miles round trip, 2500 feet total gain) near Skykomish, US Highway 2, Washington, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Morning sun hits Mount Rainier (14,411 feet elevation) and lupine flowers near Sunrise Visitor Center in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Lupinus is a genus in the pea family (also called the legume, bean, or pulse family, Latin name Fabaceae or Leguminosae). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Doubtful Lake and the Stehekin Valley, as seen from Sahale Arm, in North Cascades National Park, Washington, USA. Panorama stitched from nine images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Denali (formerly known as Mount McKinley) rises to 20,310 feet elevation (6191 m) along Denali National Park Road near Eielson Visitor Center, Alaska, USA. Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America, and measured from base to peak, it is earth's tallest mountain on land. Denali is only visible 1 out of 3 days. Rain falls as light showers or drizzle for half of summer days. The earliest shuttle bus doesn’t reach Denali views until mid morning. The least cloudy time is early morning, which suggests overnight tenting at Wonder Lake to best see the mountain. Denali is a granitic pluton uplifted by tectonic pressure while erosion has simultaneously stripped away the softer sedimentary rock above and around it. The native Athabaskan name "Denali" replaced "Mount McKinley" in 2015. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The northern lights glow after midnight in late August at Teklanika Campground, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. In 1621, Pierre Gassendi named the aurora borealis after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • An orange and green leaf rests on polygons of orange and gray lichen in Denali State Park, Alaska, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A woman reaches for a Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus, or northern sea lion) playing with a firehose in an aquarium tank at the Alaska Sealife Center, Seward, Alaska. Steller Sea Lions are an endangered species in parts of Alaska and threatened elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Ice collected in the Ruth Amphitheatre funnels through the mile wide Great Gorge of the Ruth Glacier between mile high granite cliffs in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA. Flightsee over a vast wilderness of glaciers and icy peaks in the Alaska Range. Ruth Glacier was 3800 feet thick in 1983 and flows 3 feet  a day from Denali (20,310 feet or 6191 meters, aka Mount McKinley), the highest mountain peak in North America. Denali is a granitic pluton uplifted by tectonic pressure while erosion has simultaneously stripped away the softer sedimentary rock above and around it. Photo by Carol Dempsey. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A ray of sunlight pierces Upper Antelope Canyon, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park. Panorama stitched from three overlapping images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Lower Antelope Canyon, Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
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  • A rainwater pond reflects trees at Champoeg State Heritage Area, Oregon. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Heceta Head Lighthouse at sunset in winter, at Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint, on the Oregon coast, USA. Here, the Siuslaw Indians traditionally hunted sea lions and gathered sea bird eggs from offshore rocks. While seeking to extend Spanish hegemony in the late 1700s, Spanish explorer Bruno de Heceta mapped the mouth of the Columbia River and much more along the Pacific Northwest coast; and in 1862, the US Coast Survey named Heceta Head in his honor. Built atop a 56-foot tower in 1893, this Lightstation's coastal safety beacon was first illuminated in 1894. Perched 205 feet above the ocean, its fresnel lens focuses the brightest light on the Oregon coast, visible up to 21 miles out to sea. Heceta Head is found halfway between Yachats and Florence (2.1 miles south of Carl Washburne State Park). From the large parking lot, walk 1 mile round trip to the Lighthouse. (Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint was created in the 1990s by combining Heceta Head State Park with the former Devils Elbow State Park at the scenic cove at the mouth of Cape Creek.) Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The sun sets over waves of the Pacific Ocean near winter solstice at Three Arch Rocks, Oceanside, Oregon, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Little Wild Horse Canyon, Utah. A short drive from Goblin Valley State Park Campground is a great 9 mile loop hike up Little Wild Horse Canyon and back down Bell Canyon. The hike requires some scrambling up and down sandstone ledges, through occasional shallow water holes and fascinating narrow slots. The Navajo and Wingate sandstone of the San Rafael Reef was uplifted fifty million years ago into a striking bluff which now runs from Price to Hanksville, bisected by Interstate 70 at a breach fifteen miles west of the town of Green River. The San Rafael Reef (and Swell) is one of the wildest places left in Utah. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The vetch flower is in the pea family. Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville, in central Utah, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Mesa Arch glows at sunrise in Canyonlands National Park, Utah in 2006. Panorama stitched from five images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The orange sandstone Courthouse Towers resist erosion in Arches National Park, Utah, USA. These rock monuments are beautiful both at sunrise (seen here) and sunset. A Volkswagon Eurovan Camper parks at a pullout. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Double Arch erodes from Entrada Sandstone in Arches National Park, Utah. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. A thick underground salt bed underlies the creation of the park's many arches, spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins, and eroded monoliths. Some 300 million years ago, a sea flowed into the area and eventually evaporated to create the salt bed up to thousands of feet thick. Over millions of years, the salt bed was covered with debris eroded from the Uncompahgre Uplift to the northeast. During the Early Jurassic (about 210 million years ago) desert conditions deposited the vast Navajo Sandstone. On top of that, about 140 million years ago, the Entrada Sandstone was deposited from stream and windblown sediments. Later, over 5000 feet (1500 m) of younger sediments were deposited and then mostly worn away, leaving the park's arches eroded mostly within the Entrada formation.
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  • Sunset spotlights the Queen's Garden, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. The hoodoo on the left looks like a standing profile of Queen Elizabeth with gown. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Sandstone swirls in patterns from orange to pink in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona, USA. By Carol Dempsey / PhotoSeek.com. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Sunrise brightens the dark indigo sky with orange behind a silhouette of a tree with bared roots in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Published September 29, 2016 in Amateur Photographer magazine, London, UK, "Expert guide to silhouette photography": http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/camera_skills/silhouette-photography-taking-shape-96009
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  • The Mount Townsend trail visits native rhododendrons which bloom reddish pink in late June. Hike 8 miles round trip and 3000 feet in steady vertical gain to an alpine ridge on Mount Townsend Trail #839 in Buckhorn Wilderness, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA. Contact the Quilcene Ranger Station, Olympic National Forest. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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