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The sun rises turning MONO LAKE brilliant orange silhouetting its mysterious TUFA FORMATIONS





Female Puppet & puppeteer in a traditional Chinese Puppet Show - Chengdu, China in Sichuan Province





The inner courtyard of KATSEL TEMPLE a Demoness subduing Temple built by Songtsen Gampo - CENTRAL TIBET





School kids wade home from school in the Vietnamese floating village of Chong Kneas on lake Tonle Sap - Siem Reap, Cambodia





Trekkers cross a footbridge spanning a stream in the Dolpo region of Nepal. Dolpo region, Nepal





a SEAGULL nesting amidst the COMMON MURRES - CHISELL ISLANDS, FJORDS NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA





Polling a merchant boat in the Vietnamese floating village of Chong Kneas on lake Tonle Sap - Siem Reap, Cambodia





PANGBOCHE MONASTERY with AMA DABLAM PEAK as a beautiful backdrop - Everest Region of the KHUMBU, NEPAL





The SUN shines from behind a CUMULUS CLOUD as WEATHER moves over the CENTRAL VALLEY - CALIFORNIA





Giant prayer wheels and yaks at the Buddhist Monastery of Tagong (Lhagang) - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)





TIBETANS PLOW the land with YAKS inspired by the large STUPAS in their village - CENTRAL TIBET





Wooden bas relief of Hanuman myth inside a Wat in the former Provincial town of LUANG PROBANG - LAOS





MATKATAMIBA CANYON (mile 147) is considered holy by the HUALAPAI INDIANS - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA (MR)





A Stupa or Chorten (Buddhist relic holder), Temple, and umbrella shaped prayer flags - Kham (E. Tibet), Sichuan Province, Chi...
A Stupa or Chorten (Buddhist relic holder), Temple, and umbrella shaped prayer flags - Kham (E. Tibet), Sichuan Province, China





SUNSET from the roof of CHIU MONASTERY which overlooks sacred LAKE MANASARAVAR (4550M) - KAILASH, TIBET





Rafters navigate GRANITE RAPID at mile 94, a Class 8 with a 17 foot drop and one of the largest on the Colorado River - GRAND...
Rafters navigate GRANITE RAPID at mile 94, a Class 8 with a 17 foot drop and one of the largest on the Colorado River - GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA





Khampas, the warrior horseman of old Tibet, compete at the Litang Horse Festival - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)





Masked dancers with skulls representing impermanence at the Cham dances, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China





LAVA FALLS RAPID is a Class 9 and considered the toughest on the Colorado River at mile 179 - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARI...
LAVA FALLS RAPID is a Class 9 and considered the toughest on the Colorado River at mile 179 - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA





BUDDHIST figures outside DAISHOIN TEMPLE, Mimuro Branch of Shingon Buddhism - MIYA JIMA ISLAND, JAPAN





COLUMN & historic BAS RELIEF on the CATEDRAL METROPOLITANA on PLAZA DE MAYO - BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA





BANJARI PILGRIM WOMEN with their traditional HEAD SHAWLS leave the PUSHKAR CAMEL FAIR - RAJASTHAN, INDIA





DEER and MANDALA adorn the roof of the MONASTERY housing a MILAREPA CAVE near NYALAM, TIBET





Colonettes & bas relief sandstone lintel of Hindu temple at East Mebon, built by Rajendravarman in the10th century - Angkor W...
Colonettes & bas relief sandstone lintel of Hindu temple at East Mebon, built by Rajendravarman in the10th century - Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia





Sherpa house in the village of Thame with Kyajo Ri (left) & Khumbila Peak (right) forming a Himalayan backdrop - KHUMBU DISTR...
Sherpa house in the village of Thame with Kyajo Ri (left) & Khumbila Peak (right) forming a Himalayan backdrop - KHUMBU DISTRICT, NEPAL





A stone pagoda at the Portland Japanese garden, considered the most authentic outside of Japan - PORTLAND, OREGON





A horse grazes on rich pasture from spring rains and a barn on a cattle ranch - MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA





THE TOR HOUSE and HAWK TOWER were built and lived in by poet ROBINSON JEFFERS - CARMEL, CALIFORNIA





Thyangboche Monastery is the Sherpa's main religeous & cultural center - This structure burned in 1989 & is being rebuilt - K...
Thyangboche Monastery is the Sherpa's main religeous & cultural center - This structure burned in 1989 & is being rebuilt - Khumbu District , NEPAL





Friends gather in a tent for a meal at the Litang Horse Festival - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)





MOUNT FITZ ROY (3405 meters) from LAGO DE LOS TRES in PATAGONIA - PARQUE NACIONAL LOS GLACIARES, ARGENTINA





Wildflowers bloom on the high altitude grasslands of Litang county - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)





A SABLE ANTELOPE (Hippotragus Niger) one of the rarer & more beautiful antelope species in AFRICA - OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA





Rafts float down the muddy Colorado River near mile 114 - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA





Layers of ancient sandstone overhang a datura plant at one of the shelf camps at mile 119 - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZO...
Layers of ancient sandstone overhang a datura plant at one of the shelf camps at mile 119 - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA





Tibetan style house in Kham vary in decoration from region to region - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)





Pillars & drums in the reconstructed Derge Gonchen Monastery in Derge town - Kham, (E. Tibet), Sichuan Province, China





Close-up of the endangered NENE GOOSE (Branta sandvicensis) found only on the Hawaiian Islands - MAUI, HAWAII





A Laotian grandmother baths her grandchildren in the former French Provincial town of LUANG PROBANG - LAOS





historic Spanish Architecture of the CENTRAL POST OFFICE (CORREO CENTRAL) on the PLAZA DE ARMAS - SANTIAGO, CHILE





Laotian children play on the sandy banks of the Mekong River in a traditional Laotian village above LUANG PROBANG - LAOS





Naturally occuring minerals account for the COLORFUL RIVER ROCKS in the POLYCHROME AREA - DENALI NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA





BUDDHIST STATUES in the MILAREPA CAVE at ZUTRUL PHUK OR ZUTHRUL PHUG MONASTERY - MOUNT KAILASH, TIBET





Spectators & VINTAGE CARS on the 18TH HOLE of PEBBLE BEACH during the CONCOURSE D'ELEGANCE - CALIFORNIA





Male Khampa wears coral, zee stones, fox fur hat & tiger skin at the Litang Horse Festival - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)





Central pond and temple of Neak Pean built by Jayavarman VII in the 12th century - Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia





A CAPE BUFFALO (Synceros Caffer) drinks from a stream - NGORONGORO CRATERCONSERVATION AREA, TANZANIA





CAMELS with decorative JEWELRY on their face at the PUSHKAR CAMEL FAIR, a 5 day religious festival - RAJASTHAN, INDIA





A mixed coniferous FOREST in a SNOWY MEADOW in the THREE SISTERS WILDERNESS in the CASCADES - OREGON





An ancient CAVE carved out of SANDSTONE in ICEBERG CANYON, one of the 96 arms of LAKE POWELL - UTAH





Runoff has stained the wall of ECHO CANYON, a natural amphitheatre near the CHAMA RIVER - NEW MEXICO





UNEMPLOYED street people in front of GRAFFITI which protests govenrment policies - BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA





CALIFORNIA POPPY PLANTS (Eschscholzia californica) in bloom - MONTEREY, COUNTY, CALIFORNIA





Mexican women still use the historic outdoor washing area to do their laundry in San Miguel de Allende - MEXICO





HINDU SADDHU in SWING with renunciate's vow to never lay on the ground at the PUSHKAR CAMEL FAIR - RAJASTHAN, INDIA





A COLONY OF SOUTHERN SEA LIONS (Otaria flavescens) live on a rock in the temperate rain forest - PATAGONIA, CHILE





The INCA Ruins of WINAY WAYNA (forever young) are the most spectacular on the INCA TRAIL - PERUVIAN ANDES





TIBETAN WOMAN with antique COIN HAIR PIECE at LAKE MANASAROVAR (4550M), BUDDHIST & HINDU site - KAILASH, TIBET





A dirt road winds through a California cattle ranch as a horse grazes in a pasture - CALIFORNIA





RIVER BOATS are used for transport in TIGRE a resort area in the DELTA DEL PARANA near BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA





JAPANESE KOI (Cyprinus carpio) POND display in the IAO VALLEY STATE PARK, considered sacred by the Hawaiians - MAUI, HAWAII





MILLET grows on a farm in the middle hills east of the ARUN RIVER on the trail to MAKALU - EASTERN NEPAL





Tree of Life mosaic with owl and peacock on the back wall of the sim at Wat Xieng Thong, built by King Setthathirat in 1560 -...
Tree of Life mosaic with owl and peacock on the back wall of the sim at Wat Xieng Thong, built by King Setthathirat in 1560 - LUANG PROBANG, LAOS





VINTAGE & RARE CHEVROLET CORVETTES at the Year of the Corvette - CONCOURSE D'ELEGANCE, PEBBLE BEACH





EVERGREEN TREES below EL CAPITAN in the YOSEMITE VALLEY - YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA





BUCKINGHAM MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN with its SEA HORSES is the center piece of GRANT PARK - downtown CHICAGO, ILLINOIS





A mural of the Tibetan Buddhist deity Amitayus , Tagong Monastery (Lhagang ) - Kham (E. Tibet), Sichuan Province, China





TEMPLE I, 145 ft. tall & dated to 700 AD, is an excellent example of MAYA TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE - TIKAL, GUATEMALA





Deciduous trees turn yellow during autumn in a rural neighborhood - CARMEL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA





The Tea House sits across Zither Lake at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, an authentically built Ming Dynasty style gar...
The Tea House sits across Zither Lake at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, an authentically built Ming Dynasty style garden - PORTLAND, OREGON





Models in the Miss Bellisima contest practice at the Hotel Kismet in the town of KUSADASI - TURQUOISE COAST





Ladakhi women wearing traditional SILK EMBROIDERED TALL HATS, TIKSE Monastery Masked Dances - LADAKH, INDIA





WINTER LANDSCAPE in the Deschutes National Forest near THREE CREEKS LAKE ROAD - SISTERS, OREGON





A MONTEREY CYPRESS (Cupressus macrocarpa) frames the POINT SUR LIGHTHOUSE which overlooks the PACIFIC OCEAN - BIG SUR, CALIFO...
A MONTEREY CYPRESS (Cupressus macrocarpa) frames the POINT SUR LIGHTHOUSE which overlooks the PACIFIC OCEAN - BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA





The sun sets over a hill on the Mekong River in the former Provincial town of LUANG PROBANG - LAOS





A MEXICAN grandmother brings flowers to the cemetery during the DEAD OF THE DEAD - SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO





BUDDHIST DIETY inside TODAIJI TEMPLE, the largest wooden structure of its age in the world - NARA, JAPAN





Plants grow atop a SANDSTONE OUTCROPPING along the KAIBAB TRAIL - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA





Tibetan Buddhist Monk blows conch shell to bring the devout to prayer - Thuptencholing Monastery, SOLU VALLEY, NEPAL





CORMORANTS (Phalacrocoracidae) use an ICE FLOE as a floating island - GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA





A Khampa participates in the dressage competition at the Litang Horse Festival in Kham - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)





Deep GORGE the size of the Grand Canyon on route to the GUGE KINGDOM west of MT KAILASH - TIBET





The sun sets over a hill on the Mekong River in the former Provincial town of LUANG PROBANG - LAOS





One of the beautifully painted, tiled, and decorated sitting rooms of The Harem - Topkapi Palace (Ottoman Empire), Istanbul





Front of Spanish style MISSION SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA, built by the Franciscan FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA in 1771 - CALIFORNIA





Christine makes friends in the SHERPA village of UPPER WALENG on the return journey from MAKALU - NEPAL





MEXICAN ANGEL carrying float leaves TEMPLO DEL ORATORIO DE SAN FELIPE NERI during EASTER PROCESSION - SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, ...
MEXICAN ANGEL carrying float leaves TEMPLO DEL ORATORIO DE SAN FELIPE NERI during EASTER PROCESSION - SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO





The all seeing EYES OF THE BUDDHA look out from one of the 4 sides of SWAYAMBUNATH STUPA - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL





Monks dance with ribbons representing deity powers at the Monlam Chenmo, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China





CAMELS and INDIANS in the DESERT at the PUSHKAR CAMEL FAIR, a 5 day religious and commercial festival - RAJASTHAN, INDIA





Attendees in period dress next to their 1900 PACKARD at the CONCOURSE D'ELEGANCE - PEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA





The beautiful turquoise waters of the LITTLE COLORADO RIVER at mile 62 along the Colorado River - GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA





Tropical rain forest meets the Andaman Sea on the coast of Ko Surin Nuea Island in Mu Ko Surin National Park, THAILAND





GUATAMALAN WOMEN of MAYA descent wearing traditional HUIPILS - CHICHICASTENANGO, GAUTAMALA





A young GIRL SWEEPS the cobblestones in the MEDINA in CHECHAOUEN in the RIF MOUNTAINS of northern MOROCCO





Owner in costume with 1909 WELCH MODEL 4-0 CLOSE COUPLED TOURING CAR at the CONCOURSE D'ELEGANCE - PEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA





Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) eating bamboo at the Panda Breeding Research Base - Sichuan Province, China





Hikers drop down the KAIBAB TRAIL from the South Rim to the Colorado River - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA





JAPANESE RED MAPLE & Straditional FOOT BRIDGE in MOMIJIDANI PARK - MIYA JIMA ISLAND, JAPAN





DEER CREEK FALLS at mile 136 is truly one of natures wonders - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA





KAYAKING in KHAO SOK NATIONAL PARK, a large reservoir surrounded by limestone cliffs in a rain forest - THAILAND





ROBERT BUSCH explores the FOX CAVE found in the RAIN FOREST of the FOX RIVER VALLEY near PUNAKAIKI - SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAN...
ROBERT BUSCH explores the FOX CAVE found in the RAIN FOREST of the FOX RIVER VALLEY near PUNAKAIKI - SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND





CHILEAN MAN who in the colorful doorway of his historic home on CERRO CONCEPTION - VALPARAISO, CHILE





Summer WILDFLOWERS grow along a stream in BROKEN TOP CRATER with view of MOUNT BACHELOR - OREGON CASCADES





MEXICAN WOMAN in MANTILLA with lantern during the EASTER PROCESSION - SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO





Moken (sea gypsies) make their living from the sea on Ko Surin Thai Island in Mu Ko Surin National Park - ANDAMAN SEA, THAILA...
Moken (sea gypsies) make their living from the sea on Ko Surin Thai Island in Mu Ko Surin National Park - ANDAMAN SEA, THAILAND





The 9 year old child matador RAFITA MIRABAL fights a bull in the Plaza de Toros - SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO





A female BIG HORN SHEEP, Ovis canadensis, at VASEY'S PARADISE located near mile 32 - GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA





Mother & child in hammock on a houseboat through the Vietnamese floating village of Chong Kneas on lake Tonle Sap - Siem Reap...
Mother & child in hammock on a houseboat through the Vietnamese floating village of Chong Kneas on lake Tonle Sap - Siem Reap, Cambodia





MAIDEN HAIR FERNS flourish on a weeping wall in FERN GLEN CANYON - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA





New WATER FOUNTAIN & Chinese signs demonstrate the 'CHINAFICATION' of the TIBETAN city of LHASA, TIBET





Tibetan Buddhist CHORTEN and high altitude HIMALAYAN BARLEY FIELDS in the DO TARAP VALLEY - DOLPO, NEPAL





The WHITMORE PICTOGRAPHS are well preserved and a mile hike from the river at mile 187 - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA





Khampas watch the Monlam Chenmo masked dances from the roof, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China





The new de Young Museum was built by the Pritzker price winning architects Herzog and de Meuron - San Francisco, California





Multilevel CAVE DWELLINGS near THOLING date back to the 10th C. in the GUGE KINGDOM west of KAILASH - TIBET





Trees grow in SADDLE CANYON, a beautiful side hike at mile 47 along the Colorado River - GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA





DUTTON WATERFALL shoots out of a sandstone wall and drains into Deer Creek located at mile 136 - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ...
DUTTON WATERFALL shoots out of a sandstone wall and drains into Deer Creek located at mile 136 - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA





SUNSET colors & TUFA make for a strange landscape at MONO LAKE'S SOUTH TUFA GROVE in this National Scenic Area





BUDDHIST CHEDI (temples) at the Royal Palace in WAT PRA SRI SAMPHET (Phra Si Sanphet) - AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND





1975 BENELLI SEI MOTORCYCLE at the CONCORSO ITALIANO (Italian Concourse) - QUAIL LODGE, CALIFORNIA





Sheep painted red at the Buddhist Monastery of Tagong (Lhagang) - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)





woman rides a HORSE around MOUNT KAILASH (6638 M), the most sacred HIMALAYAN PEAK in TIBET





Sandstone Elephants picking lotus blossom at the Elephant Terrace in Angkor Thom - Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia





FIREBUSH (NOTRO - Embothrium coccineum) & drainage in TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK - PATAGONIA, CHILE





A Khampa participates in the dressage competition at the Litang Horse Festival in Kham - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)





Wild orchids are grown in the village of Tung Nang Dam located on the North Andaman Sea - THAILAND





Tibetan Buddhist Monks wave at the Cham dances at the Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern, Tibet), Sichuan, China





Hiking accross the high altiplano towards the m;ighty peak of Ausangate (20,900 ft.) - PERUVIAN ANDES





HEAD MONK of JAGLUNG Monastery holds a bell and dorje in a flowery Himalayan field, DO TARAP VALLEY - DOLPO DISTRICT, NEPAL





Young Khampa men selling traditonal knife at Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern, Tibet), Sichuan Province, China





Digital photos are shared during a home stay in the village of Ban Talae Nok, a project funded by North Andaman Tsunami Relie...
Digital photos are shared during a home stay in the village of Ban Talae Nok, a project funded by North Andaman Tsunami Relief - THAILAND





A herd of desert BIG HORN SHEEP (Ovis canadensis) with mothers and babies below Hermit Rapid - GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA





A Khampa participates in the dressage competition at the Litang Horse Festival in Kham - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)





Sand crabs leave a pattern of digested sand near the the village of Laem Naew, a fishing village on the North Andaman Sea - T...
Sand crabs leave a pattern of digested sand near the the village of Laem Naew, a fishing village on the North Andaman Sea - THAILAND





School children in the Vietnamese floating village of Chong Kneas on lake Tonle Sap - Siem Reap, Cambodia





The HAWA MAHAL (PALACE of the WINDS) built in 1799 as the central landmark of JAIPUR - RAJASTHAN, INDIA





Young girl in a tub from the Vietnamese floating village of Chong Kneas plays in lake Tonle Sap - Siem Reap, Cambodia

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