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Landscape 183 images Created 20 Jan 2022

Landscape photography archive, both grand vistas/scenics as well as intimate landscapes. Please use the photo keywords to filter and browse, or the search feature to limit the selection.

NOTE: these are reduced resolution images for web display, only — prints will be produced from the full resolution originals.
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  • Looking north from Fosters Point at sunset, with a view of Garnet Peak, Granite Mountain, the distant Santa Rosa Mountains and Mason Valley below; Laguna Mountains, California; May 2022.
    Fosters-Point-Sunset-22-4432.jpg
  • Intersecting triangular shapes in the landscape and mountains around the Amargosa River wetlands, Shoshone, California; February 2022.
    Triangular-Landshapes-22-2445.jpg
  • Creek and palm oasis in Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California; February 2022.
    Palm-Oasis-22-1870.jpg
  • Bernardo Mountain at twilight, with granitic boulders and Mission Manzanita (Xylococcus bicolor) in bloom; Rancho Bernardo, California, January 2022.
    Bernardo-Mtn-Dusk-22-1150.jpg
  • Looking into a small hazy valley filled with oaks and lush green chaparral at Daley Ranch, Escondido, California; January 2022.
    Hazy-Green-Valley-22-0984.jpg
  • Morning twilight on Bernardo Mountain and fog rising from Lake Hodges, Rancho Bernardo, California; December 2021.
    Bernardo-Mtn-Morning-21-0585.jpg
  • Boulders glowing in morning twilight, fog rising from Lake Hodges, Bernardo Mountain in the distance. Rancho Bernardo, California; December 2021.
    Bernardo-Twilight-Glow-21-0570.jpg
  • Morning light in the San Dieguito River Park at Lake Hodges, Rancho Bernardo, California; December 2021.
    Bernardo-Landscape-21-0532.jpg
  • Morning light warms the sage scrub while a ravine with Willows and Sycamore still lies in shade, Rancho Bernardo, California; December 2021.
    Ravine-Morninglight-21-0515.jpg
  • Green Valley Creek meanders through autumnal willows on a frosty morning, Rancho Bernardo, California; December 2021.
    Creek-Trees-Frost-21-0505.jpg
  • California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) and granitic boulders, Rancho Bernardo, California; September 2021.
    Boulders-Buckwheat-i21-1303.jpg
  • Views to the west and over a low but persistent marine layer from Valencia Peak, Montaña de Oro State Park, California; August 2021.
    Valencia-Peak-21-9344.jpg
  • Filtered through low marine stratus, morning light falls onto the Pecho Coast's chaparral hills; August 2021.
    Pecho-Coast-Hills-21-9152.jpg
  • California Buckwheat, Mission Manzanita, Granitic Boulders; Rancho Bernardo, California, July 2021.
    Boulders-Buckwheat-21-8901.jpg
  • California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) appears to be streaming through sage scrub and chapparal shrubland; Rancho Bernardo, California, July 2021.
    Buckwheat-Stream-21-8892.jpg
  • Granitic boulders in summer-colored sage scrub, Rancho Bernardo, California. July 2021.
    Boulders-Sagescrub-21-8747.jpg
  • Foggy chaparral in spring, San Mateo Canyon Wilderness; April 2021.
    Foggy-Chaparral-21-8255.jpg
  • Spring in the chaparral landscape of the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness in Southern California's Santa Ana Mountains; April 2021.
    San-Mateo-Chaparral-21-8048.jpg
  • Waves in chaparral landscape of the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness in Southern California's Santa Ana Mountains; April 2021.
    San-Mateo-Chaparral-21-8033.jpg
  • Deep ravines provide enough moisture for tall trees to grow in the chaparral landscape of the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness in Southern California's Santa Ana Mountains; April 2021.
    San-Mateo-Chaparral-21-8032.jpg
  • Granitic boulders in chaparral landscape of the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness in Southern California's Santa Ana Mountains; April 2021.
    San-Mateo-Chaparral-21-8030.jpg
  • Hazy chaparral landscape of the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, California. April 2021.
    San-Mateo-Haze-21-8016.jpg
  • Bare Sycamore trees reach out of riparian Coast Live Oak at the bottom of a canyon, surrounded by sage scrub hillsides; Blue Sky Ecological Reserve, Poway, California. January 2021.
    Riparian-Sycamores-Sage-Scrub-21-744...jpg
  • Sunrise view across Lake Hodges towards Rancho Bernardo and Battle Mountain, from Del Dios Highlands Preserve. The rising sun illuminates low hanging clouds over the lake. January 2021.
    Del-Dios-21-7239.jpg
  • Lake Hodges at dawn from Del Dios Highlands, San Diego, California. January 2021.
    Del-Dios-21-7229-HDR.jpg
  • Lake Hodges at dawn from Del Dios Highlands, San Diego, California. January 2021.
    Del-Dios-21-7208-HDR.jpg
  • Twilight view across Lake Hodges towards Rancho Bernardo and Battle Mountain, from Del Dios Highlands Preserve. January 2021.
    Del-Dios-21-7165.jpg
  • Mount Woodson pierces the marine layer at sunrise on a cold January 2021 morning.
    Above-Clouds-XL-21-0375.jpg
  • Halloween sunset with Bernardo Mountain and Lake Hodges; October 2020.
    Bernardo-Mtn-Sunset-20-6952.jpg
  • Torrey Pines and coastal chaparral in morning light, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, San Diego, California. October 2020.
    Torrey-Pines-Chaparral-20-6911.jpg
  • Twilight with Lake Hodges and Bernardo Mountain, San Diego, California; October 2020.
    Bernardo-Mtn-Dawn-20-6828.jpg
  • Sage scrub hillside with typical late summer colors, along the Coast to Crest Trail, Escondido, California. October 2020.
    Sage-Scrub-Summer-20-6767.jpg
  • Summer sunrise with sycamore trees in morning fog, San Dieguito River Park, Rancho Bernardo, California. August 2020.
    Sunrise-Fog-20-6652.jpg
  • Oriflamme Mountain (center) and Granite Mountain (right) from Sunrise Highway, Laguna Mountains, California; July 2020.
    Oriflamme-Mountain-A20-0325.jpg
  • Evening light on the chaparral hillsides and oak-filled washes west of Ranchita, with the westernmost part of the San Ysidro Mountains in the background. June 2020.
    Ranchita-Evening-A20-0225.jpg
  • View of Cuyamaca Peak and Crouch Valley from Sheephead Mountain, Laguna Mountains, California. May 2020.
    Sheephead-Cuyamaca-20-5093.jpg
  • Transition from low-growing mountain chaparral over more sparsely vegetated desert chaparral to barren desert hills, seen from Combs Peak, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California. May 2020.
    Transition-Zone-20-4931.jpg
  • The sun rises over the Highland Valley rim and illuminates ground fog in the San Dieguito River floodplain. May 2020.
    San-Dieguito-Sunrise-20-20137.jpg
  • Afternoon backlight illuminates delicate spring blooms and flowering Ocotillos at the Badlands Overlook, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California. March 2020.
    Desert-Spring-20-4467.jpg
  • Granitic boulder in blooming Ceanothus tomentosus, Rancho Bernardo, California. February 2020.
    Ceanothus-Rock-20-3776.jpg
  • View of Rancho Bernardo and the I-15 bridge at Green Valley, with Mount Woodson in the distance, from the Piedras Pintadas Trail on a cold and hazy winter morning, San Dieguito River Park, California. January 2020.
    Bernardo-Woodson-View-20-3285.jpg
  • A lonely cloud hovers of St. Bartholomä peninsula at Königssee, Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, Germany; October 2019.
    Sankt-Bartholoma-19-2575.jpg
  • View of Carrizo Marsh from Stephenson Peak, Laguna Mountains, California; September 2019.
    Carrizo-View-19-2333.jpg
  • Cottonwood tree, tarweed and monsoon clouds at Lake Henshaw, San Diego County, California. Early September, 2019.
    Cottonwood-Monsoon-19-2317.jpg
  • Summer dawn at Garnet Peak, Laguna Mountains, California; August 2019.
    Garnet-Twilight-19-2144.jpg
  • Summer colors on a sage scrub hillside at Lake Hodges, Rancho Bernardo, California. Early August 2019.
    Sagebrush-Summer-19-2095.jpg
  • Views to the west from Garnet Peak, over vivid green montane chaparral after summer monsoon rain. Laguna Mountains, California; July 2019.
    Laguna-Green-19-2029.jpg
  • Cloudburst over June Wash seen from the Pacific Crest at Garnet Peak, Laguna Mountains, California; July 2019.
    Cloudburst-19-2022.jpg
  • Sage scrub hillside with Cuscuta californica (Chaparral Dodder, Devil's Hair) growing on multiple plants; Rancho Bernardo, California; May 2019.
    Dodder-Sage-Scrub-19-0772.jpg
  • Sage Scrub Hillside in spring, San Diego River Gorge, California; April 2019.
    Sage-Scrub-Spring-19-9223.jpg
  • Flower-filled meadow at dusk, Joshua Tree National Park, California. March 2019.
    Joshua-Tree-Bloom-19-8663.jpg
  • Red Maids (Calandrinia menziesii) and Vernal Pool, Santa Rosa Plateau, Murrieta, California; March 2019.
    Red-Maids-Vernal-Pool-19-8209.jpg
  • A carpet of Linanthus dianthiflorus (Fringed Linanthus or Ground Pink) amidst shrubs on a hillside near Santee, California; March 2019.
    Linanthus-Carpet-19-7738.jpg
  • The poppy bloom at Walker Canyon looks like an orange paint spill in the hills near Lake Elsinore, California. February 2019.
    Elsinore-Poppy-Bloom-19-7229.jpg
  • California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica) appear to flow down a hillside at Walker Canyon, Lake Elsinore, California. February 2019.
    Walker-Poppies-19-7210.jpg
  • California Poppies begin to appear on a green hillside at Walker Canyon near Lake Elsinore, California; February 2019.
    Walker-Canyon-Poppies-19-7209.jpg
  • Trees and pasture in fog and snow at Canada Buena Vista near Warner Springs, California; February 2019.
    Winter-Fog-Landscape-19-7024.jpg
  • Trees and pasture in fog and snow at Canada Buena Vista near Warner Springs, California, February 2019.
    Winter-Fog-Landscape-19-7020.jpg
  • Clouds dispersing over chaparral in the Sweetwater River Gorge, Alpine, California; February 2019.
    Sweetwater-19-6582.jpg
  • Nipple Butte, one of the Hopi Buttes along Highway 87 in Arizona, under a clear blue sky; September 2018.
    Nipple-Butte-18-5037.jpg
  • The Rio Grande Bridge at the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, near Taos, New Mexico. September 2018.
    Rio-Grande-Bridge-18-4645.jpg
  • Spider Rock and pine with a view into Mule Canyon, Canyon de Chelly National Monument near Chinle, Arizona. September 2018.
    Spider-Rock-18-4462.jpg
  • Shrubs and a small pine growing on a ledge in the red rock of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona; September 2018.
    Canyon-de-Chelly-18-4393.jpg
  • Large patches of Datura wrightii in an open meadow against a backdrop of evergreen Coast Live Oaks at Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve, San Diego, California; August 2018.
    Datura-Oaks-Meadow-18-4021.jpg
  • Coast Live Oak, boulders and buckwheat in twilight, Escondido, California. August 2018.
    Oak-Boulders-18-3777-Pano.jpg
  • Hazy chaparral hillside on a spring morning; San Diego, California; April 2018.
    Hazy-Chaparral-18-1911.jpg
  • Morning fog lifts like a veil from a chaparral hillside with blue-flowering Ceanothus near Fallbrook, California; April 2018.
    Ceanothus-fog-18-1408.jpg
  • Ceanothus tomentosus streams down a hillside, Del Dios Gorge, Escondido, California; April 2018.
    Ceanothus-Cascade-18-1139.jpg
  • Small oak between granitic boulders and blooming Ceanothus at Daley Ranch, Escondido, California; April 2018.
    Daley-Ranch-18-1036.jpg
  • Views from Yavapai Point past sunset, Grand Canyon South Rim, Arizona; March 2018.
    Grand-Canyon-B18-0361.jpg
  • Views into the distance from the Grapevine Mountains, Death Valley National Park, California; February 2018.
    Grapevine-Mountains-18-9864.jpg
  • Small Juniper and the sparkling city lights of Coachella Valley after sunset; Keys View, Joshua Tree National Park, California; January 2018.
    Keys-View-Juniper-18-9444.jpg
  • At twilight, hundreds of crows roost in the willows where Felicita Creek enters Lake Hodges, California. December 2017.
    Lake-Hodges-Crows-17-8985.jpg
  • At twilight, hundreds of crows roost in the willows where Felicita Creek enters Lake Hodges, California. December 2017.
    Lake-Hodges-Crows-17-8980.jpg
  • Trail, Coast Live Oak, Belt of Venus and rising moon along the shore of Lake Hodges, Rancho Bernardo, California; December 2017.
    Trail-Moon-Oak-17-8958.jpg
  • Negit Island and clearing early winter storm, Mono Lake, California; September 2017.
    Negit-Island-17-8745.jpg
  • Meadow with dead oak and Datura wrightii, Escondido, California; August 2017.
    Datura-Meadow-17-8262.jpg
  • Scarlet Larkspur in coastal sage scrub and Torrey Pines on a ridge, at dusk, Del Mar, California; June 2017.
    Scarlet-Larkspur-Torrey-Pines-17-720...jpg
  • Morning view of Granite Mountain from Garnet Peak, Laguna Mountains, California; June 2017.
    Garnet-Peak-17-6845.jpg
  • Fields of wildflowers like out of a dream blanket the hills of the Temblor Range, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California; April 2017.
    Carrizo-Plain-17-6169.jpg
  • Sunshine on Coloris Mons ("Mount Color") during a spectacular wildflower bloom in the Temblor Range, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California; April 2017.
    Carrizo-Plain-17-6140.jpg
  • Millions of Hillside Daisies flow down the slopes in the Temblor Range foothills, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California; April 2017.
    Carrizo-Plain-17-6052.jpg
  • Phacelia, Hillside Daisies and Blazing Star cover the Temblor Range at Carrizo Plain National Monument, California; April 2017.
    Carrizo-Plain-17-6030.jpg
  • Hillside Daisies blanket the landscape in spring, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California; April 2017.
    Carrizo-Plain-17-5961.jpg
  • Soda Lake and wildflowers in spring, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California; April 2017.
    Soda-Lake-Abstract-17-5944.jpg
  • Old water tanks at the east-facing slopes of Elkhorn hills, looking south over Elkhorn Plain, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California; April 2017.
    Carrizo-Plain-17-5905.jpg
  • A sea of Phacelias and the foothills of the Temblor Range, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California; April 2017.
    Carrizo-Plain-Phacelias-17-5718.jpg
  • Hillside Daisies on the Elkhorn Hills, looking at the Temblor Range, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California; April 2017.
    Temblor-Range-17-5635.jpg
  • View of Elkhorn Hills and Temblor Range over a sea of Fiddlenecks, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California; April 2017.
    Carrizo-Plain-17-5622.jpg
  • Fog over Lake Hodges with Mount Woodson in the distance, seen from Bernardo Mountain, San Diego County, California. March 2017.
    Bernardo-Mtn-17-5424.jpg
  • Flowering Ceanothus tomentosus with Bernardo Mountain, Rancho Bernardo, California; March 2017.
    Hodges-Morning-17-0456.jpg
  • Bernardo Mountain seen from the Piedras Pintadas Trail on a spring morning in Rancho Bernardo, California; March 2017.
    Hodges-Morning-17-0444.jpg
  • Engelmann Oaks, Opuntia cacti and many wild hyacinth (Dipterostemon capitatus) in late after backlight; Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, California; March 2017.
    Santa-Rosa-Plateau-17-5171.jpg
  • Morning fog and haze over Deer Canyon, San Diego, California; February 2017.
    Deer-Canyon-Haze-17-4826.jpg
  • Torrey Pines and moon in fog, Del Mar, California; February 2017.
    Torrey-Pines-Fog-Moon-17-4607.jpg
  • Foggy sunset at Torrey Pines, with a Bush Poppy (Dendromecon rigida) overlooking an eroded hillside
    Torrey-Pines-Fog-Sunset-17-4600.jpg
  • Black Oaks in snow and fog, Volcan Mountain Wilderness Preserve, Julian, California; January 2017.
    Volcan-Mt-Oaks-Snow-17-4157.jpg
  • Light streams through the clouds of a winter storm at the north-facing slopes of Palomar Mountain, seen from Highway 371, California; January 2017.
    Light-thru-Clouds-Aguanga-17-3603.jpg
  • View to the east from the summit of Corte Madera Peak, to Morena Valley and Los Pinos Mountain. November 2016.
    Corte-Madera-Pano-23084.jpg
  • Sardine Falls of McKay Creek, Sonora Pass, California; September 2016.
    Sonora-Pass-Sardine-Falls-22736.jpg
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