- Brian Truono
POTD: Mountain Escape
I’m beyond disgusted to learn that one of my favorite locations, the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park, has…
- Brian Truono
POTD: Sunbeam Spirits
Typically the waterfalls in Yosemite Valley are seasonal and remain flowing as long as there is snowmelt in the Sierra…
- Brian Truono
POTD: Dust to Dusk
The last of the day’s photons grace the layers of stardust spilled across the landscape.
- Brian Truono
POTD: Down the River
The Rio Grande Gorge cuts through the middle of the New Mexico desert terrain like a hot knife through butter.…
- Brian Truono
POTD: Hoodoo Moon
The full moon casts a glow on the high clouds creating an enchantingly blue scene in Bryce Canyon National Park’s…
- Brian Truono
- Brian Truono
POTD: Ledges
A little geothermal energy to push the water to the surface, and gravity to send it back downhill. Adjust for…
- Brian Truono
POTD: Boughs
Intriguing similarities between branching juniper trees and eroded canyons carved out of the landscape. It could be argued that the…
- Brian Truono
- Brian Truono
POTD: Entering Zion
At the mouth of Zion National Park, towering ledges and white sandstone capped peaks await your entrance to the beautiful…
- Brian Truono
POTD: Hillocks of History
Lost in time and buried beneath the great inland sea, the hills were once alive with many fascinating creatures. Now…
- Brian Truono
POTD: Seaside Obelisk
Broken and battered by the powerful Pacific ocean, the nearby cliffs continue to erode into rocky islands, boulders and eventually…
- Brian Truono
POTD: Moraine Skirt
The glacial effects which poured down from the mountain ridges, carving Cascade Canyon, were also responsible for shaping the moraine…
- Brian Truono
POTD: Nimbus
An abrupt climb in the landform’s elevation causes layers of clouds to rise higher in the atmosphere.
- Brian Truono
POTD: Garden of Thorns
The ancient sedimentary formations were once settled in a horizontal deposition by a vast inland sea. The nearby Rocky Mountain…
- Brian Truono
POTD: Sidewinder
Swift waters slice through the soft shale stone walls of Watkins Glen gorge. Dare you to say that three times…
- Brian Truono
POTD: Sylvan Blanket
You would almost expect elves and woodland creatures to dance around the tiny saplings in this mossy blanket covering the…
- Brian Truono
POTD: Slice of Light
And one by one, the lower dunes were set aglow by the warmth of the sun rising in the east.
- Brian Truono
POTD: Intricate Etching
Cast beneath this stone lies statues in waiting; set free by the sands of time.
- Brian Truono