Cloud, thunder and lightning added to the atmosphere and the landscapes of the Grand Canyon, the highlight being the spectacular rainbow after the downpour.

The background landscape of so many Western films – and a few others – Monument Valley is spectacular and brilliant in its range of reds, oranges and browns.

A truly beautiful place, a vast canyon narrowing as you go further up into the depths and walking the Narrows can only be done by wading up to your waist in the stream. Green at the bottom, soaring red and orange rock walls and the clear blue sky above. Watch out for the tarantulas!

Brilliant, seedy, fantastic, greedy, spectacular, false….

103 degrees Fahrenheit!!! Dry, hot, windy a fantastic place in every sense of the word.

This photograph deserves a place on its own, the mighty Yosemite Valley.

Sequoia National Park is home to the largest tress in the world…and there are a lot of them!

Images from a short visit to San Francisco, a beautiful city, and a trip out to Alcatraz.