I was treated to an amazing light show in the early hours of Christmas morning on the Gulf Coast of Texas

An image 8 years in the making, or 300 million, depending on how you count.

About 8 years ago I was flying into or out of Chattanooga near sunset and noticed this network of ridges across the valley floor, as if someone had dragged a rake along the Tennessee river leaving zen garden-esque lines in its wake.
My curiosity about these features led me on a fascinating journey of geological learning. These features, as old as the Appalachian chain itself, are subduction zones, pushed down and compressed by the same forces that thrust the Appalachian mountains out of the earth. Over the millions of years since, erosion from water and glacial scour wore away the softer top layers, leaving behind these densified ridges that survive today.
I've been on 3 flights to attempt to capture what I saw out the window of my flight that evening, to no avail, but finally, the fourth attempt paid off with weather, aerosols and timing working in my favor.

Walden's Ridge, or Mowbray Mountain, depending on where you are when you ask, is a fragment of the Cumberland Plateau on its Eastern edge. Bordered to its West by the Great Valley, the Sequatchie River winds between it and the plateau, a shadow of the ancient waters that divided the land.

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Gorgeous afternoon Sunday in infrared Chickamauga National Battlefield #Chickamauga #Chattanooga #infrared #art #photography

Still reveling in the gorgeous weather and locale I had for my mini-vacation last week, exploring the Southern Oregon Coast

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I absolutely love sunset on the Southern Oregon Coast, this was a particularly lovely evening last week

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I'm normally chasing fidelity when shooting the Milky Way, but I'm really happy with how dreamy the sea fog made this shot at Sisters Rock in Oregon

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I was super fortunate to spend a few nights out on the Southern Oregon coast last week, with some of my favorite dark skies. There's nothing like standing under the stars listening to the Pacific

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