U.S. National Parks

Since childhood my dream has been to explore American nature. I was fascinated by the work of Ansel Adams. I remember spending hours looking at the photos in vintage issues of National Geographic Magazine brought to Saint Petersburg by my Captain grandfather on board of his ship. These visions seemed so magnificent  but also were also so unattainably distant. 

The grandeur of North American continent and the vast variety of places, landscapes and ecosystems were mind-boggling and endlessly inspiring. I wanted to see it all myself one day. 

Years later I ended up in New York on a whim. Then 2020 came around. With COVID pandemic and the 'regular' world shut down I finally found an opportunity to hop in a car and embark on a road trip across the U.S. These pictures below were mostly shot then, but I keep planning other visits to the U.S. National Parks I haven't seen yet. It is a continuous journey after all!

A ridge of a distant canyon in Canyonlands national park glows in the red sunset light.

Golden Light. Canyonlands NP

A panoramic view of tundra forest in yellow and green fall colors with Alaska range mountains in the background as seen from Denali National Park.

Denali Range. Alaska

A triptych featuring three shots from Redwoods national park. Rays of light coming through dense vegetation of Redwood trees. A closeup texture of a dead redwood tree root. Long and tall trucks of Redwoods are standing parallel to each other.

Lush Forest. Redwood NP

A little green clover leaf peaking through grey dusty ferns on the side of the road in Redwood National park.

Emergence. Redwood NP

A single bison grazing on a wide green plain in Yellowstone national park with a river and mountains in the background.

Bison Grazing. Yellowstone NP

Orange thermal pool with evaporating fumes in Yellowstone National park.

Geothermal Pools. Yellowstone NP

A lone mountain goat standing on top of a rock with a panoramic vista of Badlands National park in the background.

Mountain Goat. Badlands NP

A post-storm panoramic view with low-flying clouds in the valley between El Capitan and Half Dome in Yosemite national park in California.

Yosemite Valley. Yosemite NP

Two cowboys riding horses headed to the ranch in the morning with two dogs following them at their feet, in a mountainous desert of Arizona.

Cowboys. Arizona

A winding road trough Saguaro National park in Arizona during sunset.

Winding Road. Saguaro NP

A panoramic view of Delicate arch and the surrounding area in Arches national park in Utah.

Delicate Arch. Arches NP

Red wavy lines of Sand Dune arch in Arches national park, photographed during sunset.

Sand Dune Arch. Arches NP

A diptych showing a picture of a dried up and twisted tree growing on an extreme slope of dry land in Bryce Canyon national park and a closeup picture of dried and twisted tree texture.

Shaped by the Wind. Bryce Canyon NP

A foreground of an edge of a cliff with cacti and desert plants leading to the vista of endless Grand Canyon with Colorado river weaving its way in the middle.

Colorado River View. Grand Canyon NP

A small lonely tree growing through a plain of solid rock, framed by large boulders, photographed in the sunset light in Yosemite national park in California.

Perseverance. Yosemite NP

Majestic mountains of Grand Teton range touched by the pink morning light of the morning with a plain green field in the forefront.

Teton Range. Grand Teton NP

Bright Milky way clearly visible on a night sky in Bryce Canyon national park in Utah.

Starry Sky. Bryce Canyon NP

A small figure walking through the morning fog into the distance towards large monolith mountains of Yosemite national park in California.

Morning. Yosemite NP

Wavy abstract lines of mountains in the sunset light in Great Smoky Mountains national park.

Waves. Great Smoky Mountains NP

Beautifully lit low clouds descend upon silver lake Kenai with mountains hugging in from left and right, Alaska.

Kenai Lake. Alaska

Panoramic view of colorful autumnal forest with Alaskan Denali Range mountains on the horizon.

Fall colors. Denali NP

Silhouettes of Saguaro cacti against sunset sky.

Cacti. Saguaro NP

A diptych of dry plants in the beautiful soft light in Grand Canyon and the moon rising in sunset colors.

Moonrise. Grand Canyon NP

A large rock formation at the turn of the road in Arches national park in Utah.

The Rock. Arches NP

Sun setting below the distant ridge among visible rain on the horizon in Great Smoky mountains national park.

Sunset. Great Smoky Mountains NP

Winding road across the foggy hills of Great Smoky mountains National park with some pine trees in the foreground.

Foggy Hills. Great Smoky Mountains NP

Spectacular sunset with the view of the lighthouse in Bass harbor in Acadia national park in Maine.

Bass Harbor Lighthouse. Acadia NP

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