Red Mounds of Bisti
In the midst of the Bisti/De Na Zin wilderness, a pair of red mounds rises from the desert floor.
Under a Threatening Sky
An approaching storm combines with the setting sun to create a contrast of color and light in the northern section of the Bisti Badlands.
Golden Desert
The northern Bisti Badlands bathed in the golden light of the setting sun.
A Rainbow Appears
As the storm clouds pass by, the setting sun paints a rainbow above the painted rocks of the desert below.
Sealed With a Kiss
These hoodoos appear to be kissing as others turn their backs in another example of the surreal rock formations that fill the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northwestern New Mexico.
Red Rocks Under a Red Sky
The setting sun lights the clouds of an incoming storm above the red rocks of the Bisti Badlands.
First Glimpse
After hiking nearly a mile from the nearest road, and seeing nothing but sand and desert scrub, you crest a hill and suddenly encounter the first collection of hoodoos in the seemingly surreal Valley of Dreams.
The End of the Day
The setting desert sun colors the fast-moving clouds in this long exposure near the Valley of Dreams trailhead in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness area of northwestern New Mexico.
Pointing the Way
A solitary sand hoodoo points the way to the next collection of surreal formations along the Valley of Dreams trail in the Bisti Badlands of New Mexico.
Just Around the Corner
Approaching the Alien Throne after an arduous hike through the desert in the Valley of Dreams.
Awaiting its Queen
The Alien Throne sits empty as the clouds zoom by on a windy morning in the Valley of Dreams.
Valley of Dreams
The Alien Throne is the centerpiece in this collection of rock formations in the Valley of Dreams section of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northwestern New Mexico.
Mushroom Farm
The desert floor suddenly turns into a surreal collection of mushroom shaped rock formations in the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah section of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northwestern New Mexico.
Brain Salad
Rock formations resulting from millions of years of wind erosion resembling brains and mushrooms inhabit the Seussian wonderland of the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah section of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin wilderness in the Four Corners region of New Mexico.
An Afternoon in Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah
The early evening sun highlights the mushroom and brain-like rock formations of the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness.
Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Sunset
The setting sun paints the sky behind the surrealistic rock formations of the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness in the Bisti Badlands of northwestern New Mexico.
Tilted Portobello
Rock formations in the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness appear to resemble a garden of Portobello mushrooms.