Persian TeaseClouds reveal various shades of possibility as they hover above the Great Salt Desert of the Central Iranian plateau.

a plant used by native Americans for basket weaving

Abraham Lincoln

An apple tree in blossom time

From the Gulf Coast through wide coastal plains upward to handsome earth and rock undulations of the Hill Country

in magnificence and even in mediocrity

As softer sandstone erodes the caps of hard rock remain somewhat intact and over time find themselves on a pedestal

There seems to be a lesson here

but the American Southwest

Typically much human activity surrounds the area but due to a lightning storm at the time of this image capture all had retreated

Varied vistas and penetrating trails provide fascinating insights at every turn

This heavenly sight includes mammatus characteristics in a fast changing cumulus cloud formation which appeared over the Cuyamaca Mountains in California

Northern Arizona's portion of the Colorado Plateau Province offers a plethora of magnificent landscape forms