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Beauty for Ashes

Beauty for Ashes

Musk thistle is common on the Wyoming landscape. These thistles are usually considered pests by farmers. This one, pictured left, was the only display of color in the baked brown, summer landscape of the Wyoming high plains. Everything and everyone has a story. From...
Vacuum Sealed

Vacuum Sealed

NASA’S VOYAGER SPACECRAFT, launched nearly a half century ago (1977), is still heading away from Earth, at a rate of 38,000 miles per hour. By the year 2025, it will be 48 years and 13.8 billion miles from Earth. A few years ago, it escaped the heliosphere, the outer...
Boots’n’all White gloves and worn-in boots in stark contrast. Marine Corps graduation day at Parris Island, South Carolina. New graduates, ready to take their place in the United States Armed Forces.

Boots’n’all

White gloves and worn-in boots in stark contrast. Marine Corps graduation day at Parris Island, South Carolina. New graduates, ready to take their place in the United States Armed Forces.

The Marine Corps is a component of the Department of the Navy, and maintains both amphibious and ground units for contingency and combat operations. The young graduates pictured here, have chosen to put their lives on the line for the defense and protection of the...