The line 28 train in Lisbon, Portugal is a well-preserved historical line which still serves as public transpotation today. One sees these cute little cars popping their heads out all over the city, and the need to hop on for a few stops becomes urgent. It's good to see traditions such as this being preserved for all to experience.

Hallgrímskirkja

This church stands on top of the hill in Reykjavik, and the architecture seems to reflect the attitude of the Iclandic people. On my 3rd trip to Iceland, this was the first time I'd been in Reykjavik while the curch was not covered in scaffolding. It was a good oppotunity to finally take some pictures of this impressive and unusual structure.

Cathedral Ceiling

An unusual perspective on this ornate manueline ceiling in the church of Jeronimos Monastery. The intricacy used in the manueline style can be quite overwhelming, but the longer one stares at the architecture, the more small details emerge.


Jeronimos Monastery, Belém, Portugal

Shark in the water!

I usually don't set my camera iso to 1600, the maximum iso it has. Everyone tells you that pictures are way to noisy and unusable at maximum iso. While in the aquarium in lisbon, portugal, I had to make a choice between taking blurry pictures (or no pictures at all), or cranking up my iso and dealing with a litle noise. I'm glad I chose the latter. Afterall, how often does one have the chance to photograph sharks from this angle and distance?

The Temple Mount

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The wall below the Mosque is the famed Wailing Wall. There is a jewish temple under the righthand arch, and the energy in it is like nothing I've ever experienced. There's so much history and emotion in these walls, they give off very real, perceptible vibrations.

Cold Stream

An icy stream in the backwoods of New Hampshire. This one feeds into a beaver pond. As a kid, I played in many small streams around these woods, and loved hopping the rocks and banks while trying not to fall in. Falling in would've been especially bad on this day, as it was around 15F!

Praying mantis in Israel

I found this little guy hanging out on the leg of a picnic table bench in the Kibbuz I was staying in. I was happy to get a few pictures of it on such a nice contrasting background. Shortly afterwards, it was gone.

Moon over Jerusalem

The moon rises over the city wall of Jerusalem.

New Hampshire Trees

An interesting perspective on a New Hampshire forest in winter.

Damascus Gate at sunset

The Gate of Damascus in Jerusalem is an impressive piece of architecture. This Structure was constructed in 1537 by Sulieman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, although the gate is built on top of another gate which stems from the Roman rule of Hadrian in 200 AD. I sat at the gate as the sun was setting eating bananas and flatbread, enjoying the fading light as the prayer calls echoed around the walls of the city. It was at the end of my stay in Jerusalem, and the ambience of the situation made it a memorable moment in my journey.

Pomegranates under pressure

I took this picture in Nazareth as I was getting a fresh squeezed pomegranate juice form this stand. There are juice stands all over Israel that sell fresh pomegranate juice, but none of them turned out to be near the quality of this one. I don't know why it was so good, but I'm glad I got one from this particular vender. Quite the experience.

Cows and Glaciers

I happened upon this cute cow in the alps in the summer of 2009. Called 'Grauvieh' in german, which simply means 'gray cattle', these creatures can be found all over the alps. I've crossed paths with them them in the oddest an most unlikely places! The glacier tongue in the background is snaking down from the kaunertal glacier.

Another picture from my alps trip in 2009. The mountain towering over the water is 'Weißseespitze' and is 3,526m tall (11,568 feet). The lake is manmade and is called 'Gepatschstausee'.

Glacial ice on the beach of the Atlantic Ocean, Jökulsárlón, Iceland

A glacier tonuge of Vatnajökull, Iceland

A curious fox pup staring at me in the Westfjords, Iceland

One of the countless waterfalls in Hornvik, Iceland. Also one of the most beautiful. After 2 days of rain in this area, we watched the number of waterfalls at least double, and the vegetation shot upwards within a 24 hour period. Entire lakes appeared  where there had previously been dry ground. This area gets so much rain and has such lush vegetation, it almost has a tropical feel to it. Not exactly what one would expect from an arctic coastal region, nearly at the arctic circle.

Catching the evening light falling on the trees in Sauerland, Germany.

I met these 2 little guys when hiking in the Alps around Innsbruck in 2006. I came up the trail next to an alm and there they were, wondering what in the world I was doing in their spot!

I took this picture on slide film about 10 years ago. The climbing route is 'Hobbit's Couloir' (NEI 4+) at Frankenstein Cliffs in the White Mountains, NH. This is the most technically difficult ice climbing I have ever done. Ice climbs in New England have their own grading system "NEI" (it stands for 'New England Ice')which goes from NEI 1 to NEI 5. This climb is almost the top of the scale. It's quite an incredible feeling to climb up such delicate and temporary natural structures in cold winter conditions. A very humbling yet empowering experience.

Here is an HDR from Iceland, somewhere on the south coast. This was a waterfall we happened upon as we were driving west. Not a big tourist attraction (thankfully!) but one of the most beautiful waterfalls I've ever seen.