Our Beautiful Planet

These pictures by Nick Strobel of locations in the western United States and central/eastern Australia give a taste of the beauty on our home planet. These pictures are copyrighted by Nick Strobel. You may use these pictures if you clearly and explicitly cite my authorship of the images and show how to get to my website at www.astronomynotes.com. If you want to use any of these pictures in any sort of publication, please contact me for permission and I may have a higher resolution version suitable for printing.

This photo album section will be undergoing a revision of structure in which pictures will be grouped by location. So for example, all of the pictures from Grand Canyon will be grouped together. This is because the number of photo thumbnails on these album starting pages is getting so large to make the pages a bit unwieldy to download.

This page has links to Land Formations picture sets. Another page has links to Streams and Life and Flowers & Animals (Insects). To celebrate the coming of spring when the hills of Kern County are alive with the sight of flowers, see my Kern County Spring page. Finally, something from the north country: Aurorae.

Select the thumbnail picture to bring up a webpage with a larger version. The size of the image on the webpage with a larger version is given so you know how long it will take to download the page.

Land Formations

Crater Lake photos	Bryce Canyon photos
Grand Canyon photos	Zion photos
Grand Teton photos	Yellowstone photos
Devils Tower photos	Glacier National Park photos
Colorado National Monument photos

Molas Pass, Colorado 2003 (536 KB)

Tallac Point at Lake Tahoe 2005 (688 KB)

Mt Shasta, California 2003 (120 KB)	Northern California coast 1 (2003; 156 KB)
Northern California coast 2 (2003; 540 KB)	Northern California coast 3 (2003; 212 KB)
Northern California coast 4 (2003; 336 KB)	Northern California coast 5 (2003; 336 KB)
Near Wallowa Lake, Oregon 2003 (316 KB)	Wallowa Lake, Oregon 2 (2003; 496 KB)
Wallowa Lake, Oregon 3 (2003; 292 KB)	Wallowa Lake, Oregon 4 (2003; 732 KB)
Meadow above Wallowa Lake, Oregon 1 (2003; 1 MB)	Meadow above Wallowa Lake, Oregon 2 (2003; 532 KB)
Yosemite, California near Tunnel View (2003; 568 KB)	Half Dome, Yosemite (2003: 224 KB)
Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite context (2003; 332 KB)	Yosemite near Valley View (2003; 508 KB)
El Capitan, Yosemite (2003; 468 KB)	El Capitan, Yosemite (2003; 276 KB)
Yosemite (2003; 564 KB)	Landslide in Yosemite (2003; 428 KB)
Yosemite at Valley Portal view (2003; 668 KB)	Morro Bay from Elfin Forest (2006; 208 KB)
Otter Rock along Oregon coast (2006; 388 KB)	Little Molas Lake (2006; 524 KB)
Uluru and Kata Tjuta from Ayers Rock Resort (2006; 728 KB)	Uluru before sunrise (2006; 672 KB)
-- -- -- Sunrise walk around Uluru (2006; all less than 200 KB)	Kata Tjuta (2006; 480 KB)
-- Sunset walk in Walpa Gorge of Kata Tjuta (296 KB + 384 KB, respectively)