After fires, green islands slowly drop seed into the burned area. As standing dead break in wind- micro sites form by downed logs. #newmexico #landscapes #forests #fire #wildfires #photos

Coarse grained sandstone, like the cedar mesa sandstone, weathers into delightful habitat for l bilogical soil crust. Biological soil crust is an assemblage of lichens, and mosses. Don’t bust the crust, it’s alive! #landscapes #photographer #sunburst #landscapephotography #utahphotography #utah

It’s pretty terrifying how low the snowpack is this year. This basin is at 6% of normal. #newmexico #landscape #environment

A scene of geology as the Navajo sandstone of the echo cliffs tower above the kaibab limestone in a land of erosion. #visitaz #arizona #grandcanyon #sunrise #sunburst #geology #landscape

Congrats to the Fall 2025 SURE Award recipients. Each project is given up to $16,500 to Support Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE) in New Mexico. Learn more at www.nmepscor.org/news-and-eve...
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Front cover of the Fungal Ecology journal

Call for papers on 'Fungal conservation: from Knowledge to Actions' - for a special issue of Fungal Ecology. Submission deadline: 15 March 2026. Find out more: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
#fungi #mycology #ecology #biodiversity #conservation #research

Just a serene temple in the forest in Japan. #japan #sacred #forest #travel #photography

I already miss the warm color palette of autumn. #newmexicotrue #fall #forestphotography #landscapes #trees #pine

The drama of a volcanic island weathering into the ocean. Waves eat at rocks born from the heart of the earth. #islands #landscapes #landscape #ocean #landscapephotography

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Mt. Fuji is an iconic stratovolcano in Japan’s Yamenashi provenance. It is also perhaps one of the most famous mountains in the world. It’s magical how a landscape can represent a region. #japan #volcano #landscapes #mountains #sunset #landscapephotography

Here’s a throwback to a Smokey sunset in Colorado #landscapes #mountainphotography #sunset

I already miss the desert. The wet early winter in the Sonoran made for abundant water and lush vibrant green vegetation on this recent trip.

#landscapes #photography #landscapephotography #arizona #deserts

I love the stories that can arise from understanding Earth. I am selling a volcano themed 2026 calendar with captions describing geology of 12 volcanoes from
Around the world. Link in bio! #landscapephotography #geology

A Saguaro under an impressive volcanic plug. #Sonora #Landscapephotography #Desert #Nature #Arizona

A Sonoran desert view on thanksgiving. Wildflowers bloom from winter rains beneath pink and purples skies.

Just some sunshine behind a saguaro!

From the Heart of the Earth - I’m pleased to announce that my 2026 Calendae is now available to pre-order.

Each sale will support a small donation to a local environmental non profit. Link in bio!
#landscape_captures #volanoes #supportlocal

From the Heart of the Earth - I’m pleased to announce that my 2026 Calendae is now available to pre-order.

Each sale will support a small donation to a local environmental non profit. Link in bio!
#landscape_captures #volanoes #supportlocal

Excited to share our paper on grassland establishment 7 yrs after native #AMF inoculation—showing AMF result in higher diversity + prairie spread into old fields—was selected Editor’s Choice by @femsjournals.bsky.social.🦠🌎
I’ll discuss next week at #SER2025 Denver ! academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...

~ Sucession ~

Often when forest ecologists think of sucession they think of the aspen that spruts following wild fire. Yet, there is also the moss. May be facultative for desired conifer species to regenerate and survive harsh conditions, making post-fire mos critical successive species. #forests

~ Regrowth ~ A plethuera of oak sprout after a wildfire, bringing a bunrant orange to what was once conifer.

#fall #forest #ecosystem #resilience #landscape #autumnphotography

I really can’t be more proud of Richmond. How research on fire moss, mycorrhizae, and pine seedling regeneration is really cool. He’s incorporated his own ideas and perspectives and is really enthusiastic!

The secular and the sacred #japan #temple #buddhist

Flowers beneath a peak

Paintbrush blooming beneath the massive volcanic peak of Uncompahgre #wildflowers #landscapephotography #mountainphotography

Hermits peak rests below the rays of a setting sun as they illuminate smoke from the Laguna fire and clouds. #landscapephotography

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