Once again, the hour is late, and the day hikers are well on their way back to their cars. The glaringly bright sunlight of only a moment ago is now shepherded into the canyon beyond the lake, lighting the scene like an expert gaffer. Mesmerized by the light and by the calmness of the lake, I become aware of a contradiction, an impatience belying the tranquility of the scene. As at many other alpine lakes, the dramatis personae of the landscape includes the creek bursting from the lake, eager to be on its way, heedless of its boisterous passage. Photographed July 2016.
An offering left at a khatchkar at Haghartsin Monastery, in the Tavush Province of Armenia. Photographed April 27, 2005
Wall Street, the most picturesque section of the Narrows, Zion National Park, photographed October 2014.
