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DesertScapes by Jeff Jessing

Canyons, Deserts, and High Plateaus

From this high vantage point, the drama of this unique landscape is obvious. The hike to this location is well worth the effort and time.

The Painted Landscape

The always stunning Fisher Towers are one of those locations that are difficult to leave.

Fisher Towers

The diversity of Oregon’s landscapes is second to none. The ancient clay beds of the John Day Fossil Beds area provide a surreal tapestry of hues, textures and patterns that are begging to be photographed.

Ancient Clay

White "flaming" clouds above the Three Gossips in Arches National Park.

Cloud Flames

Desert Glow

While focusing my attention on the scene in front of me, the Colorado River, I looked behind me to find this dramatic arrangement of the moon setting over the canyon wall. I quickly turned my camera on this fleeting situation.

Lunar Canyon

The setting sun is basking this magical valley with a warm glow.

San Luis Valley

The layering and warm hues of this sunrise scene give a strong sense of place to the arid Canyonlands.

Washer Woman Arch

After a nice afternoon hike to this iconic location, I made this photograph while waiting for the sun to set. I spent another 4 hours at this location doing creative nighttime photography with students.

Sandstone Majesty

Desert Highlights

This is one of my favorite areas on the face of our planet. The combination of the giant sand dunes with the surrounding fourteen thousand foot peaks provide a beautiful setting that will not be forgotten.

Sandy Base

The icon of this fantastic national park.

Delicate Arch

It's not if this rock will fall it is when will it fall. It is difficult to appreciate the precariousness of this arrangement that is found within Arches National Park.

Unstable Relationship

With 50 mph winds, this location provided many challenges for a photographer. Specifically, blowing sand and camera shake.

Ripples in Time

This photograph was made on a stormy evening at the spectacular Grand View Overlook.

Canyon Thunder

Magical evening light illuminating the Painted Hills. This photograph was a first prize winner in the 2006 North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Summit Contest.

Painted Hills in Golden Light

This is a shot of the often photographed North Window Arch.

The Eye of the Beholder

A different perspective of the often photographed Delicate Arch.

The Arm of God

Southern Idaho is a wondrous landscape of high deserts and remote canyons. This vantage point overlooks the Bruneau River.

The Keeper of Time

This photograph was made just prior to an intense thunderstorm at one of my personal favorite locations on the face of this planet, the Great Sand Dunes located in Southern Colorado.

Storm Over the Dunes

The light and texture give this image great depth.

The Test of Time

Sparse springtime bloom on the ancient clay beds of the Painted Hills.

Painted Bloom

The shear magnitude of this wide-angle shot can only be appreciated by visiting this location in person. I was literally on the extreme edge of a thousand foot drop off when this photograph was made.

Surrounded

Smith Rock is a rock-climbing mecca in the Northwest. In addition to the great climbing opportunities the scenery is not bad either.

The Crooked River

Fisher Towers reflected in the Colorado River with the La Sal Mountains in the background.

Fisher Towers and the La Sal Mountains

Vertical Rise

The Painted Hills is the epitome of an artist’s paradise.

The Path to the Painted Hills

Late afternoon light on the sandstone fins, known as the Fiery Furnace, in Arches National Park with the snow capped La Sal mountains in the background.

Fiery Furnace and the La Sal Mountains

Sunset over the desolate lava fields at the Craters of the Moon National Monument. A solitary Limber Pine is in the foreground.

Limber Pine

The combination of the cloud pattern and the La Sal Mountains in the background help highlight the texture in the canyon walls.

Steaming Mountains

Sunrise at Mesa Arch should be on every photographer’s short list, especially if they enjoy the iconic locations of the West.

The Arch on the Mesa

Sunset at Bruneau Sand Dunes State Park.

Dunes Sunset

Perched high above the valley floor, I made this photograph during a late afternoon while waiting for the moonrise that occurred later.

The Painted Base

One of many petroglyths found within Arches and the surrounding area.

Echoes from the Past

The spring in the high deserts of central Oregon brings rain, which feed the plant life such as the grass that can be found in the foreground of an otherwise arid scene. The long exposure combined with the wind give the grass the appearance of motion.

Arid Oasis

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