Lighted Spaces and Landscapes

Excerpts from a Geographer's Photo Archive

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  • Same Line, Earlier Time

    A few weeks ago you saw me on this line. I was working at a summer camp and we were on our day off. We all stopped for quick photos (US 31, Western Michigan, 1981)

  • Small Boy Travel

    There are very few photos of me traveling as a boy. Even so, I did travel quite a bit and I have memories of different trips. Here is one to visit my aunt and uncle (who was in the Navy). (Charleston, South Carolina, 1965)

  • More Goðafoss

    I know that this is the 3rd photo of the Goðafoss horseshoe. It was just so striking from every angle. (Goðafoss, Iceland, 2025)

  • The Problem with Waterfalls in Iceland

    There is actually no problem with them. I joked with an Icelandic friend once that it seems that everywhere you turn around “there is ANOTHER beautiful waterfall!” I described this once as “beauty fatigue.” Kirkjufellsfoss is a prime example. It is a stunning little waterfall, dwarfed by other falls in Iceland and in this case not facing one of the most photographed mountains in the country (Kirkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkjufelljufell). You have to “turn around” from the site to get a shot of this. Still one of my favorites. (Grundarfjörður, Iceland, 2024)

  • Late Afternoon Light Surprise

    We were driving back to our hotel on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, we were tired but we still opted to take a quick detour to to see Svöðufoss. It was one of those late afternoons when the light does more work than the waterfall. (Snæfellsnes, Iceland 2024)

  • Westfjord Waterfall

    Dynjandi is the largest waterfall in the Westfjords and well worth the trip. The day I went, the trail was still under reconstruction but we were still able to climb up to the base of the falls. (Arnarfjörður, Iceland, 2024)

  • Couldn’t Get Back

    I had been to Dettifoss before and I wanted better photos of the space. The road was closed to the other side and the place where I took photos in 2021 was impassable due to snow that was still covering the trail (center right of the photo). Didn’t get the shots I wanted but spent a lot of time just staring at the falls. (Dettifoss, Iceland, 2025)

  • The Whole Shoe

    Yesterday was focused on just the small fall on the right. Here is the whole Goðafoss horseshoe. (Goðafoss, Iceland, 2025)

  • Just a Bit of Falls

    I was starting a trip in northern Iceland and I had been driving most of the day before I stopped at Goðafoss. Although the expanse of the horseshoe falls is the attraction, I became interested in the nuances of the falls such as this small fall in the horseshoe. (Goðafoss, Iceland, 2025)

  • Gullfoss–Less Classic

    This is my favorite photo of Gullfoss. Yesterday’s classic view is good, but this one reminds you of the power of water as the mist rises over the bank and the water continues down the Hvítá River. (Gullfoss, Iceland, 2024)