As my friend Jeremy and I made our way around southern Utah on our recent photography tour of the American Southwest, one thing was certain - we would revisit one of our favorite places: Zion National Park.

The feature that most dominates the landscape north of Page Arizona is Lake Powell, and there are some wonderful viewpoints overlooking this man-made landmark. And some surprises, too!

What do you do after you've finished photographing Monument Valley, from the famous Milepost 13 image to the equally famous Mittens images? Well, you keep shooting, because there seems to be no end to the iconic scenery available for the landscape photographer to find in the Southwest!

As we discussed in last week's article, Monument Valley Arizona/Utah is an incredibly beautiful natural wonder of sandstone that Hollywood just can't resist when making westerns, and tonight we're going to camp right in the middle of it!

"What do you think, Ed? Should we bother doing the Milepost 13 shot?", my friend Jeremy asks as we head to Monument Valley after our all night photography shoot? Of course we had to do the Milepost 13 shot! Who cares how many millions of times it's been done - by someone else!

You probably think you could go hiking in a national park several hours before dawn and have the place to yourself. You could not be more wrong.

National Parks are beautiful during the day, but when nighttime arrives, they can become magical!

What's better than visiting Arches National Park? How about visiting both Arches NP and its neighbor, Canyonlands National Park at the same time!

After getting our fill of waterfalls along the Washington-Oregon coast, it was time to get serious and head to the desert Southwest. First stop - Arches National Park!

What better way to start a trip to the hot, dry, desert Southwest than a visit to some lush, green waterfalls!

Tulip season has come and gone again here in the Pacific Northwest, and while I didn't make it to the tulip fields this year I thought I'd share some new images from past seasons.

Every winter my Seattle Mountaineers friend Scott leads a photography snowshoe trip to the Paradise Valley in Mount Rainier National Park. This year it was early April before we went, but what a gorgeous day it was!

After hanging out with my Coastie friends at some must-see tourist attractions around Hobart, Tasmania, there was little time left before the USCGC Polar Star headed south for its mission in Antarctica. We had just enough time for a quick visit to Bruny Island.

After hearing about the sad plight of the Tassie Devils at the Tasmanian Devil Unzoo and learning about the cruel history of the Separate Prison at Port Arthur, it was time to have some fun! Today I'll take my Coasie friends up in the air at the Tahune AirWalk, and then underground at the Newdegate Cave!

Last week in The Star Arrives! we welcomed the USCGC Polar Star into port at Hobart, Tasmania. This week we'll take some of the officers to one devil of a zoo - or unzoo, as the case may be.

The sign said "Welcome to the Tarkine, a wild and sacred place". It also said I wasn't going to see a gas station for a long time. Or a cell tower.

No visit to Tasmania would be complete without a visit to "The Nut". No, I'm not talking about one of Australia's candidates for Prime Minister, although it does have a connection to a former British Prime Minister.

Tell any Aussie that you're going to Tasmania and they'll probably say you absolutely have to go to Cradle Mountain. Well, it was time to visit this gem and see what all the fuss was about.

This week we'll continue our anticlockwise (as the Aussies say) trip around Tasmania, the beautiful island state south of the Australian mainland.

Last week we embarked on a journey around Tasmania, the beautiful island state south of the Australian mainland. We took a trip out to Freycinet National Park to the east, so this week we'll head north and explore the most remote sections on the northeast side.