J. Boot

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Writer/photographer/traveler/gamer/banker. Studying Environmental Science & Geography. Encouraging you to learn about the world. They/them. Photos via 500px, but looking for a better site. #Writing #Photography #Nature #SciArt #VideoGames 📚✍️🌐📸🧑‍🔬🎮

Photo taken on The Road To Hana. The narrow road bends from the center to the left; the pavement is slick and reflective from the recent rain. A dense canopy of trees branches follows the curve. Everything is in a natural, rich green hue.

A row of trees lining a country highway, with leaves in varying shades of red, orange, yellow, and green. The angle has the nearest trees in the left of the photo, with the treeline and highway creating a leading line to the lower center right. Taken at the intersection of North Ashland Road and Route 175.

A wide angle shot of a building in Portland's old town. The upper half of a 5 story brick building is illuminated by the evening sunlight, while the bottom half is shrouded. The angle of the shot shows the front and side of the building taking up the right side of the photo, with the row of buildings behind it creating a leading line to the lower left. A cobblestone street and group of people at cafe can be seen on the far left and in the center background respectively.

Sunset at White Beach, Boracay. This was taken just minutes before the sun dipped below the horizon. The bright yellow-orange glow gives way to the deep blue of dusk, with a few swirls of clouds accentuating the light. The sun reflects on the low tide pools, making the sand glow. There are a dozen silhouettes of sailboats on the horizon, giving a sense of scale and how popular the area is.

A set of muddy stairs leading up a slightly curved hill, from the bottom left of the shot to the right of the center. It runs along a grove of vibrant green bamboo trees. A hiker can be seen at the top of the stairs for the sake of scale. Taken at Manoa Falls Trail, Oahu.

Portrait of a green sea turtle swimming at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park in Hawaii. Taken from a safe distance using a telephoto lens.

A grove of bamboo trees on the Manoa Falls Trail in Oahu, Hawaii. Some of the trees have grown close enough together to become intertwined, forming a gate off to the left with the muddy trail running through it.

A shot of a still pond covered with Victoria amazonica water lilies, one of the largest species of that type of plant. The plants look like a massive green dishes rimmed with red, and each of them is about the size of a car tire. This crowd of lilies stretches from the foreground all the way to the back, with occasional patches of water peeking through. A cloud is also reflected in the water. Taken at the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro, 2019.

A fallen tree coastal redwood tree resting on a hill. It's been there for so long that its its massive trunk has splintered and filled with dirt, allowing smaller plants and moss to grow throughout it. The shot is angled so as to create a leading line, with the base of the trunk in the lower left, and the rest of the tree extending towards the upper right. The low light is contrasted with the rich green colors of the plants, as well as the presence of moisture from a recent winter rain. Taken at Muir Woods, just north of San Francisco, CA. December 2016.

Wide angle shot of The Flume itself. It was formed by Flume Brook gradually carving its way through layers of Conway granite. This resulted in a stream surrounded by rock walls that stand dozens of feet tall. The stream in the photo is relatively thin due to lack of recent rain. The walls are covered in moss and fall leaves, with the afternoon sunlight peeking in from the overhead tree cover. A narrow walkway with a railing lines one of the walls, just wide enough for foot traffic in either direction.

Landscape shot of John Hopkins Glacier on a perfectly clear day at Glacier Bay National Park.

A shot taken in Glacier Bay National Park, a little while after dawn. The sun's reflection glimmers on the still water, with mist drifting around the silhouettes of trees and hills, and low clouds obscuring the distant glaciers. The contrast between orange dawn light and black landscapes give it a surreal quality; at first glance, it looks like streaks of colors blended together randomly.

Upper Circuit of the Argentinian side of Iguazu Falls, overlooking Salto Bossetti. It's essentially a massive cliff with a seemingly endless series of waterfalls cascading over the side, and into a basin brimming with thick rainforest vegetation. This is only one section of Iguazu Falls, which is the largest waterfall system on Earth.

Aerial view of the Arizona/Utah Border, Near Kayenta and Monument Valley. Formations as seen on the ground may look like multiple clusters, but the view from 30,000 ft shows that they follow a curve on the continental level.

Upper Circuit of the Argentinian side of Iguazu Falls, overlooing Salto Bossetti.

Coastline of Big Sur, taken near Bixby Bridge.

A detailed photo of the head of a crocodile peering just above the river water line. Taken in Limon, Costa Rica.

A bald eagle sitting on a tree branch. Taken near Skagway, Alaska.

Group of about two dozen Victoria amazonica, AKA the Amazon Water Lily, with clouds reflecting over still pond water. Photo was taken at the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Group of about two dozen Victoria amazonica, AKA the Amazon Water Lily, with clouds reflecting over still pond water. Photo was taken at the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A Landsat image of the Richat Structure, AKA the Eye of the Sahara. RGB color bands have been altered to show the complexity of the formation.

Photo taken on the Argentinian side of Igauzu Falls National Park, as seen from atop Bossetti Falls.