Tom Dempsey

The Teton Range reflects in the Snake River at Schwabacher Landing in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. Lenticular clouds cap the peaks of Grand Teton (13,766 feet or 4198.6 meters) and Teewinot. Grand Teton National Park contains the major peaks of the 40-mile (64 km) Teton Range and part of the valley known as Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Teton Range began their tectonic uplift 9 million years ago (during the Miocene Epoch), making them the youngest range in the Rocky Mountains. A parkway connects from Grand Teton National Park 10 miles north to Yellowstone National Park. Published in the book "Mountain" by Sandy Hill, 2011, Rizzoli International Publications Inc (page 103), a benefit for the American Alpine Club Library.

Waves crash at sunset on Kalalau Beach, Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

A crepuscular sunbeam pierces clouds above Marmolada (Ladin: Marmoleda, German: Marmolata, 3343 meters or 10,968 feet elevation), the highest mountain in the Dolomites, or Dolomiti, a part of the Southern Limestone Alps, in northern Italy, Europe. The view looks westwards from a trail west of Gasthaus Passo di Giau. The Dolomites are honored as a natural World Heritage Site (2009) by UNESCO.

See the Colorado River from Lipan Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA. Grand Canyon began forming at least 5 to 17 million years ago and now exposes a geologic wonder, a column of well-defined rock layers dating back nearly two billion years at the base. While the Colorado Plateau was uplifted by tectonic forces, the Colorado River and tributaries carved Grand Canyon over a mile deep (1800 meters or 6000 feet), 446 km long (277 miles) and up to 29 km wide (18 miles).

The sun sets over waves of the Pacific Ocean near winter solstice at Three Arch Rocks, Oceanside, Oregon, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

Mount Everest (center left 8848 meters or 29,029 feet), the highest mountain on Earth, has the older name of Chomolungma or Qomolangma ("Goddess Mother of the Earth" in Tibetan). To the right are Lhotse and Makalu (both higher than 8000 meters). Colorful Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags invoke compassion. In 1865, Andrew Waugh, the British surveyor-general of India named the peak for his chief and predecessor, Colonel Sir George Everest. In the 1960s, the Government of Nepal named the mountain Sagarmatha, meaning "Goddess of the Sky". The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet, China. Sagarmatha National Park (created 1976) was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Sagarmatha National Park was created in 1976 and honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

Left and Right Mittens, Merrick Butte, and a balanced rock punctuate the horizon in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona, USA. The Western movie director John Ford set several popular films here.

Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags fly from a monument at Annapurna South Base Camp (ABC, at 13,550 feet elevation) in the Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal. Machhapuchhre (or Machhapuchhare), the Fish Tail Mountain (6997 meters or 22,943 feet elevation) is a sacred peak, illegal to climb, in the Annapurna mountains, part of the Himalaya range. Published as double page spread inside the cover of Wilderness Travel 2009 Catalog of Adventures, and in 2009 on Swedish travel outfitter web site www.adventurelovers.se. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

Männlichen mountain (2343 meters) provides a stunning view of the peaks of Eiger (Ogre 13,026 feet elevation on left), Mönch (Monk), and Jungfrau (Virgin 13,600 feet on right) in the Alps of Switzerland, Canton of Berne. Grindelwald Valley drops left and Lauterbrunnen Valley right. Männlichen can be reached from Wengen by the Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen (LWM) cable car, or from Grindelwald using the Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen (GM) gondola. Then walk 15 minutes to the summit. Published on the cover of Ryder Walker Alpine Adventures 2005 Catalog. Published in September/October 2004 Sierra Magazine (Sierra Club Outings, double page opening spread). Published in Wilderness Travel 2000 & 1993 Catalog of Adventures. Featured in a Swiss movie by Meret Nora Burger.

Männlichen mountain (2343 meters elevation) provides a stunning view of the peaks of Eiger (Ogre 13,026 feet elevation on left), Mönch (Monk), and Jungfrau (Virgin 13,600 feet on right) in the Alps of Switzerland, Canton of Berne. Grindelwald Valley drops left and Lauterbrunnen Valley right. Männlichen can be reached from Wengen by the Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen (LWM) cable car, or from Grindelwald using the Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen (GM) gondola. Then walk 15 minutes to the summit. Published on the cover of Ryder Walker Alpine Adventures 2005 Catalog; published in September/October 2004 Sierra Magazine (Sierra Club Outings, double page opening spread); published in Wilderness Travel 2000 & 1993 Catalog of Adventures; and featured in a Swiss movie by Meret Nora Burger.

Romantic couple walks beautiful wild beach beneath sandstone haystack rocks at Gibson Steps in Twelve Apostles Marine National Park, Victoria, Australia. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

Wombats are burrowing grass eaters, and can be thought of as the marsupial ecological equivalent of a bear. Bonorong Wildlife Park, Tasmania, Australia. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Lake Superior, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

The Wave, part of Coyote Buttes. Located on the Arizona side of Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area, which is public land managed by the United States BLM. Over 190 million years, ancient sand dune layers calcified into rock and created "The Wave." Iron oxides bled through this Jurassic-age Navajo sandstone to create the salmon color. Hematite and goethite added yellows, oranges, browns and purples. Over thousands of years, water cut through the ridge above and exposed a channel that was further scoured by windblown sand into the smooth curves that today look like ocean swells and waves. For the permit required to hike to "The Wave", contact the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), who limits access to protect this fragile geologic formation. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

An oar boat floats in a sea of turquoise and green, on Loutro Harbor, Crete, Greece. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

Jagged exfoliating rock pattern, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

Bell towers and blue-domed Greek Orthodox Churches grace the village of Oia on Santorini Island, an ancient volcanic caldera rim in the Aegean Sea, Greece, Europe. Published in PC Photo Magazine June 2002. After major destruction in a 1956 earthquate, Oia town was rebuilt as a multi level maze of fascinating whitewashed architecture. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

Ephesus, Turkey: the Library of Celsus,
built 114 AD/CE, was named in honor of a Roman
governor of Asia Minor (Anatolia). The nearby goddess sanctuary helped Ephesus become a prosperous port and cultural center by 600 BCE. At various times, Ephesus was controlled by Lydia (King Croesus), Persians, Hellenists (Ancient Greeks from Athens), Alexander the Great (334 BCE), and eventually it became capital (population 250,000) of the Roman Province of Asia Minor. Published in the travel handbook "Moon Istanbul & the Turkish Coast" by Jessica Tamtürk, Avalon Travel Publishing, 2010. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

Havasu Falls, Creek, and Canyon, a tributary to the Grand Canyon, Arizona. Havasupai Indian Reservation. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.