It's fitting to visually emphasize the expansive and striking natural setting of an iconic Shinto shrine like the one in Hakone as seen from lake Ashi. ⛩🌿
Nature Returns
Dwarfed by Nature at Nikko
Turquoise Magic
Long summer hikes lead to snowy turquoise magic like this!
August Sunset
Not a bad sunset last night over the mountains! I especially like the fact that you can see fine detail of the trees on top of the mountain despite the flat and minimal appearance of this image. Thank you, telephoto lens!
On Edge
Happy Goat
Happy goat frolicking in a field of...some mountain flowers I can't identify. 🐐🌼 Can goats be happy? Well, it anthropomorphically looks like it's smiling, and that's good enough for me! 😉
I TOLD you that goat was smiling: so basically, this is the equivalent of Satan, but happy! 😉
Lead the Way
It's summer. But we still get a glimpse of the harsh terrain, in which these wild goats survive; here—a mother endearingly leading her baby along remaining snow in the mountains. I just wish I could witness them in their full glory once instead of covered in patchy shed hair. Yes, it's summer, after all.
From Above
Water running from the heavens--it seems--along the cliffs, all the way down to the ground, connecting the above and the below. 💦🏔
Who Needs Rainbows?
Blue, red, yellow, and green--just about every major color in one landscape! Oh, and let's not forget those fluffy white clouds reflected below. 🏔