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    Lee Rentz Photography Weblog

    A weblog of the travels and adventures of photographer Lee Rentz

    Lee Rentz Photography Weblog

    DEEP INSIDE A GLACIER

    Exploring the interior of an Icelandic glacier with a small group tour.

     Category: Adventure, Challenges, geology, Glaciers, Iceland, photography, tourism, travel      Tags: adventure, adventure tourism, blue, blue ice, cold, color, colors, colour, crevasse, entrance, experience, F-Road, frigid, geologic, geology, glacial, glacier, green, guide, guided, hole, ice, ice cap, ice cave, ice caving, Iceland, icy, interior, Katlatrack Adventure Tours, Kötlujökull glacier, landscape, lee rentz, leerentz.com, march, Mýrdalsjökull, melted, melting, moulin, Myrdalsjokull Glacier, nature, opening, patterns, patterns in nature, photo, photography, reflecting, Ring Road, Route 1, snow, Super Jeep, tour, tourists, travel, vertical, water, well-like

    WITNESS TO CREATION: When Lava Battles the Sea

    Our first trip to the Big Island of Hawaii in May 2013 coincided with the awakening of Pele, the Hawaiian Goddess of Fire. She was sending small rivers of lava down...

     Category: Adventure, danger, geology, Hawaii, hiking, image, landscape, lee rentz, national parks, nature, night, outdoor, photo, photography, recreation, tourism, travel      Tags: building land, crashing, creating land, creation, danger, dangerous, exploding, flowing, geological, geology, Hawaii, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, hike, hiking, hissing, Kalapana, Kalapana Cultural Tours, Kilauea, land, lava, leerentz.com, night, ocean, pacific ocean, Pahoehoe, photo, photography, photos, Puna, sea, twilight, volcanic, volcano, waves

    HAWAII VOLCANIC ADVENTURE: When Lava Explosively Collides with the Sea

    We traveled on a small boat along the south coast of the Big Island of Hawaii in order to experience the dramatic natural event of lava flowing into the sea.

     Category: Adventure, danger, geology, Hawaii, image, landscape, lee rentz, national parks, nature, photo, photography, science, tourism      Tags: adventure, Big Island, boat, color, eruption, experience, flow, flowing, glowing, Hawaii, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kalapana, Kilauea, lava, night, ocean, pacific ocean, sea, tour, travel, twilight, volcanic, volcanism, volcano

    OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK: Raw and Magnificent Royal Basin

    Backpacking into Royal Basin in Olympic National Park is a wondrous experience, in a place where massive geological forces have been at work for millions of years. Olympic Marmots and wildflowers...

     Category: animal, behavior, conservation, environment, geology, hiking, image, landscape, lee rentz, national parks, nature, olympic peninsula, outdoor, photo, photography, plant, recreation, washington, wildflower, wildlife      Tags: backpacking, chironomid, cirque, corona, glacier, global warming, hiking, marmot, moon corona, non-biting midges, Olympic Marmot, olympic mountains, olympic national forest, olympic national park, olympic peninsula, Royal Basin, Royal Lake, snowfield, subalpine, washington, Washington State, wilderness

    Exploring Black Canyon in Central Washington State

    Photographs and stories from three hikes into Black Canyon, located near Naches, Washington State, USA. Wildlife seen included Northern Saw-Whet Owl, Long-Eared Owls, and a Western Rattlesnake.

     Category: animal, behavior, bird, birding, birdwatching, danger, eastern, environment, geology, hiking, image, landscape, lee rentz, nature, ornithology, outdoor, photo, photography, recreation, travel, tree, washington, wildlife      Tags: birding, birdwatching, black canyon, fledgling, hike, hiking, homestead, loggerhead shrike, long-eared owl, owl, sagebrush, saw-whet owl, Washington State

    GLASS BEACH: A Shattered Legend

    Glass fragments, tumbled and polished by the surf, on Glass Beach of Fort Bragg, California.

     Category: california, geology, image, nature, photo, photography, state parks, travel      Tags: beachcombing, california, color, colorful, Fort Bragg, fragments, glass, Glass Beach, glass plant, MacKerricher State Park, Mendocino County, pacific ocean, waves

    NORTH CASCADES SNOWSHOEING: Mt. Shuksan and Mt. Baker in Winter

    The beauty and challenges of snowshoeing in the high country near the Mt. Baker Ski Area in Washington State, USA

     Category: cascades, danger, geology, image, landscape, lee rentz, national forests, nature, outdoor, photo, photography, sign, washington, weather      Tags: avalanche, hazard, mt. baker, mt. baker ski area, mt. baker snoqualmie national forest, mt. shuksan, north cascades, snowboarding, snowshoe, snowshoeing, washington, winter

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