03-18-2007. West shore of Antelope Island, with a view of White Rock, Elephant Head, and Frary Peak.

03-18-2007. South Arm of the Great Salt Lake, Copper Smelter Stack, and Oquirrh Mountains

03-18-2007. View of Fremont Island and Promontory Point from Lakeside Trail. Bridger Bay in the foreground.

03-18-2007. View of Ladyfinger Point, Egg Island, and Little Mountain from Lakeside Trail. Bridger Bay is in the foreground.

03-18-2007. Promontory view from the visitors center.

03-18-2007. Marina view from the visitors center.

03-18-2007. Causeway view. I took this shot from the visitors center after 6:00 p.m. This photo was used on the weather segment of the 10:00 pm KSL news.

03-16-2007. Heat wave. Temps hitting the high 60s this week.

03-11-2007. Liquid gold. An intense sunset broke over Egg Island tonight. Imagine the distant song of a coyote, the call of the gulls, and the soft flow of the current between the rocks.

03-11-2007. Last minutes of sun. Ladyfinger Point catches the final rays of the sun, 03-11-2007. It was quite warm on the photographer as well.

03-11-2007. Fremont Island, about 7 miles away, shines in the light of a bright evening sun. Taken from the end of Ladyfinger Point on Antelope Island.

03-11-2007. The California Gulls are back on Egg Island. It's a busy acre of rock on the Great Salt Lake.

03-11-2007. Bridger Bay view from the tip of Ladyfinger Point.

03-11-2007. Puddles on the playa from the weekend precipitation. White Rock Bay, Antelope Island.

03-11-2007. Fence line. Visitors are not allowed off-trail beyond this fence line.

03-11-2007. Water's edge at White Rock Bay. Elephant Head and White Rock in view.

03-11-2007. Common reeds bordering White Rock Bay.

03-11-2007. White Rock Bay wetlands.

03-11-2007. White Rock Bay panorama from Buffalo Point.

03-10-2007. Illumination. Minutes before sunset. Final moments of sunlight on the causeway.

03-10-2007. Lake stillness. The stillness of a night like this on Great Salt Lake is indescribable.

03-05-2007. Incandescent sky. Taken from mile marker three on the causeway to Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah. Looking across Gilbert Bay toward Lakeside Mountains.

02-28-2007. All in a day's work. They used to sheer thousands of sheep here until sheep ranching became unprofitable in the 1950s.

02-28-2007. Self-reliance. Any repairs they had to do in the early days, required ready tools and a blacksmith shop.

02-28-2007. Standing guard. Sentry Peak seems to stand alone, watching over the southern portion of Antelope Island. It's about a three-hour hike round trip from the ranch. You need a permit before you hike it.

02-28-2007. End of the line. South Island Trail leads to the old southern causeway and Unicorn Point about 3 miles away. You can ride this trail on a vintige amphibious vehicle called the Duck in the summer. You can also travel the trail by foot or horseback during open access events. The next event will be on May 4, 2007.

02-28-2007. Bison sighting. I spotted about this small herd of about 40 bison near 9-mile gate.

02-28-2007. Out on a limb. These small field birds crowd together on the tops of sparse wetland trees on Antlelope Island.

02-28-2007. Hide and seek. This roadside coyote took advantage of the limited camouflage available. Can you see me now?

02-28-2007. Winter survivor. The sunflowers on Antelope Island will come back to life over the next two months.

02-28-2007. Bull convention. These five bison seem to enjoy their space near Buffalo Point. I spotted a herd of 100 bison about 3 miles away along White Rock Loop Trail.

02-28-2007. Close encounter. Clouse encounter of the bison kind, as I drive to Buffalo Point.

02-28-2007. Winged frenzy. As I walked along Ladyfinger Point, the gulls on Egg Island suddenly burst up in a frenzy of flight.

02-28-2007. Ice fort. Could you imagine children making an ice fort with these pre-fab sheets of ice along the causeway?

02-28-2007. Frozen in time. A layer of fresher water flows above Great Salt Lake and freezes. Though the lake is beginning to thaw, several icey structures have formed throughout Farmington Bay.

02-27-2007. Noche dorada. Traffic was horrendous, compounded by the onset of flu. By the time I made the causeway, the sun had set. Still I got my fix...

02-26-2007. Desaparecido. The sun has disappeared behind a wall of storm clouds.

02-23-2007. Voilà un coucher de soleil encore formidable!

02-20-2007. Solar embers. The sun fades quickly over the horizon of Lakeside Mountains, about 30 miles west of Ladyfinger Point.

02-19-2007. Winter sunset. The sun fades quickly over the horizon of Lakeside Mountains, about 30 miles west of Ladyfinger Point.

02-19-2007. Bridger Bay. Known for its unique oolitic sand and its buoyant waters, varying between 12-15% salinity.

02-19-2007. The tip of Ladyfinger Point. A trail of sedimentary rocks march into the Great Salt Lake.

02-19-2007. Younger rocks. Sedimentary rocks on the north end of Antelope Island are relatively young, only 550 million years old, as opposed to older metamorphic rocks, some 2.7 billion years old, on the south end of the island.

02-19-2007. Jigsaw. Cracked ice sheets like a massive jigsaw puzzle stretch across Farmington Bay.

02-19-2007. Rippp! A tear in the ice along Buffalo Bay and adjoining Farmington Bay to the causeway.

02-19-2007. Cracked. Sheets of ice cracking in Farmington Bay.

02-19-2007. Fence line. A fence separates this part of the ranch from bison, mule deer, and antelope.

02-19-2007. Woody cluster. A stand of elm trees huddled in the winter landscape.

02-19-2007. Reach for the sky! Tall elms stretch skyward in the late afternoon sun. Frary Peak in the distance.

02-19-2007. Blacksmith shop in snow. Slowly shedding snow in the warm afternoon sun. This morning's storm dropped about 3-4 inches of snow in the valleys.