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LUKE TINGLEY

THE PURSUIT BEGINS

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Six rooms. The pictures live here. The notes live in the journal.

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White aspen trunks and gold autumn leaves blurred into vertical bands of yellow and white, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.

Aspen Dreams

San Juan Mountains • Colorado

Pink sunrise light on the blue water of Lake Tahoe beside Bonsai Rock, with snow-capped Sierra Nevada peaks across the lake.

Pastel Shores

Bonsai Rock • Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Hanalei Bay on Kauai under broken cloud, a rainbow over the green ridges and the pier at right, calm water and a sandy beach in the foreground.

A Better Life Is Waiting

Hanalei Bay • Kauai, Hawaii

Long-exposure view up the Narrows in Zion, glowing orange sandstone walls reflecting in silky purple water, boulders and a green plant on the left bank.

A Lifetime Burning

The Narrows • Zion National Park

Fall color in the Narrows at Zion, yellow leaves against red canyon walls and water.

All the Words

The Narrows • Zion National Park

Archangel Falls in Zion in fall, silky water over red sandstone shelves, yellow leaves and a cliff wall beyond.

Archangel Falls

Archangel Falls • Zion National Park

Orca swimming through deep blue-green water with light filtering from above, Tromsø fjords.

Arctic Whisper

Tromsø Fjords • Norway

Silhouetted palms in a coastal breeze at sunrise, purple sky fading to orange over the water, Kapaa, Kauai.

Art of Dreaming

Kapaa • Kauai, Hawaii

Tree-topped sea stack at Second Beach on the Olympic Coast at sunset, wet sand and long-exposure water under a glowing horizon.

As the Music Fades

Second Beach • Olympic Coast, Washington

Sunset light glowing on low clouds blowing through Kalalau Valley, with the green ridges of the Na Pali coast and a view down to the ocean.

Ashes of Eden

Kalalau Lookout • Kauai, Hawaii

cascade over red sandstone on the approach to The Subway in Zion, framed by peak-yellow cottonwoods and fallen leaves.

Autumn Dreams

Left Fork • Zion National Park

Emerald Lake Lodge and footbridge at blue hour, warm lights reflecting in still turquoise water under a forested shore, Yoho National Park.

Away from It All

Emerald Lake • Yoho National Park

Over-under view of a rainbow above Silver Bank and a humpback mother and calf below in blue water with light rays.

Ballad of the Nameless

Silver Bank • Dominican Republic

Calm water over a shallow reef at Ke'e Beach, Kauai, with the Na Pali cliffs and a blue and pink pre-dawn sky.

Blueprint for Living

Ke'e Beach • Kauai, Hawaii

Big Sable Point Lighthouse beyond dune grass at sunrise, pink and orange sky over Lake Michigan.

Blush

Big Sable Point Lighthouse • Ludington, Michigan

Snow-capped Mt. Sneffels above gold and green aspens with low mist, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.

Breath of Heaven

Mt. Sneffels Wilderness • Colorado

Sunbeam striking the sandy floor of Antelope Canyon, glowing orange sandstone walls, Arizona.

Burning Bright

Antelope Canyon • Arizona

A large rounded iceberg floating in dark open water, with a small group of gentoo penguins standing along its ridges and climbing its sides, and a glaciated coastline behind under gray cloud.

Castaways

South Shetland Islands • Antarctica

Sunrise through Mesa Arch with the underside glowing orange over Canyonlands, Utah.

Catch Fire

Mesa Arch • Canyonlands National Park

An aerial view of a glowing orange seam of molten lava running between two sheets of crusted pahoehoe, one smooth and silvery, the other ropy and dark, the cooled crust a dark blue-gray.

Choosing Sides

Kilauea • Big Island, Hawaii

Vertical view of Big Sable Point Lighthouse, small in the dune grass, pink and blue dawn sky filling the frame.

Cotton Candy Skies

Big Sable Point Lighthouse • Ludington, Michigan

Bearhat Mountain in sunrise light, reflected in Hidden Lake, from the overlook.

Crown of the Continent

Hidden Lake • Glacier National Park

Delicate Arch in shadow against a pink and purple sunrise sky, with the La Sal Mountains on the horizon and a sweeping bowl of red slickrock in the foreground.

Delicate

Delicate Arch • Arches National Park

Snow-loaded firs in heavy falling snow above Mirror Lake, Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon.

Endless Winter

Tom Dick and Harry Mountain • Oregon

Mount Assiniboine at sunrise above Sunburst Lake with golden larches, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia.

Entertaining Angels

Sunburst Lake • Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park

Sunset light beams down the valley over St Mary Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, above layered rock in the foreground.

Evening Symphony

St Mary Lake • Glacier National Park

A tall plume of volcanic gas glowing red above the lava lake in Kilauea's summit crater, rising into a purple night sky scattered with stars.

Everglow

Kilauea • Big Island, Hawaii

A subalpine meadow of lupine below conifers at Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, with morning light on lifting fog.

Fell Into a Dream

Backcountry • Mount Rainier National Park

Reflected light glowing deep in the Narrows of Zion National Park, Utah, above the Virgin River and a single cottonwood.

Fire and Ice

The Narrows • Zion National Park

Sunrise over ridges from the summit of Tom Dick and Harry Mountain, Oregon, with wind-broken ice chunks scattered across the snow.

Fire to a World So Cold

Tom Dick and Harry Mountain • Oregon

Calla lilies fill a coastal valley at sunset, with high surf on the Pacific at Big Sur, California.

Hearts of the Innocent

Big Sur • California

A stream of molten lava pouring from a sea cliff into the ocean before dawn, throwing up a dark burst of debris inside clouds of red-lit steam.

Imagine Dragons

Kalapana • Big Island, Hawaii

A humpback whale calf swimming near the surface in clear blue water at Silver Bank, Dominican Republic, with sun rays and a long white pectoral fin extended.

In Defense of Dreams

Silver Bank • Dominican Republic

A stand of golden aspen lit by a break of sun at the edge of a grass meadow, with dark storm cloud and rain over grey peaks behind, Hillsdale Meadows, Banff National Park.

It Will Rain

Hillsdale Meadows • Banff National Park

A riverbank in Zion Canyon in full fall color, red maple and yellow and green trees above a sandstone ledge and a boulder at the edge of the turquoise Virgin River.

Kaleidoscope

Virgin River • Zion National Park

Capitol Peak lit pink at sunset above a dark timbered valley, with a cloud overhead catching the same light and hillsides of yellow and green aspen in the foreground, Colorado.

Legends of the Fall

Capitol Peak • Colorado

Sunrise light on Sinopah Mountain reflected in the still water of Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, under a pink sky.

Lullaby

Two Medicine Lake • Glacier National Park

Low sunrise light rakes across a dense wall of subalpine conifers above a calm mountain lake, with snow still in the shaded timber behind.

Moments Like These

Rocky Mountain National Park • Colorado

Light beams cutting through mist among mossy forest trees in Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon.

Mystery of You

Three Sisters Wilderness • Oregon

An orca mother and two calves in dark green water, with low arctic light filtering down from the surface, northern Norway.

One Breath Away

Tromsø Fjords • Norway

A rainbow over the headwall above Grinnell Lake, turquoise water in the foreground and spruce along the near shore.

Promise

Grinnell Lake • Glacier National Park

Spring-fed waterfalls pouring through moss down a cliff face into the Sacramento River at Mossbrae Falls, California.

Ran Out of Reasons

Mossbrae Falls • California

A meadow of yellow golden banner wildflowers in Moraine Park under an orange and magenta sunset sky, with a rain shaft falling behind dark peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Reveries

Moraine Park • Rocky Mountain National Park

Old growth trunks receding into thick fog on the slope below Devil's Dream, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.

Sanctuary

Wonderland Trail • Mount Rainier National Park

Three spinner dolphins in silhouette diving at an angle through vivid blue open water, lit softly from the surface above.

Shades of Blue

Kona Coast • Big Island, Hawaii

Two orcas swimming through dark blue water with surface light above, Tromsø fjords.

Shadow Dancer

Tromsø Fjords • Norway

Emerald Lake Lodge and the footbridge, with last light on Walcott Peak and Mount Burgess reflected in the lake.

Shadow of the Day

Emerald Lake • Yoho National Park

A low view from just above the Virgin River in the Narrows of Zion, with water rushing over rounded cobbles toward a large boulder and canyon walls glowing orange above.

Shatter Me

The Narrows • Zion National Park

Beckwith Mountain at twilight, fall aspens in the foreground and a crescent moon above the peaks.

Smolder

Kebler Pass • Colorado

A short waterfall in a mossy grotto, the creek cascading over rocks in the foreground.

Somewhere in Between

Backcountry • Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Peyto Lake under fresh snow from the viewpoint above it, Banff National Park, Alberta, with light breaking over the turquoise water.

Sound of Silence

Peyto Lake • Banff National Park

A pod of spinner dolphins in formation just below the surface off the Kona coast, Hawaii, with light rays in blue water.

Stacked Actors

Kona Coast • Big Island, Hawaii

Beargrass plumes lit by sunset rays in a subalpine meadow of lupine and pink mountain heather at Paradise, with Mount Rainier in cloud and shadow beyond a ridge of subalpine fir.

Tears of the Sun

Paradise • Mount Rainier National Park

An orca surfacing in a gray Norwegian fjord, its blow rising beside a rainbow that drops toward the water under soft storm light, with dark headlands behind.

Tell Me a Fable

Tromsø Fjords • Norway

A lit tent on granite above Upper Cathedral Lake, Cathedral Peak reflected in the water under a starry sky.

Tell Me a Story

Upper Cathedral Lake • Yosemite National Park

A line of gentoo penguins climbing a steep snow slope in blowing snow on Danko Island, Antarctica, with brash ice and dark water behind them.

The Climb

Danko Island • Antarctica

A small group of king penguins standing together on snow at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia.

The Kings of South Georgia

Right Whale Bay • South Georgia Island

A double rainbow arcing over green ironwood trees at Ke'e Beach, Kauai, with black lava boulders on golden sand lit by low evening sun.

The Remedy

Ke'e Beach • Kauai, Hawaii

Sunlit orange walls of a narrow slot canyon above turquoise water, a large boulder standing in the middle of the river channel.

The Truth Remains

The Narrows • Zion National Park

Last light on Reynolds Mountain above the alpine pools and moss at Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana.

The Worlds We Discovered

Logan Pass • Glacier National Park

A tall view of yellow golden banner wildflowers and lichen-covered rocks in a meadow, a bare dead snag, dark forest, and snowy Longs Peak under a churning pink and purple storm cloud.

Things Left Unsaid

Moraine Park • Rocky Mountain National Park

The Ten Peaks catching first light above the turquoise water of Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, with a still reflection.

Triptych

Valley of the Ten Peaks

Moraine Lake • Banff National Park

Sol Duc Falls in Olympic National Park, Washington, seen from the footbridge, with morning light coming down through the forest.

We Might Fall

Sol Duc Falls • Olympic National Park

Half Dome at blue hour from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California, lit by moonlight with stars coming out.

When Legends Rise

Glacier Point • Yosemite National Park

A dense stand of aspen in full yellow fall color with white trunks, photographed in soft light after sunset on Kebler Pass, Colorado.

Wildfire

Kebler Pass • Colorado