Autumn Pond

Point Lobos, California As the sun sets over the Pacific coast a Gray Whale breaches the surface.

Baxter State Park, Maine Low clouds glance over mountain tops and birds chirp all around the peaceful Kidney Pond at sunset.

Katmai, Alaska A giant lumbering brown bear and cub plods across the softened mud of a low tide flat. Shaken by their approach, clams flee with a squirt of water. The sun sets.

Big Sur, California Fresh water flows over and around moss-covered rocks in a mountain stream.