Finally

FinallyKuwohi, Smoky Mountain National Park The first time up Kuwohi, there was nothing but mist. This time, there was everything. Layer after layer of mountain fading into sunset color, orange dissolving into pink, dissolving into purple, dissolving into the dark. It was windy and cold, and most hikers had already retreated to the warmth of the car. My sister stayed. We watched until the last light went behind the last ridge, and then they ran.

The world has been building this image since before there were eyes to see it

his family watched and waited

From above

📍 Volcanoes National Park

rising above a black sand beach as the waves came in from the North Atlantic

He did not look back

she looked up

she looked up and held the flower at her lips like a thought she had not yet finished

There are so many things that surprise you about Antarctica

The far bank dissolves into mist

Its whole face has gone somewhere private

and he moved through it accordingly