Aurora Borealis on a Moonless Night
After a long day and staying up late to edit photos, I was about to turn in when I saw an aurora alert on my phone. Usually when I get…
Coming Soon: Ely Artwalk 2013 February 1-10
For the second year in a row I will be displaying my photographs in the Ely Artwalk! I will have 12 pieces on display in the window of the Brandenburg…
Caves, Sinkholes and Mountains, Huo Mai, Guangxi Province
The cold, windy drive from Leye took us through karst valleys and then up along the shoulders of steep mountains, past limestone caves and stone forests to a small town…
Train as you fight: Embedded in the ROTC | The Gustavian Weekly
Train as you fight: Embedded in the ROTC | The Gustavian Weekly. Features article published April 30, 2010 by Alex Messenger Photography Editor On April 17, I woke up at 5:00…
Dharamsala
It’s hard to believe that the trip is almost over. Since my last post we left Bodghaya and drove to Patna, the capitol city of Bihar, India’s poorest state. That…
The Roof of the Temple
Inside the Tibetan temple complex the pleasant nun we had met yesterday tells us to wait in the back courtyard. After a few minutes we were brought around to a…
We just had another blackout
Bodhgaya has a number of daily blackouts and brownouts. When the lights go out, they’ll usually start with a pulsing when the incandescent bulb fluctuates from its brightest to dimmest…
Mahakala Caves
After breakfast today we got water from the bus and hopped into three smaller vehicles for our jaunt over fourteen kilometers to the caves where Siddartha meditated for six years…
The School at Sujata
We are welcomed with much fanfare at the Sujata Children Welfare Trust school in Sujata. After their beginning prayers, the students break off into classes. The little ones sit on…
India
With the sun still below the horizon and thick cloud cover obscuring any hint of its coming, we walked down the stone steps of the Gangha Ghat in Varanasi. Bundled…