Environment
Yellowstone National Park
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park Friday, July 2, 2010. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Buffalo in Yellowstone National Park Friday, July 2, 2010. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park Friday, July 2, 2010. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
A coyote shakes off water while hunting in the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park Saturday, July 3, 2010. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park Friday, July 2, 2010. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
A black bear in Yellowstone National Park Saturday, July 3, 2010. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
A coyote hunting in the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park Saturday, July 3, 2010. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
The view from atop the 300 foot tall brink of the Lower Yellowstone Falls in Yellowstone National Park Sunday, July 4, 2010. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Buffalo in Yellowstone National Park Friday, July 2, 2010. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
A buffalo calf crosses the road in the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park Sunday, July 4, 2010. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
The Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park Sunday, July 4, 2010. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Bryce Canyon National Park
Thor's Hammer illuminated by the morning sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/20/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Hoodoos at sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/19/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Thor's Hammer illuminated by the morning sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/20/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Hoodoos at sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/19/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Thor's Hammer illuminated by the morning sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/20/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Sunset in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/19/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Thor's Hammer illuminated by the morning sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/20/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/19/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Thor's Hammer illuminated by the morning sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/20/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/19/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Thor's Hammer illuminated by the morning sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/20/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Hoodoos at sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/19/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Hoodoos near evening in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/19/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Hoodoos at sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. 06/19/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Salt Lake City – Chevron Oil Spill- saving waterfowl and other birds
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune - Jenni Mowrey of Hogle Zoo holds a baby duck covered in oil as she prepares to wash it Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. Dozens of waterfowl are being cleaned of oil and treated for injuries at the zoo as a result of the oil spill. 6/12/10
im Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune - An oil soaked goose is rinsed by Jill Cox, left, and Cindy Segneri Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. Dozens of waterfowl are being cleaned of oil and treated for injuries at the zoo as a result of the oil spill. 6/12/10
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune - Two oil soaked ducklings are cleaned by Trina Cysingley, left, and Kalyn McKenzie Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. Dozens of waterfowl are being cleaned of oil and treated for injuries at the zoo as a result of the oil spill. 6/12/10
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune - An oil soaked goose is rinsed by Jill Cox, left, and Cindy Segneri Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. Dozens of waterfowl are being cleaned of oil and treated for injuries at the zoo as a result of the oil spill. 6/12/10
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune - An oil soaked goose is washed by Cindy Segneri Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. Dozens of waterfowl are being cleaned of oil and treated for injuries at the zoo as a result of the oil spill. 6/12/10
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune Dawn Neptune of Hogle Zoo dries a gosling Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. Dozens of waterfowl are being cleaned of oil and treated for injuries at the zoo as a result of the oil spill. 6/12/10
Corralled Wild Horses
Wild Horses at the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) wild horse corral outside Salt Lake City, Utah. 5/13/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Wild Horses at the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) wild horse corral outside Salt Lake City, Utah. 5/13/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Wild Horses at the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) wild horse corral outside Salt Lake City, Utah. 5/13/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Wild Horses at the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) wild horse corral outside Salt Lake City, Utah. 5/13/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Wild Horses at the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) wild horse corral outside Salt Lake City, Utah. 5/13/2010 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Canyonlands National Park
Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com - Sunrise at Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park outside Moab, Utah. 3/13/2010
Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com - Sunrise at Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park outside Moab, Utah. 3/13/2010
Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com - The La Sal Mountains and Shafer Canyon in Canyonlands National Park outside Moab, Utah. 3/13/2010
Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com - The La Sal Mountains and Shafer Canyon in Canyonlands National Park outside Moab, Utah. 3/13/2010
Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com - The Green River from Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park outside Moab, Utah. 3/13/2010
Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com - The Needles from Grand View Point atop the Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park outside Moab, Utah. 3/13/2010
Arches National Park
Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com - Delicate Arch in Arches National Park outside Moab, Utah. 3/12/2010
Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com - Turret Arch through the North Window in Arches National Park outside Moab, Utah. 3/12/2010
Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com - The La Sal mountains and the Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park outside Moab, Utah. 3/12/2010
Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com - Turret Arch through the North Window in Arches National Park outside Moab, Utah. 3/12/2010
Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com - Delicate Arch in Arches National Park outside Moab, Utah. 3/12/2010
Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com - The Organ and the Three Gossips reflected in a pool of water in Arches National Park outside Moab, Utah. 3/12/2010
Navajo Nation Sunrise
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune The sun rises over the sandstone cliffs of the Utah Navajo Indian Reservation Tuesday, January 5 2010 outside Bluff, Utah. 1/5/10
Wasatch Front Inversion
The Wasatch Mountains are clear above the inversion and smog that hangs over the valley and the Salt Lake City & County building Friday, January 23, 2008 in Salt Lake City. The inversion is expected to improve over the weekend. Jim Urquhart/The Salt Lake Tribune; 01/23/09
Mount Rainier
Mt. Rainier outside Seattle Washington in the morning. 12/23/2009- Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Molokai, Hawaii
3,000 foot tall sea cliffs on Molokai, Hawaii. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Molokai, Hawaii. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Haleakala Volcanic Crater- Maui-Hawaii
360 degree panoramic of sunrise atop 10,023 foot Haleakala Volcano Crater on the Island of Maui- Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Sunrise atop 10,023 foot Haleakala Volcano Crater on the Island of Maui- Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Sunrise atop 10,023 foot Haleakala Volcano Crater on the Island of Maui- Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Sunrise atop 10,023 foot Haleakala Volcano Crater on the Island of Maui- Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
The observatories in the clouds at sunrise atop 10,023 foot Haleakala Volcano Crater on the Island of Maui- Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
The observatories atop 10,023 foot Haleakala Volcano Crater on the Island of Maui- Photo by Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Fall fishing
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune A cutthroat trout on the end of the line is reeled in Tuesday, October 20 2009 at Strawberry Reservoir outside Heber. As the surface water cools in the fall, bass fishing techniques can be employed with success to fish the shallows. 10/20/09
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune Dick Taylor of Holladay navigates the shallow bays Tuesday, October 20 2009 at Strawberry Reservoir outside Heber. As the surface water cools in the fall, bass fishing techniques can be employed with success to fish the shallows. 10/20/09
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune A cutthroat trout on the end of the line is reeled in Tuesday, October 20 2009 at Strawberry Reservoir outside Heber. As the surface water cools in the fall, bass fishing techniques can be employed with success to fish the shallows. 10/20/09
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune George Sommer of West Jordan fishes a shallow bay Tuesday, October 20 2009 at Strawberry Reservoir outside Heber. As the surface water cools in the fall, bass fishing techniques can be employed with success to fish the shallows. 10/20/09
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune A cutthroat trout on the end of the line is netted by George Sommer of West Jordan Tuesday, October 20 2009 at Strawberry Reservoir outside Heber. As the surface water cools in the fall, bass fishing techniques can be employed with success to fish the shallows. 10/20/09
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune A cutthroat trout on the end of the line is reeled in Tuesday, October 20 2009 at Strawberry Reservoir outside Heber. As the surface water cools in the fall, bass fishing techniques can be employed with success to fish the shallows. 10/20/09
Bald Eagle Fishing
Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune A bald eagle flys from ridge to ridge Tuesday, October 20 2009 at Strawberry Reservoir outside Heber. As the surface water cools in the fall, bass fishing techniques can be employed with success to fish the shallows. 10/20/09
Yellowstone National Park – The Lower Falls
The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park 08/29/2009 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
San Francisco-Golden Gate Bridge in the Fog
San Francisco- Golden Gate Bridge in the fog. 7/26/2009 Jim Urquhart/straylighteffect.com
The Grand Tetons
The Grand Tetons. Teton National Park outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 8/29/2009 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
The Grand Tetons. Teton National Park outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 8/29/2009 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
The Grand Tetons. Teton National Park outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 8/29/2009 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
The Grand Tetons. Teton National Park outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 8/29/2009 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Sea Lions
Sea Lions on a rock at the Sea Lion Cave on the Oregon Coast. 7/24/2009 Jim Urquhart/Straylighteffect.com
Moab Wildfire
Preston Ley of the Lone Peak Hotshots in Salt Lake City clears debris and battles the Slough 2 wildfire Wednesday, October 22, 2008 in Moab. Fire crews battled the Slough 2 wildfire in Matheson Wetlands Preserve on the west side of Moab throughout Wednesday. The blaze has consumed 450 acres and is expected to be contained on Friday. -- 10/22/08 (Jim Urquhart/The Salt Lake Tribune)
Preston Ley of the Lone Peak Hotshots in Salt Lake City clears debris and battles the Slough 2 wildfire Wednesday, October 22, 2008 in Moab. Fire crews battled the Slough 2 wildfire in Matheson Wetlands Preserve on the west side of Moab throughout Wednesday. The blaze has consumed 450 acres and is expected to be contained on Friday. -- 10/22/08 (Jim Urquhart/The Salt Lake Tribune)
Rainbow
A double rainbow courtesy an afternoon shower Wednesday, August 6, 2008 near Springville, Utah -- 8/06/08 (Jim Urquhart/The Salt Lake Tribune)
Wilderness Therapy
Teens and guides from Aspiro hike across the desert to Coyote Gulch and the Escalante River Thursday, July 31, 2008. Aspiro is an adventure therapy program for troubled teens. The group from Aspiro hiked five miles into Coyote Gulch and the Escalante River in the Glen Canyon Recreation Area where they were to spend about a week. -- 7/31/08 (Jim Urquhart/The Salt Lake Tribune)
Teens and guides from Aspiro hike across the desert to Coyote Gulch and the Escalante River Thursday, July 31, 2008. Aspiro is an adventure therapy program for troubled teens. The group from Aspiro hiked five miles into Coyote Gulch and the Escalante River in the Glen Canyon Recreation Area where they were to spend about a week. -- 7/31/08 (Jim Urquhart/The Salt Lake Tribune)
Aubriana Fumagali, 15, of Boca Raton, Florida, bottom, and Aspiro guide Stephanie Gardner wrestle in the mud at the bottom of Coyote Gulch Thursday, July 31, 2008. Aspiro is an adventure therapy program for troubled teens. The group from Aspiro hiked five miles into Coyote Gulch and the Escalante River in the Glen Canyon Recreation Area where they were to spend about a week. -- 7/31/08 (Jim Urquhart/The Salt Lake Tribune)
Aubriana Fumagali, 15, of Boca Raton, Florida, left, and Mary Baker, 15, of Washington DC., laugh while resting on a ledge at the bottom of Coyote Gulch Thursday, July 31, 2008. Aspiro is an adventure therapy program for troubled teens. The group from Aspiro hiked five miles into Coyote Gulch and the Escalante River in the Glen Canyon Recreation Area where they were to spend about a week. -- 7/31/08 (Jim Urquhart/The Salt Lake Tribune)
Aubriana Fumagali, 15, of Boca Raton, Florida, left, and Mary Baker, 15, of Washington DC., talk while resting on a ledge at the bottom of Coyote Gulch Thursday, July 31, 2008. Aspiro is an adventure therapy program for troubled teens. The group from Aspiro hiked five miles into Coyote Gulch and the Escalante River in the Glen Canyon Recreation Area where they were to spend about a week. -- 7/31/08 (Jim Urquhart/The Salt Lake Tribune)
Teens and guides from Aspiro hike across the desert to Coyote Gulch and the Escalante River Thursday, July 31, 2008. Aspiro is an adventure therapy program for troubled teens. The group from Aspiro hiked five miles into Coyote Gulch and the Escalante River in the Glen Canyon Recreation Area where they were to spend about a week. -- 7/31/08 (Jim Urquhart/The Salt Lake Tribune)
Milford Flat Fire
Cove Fort, UT. Weston Stoddard, 9, helps herd the family cattle away from the Milford Flat Fire in the Mineral Range south of Cove Fort, Utah. The wildfire consumed over 300,000 acres. 7/9/07 Jim Urquhart/Salt Lake Tribune
Snow goggles
Brandon Squires of Highland takes in the view at Brighton Ski Resort. Scores turned for the freshly fallen snow depsite the near zero temperatures. 12/7/05 Jim Urquhart/Sat Lake Tribune
Uranium Mining 2
Southeastern Utah, UT. Working in total darkness and only headlamps to guide him, Ron Wells drills to extract uranium from the Pandora Mine outside La Sal, Utah. 5/23/07 Jim Urquhart/Salt Lake Tribune