Environment
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
Uranium Mining 1
Southeastern, UT. Ron Wells, left and Seth Shumway, center and Jerry Conway use a probe to measure radiation in the ore walls containing uranium in the Pandora Mine outside La Sal, Utah. 5/23/07 Jim Urquhart/Salt Lake Tribune
Alta Torch Light
Fireworks light up the snowy skies over Alta during the New Year’s Torch Light Parade. Scores of skiiers traversed the slopes with flares as part of the annual tradition. 12/31/05 Jim Urquhart/Salt Lake Tribune
Avalanche Safety
Wasatch Powderbird guide Spencer Wheatley guides in a helicopter for a landing atop 10,500 foot Patsy Marley in Little Cottonwood Canyon during Powderbird’s Avalanche Safety Class 12/20/06 Jim Urquhart/Salt Lake Tribune
Lightning Storm
Lightning lights up the night sky north of Bluff, Utah. The light show was accompanied by several other thunderstorms that moved through the area. 7/19/06 Jim Urquhart/The Salt Lake Tribune
Monument Valley
Monument Valley National Monument. 7/20/06 Jim Urquhart/Salt Lake Tribune
Paragliding Inversion
Mark Santurbane of Salt Lake City launched off 11,000 foot Hidden Peak at Snowbird in Little Cottonwood Canyon in search of clear air above the inversion enveloping the Salt Lake Valley below Saturday morning. 1/22/05 Photo by Jim Urquhart/Salt Lake Tribune
Wild Horses
Wild horses run through a corral at the BLM’s corral in Herriman Thursday. A proposal by a legislator for the state is to take over management of Utah’s wild horse herds from the BLM. 5/26/05 Jim Urquhart/Salt Lake Tribune