California

Floris van Breugel on August 14th, 2021

After weeks of suffocating heat and smoke from the Tamarack, Beckworth, and Dixie fires, Aubrey and I decided it was time to make a trip the California coast, one of the only places within a 7 hour drive that could promise cool and clean air. We followed the long and windy roads to Salt Point …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Petrified Sea — Salt Point State Park, CA

Floris van Breugel on December 1st, 2019

Many months ago now, Aubrey and I were fortunate to have found time to go on our annual adventure. For about 10 years I had wanted to explore the Gardiner Basin in the Sierra, which is the basin that the popular Rae Lakes loop circumnavigates. It takes quite an effort to get in, and out… …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Gardening for Stars

Floris van Breugel on August 3rd, 2019

It’s been a busy few months since moving to Reno, starting a lab at UNR, making friends, skiing, biking, and welcoming a small dinosaur (parrot) into our home, but at long last Aubrey and I finally had a chance to do some backpacking over the past two weeks. Here’s a few images from our first …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Alpine Lagoon ~ Desolation Wilderness

Floris van Breugel on April 17th, 2017

Seven years ago I had the unique opportunity to do some aerial photography over the Carrizo Plains National Monument, and always wondered what it would have been like to see it from the ground. Well, this year the plains and Temblor Range finally experienced a similarly profuse wildflower bloom. I made two trips out there …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Wandering Monet’s Palette ~ Carrizo Plains

Floris van Breugel on April 5th, 2017

Over the past few weekends I’ve made a number of trips to various parts of the Mojave Desert, mostly to see the flowers, but of course I encountered various other interesting scenes along the way. The Mojave presents a unique combination of ancient desert and volcanic history, and in the right places with the right …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Secrets of the Mojave

Floris van Breugel on March 14th, 2017

Last weekend Aubrey and I joined the rest of Southern California in Anza-Borrego State Park to enjoy the desert wildflowers. It was beautiful out, but wow, never have I seen that many people there, or anywhere in the desert. We mostly avoided the high traffic blooms of sand verbena and dune primrose along Henderson Canyon …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Desert Springshine ~ Anza-Borrego Wildflowers

Floris van Breugel on February 26th, 2017

Research has kept me quite busy the last few months, but I finally had a chance to escape for a few days. Some friends came down from Seattle to visit, so Aubrey and I took them on a fun adventure to the Saline Valley hot springs in Death Valley National Park. A few days before …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Snow, Hot Springs, Canyons, and Sunshine

Floris van Breugel on October 16th, 2016

Order your 2017 calendars before supplies run out! ~ ~ ~ Last week Aubrey and I found ourselves in Yosemite for a few days, and took the opportunity to explore a little. Today, there is little mystery left as to how Yosemite Valley formed. However, just over 100 years ago, there were several competing theories. …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Yosemite Granite ~ A Rocky History

Floris van Breugel on September 25th, 2016

(1) 2017 Calendars… pre-order now! (2) Instagram… I’m going to try sharing images there. Find me: floris_van_breugel! (3) I apologize for the lack of adventurous posts lately. I have spent much of my photographic time and energy the past two summers on a research and photography project studying the alkali flies of Mono Lake. When …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Sierra Perfection ~ Hiking, Fishing, and Rafting

Floris van Breugel on July 4th, 2016

In our backyard in Pasadena we have a huge Agave americana, also known as the century plant, which decided this year to put out it’s one and only bloom. The agave is native to very arid environments in Mexico and the southern US, and it has evolved to spend 10-30 years (no, not a full …Read the Rest…

Continue reading about Once in a Lifetime ~ Century Plant