2012 Best Pictures

Below are my favorite pictures from 2012. Due to the birth of my daughter, I didn't get out as much as I usually do, but I think I ended up with a few good ones.

You can view a few more (and older) pictures on my website at ascharlott.com

Number 1

Dream Lake I
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park on a very misty/snowy/foggy day in May.

Number 2

Seventh Circle I
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

A storm clears over rippled sand dunes in White Sands National Monument

Number 3

Seventh Circle II
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

Another look. I couldn't decide which one I liked better so I included both.

Number 4

Smoky Sunrise
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

A brilliant sunrise over the Smoky Mountains.

Number 5

Untitled
Pike National Forest, Colorado

Early sunlight hits the top of this Aspen tree making it glow.

Number 6

Dream Lake II
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park on a very misty/snowy/foggy day in May.

Number 7

Untitled
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Clearing clouds just before sunrise as viewed from Clingman's Dome.

Number 8

Portal
Chaco Canyon National Historic Park, New Mexico

Looking down the (often-photographed) enfilade of doors in one of the ruins.

Number 9

Approaching Storm
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

A lone flowering yucca plant stands to face the coming storm.

Number 10

Clearing Storm, Sunrise
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Long exposure during a clearing storm at sunrise, just below Clingman's Dome.

Number 11

Waves
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

Sunset light illuminates the mountains while the "waves" of sand dunes remain in shadow.

Number 12

My baby girl at birth and now - born January 2012, just turned one!
Denver, Colorado