[Daily Photo] Badlands National Park

This photo was taken in the Badlands National Park, South Dakota. As you can see, there are badlands everywhere, no plants, no shelters.  We came there in summer. Even though I wore a safari-style hat all day, I got sunburn allover my neck. In this photo, the sky without any clouds looks a bit dull. Talking about composition, I think I should put more ground and less sky in this photo. But my original thought was to show you how hot the day was, so I took a large amount of blue sky into this photo.

[Daily Photo] Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

This is the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, a river-eroded geyser basin. The hot acidic water from the geysers and hot springs made the volcanic rocks vulnarable and brittle; therefore, the erodsion is fast and the rocks are colorful. In this photo, you can see various colors of rocks made by the hot acidic water.

[Daily Photo] A cheetah lying in the meadow

This photo was taken in the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington DC. In my memory, the zoo was always smelly, messy, and dirty; however, every corner of this zoo was impressively clean and didn't smell.

[Daily Photo] Reflections on the glass curtain wall building, Chicago

This photo was taken on a boat tour on the Chicago River. The reflections on this glass curtain wall building looked so amazing (like mosaic art). This was my second time to take a boat tour on the Chicago river. It was August, the weather was warm and comfortable for the boat tour. My first experience was in October, I almost froze to death by the chilly wind over the Chicago River.

 

[Daily Photo] Washington National Cathedral

When I planned my trip to Washington DC, I searched the web for some "secret places" for photography, and I found this place - Washington National Cathedral.Since there is no direct Metro stop, you have to walk a  half an hour from the Metro station to get there. When I got there, I found out that the cathedral was temporarily closed  due to the damage caused by the earthquake. That was really a pity. Before I got here, I thought I could take beautiful pictures of the inside of the cathedral, but I could only photograph it from the outside. Next time I should check if the place is open before I go there.