People wonder why I would put myself at risk to go into the deep back country, flying over harsh and difficult terrain in order to capture images of wilderness areas.

Mojave Desert Mountains in Winter large view

This is the reason why....Some of following these images I took in my travels and some have been set to me by various friends of my project over the past couple of years.

These images are glaring examples of the wanton destruction of our planet that is occurring every minute of every day. This is reason of why I do this. They are stunning examples of what is happening to our planet.

These scars last forever

Clear cutting a forest hillside - note the damage from mudslides

Toxic tailings ponds

Select clear cutting in the forest

Select clear cutting in the forest

Clear cutting the entire side of a mountain

Clear cutting a forest

Strip mining and entire top of a mountain

Huge pit mine on the edge of the desert

Fracking wells across the landscape as far as you can see

Fracking wells

Clear cutting the edges of the mountains

Clear cutting deep in the middle of a huge forest

Strip mining and entire mountain

Strip mining a bunch of mountains

Fracking across the countryside

Gigantic pit mine

Another huge pit mine

Taking all the trees from the mountain

gigantic pit mine

Decimated forests and mountains

Strip mined the entire mountain

Strip mined and pit mined an entire mountain

As is clear to see, it is not always beautiful images I see from up here. Sometimes I will fly over an area and come back only a couple of short months later to find huge swaths of forest cut out in the middle of nowhere.

My goal through my wilderness photography is to raise awareness to the beauty of our planet and to focus attention on the need to dramatically alter our approach to the treatment of our planet. We are tearing it apart to enrich only a very small handful of people at all of our expense!

It is sad to see this damage and unnerving to realize that left unchecked, there are people that would do this haphazardly to the entire planet. It is scary to think of!!

We only have one planet - and we have to live here. These damages last forever.

To view images from the project Where Eagles Fly - The American Wilderness Expedition please view my other posts. I am on a mission to raise awareness of our Iconic Natural Heritage Treasures of North America.

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