MORNING SPLENDOR AT BIERSTADT LAKE Size:40x60 METAL PRINT (685-3444)

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A couple of beautiful young saguaro cacti are surrounded by other cactus like the prickly pear and palo verde tree at Saguaro National Park

An eastern cottontail rabbit remains on alert during this beautiful summer morning at Wildflower Park

it was still dark out

Smooth hedge nettle

MORNING SPLENDOR AT BIERSTADT LAKE Size:40x60 METAL PRINT (685-3444)It was a cool August summer morning when I arrived at the trailhead to Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I started up the steep trail at 5: 15 am to catch the sunrise at the lake and the Continental Divide. It would take me just under an hour to reach the lake. There are numerous switchbacks leading up the mountain through some stands of aspen trees. After about 20 minutes, I no longer needed my headlamp to guide my way up the mountain.