Earth with Man photos by Josh Jennings

These photos are developed by hand during the journey and will be regularly updated as the Earth with Man journey progresses.

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Yellowstone

A preview with more photos to come for this part of the journey.

Yellowstone River
Yellowstone River

Canadian Rockies

A preview with more photos to come for this part of the journey.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ancient Bristle Pine Forest

A preview with more photos to come for this part of the journey.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sequoia

A preview with more photos to come for this part of the journey.

 
 

Bryce Canyon

A preview with more photos to come for this part of the journey.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Glen Canyon Dam

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hall's Crossing, Lake Powell

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Calf Creek, Escalante Grand Staircase, Utah

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Arches National Park

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Canyonlands

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mesa Verde

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Silverton

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

San Juan National Forest

 
 
 
 

Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Walnut Canyon

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oak Creek, Sedona, Arizona

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon was and still is a sacred place for many Native Americans.

After the Grand Canyon, my photographs and experience of Earth with Man begins a new path. It is no longer seeing man's influence on the earth but how the earth begins to influence me, begins to speak to me. I discover that the earth was always speaking to me. I recognize that the camera, like many of man's tools, is at times a barrier to seeing the earth. I have had to understand that the earth speaks quietly, gently, peacefully. What it is saying cannot always be captured on film or recorded.

I came looking for Earth with Man and have found myself in the earth, the earth in me, me in the midst of the earth's history and the earth's history as a personal experience.

The landscape reflects me and I begin to reflect the landscape.
My experience begins to be a spiritual journey.

It is no longer documenting and stating facts - it is observing without taking, listening without speaking. I reduce my amount of photography and recording.
I watch more. I write with pencil and paper.

The Grand Canyon: Horizons

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Grand Canyon: Vertical

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Grand Canyon: Trees

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Grand Canyon: Clouds

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Grand Canyon: Perspectives

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Grand Canyon: Layers

 
 
 
 
 
 

TheGrand Canyon: Inner Gorge

 
 
 
 
 
 

The Grand Canyon: Close Up

 
 
Fossil footprints in sandstone
Fossil footprints in sandstone
 
 

The Grand Canyon: Man

Abandoned Uranium Mine, Grand Canyon
Abandoned Uranium Mine, Grand Canyon

Hoover Dam, Nevada and Arizona

Hoover Dam holds back the Colorado River to form Lake Mead, a reservoir with a surface area of 640 square kilometers. The Hoover Dam was constructed between 1931 and 1936 in the Black Canyon and was at that time the largest concrete structure ever built. The water is distributed as far as Los Angeles, nearly 500 kilometers distant.

Intake Pipe, Hover Dam
Intake Pipe, Hover Dam
Intake Pipe, Hover Dam
Intake Pipe, Hover Dam
The Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam
The Colorado River below the dam
The Colorado River below the dam

Valley of Fire, Nevada

80 kilometers from Las Vegas and near Lake Mead, Valley of Fire is named after its red sandstone formations that formed from ancient sand dunes that spread across this area of North America 150 million years ago. The Anazasi, ancestral Puebloans, were in this area from 300 BC to 1150 AD. They left behind hundreds petroglyphs.

Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyph
Petroglyph
Petroglyphs with modern markings
Petroglyphs with modern markings
Petroglyphs with modern markings
Petroglyphs with modern markings
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Canyon wash
Canyon wash
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations
Sandstone rock formations

Las Vegas

Gamblers
Gamblers
Megabucks
Megabucks
Low-lighting dinner
Low-lighting dinner
Dining amongst artifical vegetation
Dining amongst artifical vegetation

Death Valley, California

Miners intimidated by the harsh environment gave Death Valley its current name, but the Native American Timbisha Shoshone who occupied the area for over 1000 years called it "tumpisa," meaning "red rock face paint," which refers to the sacred red ochre paint they made from clay found in the valley. Death Valley actually has numerous springs, oases and recently, the Devil's Hole spring, which surfaces in Death Valley, was traced to a large underground aquafier that takes 15,000 years to flow from the Nevada Test Site 50 miles away to where it surfaces at Ash Meadows in Death Valley. The Nevada Test Site was the center of nuclear bomb testing for over four decades. The now radioactive water at the Nevada Test Site will one day reach Ash Meadows. The creation of the Death Valley National Monument in 1933 was the result of lobbying by the Automobile Club of Southern California.

Trail
Trail
Cracked mud
Cracked mud
Sand dunes with bush
Sand dunes with bush
Sand dunes with bush
Sand dunes with bush
Sand dune
Sand dune
Sand dune
Sand dune
Sand dune with cracked mud
Sand dune with cracked mud
Sand dune with bushes
Sand dune with bushes
Sand dune with bush
Sand dune with bush
Sand dune with dried branches
Sand dune with dried branches
Sand dunes
Sand dunes
The Photographer
The Photographer
Sand dunes
Sand dunes
Ubehebe Crater, or Wosa, Coyote's Burden Basket
Ubehebe Crater, or Wosa, Coyote's Burden Basket
Wosa, The Place Where the People Emerged
Wosa, The Place Where the People Emerged
Landscape to north of Ubehebe Crater
Landscape to north of Ubehebe Crater

Los Angeles

 
 
 
 
 
 
Heat shield from space shuttle Endeavour
Heat shield from space shuttle Endeavour
Rocket booster from space shuttle Endeavour
Rocket booster from space shuttle Endeavour
Heat shield from space shuttle Endeavour
Heat shield from space shuttle Endeavour
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Joshua Tree, California

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

San Andreas Fault, California

 
 

Organ Pipe National Park, Arizona

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saguaro National Park, Arizona

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson

 
 
 
 

Three Rivers Petroglyphs, New Mexico

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

White Sands Missle Range, New Mexico

 
 
 
 

White Sands II, New Mexico

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

White Sands, New Mexico

Surrounded by vast rocket and missle complexes of the US military, the white sand dunes are created by gypsum dust that has flowed with rain water down into the basin from the surrounding mountains. The gypsum was first layed down 280 to 250 million years ago when gypsum and other minerals were left behind in layers on the shallow Permian Sea that covered the southwestern portion of the US. 70 million years ago, tectonic plates began to shift and collide, pushing up land and forming many of our modern-day mountain ranges, including the mountains surrounding White Sands. At this time, the gypsum-rich seabeds from the Permian period were raised into the mountains. 30 million years ago, the earth's crust began to pull apart in this area, forming basin and ranges, including the Tularosa Basin where the white sand dunes are found. 24,000 to 12,000 years ago, rain and snowmelt brought the gypsum down from the mountains into a 1,600-square mile lake called Lake Otero. At the end of the last ice age, Lake Otero evaporated, leaving behind a crystalline form of gypsum, Selenite. Through a period of erosion through water and wind, these crystals were turned to grains of sand, which were picked up by the winds and pushed northeast, forming the white sand dunes.

Picnic Tables, White Sands
Picnic Tables, White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands
White Sands

Guadalupe Mountains, Texas

Where the border between Texas and New Mexico lies today, a great reef formed in an inland sea during the Permian period (250 to 290 million years ago). As the inland sea dried over hundreds of thousands of years, this reef was completely buried beneath minerals percipitaing out of the evaporating waters. 20 - 30 million years ago, new tectnonic activity caused portions of the reef to rise above the earth over 1000 meters. The uplifted rock was exposed to wind and rain, causing the softer sedimentary rock to erode away, uncovering the fossil reef that forms today's Guadalupe Moutains.

Guadalupe Mountains, Exposure of Capitan Reef
Guadalupe Mountains, Exposure of Capitan Reef
Guadalupe Mountains, Exposure of Capitan Reef
Guadalupe Mountains, Exposure of Capitan Reef
Guadalupe Mountains
Guadalupe Mountains
Tree, Guadalupe Mountains
Tree, Guadalupe Mountains
Grasses, Guadalupe Mountains
Grasses, Guadalupe Mountains
Yucca, Guadalupe Mountains
Yucca, Guadalupe Mountains
Tree, Guadalupe Mountains
Tree, Guadalupe Mountains
Tree, Guadalupe Mountains
Tree, Guadalupe Mountains
Sedimentary rocks with tree, Guadalupe Mountains
Sedimentary rocks with tree, Guadalupe Mountains
Devil's Hall, Sedimentary rocks
Devil's Hall, Sedimentary rocks
Sedimentary rocks, Guadalupe Mountains
Sedimentary rocks, Guadalupe Mountains
Exposed reef, Guadalupe Mountains
Exposed reef, Guadalupe Mountains
Tree, Guadalupe Mountains
Tree, Guadalupe Mountains
Tree, Guadalupe Mountains
Tree, Guadalupe Mountains
The Violinist, Guadalupe Mountains
The Violinist, Guadalupe Mountains
Guadalupe Mountains, Exposure of Capitan Reef
Guadalupe Mountains, Exposure of Capitan Reef
Route 62 towards El Paso
Route 62 towards El Paso
Route 62 towards the East
Route 62 towards the East

Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico

Also a part of the great Capitan Reef that formed 290 million years ago, and which today makes up the Guadalupe Mountains, the Carlsbad Caverns are some of the largest and longest caves in the world, but they were formed differently than other caverns. Unlike most caverns in the world today, which are often made by carbonic acid in surface water flowing through cracks in limestone, the Carlsbad Caverns were formed when hydrogen sulfide from oil deposits in the area mixed with microbes and oxygen in the underground water table, creating sulfuric acid. This highly acidic mixture quickly carved out passageways along cracks, fractures and faults in the limestone. As the Guadalupe Mountains rose, the level of the water table dropped in relation to the land surface, and with it, the aggressive, acidic water, leaving a newly dissolved cave behind.

Ansel Adams attempted to photograph these caves, but he found his efforts unsatisfactory and futile due to the lack of natural light. The caverns had been known for thousands of years by Native Americans but is not known to be entered by them beyond the main, natural entry and the somewhat deeper bat cave. In the early 1900s, American ranchers in the region began exploring further into the caverns, even breaking through blocking rocks. Soon, it began to be apparent that the caverns would become a major tourist attraction. In 1925, stairs were installed at the entrance. In 1931, an elevator shaft was drilled and blasted 300 meters into the caverns. By the end of 1937, over 1 million people visited the caverns. Today, that number has reached over 37 million. Now, a concession stand, souvenir shop and bathrooms are located in the middle of the caverns.

Bat Cave, Carlsbad Cavern
Bat Cave, Carlsbad Cavern
Cave formations, Carlsbad Cavern
Cave formations, Carlsbad Cavern
Souviner shop, Carlsbad Cavern
Souviner shop, Carlsbad Cavern
Cave formations, Carlsbad Cavern
Cave formations, Carlsbad Cavern
Early ladder from 1930s leading into a deeper cave
Early ladder from 1930s leading into a deeper cave
Cave formations and stalactite, Carlsbad Cavern
Cave formations and stalactite, Carlsbad Cavern
Stalactites, Carlsbad Cavern
Stalactites, Carlsbad Cavern
Cave formations, Carlsbad Cavern
Cave formations, Carlsbad Cavern
"The Black Hole", Carlsbad Cavern

Marfa, Texas

A town of 1,800 people, Marfa, Texas is like many train depots dotting the Southern-Pacific Railroad that bands the southern and southwestern United States. Marfa grew as a railroad watering stop in the 1880's and then again as a training facility for pilots during World War II. Recently, contemporary artist, Donald Judd, from New York City kept his summer home here. Since then, two populations have arisen: that of the long-time local residents and that of the transient, affluent New York art scene. Donald Judd had his studio in a walled-in compound, easily symbolizing the great division between the local town and the art world. With somewhat shrewd business instinct, and likely anticipating migrating artists and galleries from New York City, Judd bought a great deal of local property and land, leaving it as a legacy for his children to manage, and to profit from. To visit Donald Judd's studio, his non-profit organzation charges $25 a person (and no admittance to children under 12), whereas to visit the local Presidio County Museum, housed in the home donated to the city by local resident, Don Juan Humphries, is free for all visitors. A native resident said she had never visited Judd's compound and that as long as she could remember, "the new one's" often walled in their homes and lived separately. She, on the other hand, rarely locked her door. Another resident said that there were no special programs between the "art foundations" and the local schools and rising property prices are making it difficult for long-time residents to afford to live here.

Donald Judd's fortified studio
Donald Judd's fortified studio
W. El Paso St., Marfa, TX
W. El Paso St., Marfa, TX
S. Kelly St., Marfa, TX
S. Kelly St., Marfa, TX
Godbold feed mill, Marfa, TX
Godbold feed mill, Marfa, TX
S. Kelly St., Marfa, TX
S. Kelly St., Marfa, TX
Godbold feed mill, Marfa, TX
Godbold feed mill, Marfa, TX
Godbold feed mill, Marfa, TX
Godbold feed mill, Marfa, TX
Southern Pacific Railroad tracks facing West
Southern Pacific Railroad tracks facing West
Altar in St. Mary's Church, Marfa, TX
Altar in St. Mary's Church, Marfa, TX
W. San Antonio and S. Abbot St., Marfa, TX
W. San Antonio and S. Abbot St., Marfa, TX
W. El Paso St., Marfa, TX
W. El Paso St., Marfa, TX
Palace Theater, Marfa, TX
Palace Theater, Marfa, TX
Palace Theater, Marfa, TX
Palace Theater, Marfa, TX
RV park, Marfa, TX
RV park, Marfa, TX
Marfa, TX
Marfa, TX
Evening, Marfa, TX
Evening, Marfa, TX
Sierra Diablos with pre-cambrian outcrops, Hwy 54
Sierra Diablos with pre-cambrian outcrops, Hwy 54
Sierra Diablos with pre-cambrian outcrops, Hwy 54
Sierra Diablos with pre-cambrian outcrops, Hwy 54

Big Bend and West Texas

The central mass of Big Bend, the Chisos Mountains, were formed by volcanoes and upwelling magma between 38 and 32 million years ago. 135 million years ago, a warm, shallow sea covered Big Bend where the limestone layers of the Santa Elena Canyon walls were made from the remains of sea life. Today, the Santa Elena Canyon and these towering walls separate Mexico and the United States at the "Big Bend" formed by the Rio Grande.

Chisos Mountains
Chisos Mountains
Chisos Mountains
Chisos Mountains
Goat Head Mountain I
Goat Head Mountain I
Goat Head Mountain II
Goat Head Mountain II
Hills of Volcanic Ash formed 30 million years ago
Hills of Volcanic Ash formed 30 million years ago
Old Mine Trail in Chiso Mountains, towards North
Old Mine Trail in Chiso Mountains, towards North
Sotol Vista, towards Mexico-US Border
Sotol Vista, towards Mexico-US Border
Abandoned Sublett Farm, near Rio Grande River
Abandoned Sublett Farm, near Rio Grande River
Sublett Farm, near Rio Grande River
Sublett Farm, near Rio Grande River
Doorstep at Sublett Farm
Doorstep at Sublett Farm
Mexican Border, Rio Grande - Santa Elena Canyon
Mexican Border, Rio Grande - Santa Elena Canyon
Santa Elena Canyon
Santa Elena Canyon
Rio Grande River, Mexico-US Border
Rio Grande River, Mexico-US Border
Rio Grande River, Mexico-US Border
Rio Grande River, Mexico-US Border
West Wall, Santa Elena Canyon, Mexico-US Border
West Wall, Santa Elena Canyon, Mexico-US Border
West Wall, Santa Elena Canyon, Mexico-US Border
West Wall, Santa Elena Canyon, Mexico-US Border
Rio Grande River, Santa Elena Canyon
Rio Grande River, Santa Elena Canyon
Rio Grande River, Santa Elena Canyon
Rio Grande River, Santa Elena Canyon
Rio Grande River, Mexico-US Border
Rio Grande River, Mexico-US Border
Rio Grande River, Santa Elena Canyon
Rio Grande River, Santa Elena Canyon
Fences and Landscape, Highway 118
Fences and Landscape, Highway 118
Highway 118 overlooking Apline, TX
Highway 118 overlooking Apline, TX
Highway 118 near Marfa, TX
Highway 118 near Marfa, TX

Houston

The speed of commercial development in Houston is only matched by the swift forces of nature, demonstrated in the dramatic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The oil and petrochemical complexes around the Houston Ship Channel are the largest in the world. The Menil Museum houses the largest collection of Surrealist works in the world. The Menil family opens their private collection for free to the public. They also house the meditative masterpieces of Mark Rothko in the Rothko Chapel, an unobstrusive and silent brick hexagon amongst bamboo bushes facing the Broken Obelisk of Barnett Newman.

Petrochemical Refinery, Deer Park, Houston I
Petrochemical Refinery, Deer Park, Houston I
Petrochemical Refinery, Deer Park, Houston II
Petrochemical Refinery, Deer Park, Houston II
New Shopping Mall, Uvalde Road, Houston I
New Shopping Mall, Uvalde Road, Houston I
New Shopping Mall, Uvalde Road, Houston II
New Shopping Mall, Uvalde Road, Houston II
Spring Creek, Houston, aftermath Hurricane Harvey I
Spring Creek, Houston, aftermath Hurricane Harvey I
Spring Creek, Houston, aftermath Hurricane Harvey II
Spring Creek, Houston, aftermath Hurricane Harvey II
Spring Creek, Houston, aftermath Hurricane Harvey III
Spring Creek, Houston, aftermath Hurricane Harvey III
Spring Creek, Houston, aftermath Hurricane Harvey IV
Spring Creek, Houston, aftermath Hurricane Harvey IV
Spring Creek, Houston, aftermath Hurricane Harvey V
Spring Creek, Houston, aftermath Hurricane Harvey V
Still Life I, Houston Arboretum
Still Life I, Houston Arboretum
Still Life II, Houston Arboretum
Still Life II, Houston Arboretum
Still Life III, Houston Arboretum
Still Life III, Houston Arboretum
Broken Obelisk, Rothko Chapel
Broken Obelisk, Rothko Chapel
Rothko Chapel, Houston
Rothko Chapel, Houston
Menil Collection, Houston
Menil Collection, Houston
Perpetual Motion, Houston
Perpetual Motion, Houston
West Texas near Marathon, TX
West Texas near Marathon, TX
West Texas near Marathon, TX
West Texas near Marathon, TX

The Markings of Man

From above the Earth, man's struggle to exist amongst the challenges of nature show clearly in the etchings of his roads and settlements in the snowy landscapes of Iceland and Greenland. Man's life borders on the seemingly endless, white fields of ice.

Above the Earth, Iceland I
Above the Earth, Iceland I
Above the Earth, Iceland II
Above the Earth, Iceland II
Above the Earth, Iceland III
Above the Earth, Iceland III