Rebecca Whithed's 25 Best Photos of 2012

Rebecca Whithed's 25 Best Photos of 2012

December 26, 2012

Rebecca Whithed shares her favorite photos from 2012.

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The hexad tepals of glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) recurve skyward.

Nascent leaves of meadowrue (Thalictrum occidentale) cluster like rose petals.

Pollen clings to the new leaves of Rocky Mountain maple (Acer glabrum).

Raceme pussytoes (Antennaria racemosa) pageant obovate leaves with a fuzzy underside and smooth upper surface.

Plumping alder catkins droop pendulous from naked branches.

Nineleaf biscuitroot (Lomatium triternatum) blooms amongst diminutive blue eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora).

The sweet aroma of Utah’s honeysuckle (Lonicera utahensis) permeates the air like a siren song.

Sunbeams and spring squalls gift colors to the sky.

Fairy slipper orchid (Calypso bulbosa) effloresces in the boreal forest.

Feathery stigmas tip the pale green perigynea of northwest territory sedge (Carex utriculata).

Splendor from above: a parhelion brightens the sky the first day of June.

Bluebell flowers (Mertensia oblongifolia) morph from violet to blue.

An intricate lichen community flourishes on the forest floor.

Water droplets poise upon fascicled needles of western larch (Larix occidentalis).

Lamstongue ragwort (Senecio integerrimus) emerges near the summit of Mt. Baldy.

A pollen laden beetle probes the disc flowers of cut-leaf daisy (Erigeron compositus).

Sunrise over the Sapphire Mountains illuminates silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus).

A long-eared owl (Asio otus) wonders “whooo” treads near its nest.

A periwinkle butterfly (family Lycaenidae) alights upon twin arnica (Arnica sororia).

The basal rosette of rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia) unfurls above the litterfall.

A coyote (Canis latrans) studies me from the sagebrush studded slope.

Cirrus clouds streak the ultramarine sky.

A resplendent showy aster (Eurybia conspicua) gathers ice crystals from October’s frosty night.

A dehisced seed pod of silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flares above the freshly fallen snow.

Snow crystals collect on the tawny achenes of rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa).