Photo Credits

The people behind the pictures.

Most photos on this site were taken on my tours. A few landscape backgrounds come from photographers who share their work openly, credited here with thanks.

  • Homepage background: "Fire Wave Trail, Valley of Fire" by Fabio Achilli, licensed CC BY 2.0. Resized and darkened for legibility.
  • Lake Mead & Hoover Dam page background: "Lake Mead upstream of Hoover Dam, Black Canyon" by Christian David, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and darkened for legibility.
  • Bighorn herd on the tour card: "Desert bighorn sheep at Hemenway Park" by Erik Madsen, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped.
  • Red Rock Canyon page background: photo by Hermann Luyken, released under CC0.
  • Valley of Fire page background (Elephant Rock) and Atlatl Rock petroglyphs: photos by Ken Thomas, released to the public domain.
  • Scheduled Hikes page background (Mount Charleston): public-domain photo via Wikimedia Commons.
  • All tour and guest photography: Joe Nichols. Poster illustrations and passport stamps were drawn for this site.
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