Portland Editorial, Magazine and Commercial award winning Photographer Susan Seubert 

Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming at sunrise

The sand dunes of Isla Magdalina in Baja, Mexico are lit dramatically by the rising sun with approaching storm clouds in the distance.

A humpback whale blow in the calm waters of the Inside Pasage of Alaska

Blue-footed Boobies hove over guano covered rocks on the island of Los Islotes in the Gulf of California.

A young boy picking flowers in a field of dandilions with a backdrop of snow capped Mountains at Bracewell's Alpine Wilderness in central part of British Columbia, Canada

Canoeing at sunset at the Strathcona Park Lodge which is located on a small point on Upper Campbell Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

A woman birdwatching on a typically cloudy day at the Oregon Coast

A young child digging a hole in the sand near Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast

A harbor seal swimming through a kelp bed in Alaska's Inside Passage

A California Sea Lion and a Glacous Gull have a stare down on top of a rock on the island called Los Islotes in the Gulf of California.

A mother black bear with her two young cubs along the shore of Knight Inlet, one of the primary inlets of the British Columbia Coast in Canada

Gulls swarm a small island in Alaska's Inside Passage

The twin Sawyer Glaciers in the Tracy Arm Fjord, south of Juneau Alaska, are part of the Tracy Arm Fords Terror Wilderness.

El Arco de Cabo San Lucas, or Lands End, is a distinctive rock formation at the southern tip of Cabo San Lucas, which is itself the extreme southern end of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. The arch is locally known as El Arco in the town of Cabo San Lucas. It is here that the Pacific Ocean meets the Sea of Cortez. This spot is a popular gathering area for sea lions.

The Waianae Mountain Range on Oahu, Hawaii for Smithsonian Magazine

The Nuuanu Pali State Wayside is a lookout above the tunnels where visitors are treated to a panoramic view of the Oahu's windward side with sweeping views of Kneohe, Kneohe Bay, and Kailua.

The cobblestone beach below the village of Kahakuloa on the rugged North Shore of West Maui

Red Pelagic Crabs washed ashore in Bahia de Magdalina.

Hiking through an area known as Pele's Paint Pot in Haleakala National Park on the island of Maui, Hawaii

Dawn breaking on the Columbia River lights up the steam coming from an industrial site in Longview, Washington

Mount Moran reflected in a glassy lake in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

The full moon setting behind the mountains at Bracewell's Alpine Wilderness Lodge in Chilcotin British Columbia

The skyline of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge at dusk as seen from Kirby Cove

Seabirds and sealions share a rocky outcropping in Alaska's Inside Passage.