An early fall snowstorm on the Collegiate Peaks clears at daybreak outside of Buena Vista, Colorado.

An early fall snowstorm on the Sawatch Range clears at daybreak outside of Buena Vista, Colorado.

Leadville is barely visible past Mt. Elbert and Twin Lakes from a viewpoint above Granite, Colorado.

The first light of day illuminates the Collegiate Peaks and the mountains to the south outside of Buena Vista, Colorado.

Early dawn sunshine paints the skies pink above the Collegiate Peaks and the mountains to the south outside of Bunea Vista, Colorado.

The moon rises above the clouds and a late day storm produces a rainbow over part of the Arkansas River valley outside of Buena Vista, Colorado.

Panoramic image of trees and foliage adorned with a wide variety of autumn colors in Zion National Park, Utah.

Panoramic image of multicolored fall foliage at the base of red rock walls in Zion National Park in Utah.

Panoramic image of the Collegiate Peaks mountain range with the first snow of the season on the peaks outside of Buena Vista, Colorado.

The Collegiate Peaks are lit by early morning light with golden aspen trees in the foreground outside of Buena Vista, Colorado.

An alpine pond reflects the brilliant blue sky on Cottonwood Pass, above Buena Vista, Colorado.

Panoramic image of the travertine water of Hanging Lake outside of Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

Panoramic image of Lost Lake Slough nestled in the pines beneath Marcellina Mountain and the West Elk Mountain range outside of Crested Butte, Colorado.

Panoramic view of a valley filled with fall color and the Sneffels Range in the distance outside of Ridgway, Colorado.

Panoramic image of the Collegiate Peaks covered in snow early in spring outside of Buena Vista, Colorado.

Panoramic view of Balanced Rock and the surrounding arches and rock formations at Arches National Park outside of Moab, Utah.

Panoramic view of Balanced Rock and the other rock formations of Arches National Park outside of Moab, Utah.

Panoramic image of the rising sun illuminates the Sneffels Range behind a valley filled with golden aspen and rusty scrub oak outside of Ridgway, Colorado.

Panoramic image looking over Taylor Park from the top of Cottonwood Pass outside of Buena Vista, Colorado.

Panoramic image of Mt. Princeton looming over Bassam Park east of Buena Vista, Colorado.

After a chilly evening, a dense fog hangs over Taylor Park outside of Buena Vista, Colorado.

Snow blows off Mt. Antero on a brisk winter morning outside of Buena Vista, Colorado.

Panoramic image of the Sawatch Mountains from above Buena Vista, Colorado.