John Ford’s Point, which overlooks a panorama of mesas, buttes and spires, might be the most popular viewpoint in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, on the Arizona-Utah border. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
Seaweed lines the tide pools at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve in Monterey County in California. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
Audience members gather outside the Bolshoi Ballet’s theater in downtown Moscow on a winter night. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
As the sun sinks low over Yosemite National Park, the granite of Half Dome develops a rosy glow, especially as seen from Glacier Point. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
A San Francisco trolley car nears the bottom of Hyde Street on its way to Fisherman’s Wharf. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
The Golden Gate Bridge, seen from the Marin Headlands, glows at dusk with the lights of San Francisco in the distance. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
Monument Valley, about 25 miles northeast of Kayenta, straddles the Arizona-Utah border. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
This dawn view shows the Wildcat Trail, the only trail in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park that visitors can hike without a guide. The trail makes a loop around West Mitten Butte. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
Horseshoe Bend, a dramatic twist in the Colorado River above the Grand Canyon, lies just outside Page, Ariz. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
This view of the San Diego skyline (can you make out the Coronado Bridge at right?) was shot from Harbor Island (which isn’t really an island). (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
