Big Basin, California

This gallery drags you through the misty trails and dense tree canopies of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, capturing a "quiet beauty" that’s mostly just the trees judging your hiking boots. From wide establishing shots of forest valleys that make you feel tiny to intimate details of moss-covered oaks—the forest’s version of a fuzzy green sweater—these images highlight a rich woodland ecology currently in its "rebranding" phase. You’ll see new growth trying its hardest to become a skyscraper and a peaceful, post-sunset atmosphere that is 10% Zen and 90% wondering if that rustle in the bushes was a banana slug or something with actual teeth.