Looking up in Mactan, Cebu, I saw massive clouds stacked layer upon layer.
Buses traveled along the elevated roadway above a waterfront cityscape, while several boats floated in the foreground. Each element could have held my attention on its own, yet in that moment the sheer size of the sky seemed to encompass the entire scene.
The vivid blue of the tropical sky and the clouds that appeared to press toward me made the scale of the scene unforgettable.
A photo of people heading to the sunflower fields, with thunderheads beyond them, at the Akeno Sunflower Festival in Akeno, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture. The whole venue felt like summer vacation.
On my first visit to the Tottori Sand Dunes, I was overwhelmed by their vastness. The people crossing the broad dunes looked tiny, and this photo captures that sense of nature's scale.
Newly certified and thinking about diving in Okinawa? Here's my four-day, three-night trip: five dives around Kerama and Kamiyama Island, equalization and buoyancy struggles, about 55,000 yen including full gear rental, sea turtles, Oceanic+ logs, Naha food, and Churaumi Aquarium, with photos.
