MOUNTAINS -- Islands in the Sky
        East Turkey Creek, Chiracahua Mountains, Cochise Co., Arizona

SUBARCTIC/ARCTIC BIOMES

   Alpine Taiga and Tundra (as opposed to Arctic Taiga and Tundra -- altitude and latitude have similar ecological effects)
        Old Monarch Pass, Chaffee Co. Colorado (tundra in foreground, taiga downhill)

My mom standing in front of the Old Monarch Pass sign, with Alpine tundra uphill behind her