Among The Wildflowers

Brooklyn shot this lying in a field of wildflowers with her mother during a 2022 trip to Aspen. The Maroon Bells — Maroon Peak at 14,163 feet and North Maroon Peak at 14,019 — are part of Colorado's Elk Mountains, their distinctive color coming from weathered iron-bearing minerals in Maroon Formation mudstone sculpted by Ice Age glaciers. The wildflowers peak in late June and early July at this elevation, and among the most photographed peaks in North America they rarely look this unposed. Brooklyn's perspective, low in the asters looking up, puts you right on the ground with her.