New York City Under Summer Skies

A view of the skyline of midtown Manhattan on a picture perfect summer day as richly blue skies reflect multiple blue hues onto the New York skyscrapers and Hudson River and huge puffy white clouds driaft across the sky. Viewed from New Jersey.

NYC viewed from New Jersey Waterfront

NYC Viewed from New Jersey by Regina Geoghan. A landscape scene showing buildings of New York City and the Hudson River waterfront as viewed from a section of the New Jersey Hudson River walkway. The triangular shaped structure is a residential building named Via 57 West located on 57th street. Cruise ship piers line the water's edge. Currently sections of the Walkway are open to the public. When completed, it will stretch from Bayonne N.J at the southern point to the George Washington Bridge to the north.

NJ Waterfront-NYC View

A walk along the water's edge on the Hudson River Walkway in New Jersey offers an up close view of the skyscrapers of New York city. At the waterline on the city side, the Intrepid Air and Space Museum and cruse ship piers can be seen. Currenlty open along stretches of the river, the Walkway is planned to be available, when completeed, from Bayonne N.J. at the southernmost point to the George Washington Bridge t the north.

Two Roses in Pink

A close up macro view of two roses in beautiful pinks.

Grand Opening of a Pink Rose

A close up macro view of a lovely pink rose in the process of unfurling it's petals from the center bud.

Monarch Butterfly Sipping Butterfly Bush Flower Nectar

A view of a Monarch Butterfly feeding on a purple butterfly bush blossm. Photographed in the New Jersey Meadowlands.

Painted Lady Butterfly on Butterfly Bush.

A side view of an American Painted Lady butterfly (V. virginiensis) Identifiable by its two large hindwing eyespots on the ventral side, the colorful butterfly is a standout with it's beautiful markings and colors. Also know as a thistle butterfly, it is relatively large with a 2 to 3.5 inch wingspan with black,brown, orange and white wings in intricate spotted lacelike patterns. They are found almost around the globe and are known to feed on more than 100 plant species, having a large effect on many of them as pollinators.

Monarch Butterfly and Butterfly Bush

A beautiful Monarch butterfly, with wings opened to the sunlight, feeding on a purple butterfly bush flower. Photogarphed in the New Jersey Meadowlands.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Butterfly Bush

A close up view of an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly as it sips nectar from a butterfly bush blossom. This beautiful butterfly is native to eastern North America. It is one of largest seen in the northern section of the country, with a wingspan of about 3 to 5.5 inches. The female may be yellow or black in color while the male is yellow with tiger pattern stripes that the female does not have. They reproduce two or three times before the winter sets in when the next generation survives the winter in a pupal stage. These butterflies do not migrate to the far south to overwinter as the monarchs do. Also, unlike the monarchs whose caterpillars only feed on milkweed, the swallowtails have adapted to many plant sources on which to lay their eggs and for food, but seem to favor red and pink hued flowers.

Wetlands Summer Beauty

A landscape view of marsh grasses and shrubs in lush summer greens with a touch of pink offered by blooming rose mallow plants. A beautiful azure blue sky with large, puffy, drifting clouds adds interest and constrast to the greens. Photographed at Mill Creek Marsh in the New Jersey Meadowlands.

N.J. Meadowlands-Grasses and Sky

A scenic landscape view on a beautiful summer day of the beauty of the New Jersey Meadowlands. Lush green marsh grasses and shrubs topped by a rich blue azure sky with drifting clouds reflecting the the marsh waters. A wonderful meditative place to be for a walk at Mill Creek Marsh.

NJ Meadowlands-Summer Beauty

Lush green grasses and shrubs, a huge bold blue sky with drifting clouds reflecting in the wetlands waters - all combine to portray lovely, lazy, perfect, bucolic summer scenes. Photogaphed at Mill Creek Marsh in the New Jersey Meadowlands.

Sundown New York Style

A gorgeous array of colors transforms the look of the midtown Manhattan skyline as the sun sets to the west and paints the N.Y. skyscrapers and sky in eye-catching gold, yellow, blue, bronze, copper, green and more hues from Mother Nature's paint box. Yes, every once in a while it really does look like this and what a treat it is to see. Take a close up look at the top of the tallest building and you will see a platform jutting out over the city. Scheduled to open in 2020, the platform will be a 1,000 foot high, glass floored, open observation deck offering expansive views of the city below.

NYC Firday NIght Sundown Special

A magnificent display of sundown color on the skyscrapers of midtown New York City with the ultra tall towers of the Hudson Yards complex in the center. Every once in a while, Mother Nature outdoes herself with the color and light she creates from her pallette of yellows, golds, bronze, coppers and grees topped by a blue sky and pink tinted clouds. A recent Frieday evening was a great example. Hard not to stop and just feel a little awe in the transformation.

Hudson River Marina Blues

A vertical format image of an inlet at the mouth of the Hudson River. The foreground shows the marina waters and boats while in thebackground to the left is the Goldman Sachs Tower in Jersey City N.J. and across the river is One World Trade Center and lower Manhattan. In late afternoon on a beautiful summer day, the deep blue sky just before sundown is reflected in the water and the glass skyscrapers exterirs creating an image almost entiresly in blue and white.

Jersey City Waterfront Tranquility

A gentle breeze barely stirred the warm summer air and harbor waters of the Hudson River Soft rythmic rocking sounds of the boats dancing on the moving water created their own kind of sensory music to create a wonderfully tranquil moment in time. In this scene under bright blue summer skies, reflected in the water, the skyscrapers of the financial district of Jersey City stand tall in the background with One World Trade Center in the view across the river in lower Manhattan. This tranquil city scene was photographed at Liberty State Park, N.J.

Perfect Together - N.J. and One World Trade

A landscape view of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center on a perfect summer day with beautiful blue skies and drifting cloud, seen here from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., Liberty State Park is located on the upper New York Bay and is directly across the Hudson River from downtown NYC. The park is well over 1,000 acres and several choices of walking paths. The historic Jersey Central Railroad of New Jersey and old ferry piers are located on the northern section of the park. The terminal was the landing place for emigrants who had been processed at Ellis Island to arrive in New Jersey where they took the trains to their destination locations. Also on the north side is the beautiful 9/11l "Empty Sky Memorial" where the names of New Jersey victims of that attack are etched in the walls. Ellis Island and Liberty Island can also be seen from the park. In addition to historic structures, one of the last remaining tidal salt marshes along the Hudson River is included in the park.

Exchange Place Waterfront View N.J.

A waterfront view of the skyscrapers of Exchange Place in Jersey City N.J. The largest tower is named the Goldman Sachs Tower and is located at 30 Hudson Street. The 42 floor building is the second highest building in New Jersey.Located on the Hudson River waterfront, it can be seen from every New York borough as well as from up to 40 miles away in New Jersey Once an important industrial section of New Jersey, the Exchange Place area became unoccupied in many areas and derelect. It became part of a Hudson Economic Development revitalization project and is now a vibrant commercial and residencial part of the New Jersey Gold Coast.

Sky Blues and One World Trade

A vertical format view of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Cetner as seen from Liberty State Park in Jersey City New Jersey. A deep, rich blue summer sky is reflected in the Freedom Tower and waters of the Hudson River.

Monarch Butterfly on Milkweed Plant

A close up view of a male monarch butterfly on the leaf of a milkweed plants. Felames lay their eggs on the milweeks plants as that is the sole source of food for monarch caterpillars. As their habitat is reduced across the country with less and less area with miilkweed available for the caterpillars to feed on along with plants and flowers for the adults to eat, the numbers of the monarch population are declining substantially. After grabbing this shot, I was happy to find several caterpillars munching away on the leaves of adjacent plants.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly and Sunflower

A vertical format view of an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly feeding on a bright golden yellow sunflower bramed against a green grass background.

Sunflowers and Farm Silo

A vertical format view of sunflowers growing in a farm field in Sussex County New Jersey under a clear, azure blue summer sky with a farm silo partially visible in the distance

Sunflower Field of Joy

A very hot, sunny, bright summer afternoon and a field full of golden sunflowers with layers of green trees on the hillsides beyond and topped off with a rich blue sky and puffy clouds. A happy place to enjoy a country farmland day trip. Photographed in Sussex County New Jersey.

Sunflower in the Field

One big bright yellow sunflower in a field full of thousands. It's sunflower season in New Jersey and a wonderful time to get out to the country farmland and enjoy the views. Photographed at Brodhecker Farm in Sussex County New Jersey.

A sunflower and a Bee

A close up macro image of a bumble bee r feeding on the nectar of a sunflower.

Sulpher Butterfly and Bee on Sunflower

A close up macro view of an Orange Sulpher butterfly (white form female) sharing a snack of sunflower nectar with a bumble bee.

NJ-Hudson River Rainbow's End

A beautiful huge rainbow graces the skies over the Hudson River and the New York and New Jersey waterfronts with one end seeming to touch down just at the entrance to the Lincold Tunner. Quite a glorious reward for all of the drivers caught in the congested commuter traffice not long before sundown. Skies on the New Jersey side of the river were clearing and the scene below was bright with the rainbow glare while on the New York side it was still hazy as the storm blew out.

State to State Rainbow- NY-NJ

A double rainbow spans the Hudson River from the New Jersey Weehawkin waterfront extending far above and beyond the New York City Skyline. You can see the storm moving eastward with the pocket of rain and mist still partially obscuring the city buidings.

Arrows in the Sky

Red Arrows in silhouette as the streak across the sky far above New York City, streaming red white and blue across the sky. Part of a demonstration to promote the New York International Air Show.

NY Skyline-Prelude to Sundown

A view of the midtown Manhattan NY skyline and Hudson River on the cusp on the sundown golden hour. The lowering sun warms the skyscrpaers and bit, puffy clouds in the sky and tones the colors in soft gold hue.

Great Egret Snack Time

A Great Egret bird in the New Jersey Meadowlands after snagging a small fish for an pre-dinner time snack.

Field Full of Black-eyed Susans

A frame-filling image of a field packed full with blooming Black-eyed Susan Flowers. Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) are native to North America and one... Members of the sunflower family, the "black eye" is named for the dark,... Butterflies, bees, and a variety of insects are attracted to the flowers for the nectar. These plants bloom from June...

Hosta Flower Portrait

A vertical format view of a hosta plant flower.

Freedom Tower and Sundown Skies

A vertical format view of the skyscrapers of lower Manhattan, NYC, including One World Trade Center aka Freedom Tower, at sundown as the warm lowering sun from the west and reflections from a blue cloud filled sky turn this scene into a color pallet of blues, golds and yellows.

Question Mark Butterfly Beauty

A brightly colored and patterned Question Mark butterfly with open wings sipping nectar from the flowers of a butterfly bush (Buddleia) flower cluster. The Question Mark butterfly ( Polygonia interrogationis) along with the Comma butterfly are nymphalid buttefflies of North Amerca. In this image with th oen wings, one can see the beautiful colors and patters of the top side of its wings. The underside of the wings are neutral colors of beige and gray that are textured to provide the butterfly with camouflage in the wooded environment it prefers. With the wings closed, the butterfly looks like a diried tree leaf or tree bark. It is activiely in flight from late spring until September. It gets its name from a small white or silver marking on the wing underside that is made up of a curved line and a dot that resembles the question mark punctuation symbol.

American Lady Buttterfly on Buddleia Flower

A beautiful Americal Lady butterfly taking in the sun with open wings while perched on the blossoms of a lavender butterfly bush (buddleia) flower with a green grass background.

NYC Hudson Yards- August Sundown

A vertical format view of the midtown Manhattan skyline, Hudson River and the skyscrapers of the Hudson Yards neighborhood at sundown on the last day of August. Reds, golds and yellows are reflected in the towers from the sun setting to the west.

NYC Blue Hour Colors and Lights

A view of the midtown Manhattan skyline and Hudson River as warm golden sundown colors merge with twilight blues in the sky and water as the city transitions to nightfall on the lat day of August.