ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK | photography

On assignment in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado for the Coloradoan documenting scenes for the 100 year anniversary of its establishment.

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A herd of elk graze on top of Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park at dusk Tuesday, July 26, 2016.

Brian Fletcher and his daughter Adalyn, 3, visiting from Asheville, North Carolina, climb a rock to take a photo surrounded by fall colors on the Bear Lake loop trail in Rocky Mountain National Park Thursday, September 17, 2015.

First light hits Longs Peak and the Chasm Lake area Tuesday, November 1, 2016.

Visitors take in the view from the Many Parks Curve boardwalk in Rocky Mountain National Park Thursday, September 17, 2015.

Rocky Mountain National Park visitors snowshoe on the Dream Lake Trail above Bear Lake on Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, 2015.

The Milky Way shines bright above Rocky Mountain National Park in the early morning hours of Thursday, July 7, 2016.

Todd Greer takes a measurement of a 19-foot snow drift on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park Thursday, May 12, 2016. The road, topping out at over 12,000 feet in elevation, requires a five week snow removal operation to open around Memorial Day each year.

First light hits a snow-covered Mummy Range in Rocky Mountain National Park with fall colors shining bright below tree line Saturday, September 24, 2016.

A bull elk bugles in Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park Monday, September 28, 2015.

A bull elk wanders Moraine Park near the Big Thompson River in Rocky Mountain National Park Wednesday, September 16, 2015. The bull elk in Moraine Park compete for the ability to mate with females during September and October.

Park visitors travel along the higher elevations of Trail Ridge Road, connecting Estes Park with Grand Lake, in Rocky Mountain National Park Friday, September 4, 2015. The road travels through alpine tundra and rises to 12,183 feet above sea level.

Aspen trees begin to show their first signs of fall color near the Glacier Gorge trailhead Wednesday, September 16, 2015.

A cutthroat trout from The Loch is removed from a net to be returned to the water.

Icy Brook flows near The Loch in Rocky Mountain National Park Wednesday, September 16, 2015. The stream can be viewed in route to Sky Pond.

Evening light shines on Longs Peak viewed from Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park.

The sun rises over the ridge above Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park Thursday, September 17, 2015.

Summer clouds build over The Loch in Rocky Mountain National Park Thursday, July 30, 2015.

Austin Humphreys

Photojournalist