1. Eagles soar above the Alborz’s peaks still covered with ice on April 1st
2. Boys cross the Jajeh Rud swollen by Spring snowmelt
3. Copper-bearing ore strata stand out in the Alborz Mountains, Jaje Rud Valley
4. Huge kilns produce lime for plaster, Jaje Rud valley
5. Coal miner from the thin seams of coal in the Jajeh Rud
6. Nomads in their black tents follow their fat-tail sheep herds where the grass is green, Alborz foothills
7. Small villages nestle in the Alborz’s foothill valleys
8. Not far from Tehran, within the Alborz folds, 18,000 foot Mt. Damavand is capped with year-round snow
9. The Alborz sedimentary strata are nearly vertical in the Karaj dam’s reservoir
10. Small villages cling to immense basalt cliffs around Mt. Damavand
11. Valley in the Alborz Mountains
12. In the ruins of ancient Ray men beat the dust out of a carpet
13. The Hammam (communal bathouse) in an old village near Saveh
14. Chador-veiled women in the little town of Damavand
15. Dome and twin minarets of the theological seminary of Madar-e Shah, Isfahan
16. Courtyard of the great Shah’s Mosque in Isfahan
17. Man praying in an alcove of Masjid-e-Shah, Isfahan
18. The bridge of Si-o se pol has crossed the Zayandeh Rud since Safavid days, Isfahan
19. Chador-veiled women amble down the walkway of the Bridge of Si-o Se Pol, Isfahan
20. An imamzadeh stands in the fields with Mt. Damavand in the background
21. Moist air from the Caspian Sea condenses as it spews over the Alborz Mountains
22. The diminutive shrine at Bastam helped guard the pass from the Caspian onto the plateau
23. Kurdish houses are built to withstand the load of huge haystacks
24. Villager in Soltanieh
25. A Kurdish woman shows her face and proudly wears many multicolored pettycoats
26. Boy and watermelon on the shores of the Caspian Sea