The March 2014 issue of National Geographic will feature AI Studio’s photo, “The Ice Caves”. Granite Falls, Washington is home to the Big Four Ice Caves; A large network of tunnels formed from heaps of avalanche-deposited snow, and hollowed by cascading water and warm winds.

“The cave had a life of its own. I could hear the cracking and shifting of the ice as water from the falls actively corroded the cave walls; a disconcerting sound, considering the stories I had heard of cave-ins and the resulting fatalities…”

-Andrew Inaba