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Header Photo is titled,
“Fire In The Sky”.
This was a morning
sunrise at Lake Stevens, WA
“Fire In The Sky”.
This was a morning
sunrise at Lake Stevens, WA
Photographic images and video on this web site are reduced quality for quick loading on the Internet
Many more natural wonders await you in the pages ahead. But remember that all photography and video on this web site are protected by U.S. copyright laws and International treaties.
For the Pacific Northwest
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How Do You Describe Majestic Beauty?
Born and raised in the Mid-West United States has given the author a keen sense of appreciation for the majestic wonders of the Pacific Northwest. There are some nice places, and fun things to do, around the world. But, it seems, we so often ignore the incredible natural wonders that surround our daily lives right here in the U.S.
After moving to the Seattle, Washington area I was inundated with questions of what it is like out here. How do you explain looking up at Mt. St. Helens as she blows steam while forming a new lava dome? For a few fleeting minutes that eternal mountain joins with the prism of evening sunlight, the indigenous creatures, plant life and a warm fall breeze to paint a picture that no human words can describe. A once in a lifetime occurrence.
After moving to the Seattle, Washington area I was inundated with questions of what it is like out here. How do you explain looking up at Mt. St. Helens as she blows steam while forming a new lava dome? For a few fleeting minutes that eternal mountain joins with the prism of evening sunlight, the indigenous creatures, plant life and a warm fall breeze to paint a picture that no human words can describe. A once in a lifetime occurrence.
To view the hundreds of thousands of acres of fallen evergreens and the stubbed trunks the Mt. St. Helens blast left behind are indescribable. The sight of thousands, perhaps millions, of trees flung across the valley floor and adjacent mountain slopes like toothpicks is something that the human eye captures in dumbfounded awe. But, it cannot be conveyed to the tongue.
To walk the 2,000 foot cliffs around Crater Lake and peer into the deepest of navy blue waters can only be fully described by the human eye. How does one’s mind fathom 1,943 foot depth of water, the deepest lake in the United States, and convey to someone else what they have experienced? And, yes, the water really is as blue as it appears in the picture to the right.
To walk the 2,000 foot cliffs around Crater Lake and peer into the deepest of navy blue waters can only be fully described by the human eye. How does one’s mind fathom 1,943 foot depth of water, the deepest lake in the United States, and convey to someone else what they have experienced? And, yes, the water really is as blue as it appears in the picture to the right.
So, when we see a school of seals camped out on the rocks we take a photograph. We try to convey, with pictures, the lighting, the emotion, and the atmosphere as when we experienced it firsthand. Although photographs are wonderful reminders, they seldom fully capture all the aspects of an eye witness experience.
Perhaps, for one reason or another, you cannot come out to visit the Pacific Northwest. So, I would like to bring the Pacific Northwest to you through the eye of my camera.
Please remember: photos are reduced size and quality on the web site.
Perhaps, for one reason or another, you cannot come out to visit the Pacific Northwest. So, I would like to bring the Pacific Northwest to you through the eye of my camera.
Please remember: photos are reduced size and quality on the web site.
