At Riverfron Park, Sedro-Woolley, Washington
July 4th Fireworks and Carnival!
At Riverfron Park, Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Liberty Bell, North Cascades and the Milky Way
I took these images last night, about midnight, at the Washington Pass Overlook on the North Cascades Highway. The mountain in the foreground is Liberty Bell.
Set the camera at f/4, 8 to 10 seconds and an ISO of 25,600.
Captured as RAW images and some slight mods with PS 6.
Colors of Carnival
Wildflowers of the Pasayten Wilderness
The Pasayten Wilderness is located in Washington State along the Canadian Border. Stretching east from Ross Lake the mountains here are drier than the North Cascades National Park, on the other side of the lake. Long ridges, endless meadows filled with wildflowers and solitude is what you’ll find here in the Pasayten.
Here are a few images from an earlier trip…cant wait until July when I’ll be headed back out there on another long trek…
Pasayten Wilderness Wildflowers on the Pacific Crest Trail
Jack Mountain and wildflowers from Devils Dome
Pasayten Wilderness Wildflowers on the PCT
Pasayten Wilderness Wildflowers
Pasayten Wilderness Wildflowers
Em and Jack Mountain
Joker Mountain from the Three Fools Trail
Ross Lake from the Lightning Creek Trail
Bryce Canyon National Park
In April of this year I spent a week at Zion National Park and on the way back home did a drive-by at Bryce Canyon…here are a few images from that afternoon.
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Angels Landing, Zion National Park, Utah
The National Park Service has implemented a fleet of tour buses to handle the massive flow of people through Zion Canyon. The system works very well, there are many clean, electric, buses running up and down all day long, stopping at all the key sights and trail heads. Angel’s Landing is one of the key attractions in the valley. Just the trail itself is a wonder of engineering. Rising more than 1,500 feet from the valley floor to a sheer precipice in a scant few miles along a finger of rock the trail affords unsurpassed views…
The Watchman in the Moonlight, Zion National Park
Squalicum Harbor, Bellingham
Skagit River
The Skagit River made the national news last week when the interstate highway bridge across it in Mount Vernon collapsed after getting struck by an over-sized truck.
Draining a large swath of the western slopes of the North Cascades, the Skagit River winds through some of the most strikingly beautiful scenery in the US. From glaciated peaks to tulip fields the river winds its way west towards Puget Sound.
Settlements and towns dot the banks, interspersed with stretches free of any human signs.
Recently I went out look for such a spot and found this vantage point just before sunset.
North Western Images - photos by Andy Porter 