Pacific Northwest

Columbia River Gorge Overlook

Columbia River Gorge Overlook at dawn, Vista House Overlook, Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area, Oregon, United States.

WIldflowers and Sun Star

Balsamroot WIldflowers and Sun Star, Memaloose State Park, Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area, Oregon, United States.

Sunset Over Wildflowers

The last rays of the sun warm the wildflowers, including balsamroot and lupine, on the Rowena Crest, Oregon, USA.

Susnet and Balsamroot

Susnet and Balsamroot, Columbia River, Memaloose State Park, Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area, Oregon, United States.

Colored Hills

Painted Hills is named after the colorful layers of its hills corresponding to various geological eras, formed when the area was an ancient river floodplain. The black soil is lignite that was vegetative matter that grew along the floodplain. The grey coloring is mudstone, siltstone, and shale. The red coloring is laterite soil that formed by floodplain deposits when the area was warm and humid. Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills Unit, Oregon, USA.

Mt. Hood Reflection

Mt. Hood Reflection, Trillium Lake, Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon, USA

Wildflowers and Mt. Adams

A field of luping and balsamroot color the hillsides with Mt. Adams in the distance, Columbia Hills State Park, Washington, USA.

Apple Orchard Bllom and Mt. Hood

Apple trees in spring bloom against snow-covered Mt. Hood (elevation 11,250 feet), Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA

Dogwood and Multnomah Falls

Dogwood and Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA.

Bridal Veil Falls

Bridal Veil Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA.

Colorful Slopes at Painted Hills

Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills Unit, Oregon, USA.

Columbia Hills Dusk

Lupine and balsamroot enliven a grassy hillside under dusk skies with Mt. Hood in the distance. Columbia Hills State Park, Columbia River Gorge, Washington, USA

Dawn Alpenglow on Mt. Adams

Dawn alpenglow on Mt. Adams, Washington, USA.

Dawn at Columbia River Gorge

Dawn at Tom McCall Nature Preserve, Columbia River Gorge, Moiser, Oregon, USA. Wildflowers dominated with yellow balsamroot and purple lupine. The 271-acre Tom McCall Nature Preserve is a plateau called "Rowena Plateau". It is located on the Oregon side of the Columbia River at River Mile (RM) 180, just west of Rowena Crest and east of the Oregon town of Mosier. Tom McCall Nature Preserve was named for one of Oregon's governors.

Dawn at Trout Lake

Dawn skies and Mt. Adams at Trout Lake, near Guler Mt. Adams County Park, Washington, USA

Dawn Mist, Trillium Lake

Dawn mist, Trillium Lake, Oregon, USA.

Elowah Falls

Elowah Falls, 228 feet, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA.

Layers of Painted Hills

Painted Hills is named after the colorful layers of its hills corresponding to various geological eras, formed when the area was an ancient river floodplain. The black soil is lignite that was vegetative matter that grew along the floodplain. The grey coloring is mudstone, siltstone, and shale. The red coloring is laterite soil that formed by floodplain deposits when the area was warm and humid. Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills Unit, Oregon, USA.

Lenticular Cloud on Mt. Adams

Lenticular cloud on Mt. Adamsat sunrise, Wahington, USA.

Lupines and Columbia River

Lupines and Columbia River, Rowena Crest, Oregon, USA.

Moltnomah Falls

Moltnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA.

Moss Covered Tree and Moltnomah Fall

Moss covered tree and Moltnomah Fall, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA.

Mt. Hood and Storm Sky

Mt. Hood (elevation 11,249 feet) stands out against a steely grey storm sky as seen from Vista Point in Hood River, Oregon, USA.