Summer in the Mountains
Locations: Multnomah Falls Oregon & Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier—or Tacoma/Tahoma before the British took liberties—is a majestic peak and one of the few remaining with substantial glaciers in the lower 48 states
Locations: Grand Teton & Sequoia National Parks
Bottom right of the third photos is a small person that helps give perspective to the massive sequoia trees
Locations: Bear Lake Idaho & Diablo Lake North Cascades National Park Washington
The turquoise water of Bear Lake is from calcium carbonate (limestone) particles suspended in the water and in summer the direct light scatters the blue and green wavelengths. Diablo Lake has glacial flour from the Skagit River fed by the glaciers of the north Cascades but the light scatter is the same
Location: Grand Tetons Mormon Row
Remnants of early settlers and their failed attempts at farming and ranching the rugged glacial till soil
Location: Lake Tahoe from the Nevada side looking west to California
Lake Tahoe takes on magical colors during the summer months but don’t let it fool you this water is cold!
Location: Crater Lake National Park Oregon
Wizard Island rises out of the caldera that is home to the deepest lake in the United States (1,949 feet) and deepest volcanic lake in the world
