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  • The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum. The monument represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents (left to right): George Washington, Thomas Jefferson , Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2) and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level...This is a digital combination of an infrared image and a visible color image.  The color picture is used to colorize the infrared image giving a foreign and new perspective.  Plants and trees reflect more infrared light and appear brighter in images while the sky reflects less making it darker.
    20070723_044 Mt Rushmore_ColorIR1.jpg
  • The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum. The monument represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents (left to right): George Washington, Thomas Jefferson , Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2) and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level...This is a digital combination of an infrared image and a visible color image.  The color picture is used to colorize the infrared image giving a foreign and new perspective.  Plants and trees reflect more infrared light and appear brighter in images while the sky reflects less making it darker.
    20070723_040 Mt Rushmore_ColorIR1.jpg
  • The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum. The monument represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents (left to right): George Washington, Thomas Jefferson , Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2) and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level...This is an infrared image which captures light that we cannot see and turns it into a visible image. Plants like flowers and grass reflect more infrared light and appear brighter in infrared images while the sky reflects less making it darker.
    20070723_040 Mt Rushmore_IR1.jpg
  • The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum. The monument represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents (left to right): George Washington, Thomas Jefferson , Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2) and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level...This is an infrared image which captures light that we cannot see and turns it into a visible image. Plants like flowers and grass reflect more infrared light and appear brighter in infrared images while the sky reflects less making it darker.
    20070723_037 Mt Rushmore_IR1.jpg
  • The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum. The monument represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents (left to right): George Washington, Thomas Jefferson , Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2) and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level.
    20070723_010 Mt Rushmore.jpg
  • The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum. The monument represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents (left to right): George Washington, Thomas Jefferson , Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2) and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level.
    20070723_009 Mt Rushmore.jpg
  • Mount Pisgah is a hill in Lane County, Oregon, United States, rising 1,060 feet (320 m) above the surrounding Willamette Valley to an elevation of 1,531 feet (467 m). It was named after the biblical Mount Pisgah. It is situated between the Coast Fork and Middle Fork of the Willamette River, two miles (3 km) southeast of their confluence.
    20091016_056_Eugene.jpg
  • Crater Lake is located in Southern Oregon on the crest of the Cascade Mountain range. It lies inside a caldera, or volcanic basin, created when the 12,000 foot (3,660 meter) high Mount Mazama collapsed during a violent eruption...Crater Lake has a depth of 1,943 feet (592 meters) and is the seventh deepest lake in the world and the deepest in the United States. Crater Lake receives on average 533 inches of snow each year which supplies the lake with with water. There are no inlets or outlets to the lake. Evaporation and seepage prevent the lake from becoming any deeper.
    20080823_024_Crater Lake_Panorama.jpg
  • Mount Pisgah is a hill in Lane County, Oregon, United States, rising 1,060 feet (320 m) above the surrounding Willamette Valley to an elevation of 1,531 feet (467 m). It was named after the biblical Mount Pisgah. It is situated between the Coast Fork and Middle Fork of the Willamette River, two miles (3 km) southeast of their confluence.
    20091016_053_Eugene.jpg
  • Crater Lake is located in Southern Oregon on the crest of the Cascade Mountain range. It lies inside a caldera, or volcanic basin, created when the 12,000 foot (3,660 meter) high Mount Mazama collapsed during a violent eruption...Crater Lake has a depth of 1,943 feet (592 meters) and is the seventh deepest lake in the world and the deepest in the United States. Crater Lake receives on average 533 inches of snow each year which supplies the lake with with water. There are no inlets or outlets to the lake. Evaporation and seepage prevent the lake from becoming any deeper.
    20080614_010_Crater_Lake.jpg
  • Susan Creek Falls is a 35 foot high waterfall that feeds into the Umpqua River.  The stream passes through dark basalt rocks as it heads toward the Umpqua River. .The Umpqua River (UHMP-kwah) is on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States. It is approximately 111 miles (179 km) long. A maintained trail runs for 77-miles along the river through the beautiful forests and over small streams.  The river drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west of the Cascade Range and south of the Willamette Valley, from which it is separated by the Calapooya Mountains.
    20071022_067_Umpqua River.jpg
  • The Umpqua River (UHMP-kwah) is on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States. It is approximately 111 miles (179 km) long. A maintained trail runs for 77-miles along the river through the beautiful forests and over small streams.  The river drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west of the Cascade Range and south of the Willamette Valley, from which it is separated by the Calapooya Mountains.
    20071022_039_Umpqua River.jpg
  • Mount Pisgah is a hill in Lane County, Oregon, United States, rising 1,060 feet (320 m) above the surrounding Willamette Valley to an elevation of 1,531 feet (467 m). It was named after the biblical Mount Pisgah. It is situated between the Coast Fork and Middle Fork of the Willamette River, two miles (3 km) southeast of their confluence.
    20091016_075_Eugene.jpg
  • Mount Pisgah is a hill in Lane County, Oregon, United States, rising 1,060 feet (320 m) above the surrounding Willamette Valley to an elevation of 1,531 feet (467 m). It was named after the biblical Mount Pisgah. It is situated between the Coast Fork and Middle Fork of the Willamette River, two miles (3 km) southeast of their confluence.
    20091016_074_Eugene.jpg
  • Susan Creek Falls is a 35 foot high waterfall that feeds into the Umpqua River.  The stream (pictured here) passes through dark basalt rocks as it heads toward the Umpqua River. .The Umpqua River (UHMP-kwah) is on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States. It is approximately 111 miles (179 km) long. A maintained trail runs for 77-miles along the river through the beautiful forests and over small streams.  The river drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west of the Cascade Range and south of the Willamette Valley, from which it is separated by the Calapooya Mountains.
    20071022_077_Umpqua River.jpg
  • Susan Creek Falls is a 35 foot high waterfall that feeds into the Umpqua River.  The stream (pictured here) passes through dark basalt rocks as it heads toward the Umpqua River. .The Umpqua River (UHMP-kwah) is on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States. It is approximately 111 miles (179 km) long. A maintained trail runs for 77-miles along the river through the beautiful forests and over small streams.  The river drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west of the Cascade Range and south of the Willamette Valley, from which it is separated by the Calapooya Mountains.
    20071022_074_Umpqua River.jpg
  • The Umpqua River (UHMP-kwah) is on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States. It is approximately 111 miles (179 km) long. A maintained trail runs for 77-miles along the river through the beautiful forests and over small streams.  The river drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west of the Cascade Range and south of the Willamette Valley, from which it is separated by the Calapooya Mountains.
    20071022_035_Umpqua River.jpg
  • The Umpqua River (UHMP-kwah) is on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States. It is approximately 111 miles (179 km) long. Near Roseburg, the river flows through wider valleys with many farms taking advantage of the rivers water supply.  The river drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west of the Cascade Range and south of the Willamette Valley, from which it is separated by the Calapooya Mountains.
    20071022_001_Umpqua River.jpg
  • A United Airleines Boeing 747 taxiing at O'hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois
    20090623_120_Chicago.jpg
  • A United Airleines Boeing 747 taxiing at O'hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois
    20090623_121_Chicago.jpg
  • Heceta Head Light is a lighthouse located on the Oregon Coast 13 miles north of Florence, Oregon and 13 miles south of Yachats, Oregon, United States. It is located midway up a 205-foot (63 m) tall headland. Built in 1894, the 56-foot (17 m) tall lighthouse shines a beam visible for 21 miles, making it the strongest light on the Oregon Coast
    20080315_049_Oregon_Coast.jpg
  • Mount Pisgah is a hill in Lane County, Oregon, United States, rising 1,060 feet (320 m) above the surrounding Willamette Valley to an elevation of 1,531 feet (467 m). It was named after the biblical Mount Pisgah. It is situated between the Coast Fork and Middle Fork of the Willamette River, two miles (3 km) southeast of their confluence.
    20091016_073_Eugene.jpg
  • Mount Pisgah is a hill in Lane County, Oregon, United States, rising 1,060 feet (320 m) above the surrounding Willamette Valley to an elevation of 1,531 feet (467 m). It was named after the biblical Mount Pisgah. It is situated between the Coast Fork and Middle Fork of the Willamette River, two miles (3 km) southeast of their confluence.
    20091016_072_Eugene.jpg
  • Mount Pisgah is a hill in Lane County, Oregon, United States, rising 1,060 feet (320 m) above the surrounding Willamette Valley to an elevation of 1,531 feet (467 m). It was named after the biblical Mount Pisgah. It is situated between the Coast Fork and Middle Fork of the Willamette River, two miles (3 km) southeast of their confluence.
    20091016_063_Eugene.jpg
  • Crater Lake is located in Southern Oregon on the crest of the Cascade Mountain range. It lies inside a caldera, or volcanic basin, created when the 12,000 foot (3,660 meter) high Mount Mazama collapsed during a violent eruption...Crater Lake has a depth of 1,943 feet (592 meters) and is the seventh deepest lake in the world and the deepest in the United States. Crater Lake receives on average 533 inches of snow each year which supplies the lake with with water. There are no inlets or outlets to the lake. Evaporation and seepage prevent the lake from becoming any deeper.
    20080823_012_Crater Lake_Family.jpg
  • Crater Lake is located in Southern Oregon on the crest of the Cascade Mountain range. It lies inside a caldera, or volcanic basin, created when the 12,000 foot (3,660 meter) high Mount Mazama collapsed during a violent eruption...Crater Lake has a depth of 1,943 feet (592 meters) and is the seventh deepest lake in the world and the deepest in the United States. Crater Lake receives on average 533 inches of snow each year which supplies the lake with with water. There are no inlets or outlets to the lake. Evaporation and seepage prevent the lake from becoming any deeper.
    20080823_003_Crater Lake_Family.jpg
  • Susan Creek Falls is a 35 foot high waterfall that feeds into the Umpqua River.  The stream passes through dark basalt rocks as it heads toward the Umpqua River. .The Umpqua River (UHMP-kwah) is on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States. It is approximately 111 miles (179 km) long. A maintained trail runs for 77-miles along the river through the beautiful forests and over small streams.  The river drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west of the Cascade Range and south of the Willamette Valley, from which it is separated by the Calapooya Mountains.
    20071022_081_Umpqua River.jpg
  • The Umpqua River (UHMP-kwah) is on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States. It is approximately 111 miles (179 km) long. A maintained trail runs for 77-miles along the river through the beautiful forests and over small streams.  The river drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west of the Cascade Range and south of the Willamette Valley, from which it is separated by the Calapooya Mountains.
    20071022_034_Umpqua River.jpg
  • A United Airleines Boeing 757 taxiing out to the runway at O'hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois
    20090623_114_Chicago.jpg
  • Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, near Utica, Illinois. Matthiessen is a paradise for those interested in geology as well as recreation. Visitors can expect to see beautiful rock formations in addition to unusual and abundant vegetation and wildlife.
    200511SA 22 Matthiessen State Park_F...jpg
  • Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, near Utica, Illinois. Matthiessen is a paradise for those interested in geology as well as recreation. Visitors can expect to see beautiful rock formations in addition to unusual and abundant vegetation and wildlife.
    200510SA 11 Matthiessen State Park_F...jpg
  • Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, near Utica, Illinois. Matthiessen is a paradise for those interested in geology as well as recreation. Visitors can expect to see beautiful rock formations in addition to unusual and abundant vegetation and wildlife.
    200511SA 21 Matthiessen State Park_F...jpg
  • The setting sun casts purple, pink, and orange colors in the sky, clouds, and lake at Peninsula State Park, near Egg Harbor, Wisconsin.  Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508SB 30 Wisconsin - Peninsula SP...jpg
  • Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, near Utica, Illinois. Matthiessen is a paradise for those interested in geology as well as recreation. Visitors can expect to see beautiful rock formations in addition to unusual and abundant vegetation and wildlife.
    200511SA 07 Matthiessen State Park_F...jpg
  • The setting sun casts a purple color in the sky, clouds, and lake in Peninsula State Park, near Egg Harbor, Wisconsin.  Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508SB 25 Wisconsin - Peninsula SP...jpg
  • Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, near Utica, Illinois. Matthiessen is a paradise for those interested in geology as well as recreation. Visitors can expect to see beautiful rock formations in addition to unusual and abundant vegetation and wildlife.
    200511SA 14 Matthiessen State Park_F...jpg
  • The setting sun casts a purple color in the sky, clouds, and lake in Peninsula State Park, near Egg Harbor, Wisconsin.  Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508SB 26 Wisconsin - Peninsula SP...jpg
  • Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, near Utica, Illinois. Matthiessen is a paradise for those interested in geology as well as recreation. Visitors can expect to see beautiful rock formations in addition to unusual and abundant vegetation and wildlife.
    200510SA 16 Matthiessen State Park_F...jpg
  • Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, near Utica, Illinois. Matthiessen is a paradise for those interested in geology as well as recreation. Visitors can expect to see beautiful rock formations in addition to unusual and abundant vegetation and wildlife.
    200510SA 29 Matthiessen State Park_F...jpg
  • Sailboat at Sunset near Egg Harbor, Wisconsin in Door County.  Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508SB 23 Wisconsin - Peninsula SP...jpg
  • Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, near Utica, Illinois. Matthiessen is a paradise for those interested in geology as well as recreation. Visitors can expect to see beautiful rock formations in addition to unusual and abundant vegetation and wildlife.
    200511SA 15 Matthiessen State Park_F...jpg
  • Crystal Cove State Park, located in Laguna Beach, has 3.2 miles of beach and 2,400 acres of undeveloped woodland.  It is a popular destination in Southern California for hiking and horseback riding. The offshore waters are designated as an underwater park. Crystal Cove is used by mountain bikers inland and scuba and skin divers underwater. The beach contains tidepools and sandy coves which can be explored by visitors.
    20070814_026_Crystal_Cove.jpg
  • Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, near Utica, Illinois. Matthiessen is a paradise for those interested in geology as well as recreation. Visitors can expect to see beautiful rock formations in addition to unusual and abundant vegetation and wildlife.
    200510SA 37 Matthiessen State Park.jpg
  • Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, near Utica, Illinois. Matthiessen is a paradise for those interested in geology as well as recreation. Visitors can expect to see beautiful rock formations in addition to unusual and abundant vegetation and wildlife.
    200510SA 08 Matthiessen State Park_F...jpg
  • Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, near Utica, Illinois. Matthiessen is a paradise for those interested in geology as well as recreation. Visitors can expect to see beautiful rock formations in addition to unusual and abundant vegetation and wildlife.
    200511SA 11 Matthiessen State Park_F...jpg
  • Sailboat at Sunset near Egg Harbor, Wisconsin in Door County.  Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508SB 22 Wisconsin - Peninsula SP...jpg
  • Sailboat at Sunset near Egg Harbor, Wisconsin in Door County.  Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508SB 24 Wisconsin - Peninsula SP...jpg
  • Crystal Cove State Park, located in Laguna Beach, has 3.2 miles of beach and 2,400 acres of undeveloped woodland.  It is a popular destination in Southern California for hiking and horseback riding. The offshore waters are designated as an underwater park. Crystal Cove is used by mountain bikers inland and scuba and skin divers underwater. The beach contains tidepools and sandy coves which can be explored by visitors.
    20070814_029_Crystal_Cove.jpg
  • Crystal Cove State Park, located in Laguna Beach, has 3.2 miles of beach and 2,400 acres of undeveloped woodland.  It is a popular destination in Southern California for hiking and horseback riding. The offshore waters are designated as an underwater park. Crystal Cove is used by mountain bikers inland and scuba and skin divers underwater. The beach contains tidepools and sandy coves which can be explored by visitors.
    20070814_038_Crystal_Cove.jpg
  • Starved Rock State Park is known for its multiple canyons and waterfalls which are unlike the flat midwest.  The canyons and waterfalls are all close to each other.  Being less that than two hours from Chicago, the park is popular place for hiking.
    200410C 18A Starved Rock State Park.jpg
  • Starved Rock State Park is known for its multiple canyons and waterfalls which are unlike the flat midwest.  The canyons and waterfalls are all close to each other.  Being less that than two hours from Chicago, the park is popular place for hiking.
    200405_SA 29 Starved Rock.jpg
  • McWay Falls is in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park in Monterey County, California near the town of Big Sur on the state's Central Coast. McWay Creek drops 80 ft. off a cliff onto the beach in an small cove along the Pacific Ocean. A trail in the park leads to an overlook where the cove and waterfall can be seen from above.   Access to the cove is restricted due to environmental concerns about the crumbly cliffs.  This stunning waterfall is well know for as it makes one feel like they have reached a beach in paradise with a waterfall gracefully dropping to the beach below.
    20070821_145_CA_Coast.jpg
  • La Salle Canyon Falls in Winter - Frozen Waterfall at Starved Rock State Park in Illinois.  The cold Midwest winters freeze the waterfalls in the park creating a magnificent display of ice and icicles.  Water can be heard dripping through the ice. Starved Rock State Park is known for its multiple canyons and waterfalls which are unlike the flat midwest.  The canyons and waterfalls are all close to each other.  Being less that than two hours from Chicago, the park is popular place for hiking.
    200402B 8 LaSalle Canyon.jpg
  • Crystal Cove State Park, located in Laguna Beach, has 3.2 miles of beach and 2,400 acres of undeveloped woodland.  It is a popular destination in Southern California for hiking and horseback riding. The offshore waters are designated as an underwater park. Crystal Cove is used by mountain bikers inland and scuba and skin divers underwater. The beach contains tidepools and sandy coves which can be explored by visitors.
    20070814_016_Crystal_Cove.jpg
  • Crystal Cove State Park, located in Laguna Beach, has 3.2 miles of beach and 2,400 acres of undeveloped woodland.  It is a popular destination in Southern California for hiking and horseback riding. The offshore waters are designated as an underwater park. Crystal Cove is used by mountain bikers inland and scuba and skin divers underwater. The beach contains tidepools and sandy coves which can be explored by visitors.
    20070814_018_Crystal_Cove.jpg
  • The Cana Island lighthouse 89 feet tall and is visible for 18 miles.  It is located just north of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin...Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508SC 17 Wisconsin - Cana Island ...jpg
  • Red Rock.Canyon State Park features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. The park is located where the southernmost tip of the Sierra Nevada converge with the El Paso Range...The fluted folds are the result of wind and rain eroding the softer materials beneath the dark caprocks, which were formed by a harder lava flow layer.
    200708_182_California.jpg
  • The Cana Island lighthouse 89 feet tall and is visible for 18 miles.  It is located just north of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin...Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508SC 19 Wisconsin - Cana Island ...jpg
  • The Cana Island lighthouse 89 feet tall and is visible for 18 miles.  It is located just north of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin...Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508SC 15 Wisconsin - Cana Island ...jpg
  • Multnomah Falls is a waterfall on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. The falls drops in two major steps, split into an upper falls of 542 feet (165 m) and a lower falls of 69 feet (21 m). The total height of the waterfall is 620 feet (189 m) making it the tallest waterfall in the State of Oregon.
    20070724_097_Oregon.jpg
  • Red Rock.Canyon State Park features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. The park is located where the southernmost tip of the Sierra Nevada converge with the El Paso Range...The fluted folds are the result of wind and rain eroding the softer materials beneath the dark caprocks, which were formed by a harder lava flow layer.
    200708_184_California.jpg
  • Crystal Cove State Park, located in Laguna Beach, has 3.2 miles of beach and 2,400 acres of undeveloped woodland.  It is a popular destination in Southern California for hiking and horseback riding. The offshore waters are designated as an underwater park. Crystal Cove is used by mountain bikers inland and scuba and skin divers underwater. The beach contains tidepools and sandy coves which can be explored by visitors.
    200407 SA_4 California Crystal Cove ...jpg
  • The Cana Island lighthouse 89 feet tall and is visible for 18 miles.  It is located just north of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin...Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508SC 18 Wisconsin - Cana Island ...jpg
  • The Cana Island lighthouse 89 feet tall and is visible for 18 miles.  It is located just north of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin...Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508SC 16 Wisconsin - Cana Island ...jpg
  • The Coquille River Lighthouse is located in Bandon, Oregon. The lighthouse was designed by Carl Leick and commissioned in 1896. Its light guided mariners to find the dangerous bar at the mouth of the Coquille River. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1939 after improvements to the river channel were completed. It is currently a part of the Bullards Beach State Park and maintained  by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
    20080316_047_Oregon_Coast.jpg
  • Door County is has a history of growing cherries dating to the 1800s. It grows many apples and has several wineries.  Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508SB 35 Wisconsin - Door County_...jpg
  • Red Rock.Canyon State Park features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. The park is located where the southernmost tip of the Sierra Nevada converge with the El Paso Range...The fluted folds are the result of wind and rain eroding the softer materials beneath the dark caprocks, which were formed by a harder lava flow layer.
    200708_179_California.jpg
  • The Coquille River Lighthouse is located in Bandon, Oregon. The lighthouse was designed by Carl Leick and commissioned in 1896. Its light guided mariners to find the dangerous bar at the mouth of the Coquille River. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1939 after improvements to the river channel were completed. It is currently a part of the Bullards Beach State Park and maintained  by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
    20080316_074_Oregon_Coast.jpg
  • The Coquille River Lighthouse is located in Bandon, Oregon. The lighthouse was designed by Carl Leick and commissioned in 1896. Its light guided mariners to find the dangerous bar at the mouth of the Coquille River. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1939 after improvements to the river channel were completed. It is currently a part of the Bullards Beach State Park and maintained  by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
    20080316_066_Oregon_Coast.jpg
  • Shasta Lake is an artificial lake created by the construction of Shasta Dam across the Sacramento River. Capacity:  4,552,000 acre·ft (5,615,000 dam³) The lake has an elevation of 1,067 feet (325 m), and a surface area of 30,000 acres (12,000 ha), making it the state's largest reservoir.
    200407 SC_24 California_Shasta Lake.jpg
  • Crystal Cove State Park, located in Laguna Beach, has 3.2 miles of beach and 2,400 acres of undeveloped woodland.  It is a popular destination in Southern California for hiking and horseback riding. The offshore waters are designated as an underwater park. Crystal Cove is used by mountain bikers inland and scuba and skin divers underwater. The beach contains tidepools and sandy coves which can be explored by visitors.
    200407 SA_9 California Crystal Cove ...jpg
  • Red Rock.Canyon State Park features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. The park is located where the southernmost tip of the Sierra Nevada converge with the El Paso Range...The fluted folds are the result of wind and rain eroding the softer materials beneath the dark caprocks, which were formed by a harder lava flow layer.
    200708_185_California.jpg
  • Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
    200508A 00620019 Door County_Wiscons...jpg
  • Door County on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin is a popular vacation location in the Midwest.  The Peninsula is south of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It offers a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Door County has five state parks, ten lighthouses, and beautiful sandy beaches with the fresh, clear water of Lake Michigan.
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  • Crystal Cove State Park, located in Laguna Beach, has 3.2 miles of beach and 2,400 acres of undeveloped woodland.  It is a popular destination in Southern California for hiking and horseback riding. The offshore waters are designated as an underwater park. Crystal Cove is used by mountain bikers inland and scuba and skin divers underwater. The beach contains tidepools and sandy coves which can be explored by visitors.
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  • Crystal Cove State Park, located in Laguna Beach, has 3.2 miles of beach and 2,400 acres of undeveloped woodland.  It is a popular destination in Southern California for hiking and horseback riding. The offshore waters are designated as an underwater park. Crystal Cove is used by mountain bikers inland and scuba and skin divers underwater. The beach contains tidepools and sandy coves which can be explored by visitors.
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  • Crystal Cove State Park, located in Laguna Beach, has 3.2 miles of beach and 2,400 acres of undeveloped woodland.  It is a popular destination in Southern California for hiking and horseback riding. The offshore waters are designated as an underwater park. Crystal Cove is used by mountain bikers inland and scuba and skin divers underwater. The beach contains tidepools and sandy coves which can be explored by visitors.
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  • These are some of my favorite pictures with rays of lights shining through the trees.  The pictures provide a sense of warmth and beauty while also being abstract.  The images were created by zooming the lens.  Different effects are achieved by changing the range zoomed and how fast the zoom is done.
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  • Azaleas are flowering shrubs making up part of the Rhododendron genus. Many Rhododendrons grow their flowers in rows or strips, however, most azaleas have terminal blooms with just one flower per flower stem. Azalea plants have so many stems that they are full of colorful flowers. Azaleas are recognised by these flowers blooming simulatneously in a showy display that remains for a month or two each spring.
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  • The Rogue River Gorge near Union Creek, Oregon in the Cascade Mountians is just miles from Crater Lake National Park.  The Rogue River goes through a series of elevation changes forming many waterfalls as it is forced through a narrow basalt canyon formed by the areas volcanic past.  The gorge was formed by the erosive action of the river. A small cave that is on the west wall of the gorge is the end of a lava tube.
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  • Lithia Park is the largest park of Ashland, Oregon stretching from the downtown plaza up toward the headwaters of Ashland Creek.  The park has two duck ponds.
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  • Ornamental cherry trees flower but do not produce cherries.  in the early spring, the buds on the tree bloom and fill nearly the entire tree with flower blossoms that range in color from white to pink depending on the cultivar. The blooms appear before the foliage. Once the blooming season is finished, the leaves will appear.
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  • Age adds character to wood.  Here the weather has brought out the grain on an old fence in Oregon.   The wood grain is enhanced by the softer wood eroding faster than the harder parts of the wood.
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  • Mexico is known for painting with bright colors.  A Mexican Restuarant in Medford, Oregon is painted with a bright color scheme shown here with the window shutter and stucco wall.
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  • McKee Covered Bridge, built in 1917, in southern Oregon crosses over the Applegate River.  The fall color of the trees leaves can be seen in the trees.  The Applegate River is a 51-mile (82 km) long tributary of the Rogue River. It drains forested foothills of the Siskiyou Mountains along the Oregon-California border.
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  • Lithia Park is the largest park of Ashland, Oregon stretching from the downtown plaza up toward the headwaters of Ashland Creek.  The park has two duck ponds.
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  • To handle that the thounsand of planes that land at O'hare Airport each day, a large supply of jet fuel is needed.
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  • The Encore is a part of the Wynn Las Vegas Resort and Country Club which is a luxury casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The 2,034 room hotel had a project cost $2.3 billion. The resort covers 215 acres (87 ha)...The resort features a 74,000 square feet (6,900 m2) casino, 27,000 sq ft (2,500 m2) of retail space in "The Esplanade", a spa and salon, five restaurants, seven bars, as well a nightclub. The building is 631 feet (192 m) in height. The Wynn and Encore towers together have a total of 4,750 rooms.
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  • The Rogue Valley in know as Pear Country with thousands of acres of pear orchards producing pears sold around the world.  The pear trees blossom in early spring and have to be protected from frost on cold nights by smudge pots.
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  • The Rogue River south of Union Creek disappears into a lava tube just up river from this location.  Picture was taken in the fall. The entrance to a collapsed lava tube can be seen in on the left side of the river in the center of the picture.
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  • Melting snow forms a stream that feeds into Lake Sabrina in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Lake Sabrina is off of Hwy 168, west of Bishop, California.  The lake is a popular desination for fishing and hiking...This is an infrared image which captures light that we cannot see and turns it into a visible image. Plants like flowers grass reflect more infrared light and appear brighter in infrared images while the sky reflects less making it darker.
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  • Yosemite National Park's most well-know feature is Half Dome, which stands at an altitude of 8,836 feet and 4,737 feet above the valley floor. As the rock was exposed, weathering and exfoliation of shell-like outer layers of the rock shaped the dome portion of the rock to its current shape. The summit is attainable as a day hike in the summer, if you have the stamina to undertake a 17-mile roundtrip hike with 5000 feet of elevation gain from the valley floor...This is an infrared image which captures light that we cannot see and turns it into a visible image. Plants like flowers and grass reflect more infrared light and appear brighter in infrared images while the sky reflects less making it darker.
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  • Yosemite National Park's most well-know feature is Half Dome, which stands at an altitude of 8,836 feet and 4,737 feet above the valley floor. As the rock was exposed, weathering and exfoliation of shell-like outer layers of the rock shaped the dome portion of the rock to its current shape. The summit is attainable as a day hike in the summer, if you have the stamina to undertake a 17-mile roundtrip hike with 5000 feet of elevation gain from the valley floor...This is a digital combination of an infrared image and a visible color image.  The color picture is used to colorize the infrared image giving a foreign and new perspective.  Plants and trees reflect more infrared light and appear brighter in images while the sky reflects less making it darker.
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  • Lembert Dome overlooks the Tuolumne Meadows and River in Yosemite National Park. The treeless granite dome has a sheer west face that is, 300 feet high and becomes less steep on the other three sides.  It is a popular destination for hiking and rock climbing.
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