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Please, speak softly … this volcano is only sleeping …

(N. Cascades, Washington state, October 2009)

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Nice shots. Is that Mt. St. Helen?

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Originally Posted by bobwysiwyg

Nice shots. Is that Mt. St. Helen?

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You’re very close – this is Mount Adams, about 10 miles in the distance.

But if I turned around, I would see Mount St. Helens, about 20 miles away.

I’m sure the same lava channels feed both volcanoes. (Mt. Rainier, too!)

And just for fun, here’s Mount Saint Helens…

I was so close, I could feel her hot breath on my neck. ;)

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Great Images everyone... :)

Forgive me if I have shown this image earlier, but this image happens to demonstrate the entrance to one of my favourite hiking areas with Kananaskis Provincial Park, located adjacent to the "Winter Gate," and the eastern entrance to Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. The creek bed is King Creek, and to the left is King Creek Ridge with Mount Blane directly east of this viewpoint, where Mount Blane rests at 3000m elevation along the Opal Range.

A shallow mountain valley is nestled behind the left foreground ridge, and although it is a short three kilometre hike into the valley as you follow the creek bed, the area can bristle with Grizzly Bears during the summer months, so being cautious, making loud noises, and continuously staying alert happens to be my constant safety valve. I do not take my son along this trail. Several streams merge into King Creek within the valley, draining from each peak, and the weather within the valley can be very temperamental, so carrying additional warm clothing during the mid summer's day is mandatory.

The rock face wall, and the range's exposed sedimentary layers are nearly perpendicular to the valley floor, where the jagged knife-like shapes can add fabulous drama to the image, during the late evening. Unfortunately, I captured this image at or just past high noon, while deciding whether I should introduce my son to the trail, or not...

My judgement got the better of me, so we did not go, and we moved on to hike along the nearby Lower Kananaskis Lake shoreline, where we scoped out a quiet fishing spot.

jim k

King Creek, Opal Range, Kananaskis Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada, 2007

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Hey bails outside of Council Grove Kansas, and a Valley in Cabot, VT, Christmas Day

This was made during the big snowstorm we had in Northern California last week. I set up the camera in our front yard. We got nearly 1-1/2 feet of snow. The most we've had in the past 20 years is maybe 6 inches. 8x10 wet plate collodion image on aluminum.

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Kerik, that's exquisite...

Kerik,
Nice work. Are you in the Santa Cruz mountains?

Betterlight, Ebony
Pebble Beach, Ca.
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