Two Tickets to Paradise

Entering the park

A view of the mountain from just inside the gate

On the way up, a detailed view of the mountain
[Full Gigapan]

Pausing for a moment of reflection

Lunch at the Paradise Restaurant

Visiting the new Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center

The Visitor Center is fortified against the heavy winter snows
The old one ... wasn't

The mountain looms over Paradise

Life abounds in the highlands
A bee services this Avalanche Lily

Looking back down toward the Visitor Center

Closer and closer

Trekking

Buttercup

Aerial view from about 25,000'MSL taken a few days later

Volcanoes in the Mist at Sunset

Mt. Bachelor

South Sister

Middle Sister

South Sister

South Sister Volcano, Oregon

Shasta

Mt. Shasta from 39,000'

Mt. Rainier

Through 60 miles of atmosphere, the mountain displays its majesty.

Holiday Lights

Whether you celebrate the season for its inherent beauty, or you project on it some religious significance, winter is indeed a special time of year. Festive decorations adorn many a house. At night, with snow blanketing eveything and reflecting the colored lights, this takes on a magical quality.

More Springtime Snow

Snow continued to fall overnight, accumulating do a depth of about an inch, coating the spring flowers with crystals. The morning sun revealed nature's gentle touch.

Springtime Snow

A cold Arctic air mass in Springtime produces granular snow / small hail enough to accumulate on the leaves of the newly opening rhododendron flowers. Moments later, the sun pokes through a hole in the clouds and melts most of it but the shade cast by the flower bud preserves some long enough to capture this image.

Shoot the Light

Well, the weather here has been kinda miserable and not particularly photogenic, so I figured I'd post this shot I took in Alaska in the 2005-6 winter.

Volcanos in White

Mount St. Helens.


Mt. Hood in the sunrise glow.