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

Diamond Head

Diamond Head aerial. Lighthouse is visible in lower-right quadrant.
Click to enlarge.


Diamond Head Lighthouse.

South Sister

South Sister Volcano, Oregon

Shasta

Mt. Shasta from 39,000'

Mt. Rainier

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

Mt. Saint Helens Revisited

August 9th


Another visit on August 16th


360 degree panorama (click image for gigapan view)

Lady in Gold

Mt. Saint Helens illuminated by the warm sunrise glow.

South Sister in the Mist

Surrounded by a veil of clouds, the South Sister, of the famous Three Sisters volcanic mountains in Oregon, peeks out into the late afternoon sunlight, her rich brown and red volcanic soils clearly visible.

Four Volcanos

Taken on approach into Seattle. Note the rainbow circle in the foreground is a reflection of sunlight off the clouds.

Volcano (Updated 6/7/2007)

Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake from above.


A closer look.


Another vantage point in different weather (taken June 7, 2007).


Spirit Lake.


Up close and personal with the mountain.


Still closer.


The river flows out from the melting snow and ice on and in the mountain through ash from the 1980 eruption.

Mount St. Helens