Friday, June 27, 2008

Bear-grass flower...


Upper McKenzie River, Oregon

Koosah Falls... Sahalie Falls...
Clear Lake...

Macro Rose...


Back to Oregon...

The Three Sisters Wilderness...
Tamolich Falls...
Box Canyon Meadow... They had a very wet winter here, lots of snow. Everything is lush, lusher than normal that is... The only down side is more mosquitos and they will probably be around longer into the summer. Lots of water in the rivers, Tamolitch falls is usually a dry falls but there is so much water this year it's flowing pretty well.




Friday, June 20, 2008

A little macro action...


Dung-beetle


Harsh environment

This horse obviously found the conditions harsh, maybe it was just old. There are a lot of dead animal bones lying around the desert.


I think what this cactus is trying to say is "STAY THE HELL AWAY!!"

Nevada's landscape has a lot to offer...

Like a lot of sage brush... It's different there but I kind of like it, it's so wide-open, kind of wild still. Like me...
The frozen tundra, we had to get up before dawn and go sit in a blind in this stuff and observe birds lekking (doing their mating displays). Needless to say, there were a few times I got really cold, an "I need to get the hell out of here or I'm going to freeze cold". It was fun though.