Sea and the rock below

Cocked to the undertow

@ Badu - USA

Another Asio Flammeus aka Short Eared Owl stalking it's prey over the skagit valley.

The Green River Gorge is home to some neat trails.

This weeks SNS is once again the lens work of Greg Stadter. BN 844 leads an A-B-B-A set of Wagons at Willbridge in August 1975. Chuck Schwesinger collection.

So many beautiful rivers in the Cascades.

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The wildflowers were in full bloom during our recent camping trip to the Hells Canyon region of Idaho, on the Oregon border.

I wish you could smell the sweet scent of lupine that filled the air.

Saw three of these Goldfinch cuties feeding at low tide. The Capehart restoration project is working - count is now up to 27 species that have returned since 2011.

Forest Park, Portland, OR

A foggy morning in the forest. I miss my morning walks.

Captured at Snug Harbor on San Juan Island, Washington.

Tried to get as short an exposure as possible to freeze the waves.

Still working on our kitchen.

Under the waterfall of my previous post, check it out!

Deep in the Columbia River Gorge in characteristic PNW rain storm, BNSF 5082 leads westbound unit grain train G GWNVAW9 13 through 122-foot Tunnel 2.

You know it's going to be a good day when you see this light coming through the trees in the morning.

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Longview, Washington

The U.S. Coast Guard was running exercises on Chambers Bay while fisher folks tried for ling cod on the reef and golfers golfed on the greens.

The gray boat speeding through the fishing boats (far left) towards the protected ferry was the "bad guy". As he approached the group the orange boat closest to him swerved to face him, they ran directly at each other and shots were fired. A very exciting sideshow for my hike!

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A PNW gem.

A submarine in Hood Canal approaching the floating Hood Canal bridge. The bridge drawspan will open to allow passage inadvertently creating bold lines of red in Google and Waze maps as cars wait for the bridge to reopen.

My personal favorite from this set. Using the lights from distant fishing boats was not how I expected to expose the scne but it worked out really well. Just a fun freaking morning on the beach.

Camano Island, WA

EVELVJ storms through Titlow beach under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on a hot September afternoon.

I think this frame might be my favorite of the year so far.

Lovely green, lush ferns, trees and moss make my heart happy!

A tug boat on Puget Sound.

Shades of dimension... Olympia NP

HDR composition

Dawn on the Pacific Coast of Vancouver Island.

This trail was so beautiful! The ferns are as tall as me

An afternoon walk around the lake

Bandon Beach, Oregon

Just before sunrise on the pacific coast

Throughout the day were these micro rain bursts that added such cool shadow effect on the landscape.

Sony Alpha 7Riv paired with Sigma 24-70mm zoom

Just a closer look at Mt Baker in Washington State.

The one thing I can say about the Pacific North West is that with a good sunset it becomes like another world.

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