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Rolling along the Flathead River, Montana Rail Link’s day gas local heads east on the Tenth Subdivision near Dixon, Montana, at McDonald on September 24, 2007.
Born in the Crown of the Continent, the Flathead River definitely flows through outstanding wilderness. It's protected on both sides by wilderness areas and by Glacier National Park. Due to its protection, the Flathead River system exemplifies wilderness, solitude and a place to get away from it all.
This is the river I went white-water rafting on for 4 hours, what fun!!!
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On our 2018 trip to Glacier National Park, we approached the west entrance of the Going To The Sun Road, but had to detour around south end of GNP due to fires. Found this vista of the Flathead River looking toward GNP along Highway 2.
Looking down on the Big Arm section of Montana's Flathead Lake. The teal tones are due to glacial silt flowing down from the Flathead rivers from Glacier National Park.
This is just a wee slice of this impressive lake. Flathead Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi in the lower 48 states, with over 200 square miles of water and 185 miles of shoreline.
Thanks for taking a look.
Have a wonderful weekend!
I liked the contrast in the visually different layers.
Mid-week, during our visit to Glacier, we changed our home base from Saint Mary to West Glacier. The scenery along Highway 2 made the travel day very enjoyable.
At one of the Flathead River access points along the highway, we stopped to see what the river had to offer for compositions. I liked the way the fleeting sunlight momentarily lit up the yellow leaves and how they contrasted nicely against the green tree lined slope and how that section contrasted against the rugged mountainside.
The beautiful teal/green glacial waters of this special river are striking.
"The Flathead River, in the northwestern part of Montana, originates in the Rocky Mountains near Glacier National Park and flows southwest into Flathead Lake, then after a journey of 158 miles (254 km), empties into the Clark Fork river. The river is part of the Columbia River drainage basin, as the Clark Fork is a tributary of the Pend Oreille River, a Columbia River tributary."
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A year ago today I was in Montana, chasing the Gas Local. Here is the Day Gas, winding along the Flathead River.
The Westbound MRL Night Gas local makes every bit of track speed following the Flathead River towards Paradise on the 10th Sub
A clinging mayfly nymph in the Heptageniidae family. The circular projections on the pronatum signify Ecdyonurus sp.
A stack of 13 handheld images using PS.
I could spend everyday in the Bison Range. This was my first (two) visits since the land was restored to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes on the Blackfeet Reservation. It had been under the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service (the people who run the National Wildlife Refuges).
There was really no issue with *how* it was run under the federal government. The issue was that it should never have been federal at all, but simply part of the reservation (we're talking legally here, not morally).
Now, to the casual visitor, there's very little outward difference. The Flathead National flag flies above the visitor center. The pamphlets focus upon *all* of the history of the area - both tribal and white. The names of many of the hills and streams are in both English and Salish.
As to where the bison herds are, that was always dependent upon the bison. Some days you could drive the loop and see only one or two. Other times, you'd see dozens all over. There are also antelope, elk, coyotes, and any number of birds (including magpie!).
If you're traveling though Montana, you owe it to yourself to spend a couple of hours exploring the Bison Range.
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'The Sleep'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm
Film: Ilford HP5+ at 1600
Process: HC-110B; 11mins
Montana
July 2022
LMX GE B39-8 No. 8536 leads an eastbound Burlington Northern grain train over the Java Bridge over the Middle Fork of the Flathead River at Java, Montana, while climbing Marias Pass on March 1, 1989. Trailing is an EMD SD40-2, along with a pair of GE B30-7A ‘B units’ or ‘boosters’ splicing a fuel tender—unusual power for a grain train, even if it is an empty headed east.
A short Montana Rail Link gas local rumbles westbound along the Flathead River at Perma, Montana, on the afternoon of May 8, 2012.
A roadside stand offers sweet cheeries for sale along the main highway in Big Fork, Montana. Known as “Flathead Cherries”, this part of Montana is famous for its delicious sweet cherries.
A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe double-stack train blasts out of the west portal of Flathead Tunnel just east of Rock Creek on September 6, 1999. The 7.01-mile tunnel was opened in 1970 as part of a 60-mile line change due to the construction of Libby Dam, and is the second longest tunnel in the United States.
On September 20, 2012, Montana Rail Link’s day gas local heads east along the Flathead River approaching Perma, Montana, on MRL’s Tenth Subdivision. Powering the train of empty tank cars is MRL EMD SD45 No. 346 and SD40-2XR No. 263.
Montana Rail Link’s gas train heads east along the Flathead River just east of Perma, Montana, on September 28, 2007.
On a beautiful summer afternoon west of the rugged Mission Range, Montana Rail Link’s night gas local rolls westbound along the Flathead River at McDonald, Montana, on June 26, 2020.
I learned a long time ago as a landscape photographer, that you should "Never Give Up On A Sunset". Some might say, "what do you mean by that statement Nick" Well I shall tell you. If you have viewed or captured very many sunset images with your camera, you will soon come to realize as I have that sometimes the longer the sun has set over the horizon the more the colors change in the sky. Depending upon what type of sunset it is, some of the most brilliant colors will manifest themselves the best some time after the sun has already set.
I can't tell you how many times I have been to a place where the sun has set and the colors did not impress me that much and I left far too early. After leaving then the sky exploded with sensational colors. Thus my motto as the landscape photographer that I am is simply "Never Give Up On A Sunset". Be patient, and just maybe that setting sun will reveal some amazing colors that you never imaged that it could! :-)
This particular sunset was captured over Flathead Lake, near my home town of Polson Montana. I posted a sunset shot earlier that I took at the same place but just about 10 min earlier than this one. If you compare the images you will see the color difference. It further drives home my point of never giving up on a sunset!
As I was recently visiting Montana, the state that I grew up in, I was treated to a beautiful sunset over Flathead Lake, near the town of Polson.
On the morning of October 27, 2024 the Day Gas skirts along the Flathead river near Perma, MT with MRL 4400/4406 on point. There was quite a storm brewing in the west that the train had been racing ahead of on the trip back east towards Missoula.
Looking down on the Big Arm section of Montana's Flathead Lake. The teal tones are due to glacial silt flowing down into the Flathead rivers from Glacier National Park.
Flathead Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi in the lower 48 states, with over 200 square miles of water and 185 miles of shoreline.
Have a great week!
Pigeons produce a very nutritious milk-like liquid in their crop for their young. It serves the same purpose as the milk of mammals.
It is produced by both sexes.
Many species fledge after about 3-4 weeks.
==> Lake Tana is located in the highlands of Abyssinia, 1,800 m. There are carp, cichlids, flathead loaches and gill-sack catfish.
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Tauben produzieren in ihrem Kropf eine sehr nahrhafte milchähnliche Flüssigkeit für ihre Jungen. Sie dient demselben Zweck wie die Milch von Säugetieren.
Sie wird von beiden Geschlechtern produziert.
Viele Arten sind nach etwa 3-4 Wochen flügge.
==> Tana-See 1.800m befindet sich im Hochland von Abessinien mit Karpfen, Buntbarsche, Flachkopfschmerlen und Kiemensackwelse.
The Gas Local returns towards Missoula as they roll along the Flathead River at Perma. From July 2005
Circa 1932 Ford truck with the newly developed Flathead V8 engine. This engine would be used for the next 21 years.
The sun rises over the Rocky Mountains and a fishing boat on Flathead Lake in Montana. This is a photo of some Boy Scouts who got up to not only cast for fish but witness the spectacular morning sky with coloration augmented by wildfire smoke. By the end of the morning, scouts had caught Lake Trout, Pike Minnow, and Lake Superior Whitefish; credit toward the fishing merit badge.