Photo of Ponytail Falls, Columbia River Gorge
My daughter and I took a hike in the Columbia River Gorge one morning to see three waterfalls. The four-mile roundtrip trail we walked was entirely within a cool, shady forest overlooking the Columbia River. The most striking of the falls was Ponytail Falls, also known as Upper Horsetail Falls as it lies on Horsetail Creek above, obviously, lower Horsetail Falls. Horsetail Creek races through a slot before dropping over a rock overhang into a shallow pool. Hikers can walk behind the falls or even step down into some of the spray to cool off. Most excellent.
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| Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over an overhang below which hikers can walk. Ponytail Falls, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA. Image: 19337 Location: Ponytail Falls, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA |
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| Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over an overhang below which hikers can walk. Ponytail Falls, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA. Image: 19340 Location: Ponytail Falls, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA |
Derelict Pier Pilings in Astoria
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 46° 11' 24.5" N, Longitude: 123° 49' 14.62" W, Coord: 46.190139°, -123.82073°
Filed under: Landscape, Oregon, Photo of the Day on 8/31/2007
Astoria, Oregon and the communities surrounding it, at the mouth of the Columbia River, have a long maritime history (since at least the time of Lewis and Clark). It seems like there are thousands of derelict, abandoned and decaying piers all over the place.
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| Derelict pilings, remnants of long abandoned piers. Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon, USA. Image: 19383 Location: Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon, USA  View this Image in Google Earth! |
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| Derelict pilings, remnants of long abandoned piers. Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon, USA. Image: 19388 Location: Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon, USA View this Image in Google Earth! |
Columbia River Viewed From Vista House
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 45° 32' 22.37" N, Longitude: 122° 14' 39.68" W, Coord: 45.53955°, -122.24436°
Filed under: Landscape, Oregon, Panoramas on 8/30/2007
Vista House was built in 1918 as a memorial to Oregon pioneers and as a comfort station for those traveling on the Historic Columbia River Highway. The octagonal stone structure towers 733 feet above the Columbia River and provides a spectacular view. Click it to see it larger, or see more panorama photos in our collection.
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| Panoramic view of the Columbia River as it flows through Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area, looking east from the Vista House overlook on the southern Oregon side of the river. Columbia River, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA. Image: 19374 Location: Columbia River, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA View this Image in Google Earth!Pano dimensions: 3125 x 21408 |
Crater Lake Panoramic Photograph
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 42° 58' 0.32" N, Longitude: 122° 8' 54.84" W, Coord: 42.966758°, -122.14857°
Filed under: Crater Lake, Landscape, National Parks, Oregon, Panoramas on 7/31/2007
I had always wanted to see Crater Lake and finally got a chance when I was returning to southern California from Washington. I reached the north rim of Crater Lake just as the sun was rising. There was no one else around, even on the drive through the dark leading into Crater Lake National Park I had seen nobody else that morning. The view was stunning, sublime and I felt like I had the place entirely to myself, so naturally I took a self portrait. This panorama is composed of four separate photographs stitched into a long narrow strip.
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| Self portrait at sunrise, panorama of Crater Lake. Crater Lake is the six-mile wide lake inside the collapsed caldera of volcanic Mount Mazama. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh-deepest in the world. Its maximum recorded depth is 1996 feet (608m). It lies at an altitude of 6178 feet (1880m). Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA. Image: 19130 Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA View this Image in Google Earth!Pano dimensions: 2726 x 9677 |
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