Old Stone Wall This stone wall marks the path to the falls in Shepperd's Dell State Natural Area in Oregon. Vertical color photograph: Starting at the lower left corner, a moss-covered, gray, stone wall with arches in the bottom comes into the image, gently curving left and then right as it describes the edge of a path down a steep cliff. To the left of the wall, shrubs, ferns and other forest undergrowth cling to the steep slope above. To the right of the wall, the slope drops again, dramatically. In addition to the undergrowth, in the middle right of the frame. a mossy tree rises at a slight rightward angle, somehow clinging to the almost vertical slope face.

Old Stone Wall

This stone wall marks the path to the falls in Shepperd's Dell State Natural Area in Oregon.

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Lower Shepperd's Dell Falls, Oregon The lower plunge of Shepperd's Dell Falls, as seen from the Old Highway 30 bridge, diving down the mountain through a sea of greens. Vertical color photograph: the falls, rendered silky white by the longish shutter speed, enter the frame a little in from the top right corner, partially obscured by creekside trees. At about a quarter of the way down the frame, it starts it's 3rd drop, and the steepness of cliff it plunges down changes the vegetation and trees no longer occlude the view of the water as it races down the last 50 feet to the small plunge basin at the bottom. But even during this dramatic descent, the banks are line with ferns and other plants. At the base of the frame, the leaves of a tree high up the opposing cliff, create an arc that cradles the plunge basin.

Lower Shepperd's Dell Falls, Oregon

The lower plunge of Shepperd's Dell Falls. You may need to click through for the whole image.

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Detail, Shepperd's Dell Falls, Oregon Vertical Black-and-white photograph: water plummets in small stage after stag over the craggy rock face of part of Shepperd's Dell Falls in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. The stream is broken up into smaller streams, which further break up and recombine as they race down the steep set of outcroppings. The water is rendered smooth white by the long shutter speed, the rock are shiny black.

Detail, Shepperd's Dell Falls, Oregon

A small stop on the Columbia River Gorge Waterfall tour on old Highway 30.

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