A layered, rugged peak with gulleys of snow stands alone above green, high altitude forests and meadows. A trail meanders away from the camera through the meadows towards the leak. A deep blue sky has some clouds and haze close to the horizon, and some peaks can be seen in the background.

Your sacred space is where you find yourself again and again. — Joseph Campbell

Do we all have them? Sometimes, I think so.
One of summertime places. #SanJuans, #Colorado #mountain #nature #trailrun #running

#Washington #sanjuans

San Juan Mountains in Colorado lite up in bright red alpine glow while the sun is setting.

Sometimes waiting to see if the mountains will light up is the best part of a day! Enjoy
#colorado #photography #nature #landscape #mountains #alpineglow #sanjuans #getoutdoors #mothernature

A bare mountain peak rises into a partly cloudy sky, with groves of aspen scattered throughout the mostly fir forest. A patch of bare hillside at left center shows evidence of former mining activity. The headframe of an old mine appears at lower right. Canon 10D, f/15.

Red mountains, #bluesky: s. of Ouray, Colorado, 2004

#BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #Colorado #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #autumn #sanjuans

Craggy pinnacles loom over a dense forest of pine trees, framed by pines on either side. A puffy white cloud floats above.

Crags above Porphyry Basin near Silverton, Colorado

#MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #sanjuans #silverton #ouray #peaks #forest

The setting sun paints fire above the jagged mountain skyline, made more jagged by the tops of trees along the ridge at right. A tiny patch of snow is visible on the pointed mountain at center right. Gray clouds part to reveal pale blue sky near the top of the image.

Fiery sunset viewed from Oak Street in Ouray, CO for #BlueSkyArtShow

#sunset #colorado #EastCoastKin #sanjuans #ouray #landscapephotography #dramatic #mountabrams #mountains

Windows on an old timey home in the town of Telluride, #Colorado, for #WindowsonWednesday.

#Eastcoastkin #landscapephotography #travel #SanJuans

Cattle Point Lighthouse
San Juan Island, Washington

Taken: October 20, 2020
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#Lighthouse
#OTD
#Photography
#PNW
#SanJuans
#Travel
#Washington

A rugged mountain peak glows with golden light from the setting sun, framed by dark evergreen trees in the foreground. The warm tones on the rocky summit contrast with the cooler greens of the forest below and the pale evening sky above.

Golden hour goodness in the San Juans

📸Lumix S1R

#photography #colorado #sanjuans #alpenglow #goldenhour

Got to spend all day Saturday with some beautiful people💙✨ #sanjuans #musicfestival #seattleband

A mountain ridge rises in the distance under a clear blue sky, its dark slopes lined with evergreen forest. The lower valley is glowing with bright golden aspens, their fall colors spreading in wide patches across the hillside. In the foreground, blurred yellow leaves and green pines frame the view.”

Very few places can compete with the San Juan’s for fall foliage

📸Lumix S1R
📍San Juan Mountains, CO

#photography #autumn #fallcolors #colorado #sanjuans

Snow up in the higher elevations is making things look extra gorgeous around here #Colorado #mountains #Rockies #sanjuans #Telluride #snow #photography

Sunrise in the San Juans. #sunrise #morning #dallasdivide #telluride #ridgeway #colorado #sanjuans @wsr-photography.comphotography @visittelluride.bsky.social

Beautiful day in Telluride!

#telluride #sanjuans #colorado #rockymountains #sanjuanmountains #landscape #lanscapephotography #photo #photos #nature #rockies #sanmiguel @wsr-photography

Orange clouds and golden aspen trees in the San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado

Autumn Sunset in Silverton, Colorado. September 2024.

📍San Juan National Forest

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #colorado #nationalforests #publiclands #sanjuans #aspens #mountains #southwest #sunset #aspens #alpine #clouds #silverton #autumn

Lime Kiln Lighthouse at sunset. © Katie Jones

Happy Friday!

Here's zen moment from Lime Kiln Lighthouse at sunset in the Salish Sea. 🌊🌄

#lighthouse #landscape #landscapephotography #salishsea #sanjuans #pnw #pnwonderland #pnwlife #limekiln

An across-the-valley view showing a bit of the town of Ouray at lower right, with the focus of the image being the alpenglow-lit cliffs at right center, extending up toward a sky barely hanging onto daylight, with thin, wispy clouds lit pink. The prominent rock rib at left center is bowed up as if pushed from below.

Red rock cliffs at dusk as seen from Oak Street, Ouray, CO.

Reprocessed RAW file from 2008 - Canon 5D, 50mm, f/5.6, 1/40 sec, ISO 1000

#Hermosaformation #landscapephotography #Ouray #Colorado
#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #geology #hiking #Canon #photography #mountains #SanJuans

A pair of Cormorants in the sun with blue eyes.

The striking blue eyes of the Cormorant in the San Juan's last year.

Is it a Brandt's, Double-Crested, or a Pelagic?

#birding #pnw #Cormorant #birds #birdidentification #art #photography #salishsea #Fotografie #oiseaux #vögel #pájaro #blueskyartshow #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #sanjuans

Orca whales swimming with a male and 3 females. Male has a 6ft dorsal fin sticking out of the water. In the Pacific Northwest of the San Juan Islands, USA.

Treated to part of the Bigg's Pod taking a stroll. Beauty in motion. Male dorsal fin (about 6ft) is much larger than other 3. If anyone can identify the by the fins, please comment :)
#orca #pod #family #killerwhale #wildlife #nature #pnw #SanJuans #photography #blueskyartshow #summerDaze

A mountain with mist surrounding it, pines below.

“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame.”

William Butler Yeats

#mountainmonday
#classicmono
#colorado
#sanjuans
#eastcoastkin

“Days End”
#photography #sunset #landscape #scape #pnw #eastcoastkin #anacortes #washington #sanjuans #pugetsound #sunsetphotography #landscapephotography #nikon #stunday

“Private Sunset”
Tucked away at a little bnb on #sanjuanisland , Mother #Nature did her best to wow me!
#photography #art #sunset #pnw #landscape #scape #eastcoastkin #cloud #clouds #cloudscape #washington #sanjuans #peaceful #idyllic #serenity #evening

Sunrise over the mountains and clouds

Simple Sunday Sunrise. Quick pic on the phone instead of the grabbing the Sony, sometimes you just need to enjoy the beauty of the moment.
#Stunday #mountains #sunrise #green #light #storm #clouds #valley #ancestorsHello #photohour #Colorado #sanjuans #enjoy

Milky Way above 10,910 ft Molas Pass, San Juan Mountains of Colorado.

📍San Juan National Forest

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #astrophotography #milkyway #stars #colorado #sanjuans #nationalforests #southwest #alpine #darkskies #mountains #nightsky #publiclands #protectourparks

Found a new favorite place today
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#pnw #photography #landscapephotography #sanjuans #ocean #photography📸 #adventure #outdoors #blue

#SanJuans take flight

Way up there at 13,000 ft. In Colorado! Mountaintop experience!! #Colorado
#SanJuans
#Mountaintop