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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA peaceful, easy feelin' (east view from East Butte lookout on 8/30/2013)
Dawn over the Maury Range in central Oregon.
Same morning, a little later (higher sun) .. with Ponderosa pine shadows in the Deschutes National Forest.
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US Forest Service lookout in Oregon that I staffed for five fire seasons.
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malaise
(268,633 posts)Thank you
flotsam
(3,268 posts)a visual treat. Thank you, Sir!
WA-03 Democrat
(3,037 posts)Great colors - love it!
yonder
(9,653 posts)Trailrider1951
(3,413 posts)The first one took my breath away!
CDerekGo
(507 posts)Simply Beautiful. Thank you for posting!
blm
(113,002 posts)Hekate
(90,515 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)I've never been, but it might be pretty nice.
Gorgeous pics.
brer cat
(24,513 posts)K&R
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)How high up were you? How far away from these alleged pines?
Lovely photos. Fire in the sky.
DemoTex
(25,389 posts)Slant range to the horizontal center of the photo is about 10 miles. The eastern edge of the Deschutes NF is predominately Ponderosa pines. The Ponderosa needs a minumum of 12" of rain per year. The edge of the forest, which is clear in this photo, is where the annual rainfall drops below 12" (this is serious high desert!). And 60-70 miles back to the west, along the crest of the Cascade Range, the annual rainfall is in excess of 120" per year.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)The Pacific Northwest is on my bucket list. Mountains, trees, farmland...such diversity of landscape; I almost feel like I would need to move there for a while, in order to really experience it.
I just looked up Oregon fire lookouts, and was stunned to learn that there are 17 lookouts that are available for rental!
The views are gorgeous, and the rates are unbelievably reasonable.
Happy trails to you, DemoTex!
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)2naSalit
(86,307 posts)Thank you!
PhoenixDem
(581 posts)You're extremely talented and have the "eye" for beauty
spanone
(135,774 posts)👍🏼