Moon Rise
"It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
~ Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Spacenightphotographystarslongexposurenightskygalaxycoloradomoonrise
Fairy Falls, Columbia River Gorge, OR
"The cold and crystal clear water, it falls gently on the sleeper, cleansing the mind and soothing the soul..."
~El Fuego
Panther Falls, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Wind River Valley, WA
Run wild and free like a waterfall.
~ Anamika Mishra
Lower Yellowstone Falls -Yellowstone National Park, WY
"There's a feeling I get
When I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen
Rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who standing looking
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it really makes me wonder"
~ Led Zeppelin (Stairway to Heaven)
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, NM.
"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit."
~ Helen Kellernightphotographystarslongexposurenightskygalaxymilkywaybistidanazinwildernessfermingtonnewmexico
Gorton Creek Sunset, Columbia River Gorge, OR
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
~ John Muir
Ocean Wave, Cape Kiwanda, Pacific City, OR
Dance with the waves, move with the sea, let the rhythm of the water set your soul free.
~ Christy Ann Martine
Colorado Sky - Milky Way
“Shine. For you are light and wonder. For there are galaxies within you and stardust dances in your soul. Stars live in your eyes, and glory and grace live in your bones. You are beautiful. You are light and wonder. You shine.”
– Gaby Compresnightphotographystarslongexposurenightskygalaxycoloradomilkyway
Elowah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, OR
Waterfalls are exciting because they have power, they have rainbows, they have songs, and they have boldness and craziness!
~ Mehmet Murat ildanelowahfallscolumbiarivergorgeoregonwaterfallnaturehoodrivercascadelocks
Lower Yellowstone Falls -Yellowstone National Park, WY
Each moment of the year has its own beauty . . . a picture which was never before and shall never be seen again.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wahclella Falls, Columbia River Gorge, OR
When the moonlight and the waterfall come together, all other things fade from the scene!
~ Mehmet Murat ildan
Ocean Wave, Cape Kiwanda, Pacific City, OR
I love the sounds and the power of pounding water, whether it is the waves or a waterfall.
~ Mike May
Frozen Upper Falls - Yellowstone National Park, WY
"The powers of water are immeasurable.
In the form of ice, it can chisel rock as effectively as steel.
Unloosed in a river, it can slice through
layers of volcanic ash like a knife through a cake.
Meandering in a shady stream,
it can make a home for green growing things."
~ Peggy Wayburn
Moon Above The Horizon
"Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark."
~ Carl Sagan
Sol Duc Falls ~ Olympic National Park, WA
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
~ Helen KellerWaterfallsSol Duc FallsSol Duc Hot SpringSol Duc ValleyConservationScenicNatureCanyonStreamflowWildernessEchosystemPort AngelesOlympic PeninsulaOlympic National parkOlympic MountainWashington
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone -Yellowstone National Park, WY
A path so light yet cold through winter boots,
Trees lined, tangled and heavily laden,
This I find in the heart of winter.
A biting cold, light snow coming down,
Small branches covered in white,
This I find in the heart of winter.
A trail not smooth it’s fraught with lumps,
One persons walk is another’s ski strides,
This I find in the heart of winter.
Heavy skies downy white,
North winds blow bringing in flakes each one not akin to the other.
This I find in the heart of winter.
Some skies hold a promise others do not,
The fruit of the sky lies in waiting on endless branches.
This too I find in the heart of winter.
~Rachel Cohen
Fairy Falls, Columbia River Gorge, OR
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
~ Confucius
Rifle Falls State Park, Rifle, CO
Wahclella Falls, Columbia River Gorge, OR
A waterfall cannot be silent, just as the wisdom! When they speak, the voice of power speaks!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Milky Way Over Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
"We gazed dreamily at the Milky Way and once in a while caught some shooting stars. Times like those gave me the opportunity to wonder and ask all those very basic questions. That sense of awe for the heavens started there."
~ Kalpana Chawla
Indian Peaks Wilderness, Ward, CO
There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm. The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value. Conservation means development as much as it does protection.
~Theodore Roosevelt
President of the United States
Starvation Creek Falls ~ Columbia River Gorge National Scenic. OR
Mountain Stream & Wildflowers ~Yankee Boy Basin, Mount Sneffels Wilderness Area, Ouray, CO
Beyond what we wish and what we fear may happen,
we have another life...
as clear and free as a mountain stream."
~ Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī)
Multnomah Falls ~ Columbia River Gorge National Scenic, OR
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
~John Burroughs
North Clear Creek Falls ~ San Juan Mountain, Colorado
As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
I’ll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche.
I’ll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can.
~ John Muir
Gorton Creek Falls ~ Columbia River Gorge National Scenic. OR
Water, whether still or in motion, has so great an attraction for the lover of nature, that the most beautiful landscape seems scarcely complete without it. There are no effects so fascinating as those produced by the reflections in nature’s living mirror, with their delicacy of form, ever fleeting and changing, and their subtle combinations of colour.
~ Montagu Pollock
Flume Gorge - Avalanche Falls, Franconia Notch State Park, NH
A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.
~ Unknown
Starvation Creek Falls ~ Columbia River Gorge National Scenic. OR
Sol Duc Falls ~ Olympic National Park, WA
Water is the driving force of all nature.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
Moss Glen Falls ~ Green Mountain, Granville , VT
Magic Water ~ Olympic National Park, Sol Duc Valley, WA
“Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds rest on a rosebud, a child at play, a Divine mystery, or a waterfall.”
~ Fulton J. Sheen quotes (American religious, 1895-1979)WaterfallsSol Duc FallsSol Duc Hot SpringSol Duc ValleyConservationScenicNatureCanyonStreamflowWildernessEchosystemPort AngelesOlympic PeninsulaOlympic National parkOlympic MountainWashington
Ponytail Falls ~ Columbia River Gorge National Scenic, OR
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
~ Rachel Carson
Mid-summer Glacier runoff- Lake Isabelle ~ Indian Peaks Wilderness, CO
Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.
~ Sir John Lubbock
Narada Falls, Mount Rainier National Park, WA
Rifle Falls ~ Rifle Falls State Park, Rifle, CO
Night Sky Over Mobius Arch - Alabama Hills Recreation Area Whitney Portal Road, CA
"All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move."
~ Alfred Lord TennysonmobiusarchalabamahillsmovieflatroadmtwhitneylonepinecalifornianightphotgraphylowlightlandscapelightingLLLL