God's Country

looks like a good place to vacation, the most beautiful place i have ever been was when i took a road trip to minnesota and I drove through Wyoming. that place is great. I would love to move there once I get out of computer school and become a renown tech. thanks for sharing Tomk

We've had a few wildfires around which isn't unusual around my part of the world this time of year.  The smoke can be annoying, but it can also contribute to some pretty sunsets.  I thought it might be fun to post a couple of pictures that I've taken over the last couple of weeks while out moving water.

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Beautiful.

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Tom, This is from a field near my home, looking East toward the Sierra Nevada foothills not long after dawn sunrise.

Smoke from forest fires obscure the mountains but make for some interesting sunrise and sets. 

In each of the pictures I posted, the sun is setting between Mt. Washington and Mt. Jefferson.  You would normally see the Three Sisters to the extreme left.  The smoky haze has hidden them all.  There were a couple of afternoons that I couldn't see from one end of the wheel line to the other due to smoke.

 

I haven't taken any pics, but the other thing the smoke is good for is very cool moon rises.

Here's a fresh sunrise from this morning.

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I see your fresh sunrise… and raise you one sunset from tonight where you can see some of the mountains:

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The John Day River flows through an area known as the John Day Fossil beds.  Archaeologists spend alot of time around there.  There are some really interesting formations in this area.  They are in a variety of colors, depending on the minerals.  These three pictures are taken along a single mile of the road.  The pictures don't do justice to the color, but here they are anyway.

 

First we have green:

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Then immediately after the hill on the right we have red:

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Then a long half mile to blue:

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Looks truly amazing! Would love to visit the US!

Great pictures Tom, thanks for sharing