A peaceful, easy feelin' (east view from East Butte lookout on 8/30/2013)

[DemoTex]

Dawn over the Maury Range in central Oregon.



Same morning, a little later (higher sun) .. with Ponderosa pine shadows in the Deschutes National Forest.

[DemoTex]

4. Yep!

US Forest Service lookout in Oregon that I staffed for five fire seasons.

[malaise]

2. Stunning

Thank you

[flotsam]

3. As always

a visual treat. Thank you, Sir!

[WA-03 Democrat]

6. Thanks for posting

Great colors - love it!

[yonder]

7. Fine photos as always, thanks.

[Trailrider1951]

8. OMG thank you for posting some more of your exquisite photos

The first one took my breath away!

[CDerekGo]

9. Beautiful

Simply Beautiful. Thank you for posting!

[blm]

10. Such a gorgeous land

[Hekate]

11. Sublime, as always

[warmfeet]

12. Looks a lot like Nirvana.

I've never been, but it might be pretty nice.

Gorgeous pics.

[brer cat]

13. Beautiful.

K&R

[Cracklin Charlie]

14. Those tiny dots are ponderosa pine?

How high up were you? How far away from these alleged “pines”?

Lovely photos. Fire in the sky.

[DemoTex]

15. The lookout is located on top of a 6400-foot butte ..

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]

19. Lovely.

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]

16. That is beautiful and serene. nt

[2naSalit]

17. So beautiful!

Thank you!

[PhoenixDem]

18. Beautiful pics

You're extremely talented and have the "eye" for beauty

[spanone]

20. K&R...

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