The Monkey Face at Smith Rock, - Kerry L. Thalmann - PhototripUSA - This scene perfectly illustrates the diversity of Northwest scenery. Although located in Central Oregon, Smith Rock State Park looks more like the redrock country of Southern Utah than the mental image most people conjure up when thinking of Oregon.The formation on the left is called the monkey face.
March of the Planets Credit and Copyright: Rick Scott - A four-planet "hockey stick" array. Mercury, closest to the horizon and immersed in fading sunlight, is easily visible between silhouetted clouds. To the left and up in the deepening blue is Jupiter with a brilliant Venus above and Saturn shining in the darkened sky near the top of the image. LHEA at NASA/ GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
Larch Trees and Inspiration Lake Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, WA, - Kerry L. Thalmann -PhotoTripUSA, - The larch grows in small pockets amidst the granite peaks and clear mountain lakes near the 7000' level of the Cascade Mountains in Central Washington. This is a harsh mountain environment that remains under snow much of the year. Although photographed in October, the snow in this image remains from the previous winter, and the first snowfall for the upcoming winter is only a couple days away.
A Chamaeleon Sky Credit: FORS Team, 8.2-meter VLT Antu, ESO. A photogenic group of nebulae can be found in Chamaeleon, a constellation visible predominantly in skies south of the Earth's equator. LHEA at NASA/ GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
Mountain and forest carpe - 640x480 800x600 1024x768, - Mike McGrath - SnapShot
Mapping Mars - Malin Space Science Systems, MGS, JPL, NASA - Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft began its primary mission to the red planet. These two opposite hemisphere views of Mars were pieced together from MGS wide-angle camera scans. LHEA at NASA/ GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
The Needles at Twilight, - In addition to the unique combination of sunset colors, there is the little sliver of a crescent moon peaking through the storm clouds. Large Format Images of the Pacific Northwest by Kerry L. Thalmann - PhotoTripUSA
Wahclella Falls, - The Columbia Gorge is world renowned for it's high concentration of waterfalls. Many of the most famous can be viewed from the Historic Scenic Highway. Pictures of The NorthWest, Kerry L. Thalmann, PhotoTripUSA
Lake Powell, Az, - Black & White Landscapes - by Scott Walton, PhotoTripUSA
Winter at Mount St. Helens Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, WA, - Blanketed with a fresh coat of winter snow, this photograph was taken about twenty minutes after sunset, while the magenta and violet glow of twilight was still in the evening sky. ©Kerry L. Thalmann - PhotoTripUSA
The Comet and the Galaxy Credit & Copyright: J. C. Casado. Here the Great Comet of 1997 and the Great Galaxy in Andromeda were photographed together on 1997 March 24th. LHEA at NASA/ GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
Mount Hood - Alpenglow and Lenticular Clouds Mt. Hood viewed from Lost Lake is a classic "post card" shot familiar to most Oregonians. - ©Kerry L. Thalmann - PhotoTripUSA.
5 Million Miles From Io Credit: Voyager Project, JPL, NASA This sharp picture of moon Io against a background of gas giant Jupiter's diffuse swirling cloud bands was recorded by Voyager's camera from a distance of about 5 million miles. LHEA at NASA/ GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
A Jupiter-Venus Conjunction Credit & Copyright: T. Polakis Explanation: Visible in the above photograph are actually five planets. The faint dot near the top is Saturn. Venus is the brightest spot near the center, and Jupiter is just above it. Perhaps the hardest to see is Mercury, visible below Venus but above the foreground Earth. A single line nearly connects all the planets, a result of all planets orbiting the Sun in a single. LHEA at NASA/ GSFC &: Michigan Tech. U.