Christmas Season Competition ....TWO

[mark smyth]

yes great photo. Do I see a crater?

[t00lie]

Okay

I posted some of these on the old forum--there is even one in there for you Cliff.


Cheers dave.


 Dolichoglottis hybrid Mt Burns 2006-01-28.JPG
 Gentians sps .Mt Burns 2006-01-28.JPG
 Ranunculus buchananii.Mt Burns Fiordland NZ.2006-01-28.JPG
 Mt Burns 2006-01-28.A reminder that all this climbing is just not for the plants.The views are terrific as well.Shot of the access road and electricity pylons..JPG

[mark smyth]

what pylons?

[t00lie]

Thought you were eagled eyed Mark ---Big smile.

A very close look and you can just make out some the pylons ----the first one appears as a white cross towards the bottom of the pic immediately next to the left of the road edge--the next one,( straight up the pic), is near the river along the edge of the cleared vegetation--the rest follow in a zigzag down the valley into the distance.

Cheers Dave.

[Gene Mirro]

Mark, you want to see a serious volcanic crater?  Here is Mount Saint Helens, taken from a place that is well within the "kill radius" if the evil thing popped its cork again.  Check out the wisps of steam.  It's not to be trusted.  I took my photos and got out of there.

Note that this is not a range of mountains in the photo.  This is just what is left of Mt. St. Helens, which used to be pyramid-shaped.  You are looking directly into the caldera, or crater.  During the eruption, the mountain lost 300 meters of height.  The photo shows that the mountain is rebuilding a "dome" in the center of the crater. 

[Gene Mirro]

Here are a couple of my favorite Penstemon photos, taken near Mount Rainier in Washington state.

For some stunning photos of Mt. Rainier, check this out: 
http://www.pbase.com/jimsthiel/wild_flowers_and_mount_rainier

[shelagh]

Oh Gene, are you trying to drive me to chocolate don't just say these are your favourites tell us which ones they are. I can see all my pre-New Year Resolutions going up, sorry down my throat with the suspense.

[Gene Mirro]

I'm not good at identifying Penstemons.  Any penstemaniacs out there? 

[Gene Mirro]

Ed Alverson thinks that the upper picture might be P. cardwellii, and the lower picture might be P. davidsonii v. menziesii.  No guarantees.

[Robert Pavlis]

I am an avid canoeist and have done several trips in the Canadian Arctic and near Arctic. These pics are from the Stikine River which starts in the Rocky Mountains, northern British Columbia and ends on the Alaska coast. It goes by several glaciers – hence the icebergs.

[Robert Pavlis]

Here are the rest of the pics

[Anthony Darby]

Cool!

[Lesley Cox]

Wonderful pcs. I love the fungi.