Natural benches to view the Tetons and their reflections
Benches to View the Tetons
Category Archives: Landscapes
Teton Reflections on Water
The steep, rugged mountains of the Teton Range give way to the morainic landscape of the valley, which is dotted with glacial lakes of varying sizes.
Teton Reflections
Bodies of water at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming provide ample places to capture reflections of the Teton Range – whether clear or hazy
Teton Landscape
The Tetons are one of the youngest mountain ranges in North America. They have been uplifting for less than 10 million years, making them “adolescent” mountains, as compared to the “middle-aged” Rockies (50-80 million years old) or the “elderly” Appalachians (more than 300 million years old).
Most of the lakes in the park were formed by glaciers and the largest of these lakes are located at the base of the Teton Range
Snake River Bend at Teton Range
The Snake River floats around a bend in Grand Teton National Park with tranquil panoramas of the jagged adolescent peaks of the Teton Range in the background.Â
Clouds Over Tetons
Instead of snow, clouds hover over the Teton Range making the mountains seems softer at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Yellowstone Rivers
While yesterday’s post showed images of steam rising from water streams, there are still full flowing normal rivers in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Clouds in Yellowstone
With spectacular clouds in a blue sky, the drive through the dramatic Fall landscape in Yellowstone National Park was mesmerizing.
Yellowstone Landscape
Yellowstone National Park is a nearly 3,500-sq.-mile wilderness recreation area atop a volcanic hot spot. Mostly in Wyoming, the park spreads into parts of Montana and Idaho too. Yellowstone features dramatic canyons, alpine rivers, lush forests, hot springs and gushing geysers, including its most famous, Old Faithful. It’s also home to hundreds of animal species, including bears, wolves, bison, elk and antelope.Â
As we were visiting in Fall, the landscape in Yellowstone was drier but the vistas were still beautiful.
Clouds Galore
Witnessed striking cloud formations in the sky over Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Clearing Sky
Fortunately the weather threat passed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and we had a clearing sky, with spectacular clouds, and beautiful weather for the next several days
A Welcoming Rainbow
There was a glimmer of hope as a rainbow welcomed us to Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Rock Formations at the Waterfalls
Spectacular rock formations at the Upper Linville Falls, North Carolina
Two Falls
Linville Falls has two sections – Upper and Lower – and can be viewed from four vantage points. Linville Falls thunders through a towering cliff before pooling in a deep, wide basin below the waterfall and flowing downriver through the 12-mile gorge.
Linville Falls
The Linville River flows from its headwaters high on the steep slopes of Grandfather Mountain and cascades through two falls as it begins a nearly 2,000 foot descent through this rugged and spectacularly beautiful gorge. Known by the Cherokee as “the river of many cliffs,” Linville Gorge was the nation’s first officially designated wilderness area. Linville Falls is probably the most photographed waterfall in North Carolina.
Foggy Images – Clouds over Bass Lake
Low hanging clouds over Bass Lake viewed from Moses Cone Manor
Rural Beauty of NC – Farms in the Mountains
Rural farms in the North Carolina mountains midst greenery, clouds and blue sky
Rural Beauty of NC – Low Hanging Clouds
Low clouds hover over the valley surrounded by North Carolina mountains
Rural Beauty of NC – Farms
A picturesque scene of a farm in rural North Carolina with striking white fences
Rural Beauty of NC – Picturesque
How can one not admire the rural beauty of North Carolina!
