The most scenic of still-water bodies on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Price Lake is a must-see if you are traveling the Parkway through North Carolina. It is situated with a view across the lake of Grandfather Mountain’s Galloway Peak.
The colorful glow in the sky and lake post-sunset at Estero, Florida
A couple enjoys the serenity after sunset at a lake in Estero, Florida
Enjoying Post Sunset Serenity
Clouds partially block the sunset at a lake in Estero, Florida
Clouds Obscuring the Sun
Sunsets on the west coast of Florida are spectacular and often change daily. Will be posting images of these sunsets over the next few weeks. Here is an inviting dock on a lake in Estero offering a prime spot to view the sunset.
A Dock to Watch the Sunset
A lonely tree casts reflections in the lake on a foggy morning
Foggy Reflections
Fog descends over Lake Hickory, North Carolina making the landscape barely visible
Barely Visible
Some pigeons stay on the ground while others fly away besides a lake in Vadodara, India
Some Fly Away
A 120 feet (37 m) tall statue of Lord Shiva stands in the middle of the lake in the heart of Vadodara city, Gujarat, India.
Statue of Shiva in Vadodara
Shiva Statue Closeup
Base of Shiva Statue
Tarn Hows is one of the many gems in the English Lake District. There are a lot of ‘tarns’ and ‘hows’ in that part of the world: tjörn is an Old Norse word meaning ‘small mountain lake’ and haugr is from the Old Norse for hill or mound.
Tarn Hows
Stately homes on the shores of Lake Windermere in the Lake District of England
Stately Homes on Lake Windermere
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests and mountains (or fells), and its associations with William Wordsworth and other Lake Poets and also with Beatrix Potter and John Ruskin.
Windermere lake, at 10.5 miles long, one mile wide and 220 feet deep, is the largest natural lake in both the Lake District and in England, and is fed by numerous rivers. The long thin lake itself forms the central spine of the Windermere lake area of the Lake District.
Lake Windermere
One of the most memorable vistas at Hart Square (North Carolina) – is the Chapel of Peace sited on a gentle hill beneath the treeline across the upper lake.
A bench view of the serenity of the chapel reflections in the lake.
Hart Park Chapel on the Lake
Swan Lake is the second largest lake in Waldo County, Maine. Originally known as Goose Pond, during the 19th century it came increasingly to be referred to as Swan Lake, after the town of Swanville, Maine, which before incorporation had been known as the Plantation of Swan.
A view of the lake from a bench at Swan Lake State Park
Swan Lake Maine
Lake James is a large reservoir in the mountains of Western North Carolina. It is named for tobacco tycoon and benefactor of Duke University, James Buchanan Duke. The lake, with surface elevation of 1200 ft, lies behind a series of four earthen dams.
A view of the lake and beach from a bench at Lake James State Park.
Lake James, North Carolina
Serenity at a lake in the mountains of Japan. Slide image circa 1985 converted to digital.
A Lake in the Mountains of Japan
Lake Mattamuskeet is the largest natural lake in North Carolina. It is a shallow coastal lake, averaging 2–3 ft feet in depth, and stretches 18 miles long and 7 miles wide. Lake Mattamuskeet lies on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula.
An ideal spot to observe dawn at the lake …..
A Place to Observe Dawn at Lake Mataamuskeet
Trees lighted up for the holidays create a glow on the lake ….
Holiday Glow
A quiet place on the lake to have private conversations ….
Conversations on the Water
Seneca Lake is the largest of the glacial Finger Lakes of the U.S. state of New York, and the deepest lake entirely within the state.
Seneca Lake Pier
