Description: In this lomo-esque photo, taken on top of Johnston's Ridge, bright orange-red paintbrush wildflowers surrounding the remnants of a tree that was shredded by the force of Mount Saint Helens 1980 blast emphasize the surreal feeling of being in this beautiful location that was the epicenter of so much destruction. A little yellow road climbs a hill towards the distant mountains below a cloudy Pacific Northwest sky.
Description: The sun shines radiantly golden as it begins to rise over the crest of the mountains beyond the banks of the Columbia River near Kelso and Longview, Washington. The Pacific Northwest clouds are dark and brooding in the glowing orange sky while the river is still unseen and shrouded in darkness.
Description: Fox creek rounds a bend, passing groups of trees bathes in sunlight and shadow, heading towards the Columbia River. Wintry sunlight shimmers on the cold water between the glowing snow-covered bank of the creek while logs rocks and tufts of grass create points of interest along the way.
Description: A Masonic lodge and a church steeple topped with a little white cross are seen nestled in the snow covered forested hills of Rainier, Oregon as brilliant morning light begins to beam through clouds above the mountain ranges looking towards Mount St Helens (which is obscured by the cloud cover).
Description: This somber black and white photo, taken on Johnston's Ridge looking away from Mount St Helens, shows mountains covered in the remnants of dead forest, ash and other detritus left behind by the volcano's 1980 blast. young trees and other new growth are interspersed sparingly between between these reminders of the mountain's destructive power as nature continues to heal the area.
Description: In this dreamy photo full of warm, summer sunlight, geese swim contentedly in the pond at what was once the site of Trojan nuclear power plant near Goble, Oregon. Walking paths meander along the shore in the background, inviting a morning stroll, as tree reflections shimmer in dark, shadowy pond water.
Description: Black and white photo of a stand of evergreens on a hill, covered with snow, in an Oregon forest. Dark tree trunks silhouetted against a blanket of white snow create a doorway into the forest as younger saplings lean towards older, more weathered trees. Sunlit snow-laden branches partially obscure groups or trees huddled together as they recede into the depths of the forest.
Description: This photo of paintbrush wildflowers on Johnston's Ridge with a bit of a pink blush to the sky has a bit of a retro feel. Growing in the barren looking rocky terrain left by Mount Saint Helens 1980 eruption, these colorful flowers look as tall as the mountains off in the distance.
Description: In this somber, Holga style, black and white photograph, the stump of a tree stands atop Johnston's Ridge like a ghostly of Mount St. Helens' eruption. Two tiny seedlings grow along side the dead stump, joining it in watchful vigil over the valleys and mountains surrounding Mount St. Helens.
Description: Beneath a cloudy pacific northwest sky, paintbrush wildflowers on Johnston's Ridge surround the stump of a tree that was shattered during Mount Saint Helens eruption. Off in the distance, several other mountains are still covered in fallen dead trees amongst the regrowth of the forest.
Description: Beneath a pacific northwest blue, but cloudy, summer sky, Lupines and bright paintbrush wildflowers on Johnston’s Ridge carpet the rock strewn ground around some saplings and the stump of a tree that was blown over and shattered during Mount Saint Helens 1980 eruption. Off in the distance, other mountains are sparsely covered a young generation of new trees.
Description: A dead, gray stump of a tree that was blown over, ripped apart, and twisted by the volcanic blast of Mount St Helens' historic 1980 eruption sits on top of Johnston's Ridge surrounded by grasses and blue lupines with a backdrop of mountains covered in a new generation of young evergreen trees.
Description: A large semi-transparent icy snowflake hangs suspended in front of a blue forest background with an impressionistic texture resembling large flakes of snow drifting downward through a dark moonlight sky. Abstract semitransparent shapes create an apparition of wood nymphs and sprites in the lower left of this ethereal scene.
