September 6, 2018

Ground Fog at Groundhog Butte

Early morning view from East Butte Fire Lookout
(The red patch in the trees to the left is a burn scar from a wildland fire started by careless hunters during the previous winter, on the northeast aspect of China Hat Butte.)
Deschutes National Forest, Oregon
June 2013

September 6, 2018

Not the best rug pattern for a Phoenix, Arizona, patio (from KNXV-TV ABC-15)

Is this a Mojave Green rattlesnake, or a very rare Mojave Burberry rattler?

September 5, 2018

"Starry, Starry Night"

East Butte Fire Lookout
Deschutes National Forest, Oregon
June 2013

September 5, 2018

"Twisted Sister"

Ancient Bristlecone Pine
Inyo National Forest - White Mountains
California

September 5, 2018

!!! - ENDANGERED PUBLIC LANDS - TRUMP HIT-LISTED - !!!

Paria River Sands
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
Utah

September 4, 2018

Three Sisters in White

North Crater Buttes - near left - with no snow
Cascade Range - (L to R) South Sister, Broken Top, Middle Sister, North Sister - with snow
Deschutes National Forest, Oregon
September 2013

September 3, 2018

Morning of Long Shadows

Pondorosa pines casting long shadows in a shallow ground fog.

East Butte Fire Lookout
Deschutes National Forest, Oregon
August 2013
(© Bo Zarts Studio - DemoTex)

September 3, 2018

OMG! The Orange Howler spotted in clouds over Oregon!

I'm cleaning up my Lightroom catalogs today, and I came across this disturbing image from August 2013. It is a storm over the Newberry National Volcanic Monument (how appropos!). It was an intense storm, that put down over 10,000 lightning strikes and started many new wildland fires.
I took this shot from a wilderness fire lookout tower in the southeast corner of the Deschutes National Forest. The image metadata says August 25, 2013, at 7:33:18 PM.
The round mouth! The satanic eyes! THE HAIR!!!

September 2, 2018

I won an Emmy in 2015, but not for this. This is much better, but rough.

East Butte Blizzard
Deschutes National Forest
Oregon - 2009

September 1, 2018

DEMOCRATICUNDERGROUND.COM - August 12, 2005

DemoTex Cooking a Boston Butt
Transylvania County, NC
August 12, 2005