Painted Hills

Per Wikepedia, Painted Hills is a part of the John Day Fossil Beds, located in Central Oregon.  It is about 75 miles northeast of Bend. They are named after the colorful layers of its hills corresponding to various geological eras, formed when the area was an ancient river floodplain. The black layer is lignite that was vegetative matter …

Sunset III

This is the last of the sunset photos I took this week.  The smoke is gone and the skies are clear again. Maralee

Sunset I

One of the sunset photos I took Monday night.  There was a lot of smoke in the air which created some fabulous colors. Maralee