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 II
Another sunset photo from Monday night. Maralee
Where There’s Smoke . . .
We have a couple of wild fires burning both north and south of us, so we have had a layer of smoke surrounding us for several days. These photos were taken from the top of Pilot Butte Monday night while I was there photographing the moon and the sunset. Maralee
Cascade Cycling Classic
During the summer, there are always events going on around Central Oregon. This past week was the Cascade Cycling Classic. It is the longest consecutively run elite road bicycling stage race in the United States. Teams of cyclists come from all over the world to compete in this race. Sports photography is not one of …
Through My Lens 