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For #mountainmonday the summit of Ama Dablam, wreathed in clouds at sunset, taken while en-route to #Everest base camp.

#photography #landscape #nepal #himalaya
The flat-topped snowy peak of Ama Dablam, on the Nepalese side of the Himalaya, is surrounded by orange clouds lit up by the sunset.
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Another one for #TheRoad, #California Redwoods tower over the roadway on a great drive through #Humboldt #Redwoods State Park.

#BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape
A road dappled with sunlight snakes between redwood trees.
September 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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The north face of Mount #Everest (Chomolungma) towering over the #Rongbuk monastery in #Tibet. Still blows my mind that, standing at just over 17000 feet, there’s another 12000 feet to go to the summit.

#MountainMonday #photography #landscape #blackandwhite #monochrome
A monochrome black and white image of Mount Everest, taken from the Rongbuk monastery. The mountain presents its north face and the famous north east ridge, scene of the early British attempts to summit.
July 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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First US visit for me to this magnificent geological experiment on this 2008 visit. As a citizen scientist it offers great opportunities to discuss @kingcountywa.bsky.social all those years latter 😊
wildoutdoorsphoto.com Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · May 18
Today is also the 45th anniversary of Mount St. Helens blowing her top. I call this image, from 2008, “Blast Zone”.

#photography #landscape #volcano #mt.st.helens
The image shows Mount St. Helens in the background, with downed trees in the foreground. In between is the avalanche debris, cut through with water channels, with new life starting to show. Mist and dust clouds swirl around the peak.
May 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Glad you took the time to give yourself this opportunity -still love the fact that you just went for it to honor a childhood dream #selfcare
wildoutdoorsphoto.com Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · May 18
Where does time fly, lol. Twenty years ago today, May 18, just after dawn I took this panoramic of Mount #Everest and her sister peaks #Changtse (Bei peak), #Lhotse, and #Nuptse, from the 18500 foot summit of Kala Pattar. What a trek (and memory).

#photography #landscape
A composite panoramic image composed from 11 vertical frames showing Mount Everest and surrounding peaks above the Khumbu Glacier and the Nepalese side base camp (probably invisible at this compression, on the left side curve of the glacier). The camp has since moved further away from the icefall, the start of which is just visible, following recent earthquakes and avalanches.
May 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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A #vibrant #sunset over Elliot Bay, Puget Sound, for the #BlueSkyArtShow

#photography #landscape
The sky and puffs of cloud are lit up with multiple shades of yellow, orange, and red just after the sun has dipped below the horizon. In the foreground, a small boat at anchor sits in the calm waters of the sound.
June 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Hoar frost outlines fallen leaves from big leaf maples.

#BlueSkyArtShow #texture #photography
Brown leaves, lost from big leaf maples during the fall, are outlined with host frost.
May 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Glad you took the time to give yourself this opportunity -still love the fact that you just went for it to honor a childhood dream #selfcare
wildoutdoorsphoto.com Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · May 18
Where does time fly, lol. Twenty years ago today, May 18, just after dawn I took this panoramic of Mount #Everest and her sister peaks #Changtse (Bei peak), #Lhotse, and #Nuptse, from the 18500 foot summit of Kala Pattar. What a trek (and memory).

#photography #landscape
A composite panoramic image composed from 11 vertical frames showing Mount Everest and surrounding peaks above the Khumbu Glacier and the Nepalese side base camp (probably invisible at this compression, on the left side curve of the glacier). The camp has since moved further away from the icefall, the start of which is just visible, following recent earthquakes and avalanches.
May 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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First US visit for me to this magnificent geological experiment on this 2008 visit. As a citizen scientist it offers great opportunities to discuss @kingcountywa.bsky.social all those years latter 😊
wildoutdoorsphoto.com Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · May 18
Today is also the 45th anniversary of Mount St. Helens blowing her top. I call this image, from 2008, “Blast Zone”.

#photography #landscape #volcano #mt.st.helens
The image shows Mount St. Helens in the background, with downed trees in the foreground. In between is the avalanche debris, cut through with water channels, with new life starting to show. Mist and dust clouds swirl around the peak.
May 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Today is also the 45th anniversary of Mount St. Helens blowing her top. I call this image, from 2008, “Blast Zone”.

#photography #landscape #volcano #mt.st.helens
The image shows Mount St. Helens in the background, with downed trees in the foreground. In between is the avalanche debris, cut through with water channels, with new life starting to show. Mist and dust clouds swirl around the peak.
May 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Privileged to be allowed to pack lunches for these adventures and drive shotgun #familyfun
wildoutdoorsphoto.com Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · May 19
Been a while since I posted any #wildlife so here’s a short-eared #owl, posing with what seemed to be a somewhat coy expression on Whidbey Island, not far from the Keystone ferry terminal.

#photography
A short-eared owl is sitting on a concrete post, in a grassy field, looking at the photographer.
May 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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One of my favorite images from this trip
wildoutdoorsphoto.com Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · May 25
Butter lamps, with offerings from the devoted, light up a dim cave intended for solitude and #Buddhist contemplation, close to a temple on the outskirts of #Lhasa, #Tibet

#BluSkyArtShow #LightAndShadow #photography
Three Buddhist lamps, fueled by butter, are arranged in a rock cave where monks practice solitude and contemplation. Monetary offerings from the faithful are placed alongside the central lamp.
May 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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A Grey Heron gliding over the surface of a loch in Scotland.

#photography #BlueSkyMonday #wildlife
A Grey Heron is captured as it glides low over the blue waters of a lake.
May 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Took a visit to the #Seattle Japanese Garden on Friday. Wasn’t particularly satisfied with any of the color images I took, but I did like how this 7 image panoramic composite from my modified 830nm #infrared camera turned out.

#photography #landscape #garden #b&w #monochrome
Black and white image of a tranquil pond surrounded by lush trees and foliage, with reflections visible in the water. A small wooden dock extends into the pond on the right.
May 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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My entry for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #green - ridge lines and shadows from the setting sun across fields below Steptoe Butte in the #Palouse region of #Washington. The setting sun was so strong I could barely see through the viewfinder and just operated on a hunch!
#photography #landscape
Rolling green fields of wheat are imaged at sunset from the top of a hill. The low angle of the setting sun catches the ridges of the undulating landscape.
May 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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A newly emerged adult-stage dragonfly waits for its wings to fully expand and dry, still holding tight to its discarded exoskeleton.

#photography #wildlifephotography #insect #nature #dragonfly
A vertical format image showing a green-colored dragonfly holding tight to its now discarded nymphal stage exoskeleton, which is itself attached to plant leaves above the pond in which it spent its first years.
April 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Sunrise catches the underside of a dissipating thunderstorm in the #Palouse region.

#photography #BlueSkyMonday #landscape
An image composed predominantly of a brooding cloud-covered sky over wheat fields with a single tree at sunrise. The sun is catching the underside of the dark-blue cloud deck with a pinkish-red tint.
April 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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“New life, old lava.”

New shoots make a start in life in an old lava field on the big island of Hawaii. #BlueSkyArtShow #earth #photography #landscape
A tender green shoot emerging from old crumbly lava.
April 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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“At peace”. An abandoned boat slowly returns to nature in Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Peaceful #photography #landscape
An abandoned small fishing boat rests in shallow waters at the edge of a lake, autumnal brown hillsides in the distance. The calm lake offers a perfect reflection of the hills beyond the boat, and the overcast skies.
April 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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The Milky Way arching north (left) to south over Sunrise Park at Mt Rainier (Tahoma) NP. Composite image from 44 vertical, 30 sec exposures, in 3 rows. Mars is the orange dot right of center, with the Andromeda Galaxy on left of image. #BlueSkyArtShow #arch #astrophotography #photography
The arch of the Milky Way is shown across the top two thirds of the panoramic image. On the left is the concession and staff quarters building at Sunrise Park, with an empty parking lot in front. A glow on the horizon is the city lights of Yakima on the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains.
March 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Wow a hidden treasure found in our outdoor studio space.Great to find a positive image this week by a talented PNW based photographer.

#smallspaces #outside #winter
wildoutdoorsphoto.com Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · Jan 23
I’m calling this one ‘ice bubble hyperspace’ 😀. Found a small container of water, completely frozen, yesterday with all these bubbles streaking toward the surface - couldn’t resist! Captured with the macro setting in my iPhone 16 Pro.

#photography #iphone
A mass of tiny bubbles of air, frozen into ice, stream toward the surface. To the photographer the streaks, with the dark background, imitates depictions of faster than light travel in many sci-fi shows and movies.
January 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Love sharing this spot @wildoutdoorsphoto.com. Looking forward to seeing up our spotting scope with younger family members soon #familyfun #outside #SDG31
wildoutdoorsphoto.com Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · Nov 29
Hunting short-eared owl around sunset. Taken at ‘east 90’, an immensely popular birding spot near Edison & Bow in the Samish area of western Washington. This is a favorite late-fall/winter hangout for me. #photography #birds #owl
A short-eared owl banks while hunting over grassland as sunset approaches.
November 30, 2024 at 5:33 AM
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The sunset and sunrise images I’ve seen today, plus the fantastic sunrise this morning in the Seattle area, brought to mind this image from around 10 years ago. Taken on Moonstone Beach, near Cambria, CA, who’s to say only we humans appreciate a good sunset! #photography #wildlife #birds
Two silhouetted pelicans resting at sunset.
November 17, 2024 at 1:57 AM