Our Beautiful Planet

These pictures by Nick Strobel from locations in the western United States give a taste of the beauty on our home planet. These pictures are copyrighted by Nick Strobel. You may use these pictures if you clearly and explicitly cite my authorship of the images and show how to get to my website at www.astronomynotes.com. If you want to use any of these pictures in any sort of publication, please contact me for permission and I may have a higher resolution version suitable for printing.

This page has links to Streams and Trees pictures. For smaller, colorful plants, see my Kern County Spring page (wildflowers) & Flowers & Animals page. Other pages have images of Land Formations and Aurorae.

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Streams and Life

Frog in the flowers 2002 (232 KB)	Stream near Mt Hood, Oregon (268 KB)
Stream above Wallowa Lake, Oregon 2003 (252 KB)	Stream in mountain meadow 2003 (224 KB)
Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite California (2003; 164 KB)	Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite (2003; 328 KB)
Yosemite Falls (2003; 200 KB)	Yosemite Falls (2003; 184 KB)
Merced River, Yosemite (2003; 164 KB)	Merced River, Yosemite (2003; 168 KB)
Vallecito Creek, Colorado (2006; 308 KB)	Vallecito Creek, Colorado (2006; 152 KB)
Pacific Treefrog, Oregon (236 KB) This picture copyrighted by Jeff Strobel

Old gnarly oak trees in The Oregon Garden (Silverton, OR USA)

These trees are around a couple of hundred years old and they have adapted to the conditions of their envirnonment by twisting around and spreading into these tortured shapes. All of the pictures were taken in August 2002.

Old Oak 1 (492 KB)	Old Oak 2 (708 KB)
Old Oak 3 (484 KB)	Old Oaks 4 (924 KB)
Old Oak 5 (308 KB)

Redwoods

For really big and OLD trees there is no other place than California! For these pictures, keep in mind that the images are T-A-L-L! All of the pictures of the redwoods were taken in the summer of 2003.

Redwood 1 (632 KB)	Redwood 2 (704 KB)	Younger Redwoods (412 KB)
Redwoods reach for the sky (420 KB)	Redwoods (540 KB)	Redwood 6 (288 KB)
Redwood straddles the trail (504 KB)	Redwood 8 (576 KB)	Sequoia in Yosemite, California (780 KB)

Trees in Australia

From my trip to eastern Australia in 2006. Fig trees and Kurkara (desert oak).

Strangler fig tree outside of Cairns (624 KB)	Older Strangler fig tree outside of Cairns (676 KB)	Kurkara (desert oak) at Ayers Rock Resort next to Uluru (284 KB)
Dead tree bleached white against red of Uluru (304 KB)

Waterfalls along the Columbia Gorge

Images of some of the falls along Trail #420 between Wahkeena Falls and Fairy Falls, Oregon and Trail #441 between Fairy Falls and Multnomah Falls, Oregon in July 2007

Lower station of Wahkeena Falls at the stone bridge on Trail #420	Wahkeena Creek along Trail #420	Fairy Falls at end of Trail #420
Rainbow in Fairy Falls	Ecola Falls (?) along Trail #441 between Fairy Falls and Multnomah Falls	Switchback on Trail #441
Weisendanger Falls on Trail #441 to Multnomah Falls	Upper station of Multnomah Falls on Trail #441	Upper station of Multnomah Falls on Trail #441
Multnomah Falls at the lodge at the Trail #441 trailhead with the stone bridge

Waterfalls of Silver Falls State Park

Images of some of the waterfalls in Silver Falls State Park in Oregon taken in July 2007. This state park has a number of very beautiful falls and hiking trails. Several of the trails go behind the falls under the rock overhang.

South Falls is the tallest single falls in the state park	South Falls from the other side	Lower South Falls
Upper North Falls

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last updated: February 28, 2012