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Hydrologist, photographer, fan of Drexel basketball. Posting daily #MontanaMoment pictures since June 2013

Condon, Montana, USA
Joined November 2011
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A nice little scene out in the valley this evening
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A big orange marble rolling down the mountains this evening
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An early morning #MontanaMoment for you with the comet Neowise crashing into the aurora borealis
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View out from the Going-To-The-Sun road in Glacier NP
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The sun trying to peek out from behind the mountains this morning.
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Wild Goose Island on a hazy day in Glacier National Park
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8 months
A leg cramp woke me up in the middle of the night last night. On the bright side, it allowed me to capture this photo of the aurora borealis under a starry sky.
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The moon was just a sliver but its brightness shows up as a circle with the aurora
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Dramatic looking sky over the Swan Valley this evening
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East side of Logan Pass in Glacier National Park - I always like the early summer when there are waterfalls wherever you look
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Sunset out behind the Swan River this evening
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Swan River sunset
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4 years
The view down Rumble Creek Road #MontanaMoment
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9 months
Montana sky full of color this evening
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10 months
The layers of fall in Montana
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Early morning color over the Swan Range this morning
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3 years
Took advantage of a break in the air traffic at the Condon airstrip to capture this view of the northern lights and the stars above last night #MontanaMoment
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End of a rainy day at the river
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Montana back road heading to the mountains bathed in alpenglow
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4 years
The flip side of last night's #MontanaMoment as the moon sinks into the morning alpenglow
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A line of pink tinged lenticular clouds stretching up the valley
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4 years
Winter and fall colors mixing #MontanaMoment
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The late-day sun lighting up the peaks of the Swan Range.
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Happy 4th of July. A patriotic-looking airport hanger with the sunset taking the job of adding some color to the sky over the Mission Mountains
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A smoke-tinged sunset welcoming me back to summer in Montana
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Quite the sunrise this morning over the Swan River
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Horses grazing beneath the mountains bathed in the last sunlight of the day
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I guess my Twitter fame is growing, I had a captive audience watching me out taking pictures at sunset #MontanaMoment
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A bit of sunlight hitting the mountains as the sun sets
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Winter sunrise - I suppose technically is still late fall but it seems like winter
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A new coat of snow revealed with the morning light this morning.
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2 years
Moon rising over the Missouri south of Cascade #MontanaMoment
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View of the Mission Mountains and St. Ignatius from the top of the Bison Range
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God rays shooting up over the Swan Range this morning at 8:30 in the morning. If you're hoping for an encore tomorrow though you'll need to get out an hour earlier
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An early morning #MontanaMoment as the aurora borealis makes an appearance here in the Swan Valley #AuroraBorealis
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Elk hanging out with Holland Peak and the Swan Range in the background
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Seeley Lake, Montana on a still, crisp fall morning
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Flathead Lake sunset
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The Middle Fork of the Flathead River winding through the colorful larch and aspen trees
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3 years
Departing storm clouds catching some sunset color #MontanaMoment
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Sunset over the Mission Mountains this evening.
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Moon rising up over the fall colors at the Swan River
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The Blackfoot River running through the snowy forest
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A nice old barn in the Mission Valley
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10 months
Woke up this morning and all those fall colors seem to be infected with some kind of white growth
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Some clouds and distance mountain peaks along with a little bit of smoke to highlight the sun rays and shadows makes for a nice-looking sunrise
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A rare clear night in recent time and there was both some northern lights and a meteor shower. This is an image with traces of the meteors captured over a 45-minute period composited on a single background photo. #aurora #Montana
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Holland Lake on a still evening
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The almost full moon rising over the Swan Range this evening.
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11 months
Good mountain morning. The mountains almost made it to fall before their first snow.
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Another evening, another colorful sunset - this time at Jim Lake
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A little tree propping up the moon, keeping it from rolling down the mountain #MontanaMoment
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A bighorn sheep up at the Logan Pass parking lot in Glacier National Park
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A little bit of remaining yellow to go with the blue sky and snow-capped mountains
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Snow flying up in the mountains
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Moon rising over the Swan Range and the Swan River and I suppose sinking under the Swan Range in the Swan River
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The pink sky over the Swan Range this evening found it's way into the Swan River as well. #MontanaMoment
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Evening reflection at Ninepipe Reservoir
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Fresh coat of snow on Holland Peak emerging from the clouds in the late afternoon light #Montana
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Rounding a bend in the road to get a view of the alpenglow on the mountains
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Another smoky sunset in the Swan Valley
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Rainy days often make for colorful sunset, that was the case today for at least a brief moment
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View out over the Swan Valley this evening
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A rainy August afternoon in the Montana mountains
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The Anaconda Range also known as the Pintlers rise up behind this road named Cattle Drive
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US Highway 2 winding through the mountains back before the snow arrived
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3 years
The new snow on Holland Peak against a backdrop of colorful sky shortly after the sunset this evening #MontanaMoment
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Northern lights over the Swan Range late last evening
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Some elk and deer with McDonald Peak in the background
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A bright tree along a mountain road
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A bit of blue sky came out today to go with the snowy landscape.
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This evening's sunset at Summit Lake
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An in-your-face view of the Swan Range as you round a corner on Highway 83
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The Flathead River meandering through the farmland south of Kalispell.
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Fall colors lining the Blackfoot River
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Comet Neowise and a bunch of stars hanging out over Van Lake #MontanaMoment
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Moon rising over Holland Peak this evening
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Fall colors along the Swan River
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A classic view from the Bison Range this afternoon - a napping bison, balsamroot arrowleaf, St. Ignatius on the valley floor, and the Mission Mountains Looming above #MontanaMoment
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The outlet of Holland Lake is often a place to get a nice reflection
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A picturesque scene outside of Ronan #MontanaMoment
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Morning fog at Lake Inez where the larch are really starting to show their color
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Changing from sun to snow from one mountain to the next, such is spring in Montana
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The moon popping up over the Swan Range this evening
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Clouds spread out across the Big Sky over the Mission Mountains
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This morning's sunrise was so good I had to go wider than normal to get even more goodness (and could have went even more) #MontanaMoment
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Madison River at Lyons Bridge
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In general, the views from the west side of the Mission are more dramatic, but here is a nice one from the east side
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Clouds and the Swan Range catching the evening's last light
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Sun popping out on a snowy morning
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Late-day (mid-afternoon at this time of year) light on the mountains
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Another snow-dusted morning
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My barn on a cold wispy-clouded day #MontanaMoment
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Moon rising up over Holland Peak this evening #MontanaMoment
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View out across the Swan Valley
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The Milky Way rising up from the horizon as the moon is about to rise #MontanaMoment
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Mission Mountain peaks peeking through the clouds
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Between the cold and snow, winter making up for lost time in the last week or so
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We've had a lot of colorful skies recently, tonight's sunset was not exception #MontanaMoment
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Sunrise over the Condon airstrip a few days ago
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