Beautiful Columbia River Gorge
by Robert Bales
Title
Beautiful Columbia River Gorge
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
This is a view of the Columbia River Gorge from the Vista House that is located high above the Columbia River.
The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep, the canyon stretches for over 80 miles (130 km) as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range forming the boundary between the State of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south. Extending roughly from the confluence of the Columbia with the Deschutes River down to eastern reaches of the Portland metropolitan area, the water gap furnishes the only navigable route through the Cascades and the only water connection between the Columbia River Plateau and the Pacific Ocean.
The gorge holds federally protected status as a National Scenic Area called the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area and is managed by the Columbia River Gorge Commission and the US Forest Service. The gorge is a popular recreational destination.
The Gorge transitions between temperate rainforest to dry grasslands in only 80 miles, hosting a dramatic change in scenery while driving down I-84. In the western, temperate rainforest areas, forests are marked bybigleaf maples, Douglas Fir, and Western hemlock, all covered in epiphytes. In the transition zone (between Hood River and The Dalles), vegetation turns to Oregon white oak, Ponderosa pine, and cottonwood. At the eastern end, the forests make way for expansive grasslands, with occasional pockets of lodgepole pine and Ponderosa pine.
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August 26th, 2015
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Comments (17)
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #24 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks, Christopher for the information, and for the duscussion, congrats and the promotion!!
Diana Mary Sharpton
Beautiful landscape capture! Nominating this fabulous capture for special feature on the 1000 view group...t/p
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Kathy M Krause
Spectacular capture Robert! Love your pov of this scene and those gorgeous mountains! Excellent!
Elisabeth Lucas
Just beautiful! Lfp
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks Elisabeth for the nice comment and the LFP!! I am heading that way on Thursday!
Emmy Vickers
Oh my gosh Robert, this looks like a postcard. Spectacular view and capture of the Columbia River Gorge. Wow! Great colors, lighting, and depth. Love the bright blue water and mountains. SPECTACULAR work of art!! L/Fave/Tweeted.
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much for the wonderful review and the LFTw. I took three different shots at different exposures and put them all together to make this one photo.