Mackie Images » landscape pictures http://mackieimages.com/photoblog Art. Adventure. Advocacy. Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:41:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Photo of The Day: Olympic Mountains Panoramic http://mackieimages.com/photoblog/2009/02/19/photo-of-the-day-olympic-mountains-panoramic/ http://mackieimages.com/photoblog/2009/02/19/photo-of-the-day-olympic-mountains-panoramic/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:32:55 +0000 Mackie Images http://mackieimages.com/photoblog/?p=579 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

The other day I posted a photo of the full moon sinking behind the Olympic Mountains from West Seattle. That image only captured a small section of the Olympic Mountains though. Below I stitched together six images to create a panoramic picture of the entire range. It’s not the cleanest stitching job I’ve ever done, due to slight hue variations of the sky. The viewer below allows you to zoom and in out. Please let me know if doesn’t work.

Want a print of this image? Contact me and I’ll make you a deal you can’t refuse. Due to the high resolution, image length could reach four feet long. View more panoramic photographs of past trips

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Last weekend, with no snow to ski tour on and feeling a bit depressed as even the Rockies were getting pounded, some friends and I thought a trail run up Mt Si would be fun. Running, or jogging, nearly 4000 vertical feet is never easy, but the views of Mt Rainier and surrounding Cascade peaks were beautiful.

Mt Rainier Photo, taken from Mt Si

Mt Rainier Photo, taken from Mt Si

Thankfully we have options like this in Seattle. No snow, no problem.

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say again: we (those of us who live in the Pacific Northwest) are blessed with so much natural beauty within relatively easy reach, that it can be really difficult to decide where to go on the weekends. Do we go sea kayaking, mountain biking, climbing, backcountry skiing…ah, the choices!

This past weekend was no different, so on Sunday it was up early for the drive out to Newhalem for the beginning of an overnight bike tour on the North Cascades Highway. The goal was to finish in Winthrop, meeting up with a large group of friends who had ridden over the day prior. For those who have yet to visit this stunning national park, I highly recommend you go now. Less than three hours from Seattle, it’s actually one of the least visited national parks in the country and believe it or not, there are folks in Seattle who have no idea this much rugged beauty is so close to home.

The North Cascades highway offers awe-inspiring views combined with leg-busting climbs. Matter of fact, the total elevation gain from Newhalem to Washington Pass is nearly 6000 ft. Sweet. Once you crest the pass, the long winding Alps-like descent brings you into the high and dry Methow Valley.

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