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Tom Dempsey's photo favorites from Oregon include: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (Painted Hills and Blue Basin Overlook Trail), Cannon Beach, sunset at Haystack Rock, Ecola State Park, sea stack rocks at Oceanside, Cape Meares, Wizard Island in deep blue waters of Crater Lake National Park, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Sea nettle (Chrysaora species) at Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, fascinating abstract sand and algae patterns, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Multnomah Falls, Latourell Falls, Triple Falls in Oneonta Gorge, Toketee Falls, North Umpqua River, Watson Creek (east of Roseburg).

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  • The pounding Pacific Ocean has eroded sea stack rocks from bluffs at Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA -- at dusk, the sky glows yellow orange. A time exposure blurs restless currents swirling at low tide.
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  • Sun starburst (at f/16 using Sony RX10 III camera) shines on lichen growing on twisted old tree wood at Glacier Pass. Backback to Mirror Lake in Eagle Cap Wilderness,  Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, Wallowa Mountains, Columbia Plateau, northeastern Oregon, USA. Hike 7.3 miles from Two Pan Trailhead (5600 ft) up East Lostine River to camp at popular Mirror Lake (7606 ft). Day hike to Glacier Lake via Glacier Pass (6 miles round trip, 1200 ft gain). Backpack out 8.7 miles via Carper Pass, Minam Lake and West Fork Lostine. From September 11-13, 2016 Carol and I walked 22 miles in 3 days.
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  • Painted Hills Unit, Overlook Trail, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA. John Day Fossil Beds preserves layers of fossil plants and mammals that lived between the late Eocene, about 45 million years ago, and the late Miocene, about 5 million years ago.
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  • The rim of the ancient exploded Mount Mazama volcano reflects in the deep blue lake at Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA. Snow covers most of Wizard Island. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 3 images.
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  • The last wave of high tide left brown algae foam swirls resembling a Hokusai art work or fractal pattern on the beach sand at Seaside, on the Oregon coast, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The pounding Pacific Ocean has eroded a bluff to create Haystack Rock, a 235-foot (72-meter) tall monolith (or sea stack), on Cannon Beach, on the Oregon coast. Haystack Rock is part of the Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site and is managed by Oregon Parks and Recreation below the mean high water (MHW) level, and above the MHW level by the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Imnaha River Trail, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, north of Imnaha village, Oregon, USA. The entire river is designated Wild and Scenic. This image was stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
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  • Painted Hills Unit, Overlook Trail, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA. John Day Fossil Beds preserves layers of fossil plants and mammals that lived between the late Eocene, about 45 million years ago, and the late Miocene, about 5 million years ago. The panorama was stitched from 5 overlapping photos.
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  • The pounding Pacific Ocean has eroded these sea stack rocks from bluffs at Cannon Beach, Oregon. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Toketee Falls (85+28 feet high in two steps), North Umpqua River, Douglas County, Oregon, USA. Columnar basalt frames the graceful falls in Umpqua National Forest. The Toketee Falls trailhead can be found 1/2 mile north of Highway 138 near Toketee Lake, 16 miles west of Diamond Lake, or 58 miles east of Roseburg.
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  • Pacific sea nettle, or Ortiga de mar (Chrysaora fuscescens), Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon, USA. Although commonly named "jellyfish," jellies are plankton, not fish. Jellies (class Scyphozoa) lack the backbone (vertebral column) found in fish. Jellies have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years, making them the oldest multi-organ animal. A sea nettle hunts by trailing long tentacles covered with stinging cells to paralyze tiny plankton and other prey. Stung prey is moved to the frilly mouth-arms and on to the jelly's mouth. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Shiny iridescent sea foam bubbles, Oceanside beach, Oregon, USA
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  • Glacier Lake in Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, Wallowa Mountains, Columbia Plateau, northeastern Oregon, USA. Hike 7.3 miles from Two Pan Trailhead (5600 ft) up East Lostine River to camp at popular Mirror Lake (7606 ft). Day hike to Glacier Lake via Glacier Pass (6 miles round trip, 1200 ft gain). Backpack out 8.7 miles via Carper Pass, Minam Lake and West Fork Lostine. From September 11-13, 2016 Carol and I walked 22 miles in 3 days.
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  • Eagle Cap seen from Mirror Lake. Backback to Mirror Lake in Eagle Cap Wilderness,  Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, Wallowa Mountains, Columbia Plateau, northeastern Oregon, USA. Hike 7.3 miles from Two Pan Trailhead (5600 ft) up East Lostine River to camp at popular Mirror Lake (7606 ft). Day hike to Glacier Lake via Glacier Pass (6 miles round trip, 1200 ft gain). Backpack out 8.7 miles via Carper Pass, Minam Lake and West Fork Lostine. From September 11-13, 2016 Carol and I walked 22 miles in 3 days.
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  • Walk Riverview Trail in Loeb State Park along Chetco River to Redwood Nature Trail in Siskiyou National Forest, Curry County, Oregon, USA. This is the world's northernmost redwood grove. The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, in the cypress family Cupressaceae) is the tallest tree species on Earth, reaching up to 379 feet (115.5 m) high and up to 26 feet (7.9 m) diameter at breast height. This evergreen tree can live 1200 to 1800 years or more. Since the 1850s, more than 95% of the original old-growth redwood forest was cut down for lumber in its range along coastal northern California and southwestern Oregon.
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  • Two pretty waterfalls along the North Umpqua River, on the half-mile trail to Toketee Falls, Oregon, USA. Published by the Portland Monthly, September 2008 ("Weekend Getaways" article). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Walk two routes 4 or 5 miles to Triple Falls (~130-foot plunge) in Oneonta Gorge, in Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA.
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  • The pounding Pacific Ocean has eroded these sea stack rocks from bluffs at Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA. The glowing ball of sun glows yellow orange.
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  • The pounding Pacific Ocean has eroded bluffs to create Haystack Rock, a 235-foot (72-meter) tall monolith and many other sea stacks, on Cannon Beach, on the Oregon coast, at Ecola State Park. Haystack Rock is part of the Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site and is managed by Oregon Parks and Recreation below the mean high water (MHW) level, and above the MHW level by the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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  • Drive to Indian Sands along Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor on US Route 101 and walk the Oregon Coast Trail to see the Pacific Ocean crashing on cliffs, Curry County, Oregon, USA.
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  • A shoreline pattern of green grass, orange pine needles, white rocks, yellow submerged rocks and green water at Glacier Lake. Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, Wallowa Mountains, Columbia Plateau, northeastern Oregon, USA.
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  • Tides have shaped sea sand into scalloped abstract patterns at Seaside, on the Oregon coast, USA
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  • Heceta Head Lighthouse at sunset in winter, on the Oregon coast.. Heceta Head Lighthouse may be the most photographed beacon in the United States. Built in 1893, it was named for the Spanish mariner who is credited with being the first European to set foot in the region. The light at top of 56-foot tower was first illuminated in 1894. Perched 205 feet above the ocean, its fresnel lens beams the brightest light on the Oregon coast, visible up to 21 miles out to sea.  Location: Halfway between Cape Perpetua and Florence, a turnoff just south of Carl Washburne State Park (which has a great campground) takes you to the parking lot on a beach, where you can walk a half mile to the lighthouse. Heceta Head State Park includes Devils Elbow State Park and is located in a scenic cove at the mouth of Cape Creek. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • At sunset, the moon rises over Eagle Cap and a camper's rock spiral art at Mirror Lake Campground. Backback to Mirror Lake in Eagle Cap Wilderness,  Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, Wallowa Mountains, Columbia Plateau, northeastern Oregon, USA. Hike 7.3 miles from Two Pan Trailhead (5600 ft) up East Lostine River to camp at popular Mirror Lake (7606 ft). Day hike to Glacier Lake via Glacier Pass (6 miles round trip, 1200 ft gain). Backpack out 8.7 miles via Carper Pass, Minam Lake and West Fork Lostine. From September 11-13, 2016 Carol and I walked 22 miles in 3 days. This image was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • Latourell Creek plunges 249 feet over Latourell Falls in a verdant mossy temperate rain forest in Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA.
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