Exploring the Earth and Sky of the West

Central Washington and the Columbia Basin Photography

  • Cluster of bright yellow sunflower-like flowers on a grassy slope
    Arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) plants cover a dry slope near Chelan, WA
  • A sea of yellow canola flowers fills the landscape beneath a partly cloudy sky
    Blooming canola fields near Wilbur, WA
  • Cluster of cream white, purple, and yellow wildflowers
    Thompsons paintbrush (Castilleja thompsonii) and Gairdner’s penstemon (Penstemon gairdneri) on Manastash Ridge, WA
  • City lights are seen reflected in a lake, while the light of a campfire illuminates trees along the shore.
    Night on the shores of Lake Chelan, WA
  • A herd of elk stand in a grassy forest
    A herd of Elk in Washington’s Wenas Valley
  • Basalt cliffs in Grand Coulee, Washington
  • Balsamroot
  • Hedgehog cactus (Pediocactus nigrispinus) blooming in the deserts of central Washington
  • Hedgehog cactus (Pediocactus nigrispinus) blooming in the deserts of central Washington