For most of 2020, I sat out the lockdowns right across the street from this place. I've got a lot of my own content to post up eventually, but that's all down on the task list a bit... Until then, this is a pretty decent video of the old Vernonia mill, aside from where he calls a holly bush mistletoe! Ha! Fair enough, we all oops some times!
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Saturday, July 29, 2017
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Videos and Updates
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| Photo captured Dec. 28-29, 2016, by Bob Wick, BLM CC BY 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/RciUK2 |
National Monuments in Danger
https://sites.google.com/view/nationalmonumentsindanger/homeLocal landowners are speaking up in support of #CascadeSiskiyou. RT to stand with them! #MonumentsForAll #MadeInAmericaWeek @SecretaryZinke pic.twitter.com/yuIrfibBe1— Monuments For All (@MonumentsForUSA) July 19, 2017
Protect stories & communities made in America. RT to tell @SecretaryZinke to save #MonumentsForAll like #CascadeSiskiyou! #MadeInAmericaWeek pic.twitter.com/5DXSmJ3VHu— Monuments For All (@MonumentsForUSA) July 17, 2017
Please RT! Why do Oregonians want @SecretaryZinke to preserve #CascadeSiskiyou? #MonumentsForAll designation benefits local communities. pic.twitter.com/KQ41VFNHRy— Monuments For All (@MonumentsForUSA) July 14, 2017
We're at BLM Medford today where southern Oregonians love #CascadeSiskiyou! RT to show your support for #MonumentsForAll. @SecretaryZinke pic.twitter.com/HcEmzmvWUC— Monuments For All (@MonumentsForUSA) July 16, 2017
This monument is in real trouble! On June 27, the Facebook Page for Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument posted, "Today the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 2936 which calls for a statutory repeal of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. You can call your representative and ask them not to vote for this bill once it reaches the House Floor. U.S. Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121"
BLM: Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Map (as of June 2017) - PDF
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5qJHnJC9HuATThoclM5RUF1Qm8/view
Links
Rubble - National Monuments in Danger:
https://sites.google.com/view/nationalmonumentsindanger/the-27-monuments/cascade-siskiyou
Facing Elimination by Congress and 27 Monuments Stop #14 (July 1, 2017)
BLM:
Website
https://www.blm.gov/nlcs_web/sites/or/nlcs/cascade.html
Map
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5qJHnJC9HuATThoclM5RUF1Qm8/view
flikr
Twitter
https://twitter.com/CascadeSiskiyou
Wikipedia:
DefendCascade-Siskiyou.org:
Friends of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument:
Facebook
Website
Rubble - National Monuments in Danger:
https://sites.google.com/view/nationalmonumentsindanger/the-27-monuments/cascade-siskiyou
Facing Elimination by Congress and 27 Monuments Stop #14 (July 1, 2017)
BLM:
Website
https://www.blm.gov/nlcs_web/sites/or/nlcs/cascade.html
Map
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5qJHnJC9HuATThoclM5RUF1Qm8/view
Website
https://www.blm.gov/nlcs_web/sites/or/nlcs/cascade.html
Map
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5qJHnJC9HuATThoclM5RUF1Qm8/view
flikr
Twitter
https://twitter.com/CascadeSiskiyou
Wikipedia:
Wikipedia:
DefendCascade-Siskiyou.org:
Website
National Monuments in Danger
Saturday, July 01, 2017
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Facing Elimination by Congress and 27 Monuments Stop #14
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| Snow and Sun Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Oregon. December 22, 2016. Copyright © 2017 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved http://www.aflitt.com/cascadesiskiyounm https://sites.google.com/view/nationalmonumentsindanger/monuments/cascade-siskiyou |
National Monuments in Danger
https://sites.google.com/view/nationalmonumentsindanger/homeThis monument is in real trouble! On June 27, the Facebook Page for Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument posted, "Today the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 2936 which calls for a statutory repeal of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. You can call your representative and ask them not to vote for this bill once it reaches the House Floor. U.S. Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121"
This monument was first founded by President Clinton in 2000, and then expanded by President Obama on January 12, 2017. If it were not for the expansion, it would not have made the list. However, it appears that the House Republicans may be gunning for this one anyway.
Which is unfortunate, since The Register Guard reports that this monument has tremendous local support:
Trump zeroed in on Bears Ears when he signed his executive order, saying the designation “never should have happened” and describing it as “a “massive federal land grab.” Leaving aside the question of how the federal government could grab land it already owns, the monument designation was opposed by Utah’s entire congressional delegation and by many in the southern part of the state who feared that restrictions on mining, oil and gas drilling and ranching would restrict their economic opportunities.
The Cascade-Siskiyou expansion, in contrast, was supported by the city councils of the two cities nearest the monument, Ashland and Talent, and by every member of Oregon’s congressional delegation except Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River. Support is far from unanimous — the Jackson County Board of Commissioners, among others, opposed the expansion. But if Trump and Zinke are sincere in saying state and local opinion should be taken into account, they should respect a preponderance of support for the Cascade-Siskiyou monument.
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The Cascade-Siskiyou monument was expanded for the very reason Zinke seeks to shrink Bears Ears. The Oregon monument is the only one in the nation created to protect a unique ecological area, a geological and botanical jumble where the Cascade, Siskiyou and Klamath mountains come together. The expansion was anticipated when the monument was originally designated, and was approved by Obama after scientific studies found that the original boundaries were not adequate to maintain ecological integrity. The monument now covers “the smallest area compatible” with its purpose.
Unfortunately, I don't have the greatest pictures from this monument, so far. I was just driving through to check it out on my way to Lava Lands National Monument for the evening and I did not have time to explore (plus, there was a decent amount of snow off the main highway)...
Luckily, Brent Rose posted this video today from the14th monument he's visited so far...
There is lot more information I have to share about this monument, as well as more photos from myself and some great shots from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), so I'll be posting again very soon!
Earlier today, I was joking that I was only at 55% on these posts... Now I am all the way up to 66% (18 out of 27)! I am passing with a D, but there is still a lot of work to be to be done, and a short time in which to do it.
BLM: Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Map (as of June 2017) - PDF
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5qJHnJC9HuATThoclM5RUF1Qm8/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5qJHnJC9HuATThoclM5RUF1Qm8/view
To comment on the monument review process (due July 10, 2017):
Links
27 Monuments:
Website
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/27Monuments
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/brentdangerrose
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/27monuments
Rubble - National Monuments in Danger:
https://sites.google.com/view/nationalmonumentsindanger/monuments/cascade-siskiyou
BLM:
Website
https://www.blm.gov/nlcs_web/sites/or/nlcs/cascade.html
Map
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5qJHnJC9HuATThoclM5RUF1Qm8/view
flikr
Twitter
https://twitter.com/CascadeSiskiyou
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade%E2%80%93Siskiyou_National_Monument
DefendCascade-Siskiyou.org:
https://www.facebook.com/cascadesiskiyou
27 Monuments:
Website
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/27Monuments
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/brentdangerrose
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/27monuments
Rubble - National Monuments in Danger:
https://sites.google.com/view/nationalmonumentsindanger/monuments/cascade-siskiyouhttps://www.instagram.com/brentdangerrose
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/27monuments
Rubble - National Monuments in Danger:
BLM:
Website
https://www.blm.gov/nlcs_web/sites/or/nlcs/cascade.html
Map
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5qJHnJC9HuATThoclM5RUF1Qm8/view
Website
https://www.blm.gov/nlcs_web/sites/or/nlcs/cascade.html
Map
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5qJHnJC9HuATThoclM5RUF1Qm8/view
flikr
Twitter
https://twitter.com/CascadeSiskiyouWikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade%E2%80%93Siskiyou_National_Monument
DefendCascade-Siskiyou.org:
https://www.facebook.com/cascadesiskiyou
National Monuments in Danger
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Austin Hot Springs on the Clackamas River
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| Austin Hot Springs and the Clackamas River Mt. Hood National Forest. Oregon. July 6, 2016. Copyright © 2017 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved http://www.aflitt.com/mt-hood-nf |
This area is off-limits to the public. The spring itself is on private property, and there are the remains of a decommissioned PGE campground / park on the highway side of the river, which is private property, as well.
And why was the park closed?
These springs can have unexpected bursts of boiling water that can be very dangerous.
Not, ouch, that burns a little dangerous, but "hospitalized at Oregon Burn Center for two months and had three surgeries" type of dangerous.
The hot spring water runs into the river, and folks make their own "pools" in the river out of stones. Of course, the warmer you make your pool, the more at risk you are of getting scalded and boiled in a burst...
Oh, and apparently there are springs in the river too, not just these ones on the bank. Those are the ones that can send you to the hospital for months, apparently.
This is an interesting spot, but officially closed to the public and it's pretty dangerous, too. Not to mention that parking is a pain in the ass...
So, just stay away from this place. It is interesting, but it is nasty.
See the links below for more information and photos of the stone rings in the river.
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| Austin Hot Springs Mt. Hood National Forest. Oregon. July 6, 2016. Copyright © 2017 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved http://www.aflitt.com/mt-hood-nf |
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| Oak Grove project, party at Austin Host Springs Photo by Portland General Electric, 1920 – 1925 Oregon Historical Society Digital Collections: Portland General Electric Photograph Collection; Org. Lot 151; Box 15; PGE 16-44 Creative Commons - Attribution, Non-Commercial, ShareAlike (BY-NC- SA) https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/oak-grove-project-party-at-austin-hot-springs |
Video (By Others...)
Below is a visually interesting, long video in Russian. It has some interesting shots of the site in winter. Mute is fine if you do not understand the language.
Links
USFS:
Mt. Hood National Forest Water Activities
Warm Spring Tribes purchase Austin Hot Springs property (August 20, 2015)
Mt. Hood National Forest Water Activities
Austin Hot Springs is on privately owned land and is not under Forest Service jurisdiction. The area is closed to public access and signs indicate the danger of soaking in the Spring's sometimes up to 200 degree water.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/mthood/recreation/wateractivitiesTrail Advocates of the Clackamas River Ranger District of the Mount Hood National Forest:
Discussions so far point to extensive habitat restoration work to repair the effects of mismanagement in the past.
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They intend to limit public use of the area which is bad news if you are one of the many who enjoys soaking there. They do not want to block people from using the area. However, they want to remove decades of rock placed to divert the river away from the springs by users. This will return the river to rapidly flowing right over the hot springs and make that nice hot soaking hole not be one.
https://www.trailadvocate.org/sf-forum/historical-items-of-interest/warm-spring-tribes-purchase-austin-hot-springs-property
Oregonian/OregonLive.com:
Troutdale woman severely scalded at Austin Hot Springs sues property owner for $2.8 million (June 15, 2010)
She was hospitalized at Oregon Burn Center for two months and had three surgeries. The near-boiling water left her with scarring on her torso, arms and hands, and legs and feet.
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/06/troutdale_woman_severely_scald.html
Austin Hot Springs owner in hot water with regulators (December 13, 2008)
After four people were badly burned at the Clackamas River's only hot springs this fall, the owners brought in an excavator to try to discourage the soakers once more.
What happened next is in dispute.
But the ground truth is that many of the makeshift pools are now gone, a side channel considered prime salmon habitat is blocked with debris -- and the owners, the J. Frank Schmidt Profit Sharing Trust, are in hot water with environmental regulators.
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The site -- owned by Portland General Electric until burning incidents prompted the utility to sell it in 1985 -- still has several unauthorized concrete-edged pools left, complete with piping to let cool water in and hot water out.
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Michael Rysavy, president and chairman of the Northwest Forest Conservancy, has helped tend nearby Bagby Hot Springs and Austin for years, helping pluck out thousands of pounds of trash and cut crime at the springs. He met his wife at Bagby, and together they've visited about 150 hot springs sites.
He has a plan to make the hot springs a legitimate destination.
The 32-year-old Clackamas Realtor is trying to raise $1 million in the next year from donors and investors to buy the 152 acres of private land that includes Austin Hot Springs. He hopes to buy it for $700,000, using the remainder to begin restoring the site.
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/12/austin_hot_springs_owner_in_ho.htmlThink before you dip into one of Oregon's hot springs (September 11, 2008)
The volcano-fueled heat at Austin Hot Springs has long been a known danger that led to an Oregon Supreme Court case more than two decades ago.
Hot springs also can harbor rare and bizarre invisible hazards such as staph bacteria, arsenic and even a deadly amoeba that enters through your nose and eats your brain.
...there's no reliable way to mix in the right amount of cool Clackamas River water to prevent burns as scalding water surges out of the ground into homemade pools without warning.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/think_before_you_dip_into_one.htmlFacebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Austin-Hot-Springs/298895600216873
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/austinhotsprings
Oregon Hot Springs:
At 186ºF the water at Austin Hot Springs is extremely hot, and the utmost care needs to be taken in making sure not to burn yourself while finding an area comfortable enough to soak.
As mentioned above, the springs are very hot and need to be mixed with river water in order to be comfortable enough for soaking. Depending on season, river height, and use, there will likely be several rock rings built for just such a purpose. These rings create tolerable pools, but be sure to test the temperature to find one you can bear. You may need to mix the water as well.
Many thanks go out to the Northwest Forest Conservancy for making this site usable.
http://oregonhotsprings.immunenet.com/austin.htm
SoakOregon.com - Austin Hot Springs:
Please be aware of Austin’s 200+ degree bursts of hot water and use extreme caution when soaking in this spring. There are suitable spots to soak, just be very careful to not scald yourself. A waterproof digital thermometer can help locate burst zones.
Posted 4/19/2012:
"This natural hot spring, heated by volcanic activity, sits in and along the Clackamas River, among the pristine trees of the Mt. Hood National Forest. There could be several rock pools along the river suitable for qualification depending on the season. Please be aware of Austin’s 200+ degree bursts of hot water and use extreme caution when soaking in this spring. There are suitable spots to soak, just be very careful to not scald yourself. A waterproof digital thermometer can help locate burst zones."
"...J. Frank Schmidt now owns the land. PGE had it in the 60’s and 70’s, where it once had a campground. But PGE closed the campground in the late 70’s because Russian immigrants were living there full time and threatening others who attempted to camp there. PGE turned it into a day use only park for a few years. After a few lawsuits in the early 80’s for people being scalded, PGE closed the park and tore out the footbridge. They then sold the property. Schmidt bought it hoping to develop it into another Brightbush Resort type location… but failed to gain the permits and codes to do such. After being sued twice, he took measures to make access to the area difficult. It has been up for sale for at least 3 years now, but he is wanting too much for it."
http://soakoregon.com/austin-hot-springs/
Friday, June 09, 2017
Prayers, Star Theater, 2015
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| Prayers, Portland, Oregon. 2015 August 23, 2015. Star Theater. Portland, Oregon. Copyright © 2017 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved http://www.aflitt.com/prayers-portland-2015 |
KMFDM, Star Theater, 2015
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| KMFDMStar Theater. Portland, Oregon. July 20, 2015 Copyright © 2017 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved . http://www.aflitt.com/KMFDM2015 |
The Secret Light, Star Theater, 2016
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| The Secret Light, Star Theater, 2016 Star Theater. Portland, Oregon. July 3, 2016. Copyright © 2017 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved www.aflitt.com/secretlight2016 |
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Working on the website and a photo of The Prids
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| The Prids Black Water Bar. Portland, Oregon. November 18, 2016 www.aflitt.com/prids2016 Copyright © 2017 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved |
Just spent hours reorganizing the Concerts page on my website, and now am torn between editing more photos, yard work, or a nap...
Unfortunately, my favorite choice is in third place.
It's time to get moving ahead in life. No time for naps!
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Monday, July 25, 2016
Skinny Puppy, 2014
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| Skinny Puppy, Eye v. Spy Tour, 2014 Roseland. Portland, Oregon. December 17, 2014. www.aflitt.com/concerts Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved |
No time to write today, so here's a concert photo! This has bounced around a bit, but I don't think it's ever been put out as my Photo of the Day before...
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve: Cave Entrance
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| Oregon Caves: Entrance Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve. Oregon. August 24, 2012 http://www.aflitt.com/oregoncavesnm Copyright © 2016 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved |
Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: Day of Several Photos - July 21, 2016
In 2012, Oregon Caves was still just a monument. The preserve was created in 2014, adding some 4,000 acres surrounding the monument to the area administered by the National Park Service, and the River Styx, the segment of Cave Creek that flows underground through the cave, was added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Styx is the only underground river in Wild and Scenic system.
The cave was discovered in 1874, and attempts were made to develop the site as a commercial tourist enterprise. These efforts failed, largely due to the remoteness of the location and the lack of roads to the cave itself, though there was quite a bit of damage done to the cave in the process. The monument was created in 1909 by President William Howard Taft, and was originally administered by the Forest Service. President Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order 6616, signed on June 10, 1933, put all of the existing national monuments under the administration of the National Park Service.
This is a solutional cave in marble, not limestone, with around 15,000 feet of passages. Eight other, smaller caves have been discovered within the monument, but only the main cave is open to the public (guided tours only, of course). It is one of three out of 3,900-plus cave locations in the National Park Service system that is marble. The other two are located in Kings Canyon National Park (Crystal Cave, etc.) and Great Basin National Park (Lehman Caves).
This was my second visit to the cave, the first since I was a kid. We were on a week and a half camping trip around Oregon (with a dip down to the Redwoods in California), seeing if everyone had the endurance for longer trips across the country like the one we made in 2014.
It went well, for the most part, though we stayed within a day's drive from home just in case things turned black on us. At Oregon Caves, late in the trip, we were all getting a bit weary, and the car almost headed home. Luckily, we stuck it out and had a chance to run down to the Redwoods for a night or two before heading home.
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| Oregon Caves: Plaques at Cave Entrance
Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve. Oregon. August 24, 2012
Copyright © 2016 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
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Links
NPS - Oregon Caves National Monument
https://www.nps.gov/orca/index.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Caves_National_Monument_and_Preserve
NPS - Preserve Management Plan /
Wild and Scenic River Study / Environmental Assessment (.pdf)
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=330&projectID=63675&documentID=72135
NPS - 2016 Centennial
Friday, November 27, 2015
Latourell Into the Ice, and what the heck is this "Photo of the Day" stuff all about anyway?!?
Latourell Into the Ice (2013)
Latourell Falls. Oregon. December 10, 2013
Copyright © 2015 A. F. Litt , All Rights Reserved
Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: November 27, 2015
I realized that a lot of folks might not know what these "photos of the day" posts are all about for me. Essentially, my rules, set by myself, for myself, are to post a previously unedited, unreleased photo as often as possible (every work day is a goal, though possibly one that is unobtainable at this point) and to try to write a line or two, at least, relating to the photo (usually), as well...
As for frequency, I want to keep this rolling, so I am not holding myself to posting each and every day, lest I get discouraged and decide that I am just too busy at this time to continue with this "project," and recently it seems like posts are the exception, not the rule, but I stumble along anyway... I've abandoned this project for long periods in the past for that very reason and I don't want to do that again right now.
This all really started back in 2011 as a way for me to force myself to work on photography every day. I was much better about posting most days back then, but as other ventures picked up, and as family life went through a busy and complicated few years, I set the project aside for a couple years.
It was feeling like a burden, and I felt like I'd accomplished most of the goals I'd set for myself with the project, which at the time involved working every day on digital photography (most of my serious work before was done with black and white film in these places called "darkrooms," not on computers), and to establish myself somewhat as a photographer.
The same rules applied back then, posting a previously unedited, unreleased photo, but without the writing component which is a new addition to the 2015 incarnation of this project...
Aside from feeling I'd met a lot of my goals back in 2012, and general busyness in other departments, another big reason why I abandoned the project for awhile was that I found myself rushing the work too much, and that I was not taking the time to select great photos (ones I love, at least) and that I was rushing the edit on them.
So, rather than flooding everyone with sub-par work, I thought it was best to pull the plug on the endeavour for a while.
Earlier this year, though, I realized that I was spending a tiny percentage of my time working on photography outside of the stills for the Recreating the HCRH project, which tend to be more survey oriented rather than artistic, by nature, and I felt that I needed to start forcing myself to spend some time working on my still photography again. Plus, I had several years of photos sitting on my hard drive collecting many layers of digital dust, and it seemed as though those shots might never make it out into the world without returning at least some of my focus back towards still photography.
Back in January, at the dawn of 2015, I tried to relaunch this project. I really only made it a few days, though, before the video work piled up and I found myself feeling like it just wasn't the right time to re-launch the POTD. But the photos were still piling up, and the work on photography still wasn't happening...
A couple months ago, though, I started feeling almost caught up, so I tried again, this time changing the expectations on myself away from rigidly posting every day to posting as much as possible, and that is where we are now. I post if I have time and I find a photo I like. I skip it if nothing is speaking to me or if I just do not have time. This should keep the quality somewhat decent (no guarantees... My taste, not yours! And sometimes I do post photos that have more sentimental value than artistic value, but then it will be explained in the written part of the post), and it lessens the risk of me abandoning the project all together due to feeling like I don't have the time to put the proper effort in.
Because of that, sometimes it will truly be the photo of the day, sometimes the photo of the week, sometimes the photo of the every once in awhile, but by giving myself the flexibility to post like that, hopefully I will posting more than a handful of shots every year. I am still calling it the "Photo of the Day," but it might not happen every day. It seems the right name for a project like this and I do hope to be consistently posting more than once a week, so...
For today's photo, I am revisiting the icy winter of 2012 / 2013... There was not much snow, really, but there was a lot of ice around the Gorge's falls, and they were spectacular. I've got a few of Multnomah that have never been posted from this trip that will emerge at some point, but I decided to post one up from Latourell. I've put a few of the shots from day at Latourell out before, but I was never happy with the edits. Who knows? I may hate this one too, on later review, but I wanted to take another swing at getting a photo that I liked out into the world from this set.
That is it for today. I'll be back tomorrow, or next week, or in a couple weeks... But, because of the new approach to this, I am, at a minimum, confident that I'll be posting again, sooner rather than later.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Devil's Churn at Cape Perpetua
Early Evening at Devil's Churn
Cape Perpetua Special Interest Area. Siuslaw National Forest. Oregon. July 2, 2011.
Copyright © 2015 A. F. Litt , All Rights Reserved
Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: November 25, 2015
Out on the coast in 2011, pushing the little $35 camera I had at the time to its limits!
http://www.aflitt.com
Monday, November 23, 2015
The Methodists Have Left the Building...
The Methodists Have Left the Building... (2013)
Grass Valley, Oregon. April 12, 2013
Copyright © 2015 A. F. Litt , All Rights Reserved
Too much going on! Posting when I can.
www.aflitt.com
Thursday, November 19, 2015
1781 Buried Forest at Oxbow Regional Park
Uncovered Stumps From 1781 Eruption of Mt. Hood (2010)
Oxbow Regional Park. Oregon. March 20, 2010.
Copyright © 2015 A. F. Litt , All Rights Reserved
Oxbow Regional Park. Oregon. March 20, 2010.
Copyright © 2015 A. F. Litt , All Rights Reserved
Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: November 11, 2015
For today's photo I went a little random into the old files and landed in some shots I took in Oxbow Regional Park back in 2010. What's cool about this shot is that you can see the stumps buried in Mt. Hood's 1781 Old Maid eruptions emerging. After some major storms over the next few years, much more of this bank was eroded away revealing many more of these old trees. These stumps first came to attention in 2013, but this photo shows that some were already starting to poke out a few years earlier...
For more information:
Sullivan, William. "Sandy River uncovers a forest buried by Mount Hood in 1781". The Statesman Journal. Apr. 20, 2013
2014 Bretz Club Field Trip Materials Sandy River, Oregon April 10-12, 2014. Oregon State University.
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