Milky Way above Kaleetan Peak from Gem Lake: Limited Edition Framed Print

Milky Way above Kaleetan Peak from Gem Lake: Limited Edition Framed PrintA cold October night on the shores of Gem Lake in the Snoqualmie Mountains provided an astonishing astrophotography opportunity as the milky way lit the skies above Kaleetan Peak and was mirrored in the perfect glass of the lake. Each limited edition print includes a one inch white border with a hand signed signature and edition number along the bottom edge. Printed on Canson Platine Fiber Rag paper utilizing advanced fine art digital gicle printing

But this beautiful specimen features a graceful red cedar replacing the very one which helped nurse it to life

Tru-Vue Museum Optium Acrylic Plexiglass and hand-stained ebony walnut hardwood frame

This tree was most likely scarred in a massive 1893 fire which decimated a majority of mature trees on the south and west slopes of Si

but no less spectacular as a monument to what was

Even at a quick glance at the low-lying birch forests of the arctic Norway tells a story of relentless winds and the unbearable weight of deep winter snow

and space — the building blocks of any visual work: a mountain’s shadow cast across a vast expanse

Maianthemum dilatatum- Arriving as one of the first flowers to penetrate the forest floor in early spring

From the bivy ledge camp high on the north ridge of Mount Stuart

a bed of supple new beech fern fronds provide a perfect backdrop for the delicate white petals of the Arctic Snowflower

In the distance Mount Rainier stands undiminished

The summit ridge of Mount St

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