Bromley Rock Provincial Park at fairly high water. Glad I did not try to photograph it in the summer when the water is low and it is crawling with people in brightly coloured float tubes and boats. The river here is the Similkameen River.
Archive for June, 2009
Jun
29
2009
Manning Park – Similkameen River
View of the Similkameen River from Hwy 3 through Manning Provincial Park.
Jun
28
2009
The Hope Slide
In the early morning hours of January 9, 1965 a small avalanche descended from Johnson Peak across the Hope-Princeton Hwy, a few kilometers from Hope, BC. Four people had stopped to wait for crews to clear the slide from the highway. As they waited in the dark, a small earthquake occurred beneath Johnson Peak causing the largest rock avalanche ever recorded in British Columbia. 47 million cubic meters of rock came down the slope, covered the highway, and obliterated Outram Lake. The water from the lake, and some of the rock debris, crossed the valley and flowed from side to side, sloshing back and forth across the valley. Two of the bodies of the 4 people were recovered, the other two are still underneath approximately 70 meters of rock. The highway was rerouted around the slide debris, and a rest stop and memorial overlook the slide area.
The first stop on my trip earlier this month through Manning Park/Kelowna/Kamloops was to the Hope Slide.
The remains of Johnson Peak:
Panorama of Johnson Peak (7 photos stitched) and the slide area:
Jun
24
2009
Lake Minnekhada Hike
A few more shots from Lake Minnekhada Regional Park in Port Coquitlam, BC. Here is the trail map if you are interested.
Jun
23
2009
Lake Minnekhada Panoramas
A few panorama shots from Lake Minnekhada Regional Park in Port Coquitlam, BC.
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1. High Knoll Viewpoint – 4 stitched photos (Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM)
2. Lake Minnekhada Dike – Nearly 360° – 10 stitched photos (Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM)
Jun
22
2009
Honeybee (Apis mellifera) on Forget-me-not
After a seemingly endless search for the “perfect” bee shot, I decided last summer to skip a year in taking them. I have some nice bee shots, but I became so tired of sorting through them I don’t even want to look at a bee on a flower for a while.
However…
For some reason I took this shot in the middle of a bunch of other macro shots back in May – and it turned out rather well. I have several shots of bees with their “tongues” stuck out – but this guy actually has it IN a flower from a forget-me-not.
Closer Crop – you can see the tongue better:
Bee on Forget-me-not (2009)
Jun
22
2009
Some May Macro Shots
Jun
21
2009
Cheam Lake, Mt. Cheam
Jun
20
2009
A Few Leftover Winter Shots
Now that the weather has turned hot I’ll post a few pictures with snow. Lots of snow this past winter – almost 3 feet on the ground at once which I do not think I’ve seen here before. Enjoyable except for being trapped at the house for almost a week due to snow on the road.
A few from early January:
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