Gas Piston Event
Waiting for Episode 36
It was going to be Sunday.
Regular checking of the tiltmeter data, watching the glow and spatter in the livestream cameras, and nearly a year of experience with the current eruption’s repetitive episodes had allowed me to be fairly certain. Others were betting it would be Friday or Saturday. Some folks had been camping out on the volcano for days. I was sure… Sunday, probably Sunday morning.
Thus I readied the camera gear, made sure the car was fully fueled, and got to bed early Saturday evening for an early morning run.
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Bubbling Caldron
Lava Fountain
Into the Kaʻū Desert
Back in January I missed the eruptive cycle, spending several days in the park doing some trails I had always meant to hike. No lava needed to have a good day in the park, I went for a hike.
Hiking in the Kaʻū desert had long been on my togo list, and I did it. And now, many months later I finally edited the imagery I took that day into a short video…
The Mitchell Point Tunnel
I do not recall when I first discovered the Mitchell Point Tunnel in period photographs, I would have been quite young. I do recall thinking that it was one of the coolest roads I had ever seen. A road tunnel cut just inside the face of a cliff with wide windows open to the sunlight.
The old postcard photos show a fascinating scene, a tunnel large enough for the cars of the early 20th century to pass one another on a smooth roadway. Big openings with heavy stone pillars separating them holding up the tunnel roof. The scenery would have been lovely, with views of the Columbia River well below.
The Columbia River Highway features prominently in my childhood memories. I grew up in the Portland area, and for many years my grandparents lived near The Dalles, as a result our family often traversed the area.
As the line from the old song stated “Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother’s house we go,” we went. For us the river was the Columbia, and the woods were the thick forests of the Columbia River Gorge.
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Waterfall
So… I assembled something from all of the video I took at Falls Creek Falls and Panther Falls. A small taste of a waterfall hike in the forests of Southern Washington.
Two goals… Get out and enjoy a proper PNW forest hike. Yes, we have waterfalls in Hawaii, just not quite the same. Second… Take a pile of photos and video. I do enjoy a day set aside for photography.
The drone made a huge difference. Falls Creek Falls is particular is quite large and impossible to properly capture from the ground. The drone made all the difference, able to sweep along the waterfall from the air or fly right up to unreachable locations and shoot at lovely angles.
Cordova Gallery
Just a sample of travel to Cordova, Alaska…
A rainy day in Juneau as seen from the window of an Alaska Airlines flight 
The fishing port of Cordova, Alaska 
Lupine along the trail at Sheridan Glacier 
A muddy Sheridan River drains the lake in front of Sheridan Glacier 
Icebergs scattered across the lake in front of Sheridan Glacier 
An iceberg from Sheridan Glacier sits in the muddy waters of Sheridan Lake 
Trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) forage near Cordova, Alaska 
A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) monitors the Copper River Delta from a convenient perch 
The Copper River delta near Cordova, Alaska 
The fish processor Dawn unloads in Cordova, AK 
Orca Adventure Resort, Cordova, Alaska 
The old cannery dining hall serves breakfast at Orca Adventure Lodge 
A large winch list abandoned in the brush 
A small unnamed stream tumbles through the rock 
The Lioness fishing boat belonging to Orca Adventure Lodge 
A pole awaits a halibut in Gravina Bay 
Fred Cooper fishing with a traditional northwest indian halibut fishhook 
Coho salmon ((Oncorhynchus kisutch) on the deck 
The author with a nice catch