Friday, September 11, 2009

Skies above Waterton

The sky above Waterton Lake in Waterton Lake National Park, Canada.

While in Waterton, we took a boat tour down to the southern end of the lake which is in Glacier National Park in the USA.  Incredibly beautiful!

Strangely enough, "they" cut down all the trees along the border between Canada and the USA.  There is a point on the lake where one can actually see the border between the two countries. Heck of a lot of work! [Edit] You can see the border Google Maps.

On other news, I was invited to attend the Belvedere Blues Festival in order to take photos of the 3-day event.  Pretty cool, that!  I'll be sure to post a few of those photos on this blog.

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11 comments:

Sylvia K said...

What a gorgeous shot, Russ! Really breathtaking! How cool to be invited to the blues festive! Congratulations! Really look forward to seeing your shots from there!

Have a great weekend!

Sylvia

GAWO said...

I like this a lot :-)

Gaelyn said...

A very gorgeous view of the lake. I've seen a satellite photo of the border rape of forest, quite ugly. Congrats on the invite, have fun and I look forward to hearing about it.

SquirrelQueen said...

Awesome view of the lake and mountains under a very dramatic sky. A beautiful photo.

My SkyWatch is at Through Squirrel Eyes

Anonymous said...

Beautiful. Hope to see it someday.

Gennasus said...

Beautiful scene. Love the mountains and those puffs of clouds

SandyCarlson said...

Utterly perfect.

Barbara said...

What a beautiful capture. I could stand on that spot and take in the beauty for hours.
Have a great weekend.
Barbara

Joe Todd said...

What a great place. I hope to get out that way sometime soon

chrome3d said...

That view was just getting better and better the more I looked at it. The clouds were the cherry on top of the most delicious cake.

Linnea said...

This scene is gorgeous. That dramatic sky really adds an pizzaz to an already beautiful view. That's funny about the border. I wonder if Canada and the US shared the timber...