Waterfall Wednesday
St. Mary Falls
I love me some waterfalls, especially waterfalls in my favorite national park, Glacier!
This one is St. Mary Falls a year after the Reynolds Creek fire burned through the area, as you can see. I was actually there shortly after the fire, they had just re-opened Going-to-the-Sun road and the trees were still smoking and all you could smell was smoke. I was really bummed that we couldn't hike in to it that year. Fortunately I went back a year later and despite all the trees being burned down, the scene was truly magical, especially the hike into the falls. There was wildflowers galore! Wildflowers that normally wouldn't be there because of the canopy of trees wouldn't allow them. They were bright colors of pink, blue, purple, and white, a stark contrast from the blackened backdrop of burnt trees.
If you ever have the chance to visit Glacier National Park, do it, and be sure to make the short hike, around a mile if I recall, to see St. Mary Falls.
I got so close to Glacier this summer. My engine was sent to Augusta, MT for standby duty. We got to explore the National Forest land but didn't quite make it up to the park. :( Great pic!
So gorgeous! We have a huge dream of visiting all the national parks in the US and are starting a portion of that trek in September. Thanks for sharing! Following! :)
Awesome! I'd love to visit them all too. I'll be following along on your adventure!
Awesome goal!
Love that idea! :)
Watch out for the bears, though - I hear they're in the area.
Hey bear!
Those Canadian bears are big showoff's! 🤣
Beautiful world!
Hey there,
The Master (@markangeltrueman) sent me over here as he found this shot and really wanted it, and the rest of your blog, to get some more visibility.
A beautiful shot here. The way that the water is a multi-directional leading line that bounces the eye through the image is just great. Exposure is just spot on, retaining details in shadows and highlights. Cracking postprocessing and an all round exceptional image.
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STOPBeautiful shot. And thanks for entering waterfallwednesday :-)
Thank you!
amazing photography !!!
thanks for sharing
Beautiful!
Glad you think so!
burned down trees, not great that it happened, gave it a special feel. Probably will never look like this again, special photo
Ya, bummer that it happened but there is always beauty to be found. :)