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Celebrating nature, from mountains to moss with raw unedited photos. WA based. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshairhikes/

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FreshAirHikes 🎃 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · Apr 17

Hello! Welcome to my photography page! Celebrating the beauty of nature with raw unedited photos, mainly in the PNW! Here are shots from Heybrook Ridge, Mt. Rainier, and two from Yellowstone respectively! Appreciate any feedback! #PNW #Photography #WA #Yellowstone #Rainier

Foggy mountain forests overlooking a river, Heybrook Ridge, WA

Mount Rainier looming over meadows and a stream.

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, a massive canyon with a river flowing at its base with a rainbow streaming from the side.

Yellowstone creek, glistening water flowing through rocks and yellow foliage.

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FreshAirHikes 🎃 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · 26m

Good morning, here is a wide shot of the foggy valley at Big Four Ice Caves. #PNW #WA #Fog

Plumes of fog settle at the bottom of the valley but also shroud the mountain to the right, green plants in the foreground, a forest in the distance on the left.

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FreshAirHikes 🎃 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · 18h

they're so big its crazy! pictures dont capture how the trunks are as wide as a house!

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bb @bbpics.bsky.social · 1d

todays redwoods appreciation

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wynterrayven.bsky.social @wynterrayven.bsky.social · 19h

Mountain mist
#Fall
#Nature
#Photography

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FreshAirHikes 🎃 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · 20h

Big Four Ice Caves: Here is the best shot I could get that day of an actual ice cave. Even standing this far away is dangerous, and I could feel a biting frigid air billowing out of the cave. There's a reason they carved a stark warning in stone at the entrance to the area: Don't be dumb! #PNW #WA

Formed cave in the ice. The cave is enormous-about 9 feet tall, it's hard to capture the size of it.

Text carved on stone: "People have died beyond here. The environment is forever changing, your awareness and decisions can be the difference between life and death. This area not patrolled on a regular basis."

FreshAirHikes 🎃 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · 20h

Ice Caves bonus: Budding blueberries and a slug friend #PNW #WA #Blueberries #Slug

Blueberries growing on crisp green leaves

Black-brown glistening slug covered in some small dried leaves. He's trying his best.

FreshAirHikes 🎃 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · 20h

I will also be posting these on instagram at: www.instagram.com/freshairhikes/

Please give me a follow there if you want to support my work or just love seeing the PNW!

FreshAirHikes 🎃 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · 20h

Big Four Ice Caves continued #PNW #WA #IceCaves #Photography #Naturephotography #Fall #Fog #Spooky

Deep fog occludes large stones and snow on the ground, a portion of a mountain in the distance is visible through the fog.

A shot of the valley from above, plumes of fog sweep the ground, there are green plants visible in the foreground

A misty hill with many plants turning orange-yellow for fall, many pine trees are visible in the fog.

A large stone is visible in the foreground overlooking the foggy valley

FreshAirHikes 🎃 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · 21h

Big Four Ice Caves, Granite Falls, WA. Came here on a very foggy day that shrouded the mountains and caves, but there was a gloomy air that I had to capture. #PNW #WA #IceCaves #Photography #Naturephotography #Fall #Fog #Spooky

Blooming flowers and green grass in the foreground with a shrub on the right, the fog is so thick you can only see about 30 feet out.

Blooming pink flowers in foreground with the shrouded silhouette of a mountain in the distance, thick fog in the air.

Another picture of flowers where the fog seemingly cuts off the landscape just past them.

A large stone surrounded by small moss covered rocks, fog covers the landscape. Silhouettes of pine trees can be seen on the left.

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AnneA @annenc.bsky.social · 22h

Caterpillar comparison: Monarch on the left, Swallowtail on the right.
#caterpillars #butterflies

Yellow, white and black stripes with black tentacles on both ends. On a green milkweed leaf.

Black and green stripes with orange dots. On a green celery plant.

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Miya115 @miya1156.bsky.social · 2d

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John Meyer @johnme23.bsky.social · 5d

#Thunderstorm approaching: Goblin Valley State Park

#landscapephotography #hoodoos #goblinvalley #weather #stormclouds #hiking #utah #erosion #rockformations #badlands #sandstone #statepark

A lineup of whimsically shaped hoodoos rises above the red sandstone badlands, while the sky above appears threatened by an incoming mass of grey clouds.

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Alex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · 6d

Pygmy Nuthatches are the cutest!

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography

A small gray-and-buff bird perches on a branch, looking downward against a soft green background. Photographed in the San Gabriel Mountains, California.

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Manuela Casasoli @manuelacasasoli.bsky.social · 6d

Be patient, and the peak will appear.

Dolomiti - 2021

🥾 #hiking #nature #landscapes #mountains

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Laurens @laurenswillis.bsky.social · 6d

Falls of Bruar, many years ago.

Colour photograph of a waterfall between rocky outcrops with trees in autumn colours.

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Alejandro Alegria ⭐️ @alegriagonzaa.bsky.social · 6d

❤️Ensenada y el Volcán Osorno.

#Chile

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FreshAirHikes 🎃 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · 8d

It seems like this website might be restructured soon and I don't know how that will affect my account if at all. I will keep posting here but just in case, please follow me on instagram at www.instagram.com/freshairhikes/ Thank you!

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FreshAirHikes 🎃 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · 13d

it's a gorgeous photo!

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FreshAirHikes 🎃 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · 14d

life has been a little hectic lately but the hike posts will resume Soon 🍂

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Katherine Mancuso @katherinemancuso.bsky.social · 14d

A Steller's Jay more or less in #profile for the #BirdOfTheDay
💙🌲🪶 at Yosemite NP.

#RockinTuesday #Yosemite #birds

A Steller’s Jay perched on a stone wall with pine trees in Yosemite National Park.

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Sean W Mucci @seanwmucci.bsky.social · 14d

Ok..I believe I am done for the day!!

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 17d

After years of trying, I finally captured one of my Milky Way bucket list shots. The core lined up perfectly with Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, Oregon. Patience, persistence, and a lot of learning made this moment under the stars unforgettable.

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FreshAirHikes 🎃 @freshairhikes.bsky.social · 17d

a little fall spotted at Grandview Dog Park today! Checking back in a couple weeks to see waves of red and gold. #PNW #WA #Dogpark #Fall

Many tree branches with some yellow and bronze leaves in the center, the branches have some moss on them.

Red crete hawthorn berries shimmering in the sunlight

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Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 23d

Side view of a dahlia #coloraday #pinkmon #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling #photography

Side view of overlapping petals on a pink and white dahlia

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