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Across the Canadian Rockies (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the west while taking in views across a forest of evergreens to more distant ridges and peaks of the Waputik Range at Hector Lake Viewpoint. This is in Banff National Park along the Icefields Parkway. In composing this image, I decided on a more leveled-on view with the horizon. I felt I could capture a view looking over and across the forest to the more distant mountains. I liked how there was that little sliver of the lake to highlight a contrast between the forest and mountains.

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Pulling into the Dock at Stehekin (Lake Chelan National Recreation Area) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: After a few hours of this ferry boat ride, I won't deny that it wasn't going to be nice getting back on land, exploring, hiking and even enjoying a bike ride in Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. Here one can see parked cars, vans and a red bus in front of the North Cascades Lodge at Stehekin, a place I'd be staying for the next few nights...and loving it! With some images captured I focused on the dock area, including a portion of the lodge buildings...but here I wanted the image to include that mountain backdrop added that perspective to how big they really were. I'd even enjoy a hike up a portion of that on my last morning! In the end, this image was about the boat dock but with an amazing backdrop of tall evergreens and a big mountain.

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A Distant View of Appalachian Mountaintops and Ridges by Mark Stevens

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Taking in the Spirit of Adventure on the Yankee Freedom Ferry Ride by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While aboard the Yankee Freedom Ferry, not too long before arriving in Key West, Florida. I captured this breathtaking setting with a view looking to the west and stern of the ship with the American flag, the ship’s wake in waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and the sun in the skies above as a focus in the image.

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Plants and Sands That Stretch for Miles to Distant Mountains (Joshua Tree National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout in Joshua Tree National Park not far from the Ryan Mountain Trailhead with a view looking across the desert mountain landscape present to my front.

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The Majesty of Quail Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the west while taking in views across mountain desert landscape present in this part of Joshua Tree National Park.

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A Sea of Sand and Plant-Life in Joshua Tree National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: In Joshua Tree National Park at a roadside pullout around the Ryan Mountain Trailhead with a view looking to the west across this open desert plain with Joshua Trees.

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Way Out There! (Big Bend National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the west with Casa Grande and The Window while taking in views across valley and mountainsides present along the Lost Mine Trail in Big Bend National Park.