Canada - Banff National Park
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Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks, in Banff National Park, Alberta Canada
Fat little Chipmunk at the shore of Moraine Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
End of the hike - Bears moved in
Mount Rundle (left) and Vermilion Lakes in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Bow Falls of the Bow River in Banff, Alberta, Canada
Bow Falls in Banff, Alberta, Canada
Bow Falls in Banff, Alberta, Canada
Bow River Rapids near Bow Falls in Banff, Alberta, Canada
Bow Falls in Banff, Alberta, Canada
Lake Minnewanka, or "water or the Spirits" in the Nakoda language, is very close to the city of Banff in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. As the result of a power dam at the west end, this lake has become the longest lake (17 miles) in the Canadian National Park system.
Out of nowhere, this guy appeared right in front of my car on Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park. While he was reading directions, I snapped my camera and blindly fired a shot through the windshield..... I thought I was prepared for this situation, but obviously I wasn't.
Banff in the morning
Mountains surrounding Banff, Alberta, Canada
Morning view over the city of Banff
Panoramic Mountain Range near Canmore, Alberta, stiched out of 10 individual images.
Three Sisters near Canmore, Alberta
Female Dusky Grouse on a trail near Pocaterra Hut, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
Chickaree in the Canadian Rockies
A little Chickaree, the smallest and probably noisiest squirrel species in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Between complaining, yelling at me and eating the seeds, this guy managed to take apart a pine cone in no time.
Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus)
Cirrus clouds over Lower Kananaskis Lake in Spray Valley Provincial Park, Kananaskis County, Alberta, Canada
The Power of Nature visible in the Rocky Mountains
Imagine the powerful forces at work to bend, fold and shape these 2 mountains in the Spray Valley Provincial Park near Galatea Creek in the Canadian Procky Mountains.
Sheep warning in the Rocky Mountains
Scenic landscape through the foothills of the Rocky Mountains along Alberta Highway #6