Winter
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After snowshoeing through fresh powder before dawn to reach Dream Lake, I arrived just in time to witness the sky turn a gentle purple and blue as the sun rose over the winter wonderland. Truly a winter dream.
A fresh coat of snow covers the pine trees on the western slope of the Colorado rockies near Grand Lake, Colorado.
In below freezing weather a thermal fed stream steams and cuts through the snow in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Sun breaks through the clouds and blankets the landscape of the Lamar Valley in a warm glow. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
The leaves of autumn wash away with the newly fallen snow of winter. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
The river running through Moraine Park slowly freezes as the air grows colder in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
Sometimes the simple overlooked things have a beauty all their own. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
A pine marten searches through the winter snow for its next meal. Yellowstone National Park,Wyoming.
A bison shakes off freshly fallen snow. The extreme cold seems not to affect the bison. They are so well insulated the snow on their back often does not even melt from body heat. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Heavy snow falls near Yellowstone Lake and nearly obscures the bison as they search for what little food remains. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
On an exceptionally cold day in Yellowstone National Park the pine needles of this pine tree are covered in frost and ice.
Frost forms in on the pine needles in the extreme cold of Yellowstone National Park.
The constant winter wind over Dream Lake sculpts and shapes the snow and ice on the lake. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
A Pine Marten dashes through the snow in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
A Pine Marten makes his way through the fresh deep snow of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.