Loowit Dreams | Photo Lanscape Dunia

Mount Saint Helens, known as Loowit to local Native American tribes, cloaked in paintbrush and purple penstemon. The annual wildflower explosion was in good form this year and I was able to make this night image once the sky choking clouds which doomed sunset cleared out after dark. It was great to spend time up there admiring this beast of geologic destruction alongside fellow photographers Mark Metternich and Brian Adelberg. I have to say some of my favorite times while on location is when the shooting has finished and there's nothing left to do but hang out with some cool folks. ~~ and, yes, please click the image to view it against a dark background ~~ Prints and other information can be found on my website

Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as (ice-capped) mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of land use, buildings and structures, and transitory elements such as lighting and weather conditions.

Combining both their physical origins and the cultural overlay of human presence, often created over millennia, landscapes reflect the living synthesis of people and place vital to local and national identity. Landscapes, their character and quality, help define the self-image of a region, its sense of place that differentiates it from other regions. It is the dynamic backdrop to people’s lives.

The Earth has a vast range of landscapes including the icy landscapes of polar regions, mountainous landscapes, vast arid desert landscapes, islands and coastal landscapes, densely forested or wooded landscapes including past boreal forests and tropical rainforests, and agricultural landscapes of temperate and tropical regions.

Landscape may be further reviewed under the following specific categories: landscape art, cultural landscape, landscape ecology, landscape planning, landscape assessment and landscape design. The activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land is named Landscaping.