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Shenandoah Valley Mountains Dead Tree

Looking down from the mountains Skyline drive into the Shenandoah Valley below. High up above the towns and homes in the valley you can see for miles and miles up here. In the early Spring this tree seems as though it is dead. However, the limbs may very well be covered with leaves in the near coming weeks of Spring.

Mountain Sky Sunrise Colors

Many colors on the horizon of this view of the mountain skies. Down below the valleys are covered in an early morning fog before the sunrise burns the fog away. This is an amazing view from high upon one of the most majestic mountains in the Allegheny mountain range.

Scenic Winter Mountains Frozen Lake

A scenic view of the mountains from a lake in the mountains. This lake is probably one of the highest lakes in elevation around this area. It is called summit lake and is just a few miles from the highland scenic highway. The hills and mountains look beautiful from this perspective as it is unlikely that they have been photographed from this particular area before.

Scenic Frozen Winter Lake

A very cold winter scene of a frozen lake in West Virginia. The trees and landscape are perfectly preserved after many days of snow fall. There are no animal or human tracks that have disturbed the fresh snow. This place is very quiet and there is not even the sound of a bird anywhere. Almost as if everything here is frozen in time.

Autumn Mountain Sky Sunrise Colors

Wonderful Autumn Sky Mountain View high above the Monongahela Forest from Spruce Knob. This is the highest point in West Virginia. This image was taken early on an Autumn morning from the observation tower opposite from the sunrise. The sun had just began to peek out from the horizon. The colors of the distant sky make this a unique and colorful picture of the sky and Mountains below.

Winter Frozen Summit Lake Wv

After we made it up to Summit Lake in Nicholas county West Virginia after a major snow storm, we found an ice fisherman out on the lake. we asked if it was safe and he said the ice is 1 foot thick with another 2 feet of snow on top. This was an amazingly beautiful site to behold. We had never stood in the middle of a froze lake before, so this was a unique experience.

Mountain Clouds Sky Sunrise Valley

The Autumn sky at Spruce Knob Mountain Early in the morning on a fall day looking into the valley. This picture was taken with my old Canon rebel 350D. I did not post the full high resolution image at the time that I published this picture. I just happened across this while search through my image library and wanted to give you the full high resolution version. There are a few more like this to come. Hope you enjoy!

Autumn Hillside Spruceknob Lake

Just on the other side of the dam for Spruce Knob Lake is this Autumn Hillside and Stream. This lake and surrounding forest is one of the most wonderful places in West Virginia. The Fall Foliage here is always outstanding even if it is dull and drear in other areas. It is an amazing place to be at night as well, because the stars come alive as a night time planetarium. This area is very remote and the silence is almost deafening at 2 am in the morning. Spruce knob is considered one of, if not the best place for stargazing on the east coast.

Autumn Colors Mountainside Spruce Knob

Early in the morning viewing the autumn colors from the mountainside of Spruce Knob, WV. Here we are looking toward the western side of Spruce knob and the sun is just now rising behind us. The fall foliage scenery from up here is simply amazing in the late evening and early morning. Since there is no shade on the highest mountain in West Virginia the only way you can get subtle colors for photography is during an overcast day. Just over the hill is a little road where I have set and listened to my radio at night. Believe it or not I could pick up a radio station from Huntington West Virginia clear as a bell, which is about 200 miles away.

Autumn Foliage Mountain Sunset

Autumn Sunset from the Highland Scenic Highway. The forest trees are showing a vibrantly colored fall foliage display through the valley and hillsides below.