Wheel Line Art from Teton Valley Idaho. This recent period of heavy snowfall has cleaned up the landscape, and encouraged our photography excursions! #tetonvalleyidaho #driggsidaho #bestofthegemstate #wheellineart cynthia March 5, 2024 Uncategorized You Might Also Like Bobby Socks Trees, Yellowstone National Park. Several weeks ago we drove to Yellowstone for the weekend, and noticed these white bottom tree trunks. From Wikipedia we learned about the cause: “These are lodgepole pines that died by shifting hot spring run-off. By capillary action the trees soaked up mineral laden water, which colors their bases white and retards decay. Dissolved minerals in the water deposited a crust of white silica on the bottom of the dead trees and stumps. This silica, a non-crystalline compound, slowly impregnates the wood and over time, with the absence of oxygen, could eventually petrify the wood. These skeletons have stood here for decades.” #bobbysockstrees #yellowstonenationalpark #lodgepolepines May 9, 2024 Fox in our backyard, enduring a late season snowfall the night before last. It was trying to hunt, but seemed distracted by the weather. #bestofthegemstate #driggsidaho #tetonvalleyidaho #foxinthebackyard #orcuttphotography.com May 7, 2025 The Benton County Wind Corridor in northwestern Indiana on the edge of two major electrical grids, produces 1288 Megawatts of electricity from 647 turbines across five wind farms. Wind is harvested along side corn, soybeans and wheat. Schools, healthcare and road maintenance have all benefited from the additional county income. #bentoncountywind corridor #northwesternindiana #windpower #renewablepowergeneration #windturbines November 4, 2023
Bobby Socks Trees, Yellowstone National Park. Several weeks ago we drove to Yellowstone for the weekend, and noticed these white bottom tree trunks. From Wikipedia we learned about the cause: “These are lodgepole pines that died by shifting hot spring run-off. By capillary action the trees soaked up mineral laden water, which colors their bases white and retards decay. Dissolved minerals in the water deposited a crust of white silica on the bottom of the dead trees and stumps. This silica, a non-crystalline compound, slowly impregnates the wood and over time, with the absence of oxygen, could eventually petrify the wood. These skeletons have stood here for decades.” #bobbysockstrees #yellowstonenationalpark #lodgepolepines May 9, 2024
Fox in our backyard, enduring a late season snowfall the night before last. It was trying to hunt, but seemed distracted by the weather. #bestofthegemstate #driggsidaho #tetonvalleyidaho #foxinthebackyard #orcuttphotography.com May 7, 2025
The Benton County Wind Corridor in northwestern Indiana on the edge of two major electrical grids, produces 1288 Megawatts of electricity from 647 turbines across five wind farms. Wind is harvested along side corn, soybeans and wheat. Schools, healthcare and road maintenance have all benefited from the additional county income. #bentoncountywind corridor #northwesternindiana #windpower #renewablepowergeneration #windturbines November 4, 2023
