After sunset at Northern California's Castle Lake, I was driving down the road ... and Mount Shasta came into view, with a lush green carpet of manzanita in the foreground. So I captured this image: it was at dusk, with the haze and clouds lighting up with warm tones from the setting sun. I mentioned the drive to and from Castle Lake in my blog "Beautiful Castle Lake."

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The road to Northern California's Castle Lake has a lot of trees and curves which create framed views of the hills and mountains of the area. My favorite view is the one of Mount Shasta framed between the trees. In this photo the late afternoon sun is shining on this beautiful volcanic peak.

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Ribbons of smoke drifted along the rim of Oregon's Crater Lake as the sun blasted its way through, creating a red sunrise. While we were at Crater Lake National Park, I overheard a comment by a park employee that the lake has a different look each day. On this morning it had a subtle sheen that caught the red of the sunrise and the blue of the sky above. Oh, how I wish I could spend more mornings at beautiful Crater Lake.

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