A tall waterfall drops over sheer cliffs at the top of the photo, just below a bright blue sky. The cliff and the landscape are without trees or brush because this is very near the crater of Mount Saint Helens volcano. In fact, the waterfall is fed from a young glacier inside the crater.
Just below the blue sky at the top left, the crater rim is just visible, with a small cloud of ash and dust blowing off of it.
The sun is to the far left off frame, and casts shadows from the cliff wall near the falls. Closer to the viewer, the cliff casts it's shadow broadly across the bottom of the ravine the creek runs down from the falls above. The creek is visible tumbling down a small set of falls and exits at the bottom of the frame toward the right.
The cliffs all are barren, but show variations in color in pinks, dull oranges, dusky greys, and pale ashen hues. The texture of the cliffs is complex and a bit jumbled, with a lot of fallen loose small, debris fanning out below them, and on their tops.
The creek between the falls and it's lower cataracts, seems to disappear behind a curve in some of the debris fans.
The cliff the falls drops from has a more horizontal form, while it's right face descends steeply toward the middle right.
The left side of the canyon wall is shaded and drops almost vertical to the bottom.
It's #WaterfallWednesday!
Here's a favorite of mine from just below the crater at #MtStHelens!
Loowit Falls stands in stark contrast to the barren landscape it cuts through. It's fed by the young horseshoe glacier inside the crater!
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