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September 22, 2012 -- Sunset over the lower Missouri on this, the first day of autumn.

The View from North Platte

August 12, 2012 -- Scenes real and hallucinatory from the Fort Cody Trading Post in North Platte, Nebraska, and Scout's Rest, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's nearby ranch, which housed livestock for the showman's infamous Wild West.

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August 5, 2012 -- The view from Washington's Clark County Fair and "The World's Premier Canine Aquatics Competition."

The View from Rainier

August 1, 2012 -- Pictures from Camp Muir and the summit of Washington's Mount Rainier via Disappointment Cleaver. There's a 2005 essay on RBM and family's last attempt at Rainier over at this dispatch.

The View from Paradise

July 17, 2012 -- Pictures from Washington's lower Lewis River and Paradise Point. There's another look at the Lewis over at this dispatch.

The View from the Gorge

Above: Oregon's Mount Defiance (in fog) and Washington's Dog Mountain (in bloom), which form opposing sides of the Columbia River Gorge. Climbers training for higher ground often attempt the "double D" -- ascents of both peaks in a single day. But distractions abound: lilies, columbine, and endangered snails, among other wildlife.

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July 3, 2012 -- The view from Washington's Lewis and Clark Highway and Oregon's Biglow Canyon Wind Farm.