Weeks 7-2 thru 7-8 & 7-9 thru 7-15-11

Week 7-2 thru 7-8-11 - Butte, MT:

Video coming soon of 4th of July fireworks

Butte's infamous Pit - a.k.a. largest Superfund site in the country (check out the hilarious Daily Show segment on it: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-22-2006/jones---bad-pit)

Week 7-9 thru 7-15-11 - Clayton, ID and Holter Lake, MT:

Big Hole Valley (my favorite - near Wisdom, MT) at sunset

Early morning siting of a herd of pronghorn with particularly impressive racks

Weeks 6-18 thru 6-24-11 & 6-25 thru 7-1-11

Week 6-18 thru 6-24-11 - Clayton, ID and Butte, MT:

Butte is still home to old oil derricks

Egg galleries of bugs that ultimately girdled and killed this tree (and billions of others across the NW).

Week of 6-25 thru 7-1-11 - Yellowstone, WY and Butte, MT:

A massive mineral deposit (about 20' tall)

Waiting for Old Faithful

A hot spring surrounded by bright orange bacteria - there are dozens of hot springs and geysers colored like this in Yellowstone (home to 2/3 of the world's geysers).

Indian paintbrushes covering the forest floor near Helena, MT

A view of Butte with passing showers and the Pintler mountains beyond