Colleen Easley lives in Olympia, WA with her husband Dale and 2 cats. Photography has been her hobby for 40 years. Currently she is working on a 365 project which requires that she take at least one photo every day and publish it to her blog. You may follow her on Twitter and/or Facebook by clicking the links below. To see all the photos of her 2010 project, click the link below under LINKS.
03.17.10Today is the last day I’ll have access to a car so I took advantage of the beautiful evening by driving in to town to get a photo of the sun setting from Resolution Park. With daylight saving time in effect, the sun is now setting at about 8:00 p.m. There is a statue of Captain James Cook here that looks out over the waters of Cook Inlet which was named for him by another British explorer who came after him, George Vancouver. Cook sailed into these waters in 1778 as part of his second voyage of exploration; looking for the illusive northwest passage. It was shortly after leaving these waters that he met his death at the hands of natives in what is now Hawaii.
The mountain in this shot is Mt. Susitna, also known as the sleeping lady. The legend is that long ago when giants inhabited the land a Indian maiden, whose lover was heading off into battle, vowed to sit and wait for his return. When he didn’t return and she grew weary of waiting, she lay down and fell fast asleep, never to awaken again. It is said that when there is finally peace throughout the world, she will awaken once more. If you look closely, you’ll see that her head is on the left with her hair flowing further away to the left and her rather flat chested body is on the right.
Also in this photo you can see that Cook Inlet doesn’t ever completely freeze. It does get ice forming on it, but the strong tidal action keeps the ice broken up into what we call ice floes.
Nikon D90
with Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S ED VR II Zoom Lens
at 112mm, 1/400s, f/5.3, ISO 200
Mt Susitna - The Sleeping Lady
