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| KETTLE RIVER - BAMBER MOUNTAIN The Kettle River in autumn with Bamber Mountain as background. |
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| LEAF IN WATER |
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| BLUE ASPENS Throughout the Kettle River Valley Quaking Aspen groves are intermixed with open pine slopes and grassy, rolling meadows. |
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| RED MAPLE LEAVES |
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| INDIAN SUMMER Autumn colors begin in late September, peak in October and oft times stretch into the month of November |
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| MULE DEER DOE IN AUTUMN SUN Both Mule Deer and Whitetail Deer are plentiful throughout the Kettle River Valley. |
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| MISTS OVER CURLEW LAKE Curlew Lake fed by Curlew Creek drain into the Kettle River Valley in northern Ferry County. The Kettle River Range form the backdrop for this photograph |
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| TAMARACK IN COLOR Tamarack or Western Larch are one of the prominent tree species of the Kettle River Range. |
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| GRAVEL BAR ON KETTLE RIVER Low water during the late autumn months is the norm for this mountain range fed northern river. |
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| MISTY MOUNTAINS Autumn rains bring relief from hot, dry summers and create lifting mists across the mountain ridges. |
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| WINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD The landscape surrounding the Kettle River is a mixture of rugged mountain ridges often rising in sheer vertical rock, and steep, tumbling creek drainages plummeting into the valley below. |
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| AUTUMN EVENING VULCAN MOUNTAIN Vulcan Mountain is one of the prominent topographical features of the Kettle River Valley near Curlew, Washington, U.S.A. |
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| WOMAN & DOG A walker and her canine companion pause to reflect on the autumn mists rising off the Kettle River. |
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| SETTING SUN OVER FOREST The setting sun alights a thin cloud cover over the pines and cottonwoods of the Kettle River Valley. |
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| LEAF RIPPLES IN RIVER |
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| KETTLE RIVER AUTUMN VIEW A stretch of the Kettle River in northwestern Ferry County in early October. |
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| CATTAILS AND ASPENS A small wetlands marsh adjacent to a Quaking Aspen grove in the Kettle River Valley |
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| GOLDEN RIVER When the cottonwoods are in full color and the mountains take on a blue light the Kettle River turns a deep golden hue. |
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| LONG AND WINDING ROAD A drive thru the Kettle River Valley is a favorite pastime for many folks in NE Washington State. |
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| GOLDEN ASPENS BLUE MOUNTAINS |
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| ROLLING MEADOWS |
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| LEAF ON STONE |
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| AUTUMN REFLECTION AND ICE Often the Kettle River begins to freeze in the last month of autumn. |
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| FIERY SKY OVER THE MOUNTAINS |
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| FROSTED APSENS |
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| SUNRISE THRU COTTONWOODS |
I enjoyed every one of the images. Thanks.
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