Hidden Gems of Southeast Oregon - the rarely seen wonders on your public lands
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Published 2020-05-25
Thank you for landing on my channel where you can: Learn Natural Social Distancing. Reconnect with the natural world. Explore the vast, rugged, and wild landscapes of our public lands through amazing videos of deserts, mountains, skiing, and more. See unique, immersive helicopter-like air tours of our hidden gems. Immerse yourself, then go there. Ahhh, solitude, no virus.
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My search for beauty in the natural world takes me off-trail to remote, vast, and rugged wildlands, where I capture the special moments. These places renew the human spirit and deserve your attention and protection. By sharing these places, I hope to inspire others to go there, fall in love, and protect them for our children.
Mark’s images have been exhibited in Central Oregon at several venues including The High Desert Museum, and have been published by the Washington Post, Oregon Natural Desert Association, and Oregon Wild among others.
All Comments (21)
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Gosh....the Google Earth aerials were so-so - kind of flat and moved too fast. BUT YOUR PHOTOS WERE JUST STUNNING. The lighting and compositions, the clouds, the land forms and plants....just so very beautiful. I really appreciated your section about the first peoples and your admonition to visit; be an active advocate and learn to live lightly with respect on this beautiful earth. Thank you so much
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I love Oregon's high desert. Thank you
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At last an appropriate tribute to an area of Oregon seldom visited. On the other hand I hope the Steens, for one, will remain free from crowds & because of its relative isolation, not to mention the special kind of beauty that many people have little appreciation for, it will remain an unspoiled gem of Mother Nature that I will cherish always. Thanks so much for posting this although has Frenchglen shrunk even more since 2007? At that time there was a very small elementary school & a local population of around 40 people. I will check the present population figures.
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This was amazing. I enjoyed this tremendously. Thank you so much for all of the hard work putting together this presentation. We are truly fortunate to have these lands and such emblematic beauty. We must always treasure and fight for them.
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Awesome video, thank you for bringing this part of Oregon to YouTube for all of us to enjoy! We own land down near Christmas Valley. Everything is beautiful & vast out there. Truly a wild west feeling.
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great job thanks
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cool 411, and yes many gems and minerals/elements/combo's
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beautiful
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Fantastic. Beautifully done!
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Thanks much for putting all of this together.
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I love this part of the state and you did a fantastic job presenting it with your video. I was riveted - thank you!
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Great video! Thank you!
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Beautiful video footage; thanks so much.
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Love this country. Your pictures really do it justice. Thank you.
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Thanks for sharing the beauty Mark.
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Great video
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This is the best video of this part of Oregon there is thanks for all the geologic explanations, as a kid we never ventured east of Bend, finally at the age of 66 i made to fort rock it was fascinating.
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Thanks,live all the way throughout that part of Or.you did a Great job on this .
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you need to thank the people you are trashing. If they have and are still ruining this land that you are trying to save. then how can it still so beautiful. It's amazing how people beneath you kept this land so beautiful. thank you would be a good start
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This was wonderful and the photography was stunning.
