ISLAND IN THE SKY CREEK The plant can reach 5

The plant can reach 5 feet tall with the upper stems becoming panicles of flowering spikes

The Oregon Central Coast is viewed in this image as the pacific ocean crashes wave after wave onto the basalt rock of the Central Coast with sandstone cliffs and sitka spruce overlooking the Pacific Ocean

the sun was now breaking the horizon above the box elder trees

I noticed a few tall purple flowers standing out from the other wildflowers and knew that those were the blazing stars

ISLAND IN THE SKY CREEK The plant can reach 5This morning I decided to head out and photograph the storm clouds in the park that were coming through the area. You can usually get some pretty dramatic looking cloud patterns from the thunderstorms and that was my hope this morning. With my camera gear and tripod in hand, I reached the trailhead before 5: 00 am. The morning light was filtering through the bluish purple grayish storm clouds and some lightning was coming through, once about every 30