[RosieCotton]

I figured you had used a filter (gorgeous pictures, by the way...forgot to say that), but I hadn't realized the altitude makes a difference...that must be it!

Mmmm...altitude. ;-)

I'd love to visit the Rockies and the Cascades, someday. We don't have mountains like that here.

[ecurbh]

Thank you! The clarity of the air up there is really something to behold.

I've never been to the northern Rockies yet, though. That is the next place I would like to visit - Glacier, Banff, Jasper, Yoho... ~sigh~