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Sunset over Green Bay, a June morning on a northwoods shoreline, low tide beneath Haystack Rock. These are places worth standing still for, from Wisconsin's lakes and bluffs to the Oregon coast and the Cascades, through every season, down to first snow on the crabapples and mallards in the steam of a subzero river.

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Sea stack offshore beside sandstone headland, barnacled rocks and surf on wet beach under gray sky — Haystack Rock at Pacific CityLow tide at Cape Kiwanda, with barnacled rocks exposed along the wet sand and the offshore haystack standing under a flat July overcast.

Elevated view over a blue bay framed by green treetops, wooded points and an island under scattered clouds — Eagle Bluff over Nicolet BayFrom the bluff top in Peninsula State Park, the wooded shoreline curls around Nicolet Bay toward Horseshoe Island, with late-August cumulus stacking along the horizon.

Silhouetted two-masted schooner with dark sails on calm water, sun low behind it in an orange sky — Schooner at Sunset, Green BayA two-masted schooner crosses the low sun on the waters of Green Bay off the Door Peninsula, tanbark sails dark against an August sky. Passengers line the rail as the light flattens toward the far shore.

Close-up of red crabapples on bare branches, each cluster topped with fresh snow — Crabapples Under New SnowClusters of red crabapples hold caps of fresh snow after an overnight fall, the rest of the tree dissolving into white behind them.

Split, weathered fallen tree trunk in grass before conifers and an orange maple under blue sky with clouds — Fallen Trunk in Early AutumnA weathered trunk lies splintered at the edge of a northern woods, its silvered wood catching late-September sun while a maple turns orange behind it.

Aerial view of a snow-streaked volcano rising above scattered white clouds with blue ridges behind — Mount Adams Above the CloudsMount Adams rises out of a flat layer of summer cumulus, its glaciers thinned to ribbons over bare volcanic rock in July.

Silhouetted branches frame a setting sun over calm bay water with a wooded point on the horizon. — Branches at Sunset, Door CountyThe sun drops behind a low wooded point across Green Bay, seen through the overhanging branches of a shoreline cedar. A late August evening, with the water barely moving.

View from a wooded limestone bluff over calm water with a small white boat anchored offshore — Lone Boat on Green BayA single cabin cruiser sits at anchor on Green Bay water, seen from a limestone bluff framed by cedar and scrub. Overcast light flattens the horizon into haze.

Clear shallow lake water over rippled sand, with a distant pine shoreline and blue sky with small clouds — Clear Shallows in Firefly LakeMidday sun reads straight through the shallows to the rippled sand bottom, with a pine shoreline just beginning to turn across the water.

Snow-laden blue spruce branches with brown hanging cones among gray-green needles — Spruce Cones After SnowfallFresh snow rests along the branches of a blue spruce, with last season's cones still hanging in the shade of the inner limbs. A quiet January morning in Madison, the light flat and even under cloud.

Forested lake shoreline of birch and spruce above a grassy bank, lily pads in calm water, clear blue sky — Northwoods Shoreline, Early SummerBirch and spruce crowd a quiet northern Wisconsin shoreline on a clear June morning, with lily pads spreading across the shallows.

Steel arch bridge over a calm bay with docks, fishing boats and waterfront buildings along the right shore — Yaquina Bay Bridge, MidmorningThe arch of the Yaquina Bay Bridge spans the channel at Newport while the working waterfront lines the north shore, pilings and trawlers doubled in still water. A gull rides the surface midchannel under a cloudless July sky.

White lighthouse tower behind green trees above a flat limestone shore with grasses and goldenrod by a lake — Cana Island Light over the Dolomite ShoreThe white tower rises above a windbreak of hardwoods at the edge of Lake Michigan, with goldenrod and dune grass holding the flat limestone shelf. Late summer haze softens the horizon.

Fallen oak, maple, and birch leaves and pine needles floating on shallow water above a sandy bottom — Leaves and Pine Needles AdriftOak, maple, and birch leaves rest on the surface of a shallow lake with pine needles scattered among them, the sandy bottom visible a few inches below. Early autumn light comes in low across the water.

Mallard ducks resting on rocks in a steaming open river edged with snow-covered boulders and frosted brush — Mallards in River SteamOn a subzero January morning, open water smokes where it stays free of ice, and mallards gather on the rocks and shallows along a snow-banked shore.

Black and white view of a bare dead tree with gnarled branches at the edge of a pine woodland above dry grass — Gnarly Oak Tree at the Woodland EdgeA gnarly oak holds its crooked limbs against a wall of pine and bare saplings, the grass gone pale at the edge of the woods in mid-November.