The yellow flowers of the alien looking agave plant certainly contrast the landscape. Once this plant flowers, it will die and eventually topple over.
A typical sunset view along the Oregon Coast.
Waters rage as snow and glaciers melt high up in the mountains above Canmore, Alberta. This creek is a tributary to the Bow River drainage system. These waters will eventually make their way to Hudson Bay via the Nelson River but nowhere are they as clean and clear as they are here at their origin.