Swan Rangers contemplated mountains and the different forms water can take during their outings this past week!

Scroll down for the rest of their photos and details!

In our lead photo, Debra Schweitzer shows us valley inversion fog hiding Flathead Lake!

Ruth Quist shows us what morning sunshine looks like on clouds of water vapor!

Keith Hammer shows us sun on a frozen stream with a coating of hoarfrost while . . .

. . . Norma Linsky shows us a snowy stream with a frozen-over lead!

Pat Jaquith shows us a distant Swan Range from a cross-valley wetland while . . .

. . . Pam Willison shows us cattails exploding with both seed and hoarfrost!

Dee Blank found this wonderful design in the ice on a lake . . .

. . . Keith Hammer found hoarfrost growing on ice on a river and . . .

. . . Lynn Smith wonders “how many shapes can frozen water take?”

Pam Willison interjects some color with this Evening grosbeak!

This Bald eagle posed for a photo by Pat Jaquith while . . .

. . . these two did not sit still for quick-draw photographer Ruth Quist!

With our parting shot, Keith Hammer reports he skied off the beaten path and suddenly found himself in a Bob Ross painting!

If you have interesting photos of your outings, send them along with a description to keith@swanview.org and we'll try to work them into these weekly reports!