Nature

Exploring out and about.

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Rows of headstones fill Pilot Butte Cemetery, with Pilot Butte rising behind them. A dry grass hillside trail lined with volcanic rock near Pilot Butte Cemetery. A weathered stone angel statue holding a lyre watches over lamb figures at Pilot Butte Cemetery. A colorful hot air balloon flies low over junipers near the start of the Pilot Butte trail. Two hot air balloons, one branded RE/MAX, drift over Bend as seen from the Pilot Butte trail. A hot air balloon floats above a utility pole overlooking Bend’s rooftops and streets. A view of Bend’s skyline from a lava-rock outcrop beside a bench on Pilot Butte. A scruffy terrier mix runs toward the camera on a pine-needle-strewn trail, another dog and a walker behind it. The sun rises behind silhouetted junipers on Pilot Butte. Tall golden grass and juniper frame a view of east Bend at sunrise from Pilot Butte. A heart-shaped knot hole in a weathered tree trunk glows with backlit sunlight. A rusted metal signpost covered in stickers and graffiti stands amid sagebrush. Morning sun flares over a rocky, juniper-lined trail on Pilot Butte. A dramatic orange sunset silhouettes the steel frame of Hayden Homes Amphitheater, reflected in the Deschutes River. Smoky red and orange sunset clouds over a dark treeline near the Deschutes River. A hand-hewn log bench sits beside a boulder in the forest at Shevlin Park. Sunlight streams through a pine forest onto a dirt trail along the Deschutes River Trail. A bare, weathered juniper snag stands against a clear blue sky. A lizard climbs a mossy, weathered juniper trunk. A wide view of Smith Rock State Park, with cliffs rising above a bend in the river. A trail at Pilot Butte overlooks Bend at sunset, with a silhouetted tree framing the view. A spiny yellow blazingstar wildflower blooms on a hillside overlooking Bend. Paulina Peak rises beyond the rocky expanse of the Big Obsidian Flow under a clear sky. The sun sets over Bend as seen from the Pilot Butte trail, a dead tree silhouetted against the sky.