Each year, the Gleaner holds an Images of Creation photo contest. This gallery includes all the 2024 winners for the online Photo of the Week.
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Three Finger Jack's rugged features blanketed with snow.
Credit: Ed Lyons
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Star trails over Black Peak, North Cascades.
Credit: Nathanael Martin
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Larch glowing in the morning light.
Credit: Nathanael Martin
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Male wood duck floating through the reflections of autumn foliage on the shore.
Credit: Mary Lane Anderson
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Sunset on the coast.
Credit: John Dale
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Sunrise at Crater Lake.
Credit: John Dale
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Sunset on the Oregon Coast.
Credit: John Dale
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Aerial view of mountain peaks landing into Juneau.
Credit: Cindy Kassab
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A majestic bald eagle perches on an iceberg near water.
Credit: Cindy Kassab
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In the early morning, after a night of light rain, it turns Tiffany.
Credit: Dick Duerksen
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Such a rich color and amazing patterns of feathers.
Credit: Paul Pantorilla
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Gem Lake.
Credit: Charles Davis
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Chipmunk in Mount Rainier National Park.
Credit: Chris Maxwell
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An array of evergreens covered in snow.
Credit: Victor Carreiro
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Coyotes are rather common animals, but not regularly not seen.
Credit: Paul Pantorilla
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The Milky Way over Crater Lake with summer airglow.
Credit: Nathanael Martin
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North America's tallest mountain Denali glows with sunrise light.
Credit: William Frohne
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About a dozen deer being escorted by a rather handsome bull.
Credit: Paul Pantorilla
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The morning sun reveals a dusting of an early March snow on tall pine trees.
Credit: Glenn Kory
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A misty evening along the Oregon Coast.
Credit: Victor Carreiro
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Fall color blast.
Credit: Adrian Tomarere
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Patchy fog at sunrise over Gresham from Rocky Butte.
Credit: Stephan Ilie
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Short-eared Owl at dusk.
Credit: Stephan Ilie
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Spring Balsam Root in full bloom.
Credit: Stephan Ilie
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A afternoon Echinacea song.
Credit: Renae Smith
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Aurora glows over "The Enchanted Forest" just south of the Arctic Circle.
Credit: William Frohne
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A coyote plays in a snowstorm.
Credit: William Frohne
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A huge Alaskan grizzly bear searching for a tasty treat.
Credit: Dick Duerksen
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The blazing sun rises over the golden wheat fields in Eastern Washington.
Credit: Trisha Thorman
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A busy horned lark sings to passing hikers.
Credit: Paul Pantorilla
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A mountain goat give was inquisitive and watchful eye.
Credit: Judson Knoll
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Beautiful and intricately designed.
Credit: Adrian Tomarere
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"Oh, hello there!"
Credit: Adrian Tomarere
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Sitting pretty.
Credit: Lynne McClure
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The "last light" over Lolo Pass.
Credit: Dick Duerksen
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Looking good!
Credit: Roger Windemuth
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A morning fog adding a touch of mystery to lupine blossoming in the Columbia River Gorge.
Credit: Dick Duerksen
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A cold view.
Credit: Matthew Ferguson
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Last light glows above the Alaska range off the Richardson highway between Delta Junction and Paxson, Alaska.
Credit: William Frohne
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A late bloomer.
Credit: Dick Duerksen
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Mount Rainier illuminated by the rising sun.
Credit: Victor Carreiro
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Working on building a nest for future babies.
Credit: Paul Pantorilla
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A Rock Wren jumping and singing on desert rocks.
Credit: Paul Pantorilla
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Turbulent waves frame a set of sea stacks along the Washington Coast.
Credit: Victor Carreiro
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Salsify plants among bright lavender sweet pea flowers.
Credit: Dick Duerksen
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A previous drop creates an amazing perfect circular ripple while the next drop hovers just before the tension is broken and it joins the vastness of Cooper Lake.
Credit: Sean Henderson
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A stream flows through a lush coast forest in Oregon.
Credit: Victor Carreiro
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Shorty looking at you.
Credit: Matthew Ferguson
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Softly spoken sun basks the Painted Hills.
Credit: Renae Smith
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Then the glory came.
Credit: Dick Duerksen
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A canyon wall illuminated by the light of the rising sun.
Credit: Victor Carreiro
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Upper South falls cascades into a pool in the Silver Falls State Park.
Credit: Robert Brown