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