Honorable Mention / 2015 / Nature / Landscape_N

Big sky country

  • Photographer
    Jesper Anhede, Sweden

The Centennial Valley is a place of sweeping grasslands and wetlands,
embraced by the forest ragged peaks of the Centennial and Gravelly
Mountains.

The Centennial looks very much as it did more than a century ago. In
parts of the valley, not so much as a power line mars the view. In the
winter, just a handful of people inhabit the valley. Summer, the human
population is usually fewer than 50 - and they are far outnumbered by
the horses and the cattle.