The mosaic of Snoqualmie Falls photographs started out six years ago as Dan Nutt’s Valentine’s Day gift for his wife.

But the collection has grown into a kiosk-sized display that will soon be seen by more than two million yearly visitors at the renovated Snoqualmie Falls Park.

The picturesque 180-degree panorama is a view that even expert photographers with the widest fish angle lenses have not been able to capture, Nutt explained.

Nutt was tinkering with a computer program one night when he found a way to take a number of point-and-shoot digital camera shots of the Falls surroundings and seamlessly piece them all together.

“It was kind of an accident,” he said. “But you could tell as soon as you see it, it’s something you’ve never seen before,” he said.

“Because of the location, you can never get far back enough to get this view,” added Nutt, who lives just a few hundred yards from the Falls,.

Now, not only will his mosaic welcome visitors enjoying the new park, but it has also been chosen for the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation’s Archaeology Month poster.

Making various versions of the photo-mosaic, Nutt has altered the photo to depict a modern day scene and full moon version with no buildings.

“What I plan to do now is a seasons thing,” he said. “Spring, summer, fall and winter.”

As popularity has grown, Nutt has replicated his wife’s original Valentine’s Day gift into photographs and posters. They can be viewed on his Web site, www.snofallsphoto.com.