Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Early morning, late snow on Mt. Rainier

Unusually cool weather in the Pacific Northwest has delayed the snowmelt on the flanks of Mt. Rainier (a.k.a. Mt. Tahoma).  I left home in Seattle at 3am, only to find both upper and lower Tipsoo Lakes still covered in snow. Still, the sunrise was lovely.

Sunrise on Mt. Rainier, looking out over lower Tipsoo Lake
Canon 450D w/Tamron 17-50mm lens @33mm

1 comment:

  1. Great image, Mike. That isolated cloud hovering above the mountain is so typical of Rainier.

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