Perhaps the grandest of America’s high mountains, Rainier stands alone as a massive volcanic sentinel, thrusting itself and its jacket of glaciers into the first morning sun well before the rest of the surrounding landscape. Normally I’m not up this early, unless awake all night. However, rotating forward from a set of night shifts, and the motivation to experience this first-hand, helped with being present for this wondrous scene. Its own serene and surreal beauty helped with being present in it.
20 NNE Packwood WA (13 Aug 16) Looking WSW
46.8695, -121.5165