For just a fleeting moment, the setting sun peeked between stratocumulus clouds that were brushing the evergreen forests on Mount Rainier’s flank. The final sunlight of the day cast the conifers’ silhouettes across intervening fog, turning an otherwise drab scene into a glimpse of sublime beauty.
1 SSW Paradise WA (15 Jul 11) Looking WNW
46.7735, -121.7444Foggy Mountain Sunset
For just a fleeting moment, the setting sun peeked between stratocumulus clouds that were brushing the evergreen forests on Mount Rainier’s flank. The final sunlight of the day cast the conifers’ silhouettes across intervening fog, turning an otherwise drab scene into a glimpse of sublime beauty.
1 SSW Paradise WA (15 Jul 11) Looking WNW
46.7735, -121.7444