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The Oregon Coast, Cascade Mountains, Columbia Gorge, and Canadian Rockies in Pictures
These are a few of my favorite photos from a brief trip to Mount Rainier National Park in late summer, 2008. Although we traveled to Sunrise as well, these photos were all taken near Paradise Inn and the Nisqually River Canyon. When we first arrived at Paradise, the weather was crystal clear. Within a few hours, smoke from several large forest fires hundreds of mile south in Oregon began to drift in. When Mother Nature serves up lemons, it's time to make lemonade.
Smoke in the air from forest fires hundreds of miles away resulted in some fine sunrise and sunset conditions at Mount Rainier National Park in September 2008. In fact, the 'clouds' in the sky are actually the leading edge of the smoke moving northward. This sunset view is looking to the west down the Nisqually River Valley from the Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center at Paradise.
Smoke in the air from forest fires hundreds of miles away resulted in some fine sunrise and sunset conditions at Mount Rainier National Park in September 2008. In fact, the 'clouds' in the sky are actually the leading edge of the smoke moving northward. This sunset view is looking to the west down the Nisqually River Valley from the Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center at Paradise.
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