The Mountains are Back

I finally got a view of St. Helens and Mt. Adams again last night after almost a week of too much wildfire smoke. There are still several fires active in the area just east and north of Mt. St. Helens with some of the heavier smoke visible just to the right of the volcano in this scene. Current weather is giving us a break and blowing that smoke away from us so I could get some sunset shots. Not sure how long those conditions will last. This is a 2 panel panorama with a 70mm lens.



C&C always welcome.

It's kind of with a sad heart that I welcome your mountains back Alan. To be honest, even though these mountains are awesome, you had been getting some really spectacular cloud photos recently.

Nice job with the pink glow.

JimFox said:

It's kind of with a sad heart that I welcome your mountains back Alan. To be honest, even though these mountains are awesome, you had been getting some really spectacular cloud photos recently.

Nice job with the pink glow.

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Thanks Jim - my own preference is to have the mountains visible and get some nice clouds at the same time. A lot of the pink glow is from wildfire smoke and at least over the past 24 hours there hasn't even been a hint of a cloud but the smoke layer is still there.

Yea!!!

beautiful pink color in the sky. glad the smoke is clearing up a bit.

pepper said:

beautiful pink color in the sky. glad the smoke is clearing up a bit.

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Thanks - the only good part about the smoke is the extra color it adds to sunrises and sunsets.