Sunrise Over Table Mountain

[AlanLichty]

Some nice morning atmospherics for cloud colors above Table Mountain in the Columbia River Gorge.

Cascade Locks along the Columbia River is the site of a massive landslide in roughly 1400 AD that created a land bridge known as the Bridge of the Gods. Pretty much everything from Table Mountain (the peak shown below) leading out to the river collapsed and created a natural dam about 200' high and 5.5 miles long. The modern day Bridge of the Gods connecting Cascade Locks and the Washington side of the river is just downstream from where this photo was taken.

Thunder Island Sunrise II

• AlanLichty
• Feb 2, 2019

Sunrise over Table Mountain along the Columbia River. Taken from Thunder Island in Cascade Locks.

C&C always welcome.

 

[JimFox]

That’s a very cool shot Alan. I like the back story on this too, very interesting history.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Neat shot Alan. I have crossed this bridge but never knew the story.

 

[lionking]

This is pretty fascinating geology lesson Alan, you got some light here, i would consider darkening the highlights if possible, those bright spots grab too much attention from the main attraction here...

 

[Bob Denton]

This is great!

 

[Dean]

Alan,
Very cool.. the soft pastel orange draws me right in.
Regards,
Dean

 

[Mike Lewis]

Love both that orange light and the band of low hanging clouds that cross through the far view. And the foreground water is great too. Always fun to learn about how a place came to be.

ML