Yep!!! Its the crater on top of Mt Rainier

Continuing with my posts on Seattle area.
On the flight back home around late afternoon. A few minutes after take off. Guess what!!! The flight path was over Mt Rainier. I caught a glimpse of the dormant volcanic crater on the mountain. Lucky had my camera in hand to squeeze this shot of the crater. It was so easy sitting in an airplane window seat looking down on this crater from 30000 ft. It takes a great effort to hike up to this crater. It must be worth the effort hope I get to do it some day.

Seattle's view of a Mt Ranier Alpenglow

To most Seattle residents "the mountain" is a part of their natural background . At over 14000 ft Mt Rainier is an imposing feature and a reminder of reach of the awesome volcano to the surrounding metropolitan area.
Given the weather of Seattle and its surrounding areas, clear days are something to cherish for. It is on clear days that one can see the looming mountain appear majestically in the background.

I took a short walk down the space needle towards alaskan way to check out location of victoria clipper ferry to Victoria Canada on pier 69. It was late afternoon right around dusk. Having checked out the area i headed towards Myrtle Edwards Park along the shoreline of the sound and not too far from the pier. Along the rocky shores I had settled down with my camera fitted with a zoom lens and was looking through the view finder to perhaps shoot the port area. I was really lucky to see Mt Rainier catch an alpenglow. Not wanting to waste the opportunity I squeezed a couple of shots before the magic light faded away. Having been to Mt Rainier National Park and the surrounding area one can only admire the mountain in awe. It would give an immense perspective of the power of a volcano, if one were to visit Mt St Helens national park.