A night under the stars
Aug 25, 2015 13:08:24 #
northcoast42
Loc: Puget Sound, Washington
Glad you liked it hettmoe. Thanks.
hettmoe wrote:
Very cool!
Aug 25, 2015 16:00:23 #
Beautiful!
But Mount Rainyer always gives me pause when we visit the kids up there.
I always remember Mount Saint Helen's.
Kinda a firecracker compared to what Mount Rainyer could do...
:shock:
But Mount Rainyer always gives me pause when we visit the kids up there.
I always remember Mount Saint Helen's.
Kinda a firecracker compared to what Mount Rainyer could do...
:shock:
Aug 25, 2015 18:14:47 #
SonnyE wrote:
Beautiful!
But Mount Rainyer always gives me pause when we visit the kids up there.
I always remember Mount Saint Helen's.
Kinda a firecracker compared to what Mount Rainyer could do...
:shock:
But Mount Rainyer always gives me pause when we visit the kids up there.
I always remember Mount Saint Helen's.
Kinda a firecracker compared to what Mount Rainyer could do...
:shock:
That's why they have Volcano Evacuation Route signs all over to get to high ground and Lahar sirens to tell you that cubic miles of mud and melted glacier are coming your way!
Aug 25, 2015 18:31:21 #
northcoast42 wrote:
The Milky Way rising above Mt Rainier. I took this shot near a place called Sunrise at about 6,300 ft elevation. Not the best of nights for imaging as there was a light haze in the air from the numerous wildfires burning in central Washington. Even at that elevation, I could smell the smoke. I also posted this in the main forum.
That is beautiful! How far from the visitor's center were you? I haven't been up there in decades and never at night. I want to get up there this summer. With my luck, after this current moon, it will be crappy until next year.
Aug 25, 2015 20:34:59 #
northcoast42
Loc: Puget Sound, Washington
Thanks Sonny. One of these days I'd like to get down to Mt. St Helens. I've been living up here for the last 20 years and haven't made it down there yet. I think a good image of the Milky Way over the shattered crater of St. Helens would be pretty dramatic.
SonnyE wrote:
Beautiful!
But Mount Rainyer always gives me pause when we visit the kids up there.
I always remember Mount Saint Helen's.
Kinda a firecracker compared to what Mount Rainyer could do...
:shock:
But Mount Rainyer always gives me pause when we visit the kids up there.
I always remember Mount Saint Helen's.
Kinda a firecracker compared to what Mount Rainyer could do...
:shock:
Aug 25, 2015 20:40:05 #
northcoast42
Loc: Puget Sound, Washington
Thanks skylane. I think I was about a quarter mile from the lodge. I went up there but it was pretty windy so I retreated a bit to a calmer area for the pictures. If you go at night, drive slow. I came within a whisker of hitting a deer while driving back. Had to swerve into the opposite lane. Fortunately, at 1:30am no one else was on the road.
skylane5sp wrote:
That is beautiful! How far from the visitor's center were you? I haven't been up there in decades and never at night. I want to get up there this summer. With my luck, after this current moon, it will be crappy until next year.
Aug 25, 2015 20:45:40 #
skylane5sp wrote:
That's why they have Volcano Evacuation Route signs all over to get to high ground and Lahar sirens to tell you that cubic miles of mud and melted glacier are coming your way!
Yeah, and of course nobody is going to abandon their car and run....
When Mount Saint Helen's popped, we lived in Wyoming. We got ~ 1/2" of Orygone real estate at our house.
Aug 26, 2015 15:34:50 #
SonnyE wrote:
Yeah, and of course nobody is going to abandon their car and run....
When Mount Saint Helen's popped, we lived in Wyoming. We got ~ 1/2" of Orygone real estate at our house.
When Mount Saint Helen's popped, we lived in Wyoming. We got ~ 1/2" of Orygone real estate at our house.
Actually it was Washington dirt.
Craig
Aug 26, 2015 16:17:31 #
CraigFair wrote:
Actually it was Washington dirt.
Craig
Craig
Oh yeah, it was. :oops:
http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/washington/videos/mount-st-helens-erupts
The kids took us to see it one time while up there.
Volcanoes are nothing to mess with.
We had ash up to our ashes. :lol:
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