Mount Rainier at Night
Both stars and climbers’ headlamps shine bright in this photo of Washington’s Mount Rainier. It’s a beautiful picture but also a stark reminder of peoples’ proverbial footprint—even in the most remote locations.
National Geographic writes:
Sometimes a sleepless night is key to great photography. At approximately 3:40 a.m. on a frigid summer morning, photographer W. Kent Williamson snapped this image from Tipsoo Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. From across the still water, he could see a line of headlights as weary climbers approached the peak’s 14,411-foot summit—the culmination of a multi-day climb. “The night sky was unusually clear, and the Milky Way could be seen just above the mountain, ”Williamson says. “I was surprised to see how bright the climbers’ lanterns were.”
