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Approaching Mount Rainier from the southwest. At 14,410', Mount Rainier is highest and third-most voluminous volcano in the Cascades (after Mounts Shasta and Adams). It also has more glacial ice than any other mountain in the 'lower 48". While it was named by explorer George Vancouver in honor of his friend, Rear Admiral Peter Rainier., the natives called the mountain Takhoma, Tahoma, Ta-co-bet and several other names. These names translate as "big mountain" or "snowy peak," or "place where the waters begin." At this point Julie was climbing to her service ceiling of 11,000' and was approximately 20 miles away. |
Image Date: |
Aug 11, 2007 - 03:04 PM |
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Gallery: |
StHelens-Rainier_Flyby_Album |
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MAXXUM 5D |
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Focal len: 117 mm, Exposure: 1/320s, Aperature: F10.0 |
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