Mt. Adams as seen from the Cooper Spur shelter ( Mt. Hood ) on 09-22-12 Mt. Hood ’s lengthening shadow, straining for the eastern horizon Smoke from the fire doing a pretty fair impersonation of clouds The timberline trail spirals on around the mountain Toyed with the idea of composing a shot here, but Lola the dog was feeling territorial Mt. Adams beyond the shelter Mt. St. Helens As night falls, the source of the smoke becomes evident The scale of the fire is slowly revealed as the sky gets darker An inferno about the size of a mountain Swirling winter clouds ride autumn’s cool night air into the valley, like circling predators patiently waiting for a flickering campfire to go out. Detailed information about the fire can be found here: http://inciweb.org/incident/3249/
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