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Crescent Moon, Early Winters Spires
The Early Winters Spires, located in
Washington's North Cascades, frame a crescent moon. The
spires, the tallest of which is more than 7,800 feet, are
located at Washington Pass, about 30 miles west of Winthrop. |
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Full Moon
Over Nooksack Ridge, North Cascades, Washington
The full moon rises over Nooksack Ridge in
Washington's North Cascades just after sunset. The mountain
glows because of alpenglow, a natural phenomenon that lights
mountains with almost white light about a half hour after
sunset. The almost violet sky comes from the Earth's shadow
cast onto particles high in the atmosphere. |
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Full Moon - Olympic Mountains
The full moon sets over the
Olympic Mountains on a foggy summer morning. |
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Bald
Eagles and Nearly Full Moon
Two bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sit in a
bare tree in the Skagit Valley as the moon rises in the
background. |
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Mt. Rainier,
Full Moon, Panorama
The dramatic golden light of sunset bathes the southwest
face of Mount Rainier as the full moon rises over the
Tatoosh Range in this panoramic view from the summit of High
Rock. |
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Full Moon, Seymour
Peak, Chinook Pass, Washington
The full moon sets behind Seymour Peak, located just east of
Mount Rainier. This scene was captured from near Chinook
Pass. |
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Full Moon - Big
Four Mountain
The full moon rises over Big Four Mountain,
a prominent peak in Washington's central Cascades. The mountain
at the far left of the frame is Sloan Peak. This image was
captured from the summit of Mount Pilchuck. |
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Full Moon - Big
Four Mountain (Vertical View)
The full moon rises over Big Four Mountain,
a prominent peak in Washington's central Cascades. The mountain
at the far left of the frame is Sloan Peak. This image was
captured from the summit of Mount Pilchuck. The earth's
shadow is visible just above the horizon. |
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Full Moon - Glacier
Peak
The full moon rises over the central Cascade
mountains. The moon rises over Big Four Mountain. To its
left is Sloan Peak. Glacier Peak is the snow-capped volcano on
the left. This scene was captured from the summit of Mt. Pilchuck, near Granite Falls, Washington. |
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Nearly Full Moon - Mount Clark, Yosemite
At sunset, a nearly full moon
rises over Mt. Clark in Yosemite National Park,
California. |
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Full Moon - Mount Rainier
The full moon rises over Mount Rainier at
sunset in this view from Buckley, Washington. |
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Mount Rainier
and Full Moon from Ladd Mountain
The full moon rises over the southern face of Mount Rainier at
sunset in this view from the summit of Ladd Mountain. |
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Mount
Rainier, Full Moon, Elbe, Washington
The full moon seems to hover over Mount Rainier in
this image taken at sunset from a field near Elbe,
Washington. |
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Mount
Rainier, Full Moon, Alpenglow
The full moon, rising shortly after sunset, appears to light
the western face of Mount Rainier. Rainier is
actually lit by alpenglow, in this view from the
Ashford-Elbe highway. |
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Full Moon -
Bryce Canyon, Utah
The full moon sets over Utah's Bryce Canyon
at sunrise. The canyon, which is more like an amphitheater, is
filled with hundreds of hoodoos. The farmer who discovered it in
the early 1900s called it a terrible place to loose a cow. |
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Full Moon -
Pine Tree
A pine tree, perched high atop a
ridge in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, frames the
hoodoos and rising full moon. The earth's shadow is visible at
the horizon. The reddish band above the earth's shadow is known
as the Belt of Venus. |
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Moon, Cadillac
Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine
A tree on the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia
National Park, Maine, frames the nearly full moon at
sunset. Cadillac Mountain, at 1,532 feet, is the highest
point on the North Atlantic Coast. |
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Full
Moon - Discovery Park, Seattle
Grass frames the full moon, which
is rising over the South Beach at Discovery Park in
Seattle. |
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Storm Clouds
at Sunset and Moon
A wave of storm clouds, turned dramatic shades of red by the
setting sun, frame the nearly full moon in this view
from the summit of Mount Douglas on Vancouver Island. |
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Stormy Moonrise
Storm clouds frame the rising full moon in this view
from the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington
state. |
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Lunar Eclipse
The full moon begins to exit the Earth's umbral shadow. This
image of the moon exiting totality was captured during a
total lunar eclipse in October 27, 2004. |
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Lunar Eclipse over Seattle
The first stage of a total lunar
eclipse begins as the moon is over the Smith Tower in
downtown Seattle. Less than 20 minutes later, the eclipse
reached totality. |
