Picture of the day - December 16, 2008

Close-up view of Mount Rainier

Photo courtesy of Kim Scott-Olson. Several wonderful photographs of Mount Rainier have graced these pages as "Pictures of the Day" over the years, but this one is different from all the others. What you're looking at is a close-up view of the famous peak, and here is photographer Kim-Scott-Olson with a little background info on the image: "This is a shot I couldn't resist while we were hiking up at Mount Rainier. I was busy taking shots of the summer flowers, trying to get sweeping landscape images when I looked up and noticed my daughter on her father's shoulders. The glacier that was directly in front of our little hiking crew, kind of jumped out at us. It was a complete surprise. Powerful, majestic and beautiful. It made us all feel rather insignificant. It was hard to keep walking so we just stopped and stared a bit."  --Kim Scott-Olson   Visitor Comments... Name: Ted Isaacson Town: Frankfort, KY This is an outstanding image. I have never seen a photo that showed Mt. Rainier at such close range. I love it!     Name: Bev Owens Town: Jackson, MS I love the perspective on this one, and I also like the silhouettes of the people in the foreground.     Name: Phyllis Helton Town: Bristol, VA Yes, truly majestic.     Name: Ron Trees Town: Spokane, WA Stared just a bit is what I would have done also. Very very nice close up of Mt. Rainer Kim!! I really like what you did with this picture.     Name: Sue Berry Town: Sydney, Australia Beautiful! Everyone, even the viewer of the photograph, is entranced by the beauty of the mountain and the people watching.   Comment on today's picture  |  View previous "Pictures Of The Day"  |  Submit a photo Why I publish the "Picture Of The Day"